Nottingham Forest continue their rise up the Premier League table, after convincingly beating East-Midlands rivals Leicester City in a game which included a Brennan Johnson brace. Coming into the match, Forest were in a great mindset after beating Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals. Steve Cooper is a man who has shown that his…
This weekend, National League leaders Notts County welcome fellow fifth tier outfit Maidstone United in the fourth round of the FA Trophy. Notts County over recent years have struggled in cup runs, as shown earlier this season when Notts were knocked out of the FA Cup qualifiers by Coalville Town, who currently play in the…
Last time these two teams met, their situations were completely different, yet so similar. Both teams were struggling, rooted to the bottom of the table. On that day, Leicester ran away with it at the King Power Stadium as 4-0 victors, but the Foxes will not be playing the same Nottingham Forest side. Form is…
An eye-catching scoreline: Nottingham Forest 12 – 0 Leicester. Remember that? No, not even I do! That thrashing for Leicester Fosse (as they were then) came in a First Division fixture in 1909 and proved to be the heaviest defeat they’ve ever suffered. They went on to be relegated and, a decade later, ‘Fosse’ became…
Sunday marked four years to the day since Jim O’Brien arrived at Notts County after leaving Bradford City. As The Magpies’ longest serving player, O’Brien has seen a lot since he first walked through the door at Notts, from the highs of a Semi-Final victory and derby-day wins to the lows of Playoff heartache and…
This weekend the Nottingham Panthers face a flight to Northern Ireland to take on one of the toughest challenges on the Elite League calendar – a double header weekend against the Belfast Giants. The two games on Friday and Saturday night, both facing off at 7pm, will see Panthers head coach Corey Neilson pit his…
Nottingham Forest will face Manchester United in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, after beating Wolverhampton Wanderers on penalties. The Reds played out a feisty 1-1 draw with Wolves, managing to squeeze past them 4-3 on penalties, after some remarkable Dean Henderson saves. After a tough start to the season, as well as a disappointing defeat…
The Owzat-Cricket Nottinghamshire Premier League will, when the new season begins this coming April, start with a dozen teams in each of its two divisions following the successful promotions of both Notts Unity Casuals CC, and Papplewick & Linby IIs CC. Last time around, the leagues’ Premier Division eventually saw Cavaliers & Carrington CC take…
It wasn’t for the faint hearted last night as the rain poured down on Meadow Lane, a few games locally had already been called off but not at Notts, by the time they had finished their match against Boreham Wood in a soddened NG2 they probably wished there’s had suffered similar fate, but a point…
The January transfer window was always going to be a busy 31 days for Nottingham Forest, and it took almost nine days before the first official bid was submitted. This one, however, certainly caught me off guard, as an £18m bid was submitted for Palmeiras youngster Danilo. I didn’t expect to be writing about a…
This Tuesday, Notts County welcome visitors Boreham Wood in a National League clash which can see the Magpies maintain their 5-point lead or add to such, if Wrexham drop points in their game against Bromley. There’s no ignoring the huge task at hand here for Luke Garrard (Boreham Wood Manager) and his side who come…
Having her made her professional, fight debut, back in late August, Worksop’s super flyweight, Nicola ‘Hurricane’ Hopewell, 2-0(1), is preparing herself for what will be her third outing, in just six months, whilst also having a sly glance towards the future. Hopewell, who recently announced that she was being sponsored by OnlyFans sensation, and IBF…
Nottingham Panthers endured a week to forget after crashing out of the Challenge Cup at the Quarter Finals stage in Belfast last Wednesday, they lost back-to-back ties in the Elite League to Guildford Flames, after Bank Holiday loss at Coventry last Monday, the Panthers are still without a win in 2023. It was supposed to…
You can’t beat Blackpool at this time of year’. Saturday’s drubbing by the seaside served up a timely reminder to all associated with Nottingham Forest that there is an awful lot of hard work ahead in reaching this season’s objectives. Having gotten ourselves out of the bottom three and recorded our first away win of…
A midweek, mid-season goalless friendly, at home to Louth Town, of the Lincolnshire League, followed by their first game of 2023, away to Harworth Colliery, reintroduced Central Midlands League Premier North side, Retford United, following a winter break. The win, against Harworth Colliery, sees Ryan Hindley’s Badgers open up a fourteen point gap at the…
A bad weekend for Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup was compounded on Sunday afternoon as their women’s side followed suit of the men in exiting their respective competition, when on the road. Just as the Steve Cooper’s side had done on Saturday, losing 4-1 away to Blackpool, Andy Cook’s side lost 3-0 away to…
Thank the heavens for non-league football following a day which saw Nottingham Forest dumped out of the FA Cup away to Blackpool, and Mansfield Town drop points at home to Barrow Town in League Two, Nottinghamshire’s non-league contingent, for their part, were showing the way forward. Led by National League leaders, Notts County, extending their…
A heavy 4-1 defeat against Blackpool sees Nottingham Forest crash out of the FA Cup in the third round. Goals from Ekpiteta, Poveda, Hamilton and Jerry Yates (with a late consolation goal from Ryan Yates) confounded a miserable afternoon for Forest, as poor defensive errors, and lack of a clinical final touch from the reds,…
Notts County prodigy Luther Munakandafa has joined National League North club Boston United on a loan deal lasting the remainder of the season. The Magpies recalled the young striker from Southern League Premier side Basford United where he made a fantastic impact to the side scoring 4 goals and assisting 6 in the 23 appearances…
Having followed Nottingham Forest for almost 20 years, from the lows of League One to the highs of Wembley last season, I alongside every other fan, have just gone with the motions of the crazy, albeit necessary, transfer window this summer. However, when Gustavo Scarpa was first linked with Forest, it almost felt too good…
