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Bedford Blues welcome Coventry in clash of the season under Friday night lights

Bedford Blues are up to second in the Championship after seeing off local rivals, Ampthill 45-24 last Saturday (18 January) but they are only there are on points difference ahead of...

Bedford Ath thrashed by league leaders Oundle

Bedford Athletic were thrashed 82-0 by league leaders Oundle. In a match that highlighted the gulf between the top and bottom sides in the league, there was no disguising the fact...

Bedford Blues survive Ampthill comeback to win Battle of Bedfordshire

Bedford Blues began their calendar year by surviving a spirited second half comeback to prevail 45-24 against Ampthill at a lively Goldington Road on Saturday afternoon (18 January...)

The Championship resumes with the Battle of Bedfordshire at Goldington Road

Goldington Road will see the resumption of the Championship on Saturday (18 January) as Bedford Blues welcome local rivals Ampthill for the second time this season, and for the...

Bedford Ath resume losing streak at home to North Walsham

Bedford Athletic picked up 2025 where they left off 2024 with a 27-13 home defeat to North Walsham on Saturday (11 January). In a crucial game against a side two places above them...

Bedford Blues serve up festive feast in Cambridge thrashing

Bedford Blues treated a sell out 5,000 crowd at Goldington Road to a festive treat as they scored seven tries in beating a lacklustre Cambridge side 50-7 in the latest round of Championship...

Goldington Road set for festive sell out as Cambridge come to town

It's been a longer wait than usual, but Goldington Road is set to welcome its largest crowd of the season as the Championship season continues with a derby against Cambridge...

Bedford Blues remain third despite shock Chinnor loss

Chinnor claimed their biggest Championship scalp to date in earning their fourth league win of the season against a lacklustre Bedford Blues at a very windy and muddy...

Bedford Blues travel to Championship new boys Chinnor as top two face each other

Bedford Blues will be looking to go into Christmas with a seventh Championship victory in ten games as they travel to Oxfordshire to face the Championship's newest team in Chinnor...

Bedford Ath remain adrift at the bottom after Tring defeat

Bedford Athletic fell to another defeat at Tring in Regional South East Division One on Saturday (14 December) to remain bottom of the pile. They did take an early lead and narrowed the...

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