9 November 2026

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Bedford Town bounce back to exact revenge on Barwell

Bedford Town bounced back from a dour midweek performance at Telford to beat Barwell 1-0 thanks to a second half winner from substitute, Bruno Andrade in Southern League Premier...

Cup rugby action returns as Bedford Blues travel to Premiership leaders Bath

A week on from Bedford Blues' sensational victory against Coventry under the Goldington Road floodlights, Mike Rayer's men have the chance to cause an upset or two against the current...

Applications are now open for the 2025 Bedford Junior Aquathlon

Bedford's hugely popular Junior Aquathlon is back for 2025, and the window for signing up for the first event on 30 March is now open. The two Junior Aquathlon events in 2024 saw...

Bedford’s Nick Tandy becomes first ever to win ‘Grand Slam’ of endurance races

History was made in the world of motorsport on Sunday (26 January) as Nick Tandy from Bedford became the first person ever to win all four of the world's major endurance races...

Burrow down and watch the Six Nations at the Blues

Bedford’s rugby fans can enjoy this year’s Six Nations matches at The Burrow, at the Bedford Blues ground on Goldington Road. With live coverage of every England game, it’s a great spot to watch...

Bedford Town humbled at new league leaders Telford

Bedford Town's spell at the summit of Southern League Premier Central was short lived as they fell to a humbling 6-2 loss at new league leaders, AFC Telford on Tuesday night (28 January)...

Nine goal thriller amongst packed Bedford Hockey Club schedule

There was a mixture of highs and lows across Bedford Hockey Club’s teams at the weekend, including the Men’s 1st XI who suffered an unlucky loss away to Derham in a nine goal thriller...

Bedford Ath suffer seventh consecutive loss at Hertford

Bedford Ath suffered another loss at the weekend, as they remained eleven points adrift at the bottom of Regional South East One after a comfortable defeat at Hertford. The home side eased...

Bedford Town draw against Banbury but go top of Southern League Premier Central

Bedford Town extended their unbeaten run to three games with a 2-2 draw against Banbury at The Eyrie on Saturday (25 January) but went top of Southern League Premier Central...

Real Bedford strike late at Welwyn to extend lead at the top

Real Bedford extended their lead at the top of Southern League Central Division One to five points after two late goals saw them exact revenge against Welwyn Garden City on Saturday (25 January)...

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