Nottingham Rugby have captured the signature of Toby Williams for the season ahead after the loosehead prop signed for the Green and Whites from National League 1 side Rotherham Titans. German born Williams will offer valuable experience to the Nottingham forward line having played over 100 games for Rotherham. He’s also played for Doncaster Knights…
Mansfield Town have signed Goalkeeper Marek Stech on a two-year contract from Luton Town. The 30 year old is a former Czech Republic International, having started out in his youth career with Sparta Prague he initially moved to West Ham United as a youngster before joining Yeovil Town in 2012 gaining promotion to the Championship…
For 20 years from the turn of the millennium to almost the eve of lockdown, Robin Chipperfield was one of the go to voices for sport in our great city. Along with the likes of Colin Fray and Colin Slater he became as iconic locally as the traffic around Trent Bridge on a Saturday afternoon,…
County Cricket is set to return in August after the ECB today confirmed the scheduled delayed start to a revised domestic campaign. The fixture schedule is set to be confirmed in July but it looks likely that cricket will return from the 1st August with a full ECB statement available on Nottinghamshire CCC’s website available…
Back when Eddie Hemmings and Franklyn Stephenson were at Nottinghamshire CCC my dad used to play for Arnold Cricket Club who’s ground (officially named King George V playing field) backed onto the old home venue of Arnold FC at Gedling Road. It was like the County Ground at Northampton but much smaller. An open public…
Opinions. We all have-em. We wear them like hats, like watches, like big fur coats. Live by them, die by them. Defend and protect them. Drew them like swords upon the faintest whiff of a battle. Get hurt when they are hit, scared when they are tried, scarred when they are tested, terrified when they…
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Nottingham Forest 3-1 Huddersfield Town (EFL Championship) 28.06.20 Nottingham Forest eased to victory against lowly Huddersfield Town to move to fourth place in the Championship table thanks to goals either side of half time by Lewis Grabban and one from substitute Ryan Yates before a late penalty consolation from the visitors. Huddersfield actually started the…
Ben Stanley has been announced as McDonald’s Nottingham Hoods Head Coach for the 2020/21 season after having a couple of seasons away from the game. Having took charge of the second team on two occasions (in 2015 & 2016) Stanley originally joined Nottingham as a player for the first team in 2013. With coaching experience…
Anyone who’s played or watched non-league football in and around the county over the last ten years or so will be aware of Paolo Piliero, a Nottingham born bustling midfielder who’s represented the likes of Carlton Town, Dunkirk, Gedling Miners Welfare and most recently last season Newark Flowserve amongst others. Paolo however has turned his…
Samba Sow and Ben Watson have been passed fit to return to action this weekend as Nottingham Forest face Huddersfield Town tomorrow afternoon (2:15pm live on Sky) in the EFL Championship. The experienced midfield pair missed the draw at Sheffield Wednesday but are likely to be in contention to start at the City Ground as…
Some of us are still old enough to remember when Basford United played at Mill Street you know. My old man played there a couple of times and I used to watch him before making my own debut there as a kid in the early 90’s. I remember the old roofed stand on the half-way…
Flanker Carl Kirwan has joined Nottingham ahead of the new RFU Championship season adding valuable experience and quality to the Green and Whites front line for the campaign ahead. The Durham born former Rotherham, London Welsh and Worcester Warriors forward, now 29, originally came through the Newcastle Falcons Academy and has over 100 competitive senior…
On Monday morning the Notts County players returned to Meadow Lane in the sunshine, socially distanced and in small sided groups, to finally get back to training after more than three months of lockdown imposed through government restrictions due to coronavirus. 14th March 2020 was the last time Notts County players took the turf at…
It’s going to be a quiet first Championship match post lockdown at the City Ground on Sunday but as Nottingham Forest prepare to face Huddersfield Town in a bid to further strengthen their promotion hopes, attention has been drawn to the famous old stadium itself and its fan filled makeover which will hopefully make up…
Moa Lundqvist has signed for Nottingham Wildcats ahead of the new WBBL season after leaving the University of San Francisco (USF) following three years in representing one of the most famous college teams in America the San Francisco Dons. The Swedish born forward played 62 times for the Dons averaging 4.5 points per game with…
A week ago I asked the question ‘why has cricket not returned to action’ following the Governments ‘easing’ of lockdown this month and upon my vented query I got a mixed response from a closed Facebook group of County Championship followers in particular, whom I mostly aired my frustration to. Some would cite ‘safety’ as…
Jack Stapley is the first new player to sign this summer for Nottingham Rugby as the Jersey Red leaves the Channel Islands for a new start in the famous Green and White. The winger played nine times last season for a strong Jersey team scoring two tries along the way and he joins Nottingham having…
Lawrence Gorman has returned to Carlton Town after season long spells at both Quorn and Newark Flowserve. The defender left the Millers in 2018 to join the Leicestershire based side before moving to Newark last summer where he had a successful season for the Midland League high-flyers which included a memorable record run in the…
Nottingham Rugby have re-signed seven of their 2019/20 season stars as they look to positively build upon a new era following on from going part-time from 2020/21. The Championship side have extended the contracts of Luke Cole, Alex Dolly, Will Millett, Harry Graham, George Cox, Alex Crocker and Callum Allen who have all opted to…
