Nottinghamshire clubs began their respective, Trevor Clifton Trophy campaigns, on Sunday afternoon, with Adam Dunleavey’s Notts County Women seeing off the challenge of visitors, Rise Park Ladies, with an eventually comfortable, 5-2 victory. Two goals inside the opening ten minutes, one apiece, made for an exciting contest, County not taking long in asserting their dominance,…
Carlton Town 1-0 Hucknall Town (Friendly) 17.04.21 A first half strike from Tyler Blake gave Carlton Town a 1-0 win against Hucknall Town at Stoke Lane. Blake struck on 14 minutes, latching onto a loose clearance and driving home low from the edge of the box. Tommy Brookbanks and Mark Harvey had picked a more…
Nottinghamshire 273 & 260 v Warwickshire 201/9 & 333/7 (County Championship Group One) *Warwickshire win by three wickets 15.04.21 – 18.04.21 Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club missed a real opportunity for a long awaited first red ball win since 2018 as they were agonisingly beaten by Warwickshire at Trent Bridge after four days of tense County…
Long Eaton United Ladies 0-6 Nottingham Forest Women (Friendly) 18/04/21 Six goals, a clean-sheet, and a run-out for every member of Andy Cook’s twenty person squad, including another ninety minute play from ‘keeper Aja Aguirre, featured in Nottingham Forest Women’s dominant, 6-0 win away to Long Eaton Ladies of the FA Women’s National League Division…
The Samba Nottinghamshire Senior League divisional cup competitions kicked off in style on Saturday afternoon, although Premier Division side, Bilborough Town, have withdrawn with immediate effect (their match with Woodthorpe Park Rangers being switched to a friendly instead). Bingham Town would top score, in the Premier Division Cup, as Jay Archer scored twice at home…
Nottingham Panthers 3-4 Coventry Blaze *aot (Elite Series) 17.04.21 The Nottingham Panthers went into Saturday night’s game against Coventry Blaze looking to make it three wins in the week after already beating the Manchester Storm on Wednesday and Sheffield Steelers Friday night. Ben Bowns got the start in goal for the Panthers opposite Jordan Hedley…
Nottingham Forest 0-2 Huddersfield Town (EFL Championship) 17.04.21 It wasn’t to be as the Reds were soundly beaten after a disappointing performance that saw Huddersfield Town deservedly take all the points. Forest actually started well at a sun-drenched City Ground with some neat possession early-doors but the away side soon came into the game during…
Stevenage 0-1 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 17.04.21 A huge win for Nigel Clough’s men see’s the Stags almost there, in relation to gaining enough points for League Two safety this season, Mansfield now have an eleven point cushion on the bottom two with just four games to play. An early call for a penalty…
Notts County 0-1 Eastleigh (National League) 17.04.21 Another loss for Ian Burchnall’s side and a third successive defeat in the league is painful to take as Notts fall out of the playoff zone in the National League. It was again a 3-4-3 formation for County who went with the three centre halves and three attackers…
A twenty-four team, six group tournament involving a number of Nottinghamshire based clubs, including that of Notts County Women, Mansfield Town Ladies, and Arnold Eagles et al, is scheduled to begin this coming Sunday, 18 April. Entitled the Trevor Clifton Trophy, and first held in 2014, the tournament will see teams split into groups of…
Nottingham Panthers 4-3 Sheffield Steelers (Elite Series) 16.04.21 On the back of Wednesday’s thrilling overtime win over Manchester Storm, Nottingham Panthers returned to Elite Series action on Friday night against arch-rivals Sheffield Steelers and raced into a four goal lead before eventually clinging on to a second successive victory which takes the team to within…
The Samba Nottinghamshire Senior League returns tomorrow with a round-robin, divisional cup competition incorporating each of their five divisions. Beginning with a first round of fixtures on 17 April, with seven matches in the Premier Division Cup, the tournament is expected to run through until mid-June, the group phase encompassing the dates between 17 April…
Brian Stubbs, a true icon and legend of Notts County, takes a wonderful journey back in time. And he delivers a great exclusive story about how Jimmy Sirrel resigned after Jack Dunnett quizzed him over his team selection in the seventies. Never told before, Stubbs recounts how Dunnett queried Mick Vinter’s name on the subs…
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club are once again in action from 11am today as they begin their second match in Group One of the County Championship against Warwickshire at Trent Bridge. After a battling draw against Durham last week, Notts will be confident against a side who also drew their opening match of the campaign against…
Nottingham Panthers 4-3 Manchester Storm *aot (Elite Series) 14.03.21 After three straight defeats, victory tasted good against Manchester Storm but the Panthers made it late with an over time win against the only side in the competition they have already beaten. Wednesday night was hockey night inside the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham as the Panthers returned…
Carlton Town 3-2 Gedling Miners Welfare (Friendly) 13.04.21 A youthful Carlton Town resumed their covid-hit season with a 3-2 friendly win against Gedling Miners Welfare at Stoke Lane on Tuesday night. The Millers side was largely made up of development players from the Academy but they impressed against a side that featured no fewer than…
With the sale of their long term home at Lowfields to housing developers ever nearing, Newark FC who have been in turmoil in recent months due to the uncertainty of their future, have now agreed a groundshare that will see them able to continue to play football and their home games in the county over…
Canadian-born, Nottingham Forest Women’s shot-stopper, Aja Aguirre, is to undertake a Glasgow-Nottingham cycling challenge in memory of her older brother, Xavier, who, in July last year, suddenly, and tragically passed away, having contracted the rare disease known as Amyloidosis. A disorder that is said to be that rare that most medical students and physicians alike…
Solihull Moors 2-1 Notts County (National League) 13.04.21 A second successive defeat for Notts County leaves the Magpies clinging on to their playoff position with now one eye looking back over their shoulder. It started so well against Solihull Moors, a team sitting in the middle of the National League with no real danger of…
An outstanding performance by Portuguese star Simone Costa helped Nottingham Wildcats return to winning ways after defeat against Leicester Riders at the weekend as Kenrick Liburd’s team of girls bounced back to run out comfortable winners over Oaklands Wolves this afternoon. The game ended 68-47 in Nottingham’s favour with Costa scoring 22 points with 7…
