Friday, July 18, 2025

Rod Gilmour

The Hockey Paper's Editor. First covered international hockey at the 2010 Commonwealth Games - no better than a full house watching India play England - and has reported on the sport for the Daily Telegraph and other major newspapers ever since. Co-founded THP in 2016.

England men Hockey Pro League hopes stutter ahead of ‘Dutch duels’

Lee Valley -- Wimbledon’s Jack Turner admitted to a “very different feeling” from the last time he faced Germany in an England shirt. It...

Hockey Pro League: England women endure double Argentina defeat

Lee Valley -- Two of English hockey’s greats were on the pitch at half-time as Laura Roper was presented with a photo collage by...

FIH Hockey Pro League: England teams face up to title hopes and relegation

Basement side England women face eight matches in 15 days to stave off the threat of Pro League relegation for the first time, while...

Is England Hockey set up as a ‘graduates programme’?

Do we expect senior players to keep playing for their country after an arduous Olympic cycle? Welcome time off centralised programmes is commonplace after...

Tess Howard as England Hockey captain? She’s the perfect players’ voice

England and GB’s long-term captaincy since London 2012 is an illustrious one: Kate Richardson-Walsh, Alex Danson and Hollie Pearne-Webb. These are big shoes to...

‘We need to reinvigorate it’: Harborne claim England Hockey cup glory after 122 years

On the same day when the English FA Cup final was being played, Harborne HC started early in the build-up to their biggest day...

Surbiton respond to England Hockey Cup withdrawals

A final failed to be played for the first time in the near 50-year history of the English women’s knockout cup after Surbiton withdrew...

Hollie Pearne-Webb retires as an England and GB hockey great

There was the spin and the scoop inside the post. Then the high fist pump before the moment dawned and Hollie Pearne-Webb let loose...