As I watched the play off final back in May, and saw Nottingham Forest beat the odds and seal a famous return to the big time, I started to imagine how the side would get on, competing in the toughest, and most expensive league in the world. The summer break came and went, and as…
After a twelve day layoff, Nottingham Rugby are back in action on Friday night under the lights at Lady Bay for a home game against Richmond and a winnable match against opposition from Yorkshire, who are tenth in the twelve team Greene King RFU Championship with just one win and four defeats from their five…
The words of a former England manager, through the mouth of the current, Nottingham Forest Women manager, proved an inspiration behind the victory for the Reds at the weekend in the East Midlands derby. In what is probably one of the biggest victories of his managerial reign in charge of Forest Women, Teessider Andy Cook,…
Netminder Jack Berry led the Nottingham Panthers to their second successive penalty-shot victory, as they came from behind to beat Glasgow Clan 3-2 in the Premier Sports Elite League last night. Berry, who helped his side beat Manchester Storm on Sunday in a Challenge Cup win by the same score, made four stops in the…
The last ever match for Hucknall Town at Watnall Road ended in defeat as Southern League Central side Basford United proved their levels above to proceed in the second round of the Notts FA Senior Cup last night. The ambers beat the yellows 2-0 with a first half strike from Tyreace Palmer and a second…
One of the biggest reasons why we love Steve Cooper? Is that he understands people… He understands ‘us’ as Nottingham Forest fans, and he understands ‘our’ needs and demands (even when sometimes unrealistic). Now, we don’t expect Harlem Globetrotters all of the time, we certainly want to play the right way, but first and foremost…
Afternoon all, Hope you have spent plenty of time out on the bank making most of the warm conditions. Sunday 16th October, I grabbed the puddle sticks and wandered down to my local ponds at Sherwood Forest Fishery. Located between Clipstone and Edwinstowe. Arriving at around 8am I pulled into the fishery to be greeted…
A fine Western film recently shown on BBC iplayer called ‘The Sisters Brothers’, has two hired men – the brothers – track down a chemist who’s found a formula to separate gold dust from river sludge. The only problem is (spoiler alert) that contact between the chemical and skin leads to almost certain death. I…
Redemption, victory, record-breakers, and importantly, three points, came the way of Andy Cook and his Nottingham Forest Women on Sunday afternoon, following a 3-1 win over rivals Derby County, at the famous City Ground. An FA Women’s National League Premier North record attendance of 5,082 (last season there was 4,443 in attendance) saw the Reds…
As the three Notts clubs playing in the FA Cup on Saturday, were dismissed, albeit narrowly, focus was on further down the pyramid, and the ongoing progress of Newark & Sherwood United (United Counties Premier North), Radford (United Counties Division One), and Retford United (Central Midlands North). In the FA Cup, Notts County lost 3-2…
Its derby time in the FA Women’s National League Northern Premier this coming weekend as Nottingham’s famed City Ground plays host, for the second successive season, to the ‘East Midlands Derby’ between Andy Cook’s Nottingham Forest, and Sam Griffiths’ Derby County. Last season, it was all about the Rams however, they winning at home, and…
Basford United manager Mark Clifford says he can finally look forward to the historic Emirates FA Cup tie with Solihull Moors on Saturday, describing the past few weeks as ‘hectic’. His side travel to the ARMCO Arena for a fourth qualifying round clash after a busy schedule that has seen eight games in less than…
Yesterday I found myself as a late substitute, asked to be part of an all paid for table at Nottingham Racecourse for Construction Day, and an event which was made for mingling with a number of local companies’ bosses swapping business cards with one another. As Editor of Nottingham Sport, I felt pretty useless in…
During the mid-nineties, I lived in West Bridgford with my ex-wife and two young children. My son Matt was always cricket crazy, taking after his Dad and for a bit of fun, from about 4 years old, I used to run a cricket session for him and his mates from the local Primary School on…
Pub quiz question: what English region dominated the European Cup competition between 1979-82? Answer – as if you didn’t know! – the Midlands. Forest won that cup in 1979 and 1980 and Aston Villa in 1982. (Ok, Liverpool won it in 1981.) It’s a detail of footballing history that I revisit each time the two…
Basford United 1-0 Hednesford Town (Southern League Central Division) 11.10.22 On Monday night, Basford United U18’s reached the first-round proper of the FA Youth Cup for a second successive season after beating Lincoln United 2-0 thanks to goals from Desmond Saane and Lui Bull. On Tuesday night, after some cup exploits of their own over…
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa (Premier League) 10.10.22 Nottingham Forest shared the spoils in an East/West all Midlands clash at the City Ground, a match of low quality but at least it shown defensive improvements for a team that had lost their last five matches. Five changes were made by Steve Cooper who gave first…
Shildon 0-4 Carlton Town (Northern Premier League East Division) 08.10.22 Goals from Brad Wells and Aaron O’Connor bookended by a Kyle Tomlin brace saw Carlton Town to an emphatic 4-0 win at Shildon. A recurring theme this season has been the inability of the Millers to put away their chances when they are on top…
Nottingham Panthers 1-3 Fife Flyers (Elite League) 08.10.22 The Nottingham Panthers were beaten 3-1 by Fife Flyers at the Motorpoint Arena in the Premier Sports Elite League. A third straight defeat for Gary Graham’s side. After losing in Cardiff on Friday night, Alex Dubeau got the start between the pipes with Jack Berry as back-up,…
Both Worksop Town and Basford United will be flying the Nottinghamshire flag in the first round of the FA Trophy after the two sides came through their third qualifying round matches on Saturday. The Nottingham Sport was at Loughborough Dynamo to watch Worksop come from behind to win 2-1 against their Leicestershire opponents whilst Basford,…
