The governments latest moving of tiers across the country and in Nottinghamshire particularly, from tier 3 to tier 4, means that elite sport from today can continue behind-closed doors, but non-elite and grassroots sports cannot continue for those over the age of 18. Whilst youth and disabled sport can continue in the areas affected, non-elite…
Stoke City 1-1 Nottingham Forest (EFL Championship) 29.12.20 Nottingham Forest returned back home to NG2, down river Trent and back east across the A50 with a hard earned point shared at playoff pushing Stoke City as the reds wearing a camouflage kit played the final half hour of the match struggling to see themselves (and…
Notts County 0-1 Hartlepool United (National League) 28.12.20 Notts County were beaten at home against Hartlepool United on Monday as Luke Armstrong’s close strike on 19 minutes gave the away side victory to see Dave Challinor’s men go second in the National League table as the Magpies fall down to fifth. The visitors were good…
Author, Dominic Stevenson, speaks with two former Reds, in a new Mental Health ‘must-read’ publication. Two, former, Nottingham Forest loanees, John Harkes (1999) and Sam Hutchinson (2012-13), have been included in a new publication on mental health – Dominic Stevenson’s book, ‘Get Your Head In The Game: An Exploration of Football’s Complex Relationship with Mental…
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Birmingham City (EFL Championship) 26.12.20 It was spoils shared at the City Ground on Boxing Day as Nottingham Forest drew blanks with their old Manager Aitor Karanka as his new team Birmingham City weren’t much better than their hosts in what was a poor show of attacking football, although both sets of…
Scunthorpe United 2-3 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 26.12.20 The Stags won an entertaining match at Glanford Park with plenty of drama in this Christmas Cracker and more importantly, three much-needed points, taking the Town level with the Irons to 19th on twenty from twenty matches and still four away from the drop zone. George…
Both of Notts County’s matches against Kings Lynn Town have been postponed due to an outbreak of covid within the Linnets camps. Today’s match at the Walks Stadium and the return leg on the 2nd January at Meadow Lane have both been called-off due to a member of the Norfolk based clubs management staff testing…
A year that started with so much hope and promise, ending with uncertainty and frustration, if turbulence is the word of 2020 then the performances of Nottingham Forest perhaps sum up what has been a very turbulent year. Prior to Millwall at home on that sorrowful Friday night in March, the last in front of…
Basford United have made the ‘reluctant decision’ to cancel their forthcoming Northern Premier League fixture against Mickleover on Monday 28 December due to the ever-changing and uncertain Coronavirus situation. In a statement, the club announced: “In light of the changing pandemic conditions, and following consultations with local authorities, Basford United Football Club have reluctantly taken…
Our second half-term report featuring the counties top three professional football clubs focusses on the second highest ranked of those teams and Mansfield Town of the Sky Bet Football League Two. Like both Forest and Notts County, the Stags year has not been without turbulence and after finishing the covid-cut-short 2019/20 league campaign 21st in…
The start of the Greene King IPA Rugby Championship season has finally been set for 6th March 2021 with the twelve team division being split into two pools of six which will produce ten rounds of fixtures before a two-legged playoff final to determine the winner. Nottingham have been paired in Conference B with Ealing…
Basford United U18’s last night produced a historical performance as they beat Grimsby Town to reach the third round of the FA Youth Cup where they will play West Bromwich Albion. In a tense and tight game at Greenwich Avenue a late Sam Newell rocket on 78 minutes was enough to take United through with…
Christmas is usually the half-way point of an English football season and a good time to judge the whereabouts of any particular team on the year they have had but the 2020/21 season, like the one before it, has been far from ‘usual’ thanks to a global pandemic that has caused mass destruction across almost…
Nottingham Forest Women 1-2 West Bromwich Albion Women (Women’s National League North) 20/12/20 Leading at the break, an unfortunate own-goal, and a second direct from a corner, condemned Nottingham Forest Women to a home defeat in their last game of 2020 when opposing West Bromwich Albion this afternoon. Following a second, enforced break this year…
After a career of his own between the sticks, including a spell in the Football League with Barnsley, Worksop Town manager, Craig Parry, knows a thing or two about keeping things safe. His time at Oakwell would see him battling the likes of Andy Marriott and Ssa Ilic for the number one jersey, Parry having…
‘All we think about is just another game of football and we will go out and express ourselves’ are the sentiments of goalkeeper Gianni Musson as Basford United under 18s prepare to face their biggest assignment to date on Monday night. League Two Grimsby Town are the visitors to Greenwich Avenue in the second round…
Morpeth Town 0-3 Notts County (FA Trophy Round Three) 19.12.20 Neal Ardley’s Magpies made it safely through to the fourth round of the Buildbase FA Trophy after a comfortable win at Northern Premier League outfit Morpeth. The Notts Manager gave a number of his fringe players the opportunity to show what they can do and…
Rainworth Miners Welfare 2-1 Clifton All Whites (East Midlands Counties League) 19.12.20 Rainworth MWFC beat 5th placed Clifton All Whites 2-1 at the Kirklington Road Ground. A goal in each half by Craig Mitchell saw the Wrens record their sixth victory of the season after nine games played. Having troubled Rainworth for most of the…
Peterborough Sports 3-2 Basford United (FA Trophy Round Three) 19.12.20 10-man Basford United bowed out of the FA Trophy after a 3-2 defeat away at Peterborough Sports on Saturday. Ryan Wilson and Kane Richards had given the visitors the lead at half-time either side of Dion Sembie-Ferris’ strike before Mark Jones levelled with a header…
Mansfield Town 1-1 Southend United (EFL League Two) 19.12.20 Another draw for Mansfield Town, their eleventh of the season after spoils were again shared at Field Mill yesterday following two cracking goals from respective strikers of teams trying desperately to avoid the drop. A fantastic shot on the half volley gave bottom of the table…
