Nottingham Panthers 4-1 Coventry Blaze (Elite League) 30.03.24 In a pivotal game with playoff implications, the 10th-placed Nottingham Panthers clashed with the 6th-ranked Coventry Blaze. With only four points and four places separating the two teams, the significance of securing two points tonight was paramount for both sides. The anticipation was palpable, with fans on…
Nottingham Lions 0-5 Billingham Stars (Playoff Quarter Final 1st Leg) 30.03.24 Playoff hockey is back in Nottingham as the Nottingham Lions clashed with the Billingham Stars in a highly anticipated quarter-final first leg encounter. Despite facing a short-benched lineup, the Lions aimed to thwart the visiting Stars. Period 1 – A Slow Start for the…
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Crystal Palace (Premier League) 30.03.24 Forest seal draw with second half Wood wonder goal. A sunny day at the City Ground didn’t quite showcase a shining Forest side, but despite a poor first half, managed to pull off a draw thanks to a superb Chris Wood header looped over Dean Henderson. The…
The run-in, it’s getting interesting across the Nottinghamshire non-league scene following Saturday’s round of matches with Worksop Town continuing their push for a play-off spot with victory on the road in the Northern Premier League Premier, whilst Carlton Town are in a similar position in the NPL East after a battling win in the north-east….
Nottingham Panthers 2-4 Sheffield Steelers (Elite League) 23.03.24 The clash between the Nottingham Panthers and the Sheffield Steelers lived up to its reputation as an eagerly anticipated fixture in the hockey calendar. With Sheffield having recently missed the chance to secure the league title against the Devils, losing 4-0, they entered this encounter seeking redemption….
Ash Gardner, Rovman Powell and Imad Wasim were the big players of the night to join Trent Rockets at The Hundred Draft, powered by Sage. In the women’s competition, Ash Gardner was chosen with the Rockets’ first pick – joining Nat Sciver-Brunt and Alana King in Nottingham – while Rovman Powell and Imad Wasim link…
Bradford City 0-3 Notts County (League Two) 21.03.24 Notts County finally returned to winning ways on Tuesday night, overcoming the challenge of Bradford City, giving Stuart Maynard and his coaching staff only their second win of their tenure thus far. Coming into this contest, Notts had been on a torrid run of form, gaining only…
There’s never a dull moment being a Forest supporter is there? Just as the Premiership and Championship leagues take a two-week breather for international fixtures, the City Ground is febrile with frustration at the outcome of the most recent match: Nottingham Forest FC v The Premiership. The venue for this clash between lawyers representing the…
Eight games remaining, four points clear at the top of the EFL League Two and Nigel Clough’s Mansfield Town side are aiming to not only gain promotion, but maybe even lift that league title (their first since winning the Conference/National League, in 2013) on the way to doing so. Seven wins in their last ten…
Luton Town 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Premier League) 16.03.24 Forest succumb to previous errors, as Luton scrape a late goal back. For what was a strong performance from Forest, was not the desired result – tales of previous disappointment came back to haunt them. The first half started rather scrappy; both sides edging for a goal…
The City Ground: Should it be Forest’s “forever home?” The uncomfortable conversation, that I would comfortably say, which most Forest fans were hoping to avoid for the foreseeable future, has now been brought up, but not simply by online fan forums, instead by Councillors & the club’s Chairman – raising the serious question: Should the…
Ten games remain of Notts County’s return to the football league and it’s been a rollercoaster ride to say the least, there’s been ups, but most recently, there’s been downs. The club are starting to look over their shoulder as they wonder if they even have enough points to stay in the division, luckily a…
Nottingham Panthers 1-3 Fife Flyers (Elite League) 12.03.24 The matchup between the Nottingham Panthers and the Fife Flyers held significant importance for both teams, each vying for a late-season surge towards playoff contention. With the Panthers having played 44 games and accrued 39 points, and the Flyers having participated in 46 games with 41 points,…
There’s no better place to start this week than with Conor Moore and Radford, in the United Counties League Division One after the Pheasants legend bagged his fiftieth goal for the club, on what was his two-hundredth appearance. At home to Southwell City, in a local derby, the Pheasants continued to push towards a play-off…
Nottingham Panthers dominated Guildford Flames with a 6-1 victory, and Anthony Luciani played a significant role, scoring two goals in a game where he logged an impressive 21:10 minutes of ice time. I had the opportunity to catch up with him after the game. Q: Anthony, how would you sum up that performance? Luciani: ‘I…
Nottingham Panthers 6-1 Guildford Flames (Elite League) 06.03.24 The Nottingham Panthers sought redemption after last weekend’s defeats, particularly a 4-1 loss against the Guildford Flames. Eager to capitalize on their recent strong home form, the Panthers faced the Flames at the Motorpoint Arena. Positive news on the injury front included the return of Tyler Welsh,…
We all know the old adage about things happening in threes for better or (more usually) for worse. Forest supporters will be smarting for some time after three defeats in a week, culminating in that latest loss to Liverpool. Sometimes the manner of defeat hurts more than the loss itself. My mum could have earned…
At the end of this season, Felipe is to call it time on an illustrious career in football, ending it with Nottingham Forest. Every plant has deep roots, all of which have spent periods and periods of time digging through the dirt to ensure growth. Similarly to that, Felipe endured heartbreak & doubt before succeeding,…
Despite the incessant weather, the semi-finals of the Nottinghamshire FA Senior Trophy were played on Saturday afternoon, and the final will be contested between Wollaton and Keyworth United, after they saw off visitors Trent Vineyard and Southwell City Reserves respectively. In the former, at Ilkeston Town’s 3g, there was a delayed kick-off due to an…
Newport County 0-1 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 02.03.24 Nigel Clough’s charges continued their march in the upper echelons of Sky Bet League Two after Mansfield Town ground out another win, away to fellow promotion-chasers Newport County, on Saturday afternoon. The only goal of the game at Rodney Parade came five minutes into the second…
