The all Notts affair in the Northern Premier League premier division went the way of Worksop Town on Saturday as the Tigers beat Basford United 3-1 with all the goals at Greenwich Avenue coming in the second half of the match. The last game of 2024 leaves Craig Parry’s Worksop in third place on 43…
Saturday’s top of the table clash in the Euro Soccer Nottinghamshire Senior League Premier Division went the way of leaders, and hosts, FCV Grace Dieu, after they saw off the challenge of the previously unbeaten, second placed side, Cotgrave, thanks to a goal in each half. Cotgrave went into the game on the back of…
Forest conquer Merseyside, with big win against Everton Another week, another win. Nottingham Forest are on their best run of top flight form since 1995 – the fans are in dreamland, and the Reds sit inside the top four. Before other results, 2nd, thanks to a fifth successive Premier League victory, this time against Everton….
The Saturday after Christmas, and only halfway through the season, but the Euro Soccer Nottinghamshire Senior League Premier Division sees a big clash at the top-of-the-table, as unbeaten second place side, Cotgrave Seniors, travel to leaders FCV Grace Dieu. Cotgrave, fronted by manager Scott Litchfield, and assistant manager/vice chairman Adam Flint, go into the top-of-the-table…
The Saturday after Christmas, and only halfway through the season, but the Euro Soccer Nottinghamshire Senior League Premier Division sees a big clash at the top of the table, as leaders FCV Grace Dieu, welcome unbeaten second place side, Cotgrave Seniors. Runners-up last season, and promoted from Division One (two points behind champions FC Cavaliers),…
Retford United 1-2 Retford (United Counties League Division One) 26.12.24 A crowd of more than a thousand saw Retford turn blue, at Cannon Park, this past Boxing Day, as Chris Woodhead’s Chough’s edged the hosts, Ryan Hindley’s Badgers, courtesy of a winner, on the hour, from Ainsley Finney. It was a victory that not only…
Peterborough United 0-3 Mansfield Town (EFL League One) 26.12.24 Will Evans gave Mansfield Town a late Christmas present this past Boxing Day when his first half brace helped the Stags to a 3-0 win away to ten-man Peterborough United, capping off what was a blistering, opening half-hour for the visitors. Having endured a recent slump…
Along with neighbours Retford United, Chirs Woodhead’s Retford side were moved laterally from the Northern Counties East, to the United Counties, at the end of last season, and, going into the Boxing Day derby clash at Cannon Park, both are riding high in Division One’s top five. With just a point splitting the two, and…
Last season, in the Northern Counties East League Division One, Ryan Hindley’s Retford United certainly had the upper hand on neighbours Retford, defeating them 6-1 at Cannon Park in early September, then 4-1 in the reverse fixture, on Boxing Day. Fast forward twelve months, to Boxing Day this season, and the pair collide again, but…
There were mixed fortunes for the handful of Nottinghamshire clubs in action in the Central Midlands Alliance this past weekend, one which saw victories for Blidworth Welfare, and Ashland Rovers, and a point picked up for each of Worksop Town Reserves, Linby Colliery Welfare Reserves, and Southwell City Development, the latter two sharing six goals,…
The top two sides in the Euro Soccer Nottinghamshire Senior League Premier Division, FCV Grace Dieu, and Cotgrave Seniors, who clash on the last Saturday of the year, continue to go at it hammer and tongs, with just seven points separating ahead of the big day (Cotgrave have two games in hand). They weren’t the…
It’s been a while since my last visit to Southwell. Christmas Jumper Day and a chance to see the lads ahead of the festive break offered a long awaited return to the Rolleston based race track on Saturday. The all weather circuit is one of the best and most popular for running horses in the…
Mansfield Town continued their strong start to the season on Sunday, registering their eighth clean sheet of the season (third in succession), in a 1-0 win away to mid-table Stamford, and sit second in the East Midlands Women’s Regional Football League Premier Division. With Chesterfield, slipping to third, on cup duty (won 5-1 at home…
Double success came the way of SJR Worksop on Saturday afternoon in the Central Midlands Alliance, their firsts winning 2-0 at Yorkshire Main to continue that steady climb from the relegation zone of the Premier North, and the development sides won 4-1 at Dearne & District to increase their advantage atop of Division One North….
A nine-goal thriller, in winter, on a Friday night, surely what every would love to warm those cockles, well FC Sez nearly threw that one away when at AFC Dunkirk in the Euro Soccer Nottinghamshire Senior League Premier Division. Racing into a four-goal, interval lead, the visitors, who moved up a place to fourth bottom…
A tantalising affair this evening at this City Ground, as it lay host to a late-spectacle for Nottingham Forest, who thanks to the ingenuity of Nuno Espírito Santo secured a huge late comeback and three points against a sharp Emery side. The first half This half lacked “punch”, should we say. Both sides fought in…
Dillon Pennington has signed a contract extension at Trent Bridge, committing him to Nottinghamshire until the end of 2027. The seamer enjoyed a stellar first year with the club, claiming 31 County Championship wickets at less than 24 apiece to earn selection for England’s Test squad against West Indies. That included his first five-wicket haul…
Top-order batter Ben Slater has penned a new contract, keeping him at Trent Bridge until the end of the 2027 season. The left hander struck 949 Division One runs in 2024 – second only to Haseeb Hameed in the Notts side. That tally put him in the top 10 run-scorers in the league, while he…
‘Football Land’, a book about Forest’s remarkable last three seasons, written by our very own Stephen Parker and published on December 10th, just in time for Christmas! Here’s a taster from the introduction. Over Trent Bridge, a glimpse of the grey river, then into the wall of a crowd shuffling towards the City Ground. We…
Australian fast-bowling all-rounder Fergus O’Neill has signed for the first 28 days of Nottinghamshire’s Rothesay County Championship campaign. The 23-year-old averages 21.50 with the ball in First-Class Cricket having played 24 matches for Victoria. Last season, he claimed 40 Sheffield Shield wickets at 17.25 to win the club’s First-Class player of the season title. In…
