After a thumping 7-3 defeat in the Challenge Cup at Sheffield Steelers on Saturday night, Nottingham Panthers bounced back with a much better performance against Cardiff Devils on Sunday, in the Premier Sports Elite League at the Motorpoint Arena, the home side winning 5-2 to move into the top six of the standings. Matthew Myers…
After the jubilation of beating Liverpool at the City Ground last week came the almost inevitable underwhelming deflation of losing at the Emirates on Sunday, not the loss in particular, that was significant against top of the table Arsenal, but the manner of which Steve Cooper’s side performed, the most disappointing aspect to take away…
Although still a couple of games shy of the half-way stage in this seasons Central Midlands League Premier North title race, Nottinghamshire outfit, Ryan Hindley’s Retford United, have certainly been firing on all cylinders. Granted they exited the CML Cup, in late September, when losing 3-2 at home to league rivals, Dearne & District, that…
It was double delight for Nottingham Forest Women on Sunday afternoon (30 October) as both their seniors, and reserves sides, collected big wins. Andy Cook rang the changes as he took the first to his native Teesside, opposing that of Norton & Stockton Ancients (National League Division One North) in the FA Women’s National League…
The last Saturday of October, 2022, was a dull one for Nottinghamshire’s non-league sides at step seven upwards, with only five of their clubs winning their respective league/cup matches. Of those in action, both Basford United and Worksop Town exited the FA Trophy at the First Round stage, suffering 2-1 defeats at the hands of…
It was another emphatic performance for Notts County as they comprehensively beat visitors Torquay United at Meadow Lane today, a thumping 4-0 win for Luke Williams well drilled side who now have an incredible 44 league goals from just sixteen games played. It was the Magpies seventh straight league win but Wrexham’s persistence below them…
Manager Mark Clifford has urged supporters to ‘keep on coming’ as Basford United prepare to face Marine AFC in the first-round proper of the Isuzu FA Trophy on Saturday afternoon (3pm). United’s attendances – home and away – have picked up in recent weeks following success in the FA Cup, as well as improved league…
What a year it has been for Nottinghamshire batsman Haseeb Hameed, in helping his side win the County Championship Second Division, scoring 1,235 runs at an average of 58.80 in the process, the England International has now earned himself a two year contract keeping him at Trent Bridge until at least 2024. Red ball vice-captain…
In leaving no stone unturned, North Notts boxer, Nicola Hopewell (1-0; 1), nicknamed ‘The Hurricane,’ has certainly enjoyed a somewhat differing training camp this time around, as she heads into Friday night’s Doncaster Dome fight, against the Spaniard, Buchra El Quaissi (3-3-3; 1). This may be just the second, professional fight, of the 31-year-old boxer’s…
Basford United’s scholars look to create more history when they welcome Derby County to Greenwich Avenue in the first-round proper of the FA Youth Cup on Monday night. United, one of the lowest ranked remaining teams in the competition, have already played four times to reach this stage and host a Rams academy who hold…
It has been a tough week for Mansfield Town, a loss on Saturday at relegation strugglers Crawley and then a painful home draw with eighteenth placed Newport County on Tuesday night, how do the Stags now regroup the players and keep their promotion push on track? Since Nigel Clough took over at Mansfield ahead of…
After back to back shootout wins were followed by disappointment in the Challenge Cup on Saturday night, Nottingham Panthers were back in action last night and enjoyed their equal most comprehensive win of the campaign – a 6-2 defeat of Glasgow Clan. Having beat the Clan 3-2 in Scotland thanks to a shootout last Wednesday,…
It’s beginning to feel a lot like a serious championship push, as Notts County continue with their good, no, sensational form in the National League, to dispose of mid-table Wealdstone at their own back yard in thumping Tuesday night fashion. The Magpies hit six, their hosts scoring a solitary reply, before a silly red card…
‘We hate Nottingham Forest, we hate Everton too, we hate Man United, but Liverpool, we love you.’ There’s a catchy little chant that’s echoed round the terraces since the late 1960s! Supporters could substitute different names, of course, but that version had particular bite for Forest and Liverpool fans in the late 70s. Last Saturday’s…
Basford United were beaten in their Monday night football match at Redditch whilst Notts County Academy came through in their County Cup tie against West Bridgford last night. In the Southern League Central, Basford were back in action just 48 hours after a 2-2 draw at the weekend when Mark Clifford’s men conceded a penalty…
There’s nothing quite like a national cup run, be it in the FA Cup, FA Trophy, or the FA Vase – the players love it, the fans love it, there’s just something about it. And, there’s been a few good cup runs across Nottinghamshire this season, including in that of the FA Vase, which saw…
Second place, and with a game in hand on leaders, and rivals, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Andy Cook’s Nottingham Forest battled to a 3-1 home win over second bottom, Brighouse Town, at the weekend. It was the Reds’ third home win in succession, scoring ten, and conceding three, and their seventh win in nine games this season,…
Nottingham Rugby are third in the Greene King RFU Championship after six games played, the Archers latest victory, their fourth of the season, coming on Friday night at Lady Bay against second bottom Richmond. The home side continued their fine start to the season with an opening try of the evening on fourteen minutes produced…
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Liverpool (Premier League) 22.10.22 Nottingham Forest emphatically ended their nine-match winless run in the Premier League to beat the mighty Liverpool in a thrilling game at a packed, noisy, and most jubilant of City Ground’s. Both sides had chances in an even first half where the home team more than matched their…
Rewind back a week and ask yourself, would you take defeat in the cup if it meant Notts would comprehensively win 3-0 to take three vital home points as they continue to pursue their promotion dream against Maidstone next time out? Some might even say, that the distraction of not having the FA Cup in…
