The official auctioning partner of the Royal British Legion, MatchWornShirt, is currently putting under the hammer the worn and signed shirts of the Nottingham Forest players from their recent game against Crystal Palace, which of course was won by the Reds 1-0 at the City Ground thanks to a goal by Morgan Gibbs White, who’s…
Mansfield Town have bolstered their squad with the addition of left back Lewis Page who joins on an initial one-month contract. The former West Ham United youngster is now 26 and was without a club after leaving Harrogate Town in the summer, he’ll be utilised by the Stags potentially as a replacement for the injured…
It is by now no secret that the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar starts on Sunday with the host nation in action against Ecuador in the first of 64 matches involving 32 of the elite football nations on the planet. England and Wales will be there, contesting in the same group B alongside USA…
‘The lamps are going out all over Europe,’ said British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey in August 1914, on the eve of the United Kingdom’s entry into the First World War. Over years, the most powerful nations on earth had drifted towards that conflagration. I’m not going to follow that opening with a piece on…
It was always going to be the answer to an obvious question asked, ‘let’s just see where we are by the time the World Cup starts’… The English Premier League season split into two, for the first time ‘deliberately’ since it began in 1992, Nottingham Forest returning to the top tier for the first time…
It wasn’t quite the redemption innings he’d have hoped for but nonetheless the inclusion of maverick batter Alex Hales was fully justified by Sunday lunchtime gone as the returning Nottinghamshire player helped England to win the ICC T20 World Cup after three years of international exodus. After bowling out Pakistan in the final for just…
In the end, it was a comfortable win in the Vitality Women’s FA Cup, as Nottingham Forest comfortably saw off East Midlands Women’s Premier Division hosts, Oughtibridge War Memorial, 6-0, on Sunday afternoon. Making a handful of changes, Andy Cook still fielded a string side as the high-flying Reds continue to tear asunder, notching three…
United Counties Premier Division outfit, Newark & Sherwood United, reached the FA Vase Third Round this past weekend following a 2-1 win at home to Blackstones, and will look forward to the draw with heightened optimism. The Notts-based side, playing in-front of a crowd of more than 200, were indeed thankful for their shot-stopper, Ross…
Hebburn Town 1-6 Worksop Town (Northern Premier League East Division) 12.11.2022 The superlatives continue to fall at the boots of Notts’ high-flying Tigers, the Northern Premier League East side having moved up to second in table, following a destructive, attacking display in the North-East this weekend, taking out Hebburn Town with a 6-1 win. Gareth…
Nottingham Panthers 5-4 Belfast Giants (Elite League) 12.11.22 The Nottingham Panthers beat Belfast Giants 5-4 in an Elite League thriller in front of a packed Motorpoint Arena on Saturday night. Netminder Alex Dubeau missed out through injury, with Jack Berry getting the start in goal, while defenceman Duggie Lagrone was unavailable (injury reserve). It was…
Eastleigh 0-2 Notts County (National League) 12.11.22 Notts County are back sitting top of the National League table after an impressive win at Eastleigh whilst the Magpies nearest challengers for promotion, Wrexham, were held to a goalless draw at Wealdstone. A bright start was made by Notts at a ground they previously hadn’t scored at,…
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace (Premier League) 12.11.22 Nottingham Forest are off the bottom of the Premier League table ahead of the month long World Cup break after an enthralling battling single goal victory over Crystal Palace at the City Ground. It was the away side who had more of the better moments in the…
Rochdale 0-1 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 12.11.22 Mansfield Town ended a run of four games without a win in the league with a much needed performance and three points at Spotland, the Stags edging their hosts by a single goal scored in the second half by substitute George Maris. After a good start by…
Victory over Nottingham Trent University in the last round of the Vitality Women’s FA Cup see’s Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA outfit, Oughtibridge War Memorial Women face their toughest opposition for a number of years this coming weekend, Andy Cook’s FA Women’s National League North high-fliers, Nottingham Forest Women. Currently third-bottom of the East Midlands…
Nottingham Forest 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur (EFL Cup Round Three) 09.11.22 Nottingham Forest put in a superb performance to beat Tottenham Hotspur and reach the fourth round of the League Cup for only the second time in eighteen seasons. The Reds were magnificent in front of a packed crowd at the City Ground, Steve Cooper making…
Basford United 3-1 Bedford Town (Southern League Central Division) 08.11.22 Tyreace Palmer scored with only his second touch as United returned to winning ways with a 3-1 win over 10-man Bedford Town at Greenwich Avenue on Tuesday night. Luther Munakandafa had put the hosts in front only for Afolabi Soyemi-Oloade to equalise five minutes after…
It’s always a tough ask when facing league leaders, and when said opposition boast an undefeated league record, it becomes doubly hard; that was the task which befell Kimberley Miners Welfare, in the United Counties Premier North, when travelling to nearby Loughborough, in their last outing. The leaders, Loughborough Students, were undefeated in the league…
It was another two points dropped on Tuesday night as National League leaders Notts County twice let leads slip to be pegged back by their hosts Southend United in an entertaining match at Roots Hall. The home side are the form team in the division of late and had chances to take the lead before…
Mansfield Town’s reward for a wet weekend win in Barrow is an FA Cup second round draw at Hillsborough as the Stags travel to Sheffield Wednesday over the last weekend in November with a chance to reach the lucrative third round stage. The Stags were stubborn defensively during a down pour in the North West…
Fans of Nottingham Forest were left feeling relieved, but frustrated after a 2-2 home draw with Brentford on Saturday, a game which was highlighted prior to the match as ‘must win’ by many supporters, in the end finished just as importantly that the Reds didn’t lose, but beyond the Refereeing decisions that went against the…
