Ford Fiesta hard gears and dodgy clutch

it could be few things the presure plate or the slave cilinder it sounds like its not been release far enough u dont say if theres any nosies but if it is u will be best to change the clutch with presure plate and slave cilinder while the gear boxs is off! hope it heps

No noises being made, but yeah I figured it wasn't releasing far enough, could it be possible that it just needs adjusting? Trying to save myself going to a garage and getting ripped off by them doing unnecessary jobs :)

On that car you can get problems with clutch plate sticking / dragging , causing first and reverse gear especially to crunch when engaging .It is a self adjusting hydraulic clutch , so you cant adjust . If it's happening in all gears you could have a fault with the hydraulics i.e master cyl or slave cyl .You could try bleeding clutch and see if it helps.If not that you will probably need a new clutch assembly kit. The slave cyl .is located in the gear box & incorperates the release bearing .