Ben Slater has joined Leicestershire on loan from Nottinghamshire for 2 weeks as county cricket returns to a league format of sorts this weekend. The Bob Willis Trophy gets under way on Saturday with Notts in action verses Derbyshire at a closed Trent Bridge whilst Leicestershire will give Slater his debut against Lancashire at the…
Notts County are warming up ahead of Sunday’s huge National League Playoff Final at Wembley Stadium and as the weather heats up so does the tension ahead of what will be a huge game as the Magpies look to return back to the football league after just one year. Neal Ardley’s side have no new…
Mansfield Town have launched a fantastic new shirt to commemorate the superb services of the NHS with all profits being donated to their cause. The Sturridge made shirt is usual Stags gold and blue trim with the rainbow design down the middle and has been launched as a thank you to NHS staff for their…
Oakmere Park near Oxton is to host September’s Coca Cola PGA Assistants’ Championship. The resumption of the PGA’s national tournament schedule later this year will see Nottingham’s impressive Oakmere Park play host to the Coca Cola PGA Assistants’ Championship over three rounds in a strokeplay format. Beginning with a qualifying round on September 21st the…
On Sunday at Wembley Stadium, Notts County will face Harrogate Town in front of the BT Sport cameras and little more than a few hundred ambassadors, journalists, broadcasters and extra special privileged folk in attendance at the famous arched venue as both sides fight for a place for Football League status in the National League…
Mansfield Town have today strengthened their squad further with a double swoop for Bristol Rovers defender Rollin Menayese and Cambridge United midfielder George Maris both for undisclosed fees. 22-year old Menayese has already played for Stags Manager Graham Coughlan when at the Pirates before making the move to Field Mill. The 6ft3in Congolese born defender…
Stuart Broad has that look in his eye that only a few sportsmen get. Lewis Hamilton has it, Tiger Woods has it, Phil Taylor always got it when about to hit a ridiculous three dart check out. When these top sports stars smell blood they go in for the kill like a beast on its…
Deke Hardman is raising money for the charity CALM and is currently taking a 100k step challenge from the City Ground to Pride Park and back after pledging to give up alcohol, take-aways and gambling during the whole 2019/20 season in which he has just succeeded in completing. Having raised near £4,000 through his Just…
As outdoor sports slowly return and gyms finally re-open after covid-lockdown, one parent of a young amateur boxer in Nottingham feels that local boxing clubs are slipping under the radar and being forced to stay closed due to government guidance which has put an insurmountable amount of pressure on them leading to a struggle of…
Ok I don’t want to get too carried away here. One quite big game still to play on Sunday, Notts remember have achieved nothing yet… But cast mind back to late January when a young North East born winger signed for the club from Blyth Spartans where he had made a name in the National…
From fans to journalists, experts to idiots, I have read a lot of negative comments over the last few days and nights following Forest failing at the last hurdle to reach their playoff goal and perhaps rightly so due to the manner in which they failed. But let’s not forget the season they had and…
Saturday’s downpour white-washed two games in the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board Premier League as Clifton Village’s match verses Attenborough and Caythorpe’s tie against Cuckney both fell victim to the weather. In the North Group encounter, Cuckney finished on 167/7 from their revised 35 overs with Caythorpe unable to reach enough overs to score a Duckworth &…
Back into the swing of things. Gyms opened yesterday. Muscles ache today. At least they should be. Adidas. Nike. Forest shorts on. Jog down there, jog back. Light buzz in the gut. Slight dread. Wonder how much you should push it? Wonder how much you should hold back? Train solid, train wise. Have a plan….
As the fourth official raised the board of no hope versus Stoke, all I could hear was the sound of Sonny and Cher belting out “I got you babe!” For some, the reality of a Forest implosion may seem shocking, unfortunately for most it’s indicative of our recent past. Where do I begin? Well, I’ve…
It’s been a good long wait, but the boys of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club were finally in action this weekend as they played their first friendly of their delayed summer in travelling to Edgbaston for a two day game against Warwickshire. In two separate 60 over per side days starting on Friday, Notts opened the…
It may have taken some time, but Neal Ardley is a man fastly becoming a hero to many Notts County fans and rightly so. A humble well-spoken articulate man, Ardley has masterminded some impressive performances since the turn of the year and his most recent, is arguably the best of the lot. Having watched Barnet…
Notts County 2-0 Barnet (National League Playoff Semi Final) 25.07.20 Notts County took a giant leap into returning to the football league at the first attempt after beating Barnet in a drenched National League semi-final encounter at Meadow Lane. Magpies Manager Neal Ardley played his perfect hand as he moved Jim O’Brien to the left…
Portugal’s stunning Capital City of Lisbon is over 2,000 kilometres from Nottingham. Situated on the hilly banks of the Tagus River and along the Atlantic Coast, a world away, it perhaps feels to those many a Midlander still dreaming of sun and sea, put off by overseas holiday banning lockdowns and those in power telling…
As Nottinghamshire face their first friendly of the revised and much shortened campaign today, in travelling to Edgbaston to face Warwickshire for a three day match, the fixtures have been drawn up for a red ball season which will start on Saturday 1st August. Notts will play five four day fixtures starting against Derbyshire at…
Mansfield Town winger CJ Hamilton has moved to Blackpool for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £200,000. The 25-year-old has played over 170 games for the Stags scoring 20 goals since signing from Sheffield United in 2016 and has been a huge hit at the One Call Stadium earning himself a…
