Nottingham Panthers 5-4 Sheffield Steelers *aot (Elite Series) 24.04.21 The Nottingham Panthers overcame a sluggish start to beat the Sheffield Steelers in an enthralling game on Saturday night. Ben Bowns got the start in goal for the Panthers opposite Ben Churchfield for the Steelers. Nottingham got off to the worst possible start when Tanner Eberle…
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Stoke City (EFL Championship) 24.04.21 A point shared at the City Ground was enough thanks to other results, to secure the Reds status in the Championship for next season but Forest will be disappointed, after coming from behind against Stoke, that they could not finish things off for a first victory in…
Salford City 2-0 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 24.04.21 An underwhelming performance that suggested the Stags really do have nothing left to play for, saw them were well beaten by playoff chasing Salford who more than up for it on the day, deserved nothing less than their win. Mansfield went through the motions and were…
Torquay United 2-2 Notts County (National League) 24.04.21 A chance missed for Notts County who went to fellow promotion challengers Torquay United yesterday and lead until stoppage time before a late, late leveller, took the Devon outfit to the top of the National League table whilst the Magpies crash down to ninth. After a bright…
Nottingham Forest midfielder Ryan Yates told how his Manager Chris Hughton was unhappy after the midweek draw with Birmingham City and that it is now the Reds “duty to perform at the highest level possible” for the remainder of the campaign, saying “we have to perform for the manager” as Forest go into the final…
Nottingham travel to Jersey this weekend as tenth host eleventh in the RFU Championship table with Neil Fowkes side still looking to gain their first win of the season. A spirited performance last weekend against high flying Cornish Pirates ended in 22-33 defeat at the Bay with the Nottingham Head Coach stating he was “happy…
If you think it looks easy front-of-house, or on the field of play, think again, it’s not; there are numerous things happening behind-the-scenes before that end product comes to fruition, just ask Simon Fotheringham, Commercial Sales Manager at Nottingham Forest. Vastly experienced, and with a passion for most sporting endeavours, including that of NBA side,…
Retford manger Liam Kay is prepared for the Chairman’s Cup challenge ahead. Like everyone else, Liam Kay, and his Retford United charges are preparing for their return to competitive action on Saturday, taking their place in the Central Midlands League Chairman’s Cup competition. Over the past few seasons, Retford have been among the front-runners in…
Tuesday night’s third post-season friendly victory for Nottingham Forest Women, a 3-1 success away to Nottingham Trent University, would see Head Coach Andy Cook, blood some new players into his starting line-up. In winning 3-1, goals coming from Hayley James, Charlotte Greengrass and Charlotte Steggles, the latter with her third of the post-season, continues the…
Basford United have announced plans for season tickets as they prepare to welcome fans back to Greenwich Avenue in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s been a near seven months since supporters were allowed at a home United game, but the club are now readying themselves for the end of lockdown and have announced…
West Bridgford Colts FC has kicked off a new chapter with the launch of its first women’s team. The club has held a long-term ambition to launch a women’s side to create a pathway for players from their senior Colts girls teams to play alongside newly-recruited players. Colts has now made an ambitious appointment, showing…
After defeat at the weekend against the unbeaten table toppers Sevenoaks Suns (who have a whopping league record of 18-0), Nottingham Wildcats bounced back yesterday to go 9&8 for the championship season and move fourth in the table as ‘best of the rest’ behind the runaway top three whilst securing a worthy spot in the…
Nottingham Panthers 2-4 Manchester Storm (Elite Series) 21.04.21 The Nottingham Panthers went into Wednesday night’s game looking to complete a round robin sweep of the Manchester Storm and move off of the foot of the table but a flat performance cost them the chance to climb up to second in the standings. Ben Bowns got…
Birmingham City 1-1 Nottingham Forest (EFL Championship) 21.04.21 A last grasp Lewis Grabban penalty saved Forest from defeat against Birmingham City and more importantly took the Reds a point nearer to securing Championship safety, but it wasn’t pretty at St Andrews in a dog fight between two sides that have largely struggled this season. The…
Notts County have made the short term signing of goalkeeper Luke Steele as back up for the injured Sam Slocombe who could miss out on action for the next few weeks. Peterborough born Steele now 36, most recently played for Nottingham Forest but started out at his home town club before moving to Manchester United…
As grassroots and non-league football returns to action it hasn’t taken long for the Managerial merry-go-round to get started with two notable clubs in the county making changes over the last week. Northern Counties East League outfit AFC Mansfield, announced that their boss Matt Chatfield was to depart from the club last week and the…
Mansfield Town 3-0 Scunthorpe United (EFL League Two) 20.04.21 Mansfield Town secured their status in League Two for the coming season after crossing the fifty point barrier in a thumping win over Scunthorpe United at the One Call Stadium. On a good night for Nigel Clough’s men a George Lapslie goal after nineteen minutes gave…
At the fourth time of asking, the Central Midlands League will finally run it’s post-season, Chairman’s Cup competition, with just the four groups of three apiece (twelve entrants in total) now taking part. The group stage will see each club play home, and away, matches between that of Saturday 24 April and Saturday 15 May,…
Basford United have confirmed their first pre-season friendly fixture as preparations for next season begin to take shape. Mickleover will be the visitors to Greenwich Avenue on May 22 in the newly formed “Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Non-Elite Cup”. The tie was scheduled as the last league game before the season was halted back in December…
Nottingham Panthers 4-3 Manchester Storm (Elite Series) 19.04.21 The Nottingham Panthers took five out of six points on offer in the Elite Series last week and as the round robin section of the tournament rolled into its final week they were looking to build on that against the Manchester Storm on Monday night. Jackson Whistle…
