As we aim to rid the April showers beneath the brighter, lighter, skies of the summer towards, the 2022 county cricket season is nearing upon us with kick off, bowl off, bat off, toss off, whatever you want to call it, tomorrow, Thursday 7th April, for many of the nation’s first class cricketing clubs, Nottinghamshire…
The UK’s biggest elite cycling race the Tour of Britain will pass through Nottinghamshire later this year as well-renowned cyclists from across the globe take on the county’s streets for stage five of the competition. Starting in Central Avenue, West Bridgford, the event will pass iconic locations such as Trent Bridge and Sherwood Forest before…
Forest Green 1-0 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 05.04.22 Mansfield Town were beaten by league leaders Forest Green in the revised fixture at the New Lawn after the two sides met earlier in the year before that match was abandoned due to fog. It was always going to be a tough task facing a team…
Trent Rockets have completed their line ups for the upcoming Hundred season with a few usual suspects and a couple of new faces making up the men and women’s teams for this summer’s second ever franchise competition. Whilst many of the Trent Bridge based teams players had already been secured before the draft was made,…
I’m not denying I’m a fair-weather golfer. I played once in December and scrapped January off completely, a couple of pleasantly dry days in Feb meant I dusted off the clubs again but after the rain I wasn’t prepared to get my feet wet, or muddy… It’s not me… Give me sunshine and hard ground,…
Lowly East Midlands Women’s Regional Football League Premier Division side, Rise Park Ladies, and Division One North leaders, Arnold Eagles, were the weekends’ biggest winners across the regions, women’s football scene. Rise Park, second bottom in the league’s top division, picked up a big win on Sunday afternoon when at home to Rotherham United Women,…
Nottingham Forest U18 3-1 Chelsea U18 (FA Youth Cup Semi Final) 04.04.22 Nottingham Forest’s youngsters have made history by reaching their first ever FA Youth Cup Final after knocking out nine times winners Chelsea at the City Ground this evening. Warren Joyce’s team will now play ten times champs Manchester United who have famously won…
The divisional cup finals are certainly starting to take shape in the Euro Soccer Nottinghamshire Senior League, more after this past weekends’ round of matches – three of the four finals are now, officially, locked in. As the semi-finals of the NSL Senior Cup are still to be played out, the remaining three competitions will…
As Easter approaches each season, clubs line up their sights to assess what might be achieved and what must be avoided. Poet TS Eliot called April ‘the cruellest month’ and with good reason. Fickle weather, from snow to warm sunny days, come and go. In the world of football, games come thick and fast through…
Nottingham Panthers are coming under pressure from their own fans after a disastrous weekend started with a 6-2 defeat at Sheffield Steelers before a 4-10 home thumping by Coventry Blaze. Coach Dave Whistle stated after the loss against Coventry “It’s just not good enough for anybody and I think we let Will (netminder Kerlin) down…
A win against Worthing Thunder at the weekend assured Nottingham Hoods joined NBL Division One regular season winners Team Solent Kestrels, second placed Thames Valley Cavaliers and sixth spot Hemel Storm (who beat third placed Derby Trailblazers) in this season’s Playoff semi-finals. The quarter final tie against Worthing who finished fifth, a place behind Nottingham…
The hundred point barrier has been reached for United Counties Division One leaders, Kimberley Miners Welfare, following a titanic, top-of-the-table clash, away to second place Hinckley, on Saturday afternoon. Not only did the Nottinghamshire side come out on top of what was a five-goal thriller, fans would witness a captains’ performance for the ages as…
Carlton Town 2-0 Chasetown (Northern Premier League Midlands Division) 02.04.22 Carlton Town produced a stunning second half comeback to beat title-chasing Chasetown 2-0 at Stoke Lane. In a veritable game of two halves, perhaps only Tommy Brookbanks and Mark Harvey thought the Millers might get something out of the match when the sides went in…
Southend United 0-3 Notts County (National League) 02.04.22 Three goals for the Magpies Porto-Belgo star Ruben Rodrigues and a penalty save by Liverpool loanee Vitezslav Jaros, helped lift Ian Burchnall’s men to victory on the Essex coast as Notts eventually won easily against mid-table Southend. Notts took the lead on 19 after Arter’s free kick…
Mansfield Town 1-0 Northampton Town (EFL League Two) 02.04.22 Mansfield Town made it a club record eleven straight home league wins and more importantly a single goal victory over fellow promotion chasers Northampton has kept the dream well and truly alive of the Stags being well within in the mix come May. The home side…
Blackpool 1-4 Nottingham Forest (EFL Championship) 02.04.22 Nottingham Forest excitingly returned from the international layoff with more intent, more goals and more encouragement that they are ready for the final leg and the all-important run in of the season as they look towards pushing into the playoffs and potentially even further beyond. Forest were fabulous…
Nottingham 5-26 Doncaster Knights (RFU Championship) 01.04.22 Nottingham were beaten by Doncaster at the Bay last night as the Archers end their disappointing RFU Championship season with a fifteenth defeat in twenty games. The away side took the lead in just seven minutes when Holden went over and doubled their advantage to two scores as…
Having afforded themselves a little breathing space at the of the United Counties League Division One, and coming off the back of a derby success against West Bridgford, Kimberley Miners Welfare head into this weekends’ table-topping clash with Hinckley, brimming with confidence. The top two have both put West Bridgford to the sword this past…
Notts County face the difficult, long journey to clash with Southend United this weekend in the Vanarama National League, as they Magpies continue to push higher up in the Play-Off places. Ian Burchnall’s side were last in action this past weekend, where they were held to just a point by local rivals Chesterfield at Meadow…
