Points shared at Molineux; enough to save Cooper’s job? Nottingham Forest are in a relegation battle, and every point is crucial – today earning themselves another with a decent draw against Wolves. Despite a decent performance, is “decent” enough to secure Cooper’s fate, and stay as manager of the club? The First Half: Forest started…
Stoke City 1-5 Nottingham Forest (FA Women’s National League North) 03.12.23 Carly Davies’ Nottingham Forest side kept up the pressure on the top two in the FA Women’s National League Northern Premier on Sunday afternoon, easing to a comfortable, 5-1 win, away to Stoke City. Sitting third in the table, victory for the Reds sees…
But a handful of games across the county survived the inclement weather conditions in the rugby this past weekend, Championship high-fliers, Nottingham, jumping up to second, for 24 hours at least, with another, twelve point come-from-behind success. Hosting divisional newcomers, Cambridge, under Lady Bay’s ‘Friday Night Lights,’ Craig Hammond’s side found themselves twelve down inside…
A weekend that was again hampered by the weather, also saw the announcement of the unfortunate passing of one of Nottinghamshire’s non-league players, Sandiacre Town’s Kial Thurman, with their Nottinghamshire Senior League side, AFC Sandiacre, Town dedicating their 1-0 win at East Leake Robins, to him. Thurman, who’d played three times for Sandiacre this season,…
Toffee’s taste sweet victory, as Reds left out in the cold… A hopeful Nottingham Forest soon became distraught, as Cooper’s Reds lose once again at home, in a game that was certainly not kind on the eye – a game in which, really, seemed a battle between relegation candidates, based on the performance. The First…
Historical documents record, over hundreds of years, regular invasions by armies from Scotland into England, ‘The Auld Enemy’. The 17th century was particularly busy until The Acts Of Union brought the two nations together in 1707. That didn’t stop Bonny Prince Charlie laying claim to the throne. Gathering support, as part of the Jacobite rebellion…
The homecoming of David McGoldrick’s that was dreamt of but one we never anticipated happening. Sometimes even now it still does not feel real when you see him ahead of you in Notts County colours on the pitch at Meadow Lane Stadium as he is still the player he appeared to be in those years…
As victories go, that which came the way of Nottingham RFC, under the Friday Night Lights away at Hartpury University, was a special one indeed. It was to be the first time in which the Archers had won at Hartpury, at the sixth time of asking, and they did so in style as well. Having…
Nottingham Forest progressed to the Third Round of the Adobe Women’s FA Cup at the weekend, following a 3-2 home win over Division One Midlands side, Sporting Khalsa; their reward being a home tie against Boldmere St. Michaels. Following a handful of changes to the Reds’ normal, league starting eleven, Aja Aguirre stepping between the…
There was the usual, mixed fortunes, across the Nottinghamshire non-league scene this past weekend as Basford drew, Worksop and Carlton both suffered defeat in the Northern Premier League, whilst Sherwood Colliery marched on in the United Counties League. In the NPL, Remaye Campbell’s goal just after the hour mark saw Basford United earn a point…
Swindon Town 2-1 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 25.11.2023 Mansfield Town’s unbeaten start to the EFL League Two campaign game to a dramatic end in Wiltshire on Saturday afternoon thanks to Jake Young’s brace, his second, coming deep in stoppage time and giving the hosts all three points. It would be Young who opened the…
Nottingham Forest 2-3 Brighton & Hove Albion (Premier League) 25.11.23 Despite an early lead, Forest’s lapse in concentration in crucial moments had major consequences; the idea that Forest are out of danger is simply optimistic – the fight goes on, and results must improve – a frustrating loss to a side who, if Forest had…
Sitting sixth in the United Counties League Premier North, and with two games in hand on sides directly above, and with an Isuzu FA Vase Third Round home tie against Stourport Swifts just around the corner, it’s been a relatively enjoyable start to the season for those at Eastwood CFC. With joint-managers Martin Ball and…
North Notts born jockey, Hayley Turner, two months shy of her 41 birthday, has become the first British, female jockey, to reach the milestone of 1000 wins on the flat; another first in what has been a long and distinguished career on horseback. Born within shouting distance of Nottingham Racecourse, in the early eighties, Ms….
Oh Dan Crowley… Just how good has he been so far? If you could describe the perfect man for a Luke Williams system, you would look no further. From that diving header against Grimsby Town to that effortless moment of magic against Bradford City, to say he has been pleasing on the eye would be…
Nottingham Forest’s Striker situation faces yet another stumbling block. Just yesterday, Steve Cooper revealed in a mid-week press-conference ahead of Saturday’s fixture against Brighton, that top-scorer for this season, Taiwo Awoniyi, would now miss 3-4 months of action following an injury – just weeks after his return from a previous issue. So what happens now,…
A narrow defeat under the Friday Night Lights, at Lady Bay, saw Craig Hammond’s Archers slip to fifth in the early throes of this seasons’ Championship, losing 38-26 to leaders, Ealing Trailfinders. Having won their opening two contests of the season, hopes were high for the season for Nottingham RFC, however, consecutive losses have quelled…
A crowd of around five thousand took to the City Ground, Nottingham, on Sunday afternoon as Carly Davies’ Nottingham Forest welcomed Becky Langley’s high-flying Newcastle United for an FA Women’s National League Northern Premier match. In a tight game it was to be the Lady Mags who soared back north courtesy of a lone goal…
Felipe: What happens next for once heroic Defender, after length spell on the sidelines Since signing from Atletico Madrid in the Winter transfer window of last, Felipe has been/was nothing short of a phenomenon for Nottingham Forest, arguably being one of the greatest defenders to grace the City Ground pitch since Des Walker — however,…
Where do you begin – defeats for Basford United and Worksop Town in the Northern Premier League, a rare loss for Northern Counties East side Retford United, and a hammering in the cup for SJR Worksop. On the flip side though, Carlton Town won, thanks to a Niall Davie hat-trick, and United Counties Premier North…
