It was an underwhelming FA Cup third round draw for both Nottingham Forest and Mansfield Town aired live on BBC One this evening as both were paired up against same league opposition. Forest were drawn against fellow Championship foes Cardiff City at home whilst Mansfield were the last ball out of the hat and drew…
Notts County have signed midfielder Tom Walker on loan from Harrogate Town until January 3rd. The club have strengthened their midfield department which is light of depth ahead of a challenging festive period and 24 year old Walker will add strength in an important area of the park as well as experience for one so…
We had the audacity last week to ‘question’ whether the start to the season for Notts County has been good enough, despite the turmoil that the club has found themselves in, having agonisingly missed out in last seasons playoffs after a long wait and much debate on whether they would even have the chance to…
‘Winning mentality’ is one thing that Mansfield Town strived for under their last Manager without success but things seem different these days under a new man at the helm who has delivered four wins from six games with an exciting evening ahead that includes a velvet bag and some luck of the balls on terrestrial…
The first half of Lyndsey Harkin’s football career would see her represent her hometown club, her country, and spend five years in Yorkshire with the Doncaster Belles. Then, in late 2015, she came home to rule, and it wouldn’t be too long before she’d do so with the captain’s band either. “It was easy to…
Nottingham Hoods are through to the next round of the L Lynch Trophy after a comprehensive 91-70 victory over Charnwood Riders yesterday. Delaney Powell scored 18 of the Hoods points with Laurits Juffer netting 16 and Ward-Hibbert taking fifteen with five assists for Hundal as Juffer sat king of the rebounds with nine. It was…
Mansfield Town 2-1 Dagenham & Redbridge (FA Cup Round Two) 29.11.20 Nicky Maynard bundled home a 120th minute winner to snatch victory deep into extra time of a tense nail biting FA Cup second round game against National League opposition to ensure Nigel Clough’s men go into the hat for the round three draw on…
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Swansea City (EFL Championship) 29.11.20 It was a third straight defeat for Chris Hughton’s men in what was a plucky but largely toothless performance against a well drilled side in Steve Cooper’s Swansea. The Reds started brightly against their Welsh opponents as Sammy Ameobi tricked his way down the left wing to…
Notts County 3-0 Wealdstone (National League) 27.11.20 Notts County beat playoff chasers Wealdstone last night in a convincing performance at the Lane that sees Neal Ardley’s side move into the top six on sixteen from nine played and a point below second where four teams below leaders Torquay have 17 points. The Magpies bridge the…
There were eight more races at Southwell today in the flat on the all weather as it was double delight for jockeys Silvestre Da Silva and Ben Curtis who rode to victory in exactly half of the behind closed doors encounters with Da Silva following up his early win on Sky Power to take the…
Nottingham Forest Manager Chris Hughton said earlier this week it would be ‘very difficult’ for him to play the same team with the volume of games the club has coming up right now and following successive 2-0 defeats against Barnsley and Bournemouth, calls from some fans are already suggesting that ‘changes’ should be made this…
Ruben Rodrigues is settling into life in Nottingham and the National League midst difficult times right now and hopes to play a huge part in Notts County’s match with Wealdstone this evening after coming off the bench to score a stoppage time leveller against Chesterfield on Saturday before providing the winner for Kyle Wootton in…
Beth Curzon has blazed a trail from Nottingham to Bulgaria … as one of Notts County’s most successful European football exports. It’s been a long and rewarding journey for Beth (23) who came through the Magpies’ female Academy squad to earn a contract with the home-town club of former Manchester United star Dimitar Berbatov. She’s…
As if 2020 hasn’t been testing enough, Newark FC, a team who changed their name (dropping Flowserve) in the summer, sparking a new era, a new beginning, now find themselves with a new unrequested test of uncertainty, as a club that now may be forced to search for a new home. Newark have progressed from…
It was another victory at Southwell for Trainer Michael Appleby and his horse Grimsthorpe Castle owned by Matthew Taylor, who for the second week in succession came home first in the 1m3f 23y C6 race, the first race of the day, ridden this time by jockey Andrew Mullen after Ben Curtis rode him home to…
Nottingham and the county of Nottinghamshire is to stay in tier 3 as the government has announced post-lockdown plans for the country from Wednesday 2nd December and beyond. What this means for sport is that no fans will be allowed at venues in elite sport until the county is downgraded to at least tier two…
Uncertain times and government restriction has caused agony and headache for our sporting clubs and Nottingham Wildcats are one of those suffering most right now, unable to play basketball for a large proportion of 2020, the Wildcats have only just recently got back on court after the 2019/20 campaign was cancelled. Playing their first two…
Diego Armando Maradona, one of the greatest, if not the greatest footballer ever to live. Died yesterday, November 25th 2020, aged 60. The over-infectious, over-sized, over-egoed, superstar, known globally for his achievements in the beautiful game, playing at the highest level, doing the most amazing things, winning the best trophies, in a style with technique…
Ben Duckett is the latest cricketer to extend his stay with Nottinghamshire as the 26-year-old Outlaw puts pen to paper with the club until 2023. The clubs player of the year scored 734 runs in red and white ball formats last season including a famous 53 not out that saw Notts to a memorable win…
His has been a career that has been forged with Teesside grit, steel and determination, and has been played out across the north-east, as well as further afield, before winding up in Nottingham as the Head Coach of the Forest Women. Having studied a BSc Hons degree in Sports & Exercise – Sports Studies at…
