This Saturday marks one of the biggest games for current National League leaders and title hopefuls Notts County, as they take on an impressive looking fourth placed Chesterfield at the Technique Stadium. In an attempt to match the record for the longest unbeaten streak in the club’s history, Notts County travel the not so far…
Basford United travel to the Leicestershire village of Barwell tomorrow as they look for three points in search of climbing up the Southern League Central Division table to the playoff zone. The Ambers are currently eight points off the top five but won last time out, beating Alvechurch 3-0 before their midweek fixture with high…
Eyes opened wide when Nottingham Forest signed Atalanta’s veteran Swiss international midfielder Remo Freuler in September, a star player in Italy’s Serie A, nearing fifty caps and with plenty of Champions League experience. It wasn’t the easiest of starts for a footballer who initially struggled to get to grips with the pace of the Premier…
Notts County face a potentially pivotal week in the National League title race, with difficult trips to both Chesterfield and Solihull on the horizon. The Magpies will be looking to end a somewhat stuttering run of two draws in their last three league games that has seen Wrexham close the gap at the top of…
It’s our third year of telling you who’s the best in these parts and in 2022 we enjoyed a memorable 12 months of sport with success on the field of play and some serious added talent to go with, born in the county, raised in the city, working for one of our great clubs, whoever…
There’s been plenty of hype around the Brazilian duo in Danilo and Scarpa since arriving at Nottingham Forest in the January transfer window, and rightly so. The ex-Palmerias teammates will certainly add a new dynamic to Steve Cooper’s side who are growing into Premier League life. However, their fellow Brazilian, Renan Lodi, has started to…
On Monday night, the Nottingham Panthers announced the signing of American netminder Peyton Jones, following his release by the Belfast Giants. The 26-year-old made 17 league and cup appearances for the Giants and also started against top European opposition in all six of their Champions Hockey League games, where he led the Northern Irish side…
The Nottingham Panthers took home two out of a possible four points after one victory and one loss in their Belfast double-header weekend. Backed by a big travelling support, Corey Neilson’s side bounced back from a disappointing 5-2 loss on Friday night to claim a 4-3 penalty shootout victory on Saturday. Alex Dubeau started both…
Notts TV hosted live the Notts FA Women’s County Cup Draw for the competitions Senior Section Quarter Finals last night with Mansfield Hosiery Mills set to face Notts County Women and Nottingham Trent University welcoming Nottingham Forest in two very eye catching matches indeed. The two other ties are equally as mouth watering as Mansfield…
Not many will remember the short spell that South African batsman Hashim Amla had with Nottinghamshire in 2010, but those fans who got to watch the elegant free scoring star from Durban play at Trent Bridge, will fondly reminisce on some unforgettable performances as the counties temporary overseas star. Today, Amla announces his retirement from…
With the Premier League now at the midway stage and Nottingham Forest sitting in 13th place, five points clear of the relegation spots, just a few weeks ago, this rise would have been a near impossible thought given the run of games ensuing the new year: Chelsea (h), Southampton (a) & Leicester (h) – one…
It wasn’t the most successful evening in the football calendar last night as a host of non-league games were postponed due to the frosty January weather whilst two of our local teams crashed out of cup competitions with Nottingham Forest losing to Ipswich Town in the FA Youth Cup on penalties whilst Basford United Ladies…
When the Titanic hit an iceberg in April 1912, on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, Captain Edward John Smith went down with his ship. He was following a maritime tradition, though there was no legal obligation to do so. If ‘the last person to leave the sinking ship’ has a ring of…
Nottingham Wildcats legend Siobhán Prior has been announced as a Club Representative on the Women’s British Basketball League board, taking up a new role in growing the sport in this country. A former England International who won a Commonwealth Silver Medal, a player who represented her hometown club winning countless silverware and who is currently…
Languishing in ninth place but still just a point outside the playoffs, it’s been a turbulent troubled time for Mansfield Town in recent weeks with some flat performances returning just one win and five points in six games, their most recent a 1-1 home draw with Crewe where midfielder George Maris was sent off late…
Yesterday, Nottingham Forest confirmed their capture of Brazilian midfielder Danilo on a contract until 2029 for a fee worth in the region of £18m. The 21-year-old samba star was one of the key cogs for Palmeiras who’s title winning season last year ended with a Serie A championship and State championship of Sao Paulo. In…
Good day to our avid readers of Nottingham Sport, And a happy New Year to you all. So managed to get back to my monthly visit to Cromwell Lakes on a mild(ish) January morning. The heavy drizzle not putting me off once I arrived. A quick chat with the gaffer Nathan and Peg 1 was…
A hat-trick for Yasmin Mosby, and braces for both Becky Anderson, Amy West, and Charlotte Steggles, helped Nottingham Forest Women romp to the top of the FA Women’s National League Northern Premier on Sunday afternoon, following a 12-1 demolition job of hosts, AFC Fylde. Boasting a game in hand on second place Wolverhampton Wanders, the…
The constant, incessant, ever-changing weather conditions meant that only a handful of matches managed to go ahead across Nottinghamshire’s non-league at the weekend, with mixed fortunes for the county’s sides. Basford United, in the Southern Premier League Central Division, paid tribute to the recently passed ‘legend’ Malcolm Storer, in the best possible way, three points,…
Grantham, 11 March 2023, Newark’s world champion kickboxer, Bailey Sugden, defends the world title he won against France’s Ibrahim Madi twelve months prior, in what will be his first fight in a year, against Spaniard, Pedro ‘Mimao’ Ruiz. It’s not because he didn’t want to, or there was nothing available to him, the 25-year-old son…
