Nottingham Rugby, although having had a mixed start to the current, RFU Championship season, could end the year as leaders, or drop down to fifth, as Head Coach Craig Hammond explained around the Archers’ Boxing Day clash away to Coventry, and those upcoming, New Year friendly dances with the British Army, and Gallagher Premiership outfit,…
Derbies, on Boxing Day, it’s what grassroots football is all about – the drama, the excitement, the last-gasp winners…. And there was plenty of that across Nottinghamshire’s non-league this past Boxing Day, a good half-dozen local dust-ups played out across the Northern Premier, Northern Counties East, and United Counties leagues. In the NPL it was…
Mansfield Town 2-0 Grimsby Town (EFL League Two) 26.12.23 Another win, and another clean sheet, as back-to-back 2-0 wins for Nigel Clough and his Mansfield Town side keeps them in the hunt, in third place, in Sky Bet EFL League Two, affording the Stags faithful continued, festive cheer. It’s also four successive games in which…
Notts County 3-0 Doncaster Rovers (EFL League Two) 26.12.23 Four successive matches league and cup have seen Notts County’s season slip of late, but a resurgent performance of old Luke Williams ways had the Magpies back pleasing their fans of which 12,000 frequented Meadow Lane, most leaving happy after a Boxing Day performance of pure…
Newcastle United 3-1 Nottingham Forest (Premier League) 26.12.23 A Chris Wood hat-trick against his former club, Newcastle United gave Nottingham Forest a much deserved and highly surprising away win at St James’ Park, a first victory for new Head Coach Nuno Espirito Santo and a hugely significant three points in the fight for survival, bringing…
