The Nottingham Caesars, they are ready to go, more than ready in all honesty, as Head Coach Vanden Warner and his NFC1 South side go all out for promotion this season, just ask Will Hobbs – we did!! One of the team captains at the Caesars this, 2023 season, Hobbs, who joined the club during…
Hucknall Town, who finished the regular season in fourth place, have been promoted to the United Counties League Premier North Division following a second successive penalty shoot-out win, on Saturday afternoon. Having dismissed Bourne Town, away, 4-2 on penalties (following a 1-1 draw), the previous weekend, the Yellows proceeded to see off Birstall United, 5-3…
Mansfield Town 1-2 Harrogate Town (EFL League Two) 29.04.23 And so it goes to the final game of the EFL League Two season, to see whether Nigel Clough’s Mansfield Town, can slip in the back door and take one of the four remaining play-off spots, following a 2-1 defeat to Harrogate Town, in their last…
Despite a phenomenal win earlier in the week over now 8th place Brighton, Nottingham Forest faced a humbling defeat at the hands of Brentford, after two goals just before the blowing of the whistle – a disappointing end to a majoritively decent game for the away side, who originally took the lead just before the…
Newcomers to the Owzat-Cricket Nottinghamshire Premier League Division Two, Notts Unity Casuals CC have undergone some drastic changes in recent years. They’ve been changes for the better, both on, and off the field of play – however, the more things change, the more things really do stay the same, with several of the ‘old guard’…
Moving to the David Ross Sports Village, at the University of Nottingham, has been but one of many highlights for Vanden Warner’s Nottingham Caesars off-season. The past few months, in preparing for the new British American Football Association (BAFA) NFC1 South campaign has been nothing short of stellar, from announcing new coaches, to a plethora…
A week is a long time in any sport, and in rugby, Craig Hammond’s Archers have seen a few changes since last week’s defeat away to Coventry – an RFU announcement, a club announcement, and preparation for Friday Night Lights at Lady Bay, Nottingham welcoming relegation-threatened London Scottish in the last game of the season….
The South Nottinghamshire Cricket League, home to fourteen divisions (including a development), has many stories, many tales, and many clubs within – one of which emanates from Lambley Village. Last season, Lambley Village CC were in the ninth of those thirteen, Division J; eighteen matches later, and fifteen wins, saw them edge that of Midlands…
It is the dream of every ice hockey player, anywhere, to lift the famous, Stanley Cup, the peak of the National Hockey League (NHL), and it’s coming to Nottingham – next week. Now, with the announcement that the famous trophy is heading to Nottingham, we take a brief look at the competition, and Nottingham connections…
An awe-inspiring victory for Nottingham Forest on Wednesday night, their first win in the Premier League since early February – and in some style, there is hope, the fight goes on, down to the wire. The Starting XI: Steve Cooper opted for two changes for Forest’s side to take on Champions League touted Brighton, with Remo…
Mansfield Town 1-2 Leyton Orient (EFL League Two) 25.04.23 Despite defeat at home to the champions, Leyton Orient, EFL League Two promotion-chasers, Mansfield Town, are still in with a chance of joining the end-of-season party, with just three points separating the five contenders, and two games remaining. All three goals in this top eight clash…
Tuesday night will see a massive game in Mansfield Town’s bid for promotion this season, the Stags welcoming the EFL League Two champions, Leyton Orient, to the One Call Stadium. Nigel Clough’s side have, somehow, battled on in recent months, the injury-hit side putting together a nine-match unbeaten run which has kept them in the…
Nottingham Forest 3-2 Watford *aet (FA Women’s National League Cup Final) 23.04.23 Well, in our preview of this cup final we said, and we quote: “Separate the two sides if you dare, we could be in for going the distance in this one,” and we couldn’t have been any closer, both Nottingham Forest and Watford…
A 62-point game unfortunately didn’t fall in favour of the travelling Archers, Nottingham being edged in an IPA Greene King Championship clash at the Butts Park Arena, home of Coventry. Numerous tries were scored, the Archers chipping in with four of their own, the hosts were just that little more accurate, with tries (five, and…
The Blaze 212-153 Central Sparks (Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy) 22.04.23 *The Blaze won by 59 runs There’s a new team in Notts… The Cricketing franchise that was Loughborough Lightning has all changed for the 2023 season and The Blaze have been created to participate in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy as the East Midlands newest…
One in, one out, in the United Counties Division One play-offs after Newark Town lost their semi-final, away to Birstall United, on Saturday afternoon, whilst Hucknall Town, thanks to the heroics of goalkeeper Louis Kinnerley, defeated Bourne Town on penalties. At Birstall, in front a 400-strong crowd,, the hosts raced into a three-goal, first half…
Football is an interesting game – sometimes, even the best of performances from a side can lead to a loss – and while that is not necessarily the story of Nottingham Forest’s defeat to Liverpool this weekend, it was one of/if not the best performances since the Leicester win in January, three months ago, despite…
Mansfield Town 1-0 Stevenage (EFL League Two) 22.04.23 A game of few chances at the One Call Stadium was edged by a solitary, first half goal, from Davis Keillor-Dunn, his sixth since joining, as Mansfield Town kept up their play-off push with victory over Stevenage. Following a quiet opener it would be the hosts who’d…
Sunday afternoon, at the Pirelli Stadium, home of Burton Albion, sees the final of the 2022-23 FA Women’s National League, League Cup, as Andy Cook’s Nottingham Forest (Northern Premier Division) take on Damon Lathorpe’s Watford (Southern Premier). The two sides could also meet in the promotion play-off, Forest currently leading the North, whilst Watford are…
Only a handful of games remain this season, and, for Mansfield Town in EFL League Two, and their play-off aspirations, the remaining, four games, have never been more important. Just three points separate Nigel Clough’s side, sitting in eighth place, on 69 points, and Dave Challinor’s Stockport County, who are fourth, on 72 points, however…
