Wednesday was the first day of the Governments ‘relaxing’ of the lockdown rules in England and with it came unlimited outdoor activity for all (just as long as you keep your social distance) which also included the opening of Tennis and Golf Centres in the county. Nottinghamshire Golf Club at Hollinwell near Ravenshead was one…
Mansfield Town have appointed a new Director of Football as former Wigan Athletic Chairman David Sharpe joins the club in a new capacity. 29-year-old Sharpe will work closely with Manager Graham Coughlan and the Stags Coaching Staff to help enhance the structure of the club going forward as they look to seek every advantage on…
Northern Premier League side Basford United have launched their impressive new home and away strips for the 2019/20 season under a new collaboration with Liberal Sport. The clubs fantastic all yellow home kit is paired with a carbon copy in red for their away strip and shirts for both are now available in the club…
It was 12th May 1993 all of 27 years ago today when Nottingham Forest Football Club announced that the very nice man provided with the mammoth task of replacing GOD was no other than the humble former full back we all knew so well in Mr Frank Clark. Clark, like Clough, a North Easterner, but…
Will Simonds has signed for Wasps first team squad and will enjoy Premiership Rugby Union with them next season after being promoted from their under 18’s & A team following a short spell on loan at Nottingham earlier in the year. Simonds an academy graduate with the Coventry based outfit housed at the Ricoh Arena…
A quiet unassuming man, Phil Jennings will sit in the corner of the Carlton Town dugout on most Saturday afternoons and midweek from August to May each year, taking it all in as the Millers do battle in the Northern Premier League. Most recently sitting behind the vocal Managerial duo of Tommy Brookbanks and Mark…
Forgive me… Some might disagree… But bear with me as if you stick around long enough you’ll hopefully eventually get to see my point. It was all going so well… Notts were in a beautiful run of form at the business end of the season in the National League and aiming for a return to…
Newark born youngster Josh Burkitt is running a half marathon every day in May to raise money for the NHS. The sixteen-year-old Nottingham Forest fan is the great great nephew of the Reds 1959 FA Cup winning skipper Jack Burkitt and is currently also at Boston United where he plays in the youth team as…
Record breaking goals, double debut strikes, player-management, the building trade and a life in the priesthood. This is the remarkable story of Philip Starbuck, told in his very own words. New year’s day 1987, I watched in awe from the Executive Stand as a baby-faced assassin scored against the League and FA Cup double winners…
So the Hundred is up before it has started. The ECB have decided that the controversial new cricket competition, predicted by many to be doomed from the start, will not take off this season as planned due to the outbreak of coronavirus that has closed so many sporting competitions across the world down. Trent Rockets…
Nottingham Rugby Club are sadly having to go ‘part-time’ from the start of next season after the RFU have halved funding towards the Championship with the coronavirus situation also having a huge negative financial impact on the Lady Bay outfit. Director Chris Simon stated “from a business perspective we are allowing the fact that we’ll…
It was May 2nd 1962 when a Notts County team having ended their season two days earlier with a two nil loss at Peterborough then took to the field to take on an England XI at Meadow Lane to celebrate 100 years of the Magnificent Magpies. The oldest club in the football league. Notts finished…
One of the few positives to come out of the end of football has been the universal gratitude towards those greats of the past. The top players, the biggest matches, the greatest teams… It seems everywhere you look there’s a best XI or a top ten or even a classic game or goal being highlighted…
The ECB have today announced a further delay to the cricket season suggesting that there won’t be any professional cricket played in England and Wales until at least 1st July 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement the governing body suggested “Nine rounds of fixtures will be lost in the County Championship season,…
Type the two words Sam and Haughian into the search engine and you’ll probably get half a dozen hits on some runner who was knocking-about in the late nineties/early naughties. But, The information found there doesn’t do justice to the promising talent that was, a riot of talent, which was becoming more disruptive with each…
After a majority vote by member clubs the National League has agreed to terminate all scheduled remaining league fixtures in the 2019/20 calendar meaning a clear-cut end to Notts County’s dream of promotion at the first time of asking. The latest league statement said “National League clubs were asked to support an ordinary resolution on…
So it’s been a good few weeks (over five in fact) that sport in this country, this county even, has been last played in a competitive nature. The last (semi-competitive) game of football I played was on Wednesday 18th March 2020 when it already felt like we were playing the last match of an era….
Nottingham’s Canadian International Fly-Half Shane O’Leary is to leave Lady Bay as he heads back to France to play for Rouen Normandie Rugby. O’Leary joined the Green and Whites in 2018 scoring 294 points in his 38 appearances also representing Canada at the World Cup in Japan last Autumn and joins a team who played…
Young Nottingham RFU Forward Ollie Chessum has sealed a dream move to Leicester Tigers for the 2020/21 season as the England Under 20 star has been recognised by one of the leading Rugby Union clubs in the country for some solid performances in the Championship this year. The nineteen year old has previously taken part…
Notts County Women have agreed a partnership with Basford United Football Club to play at the Northern Premier League sides Greenwich Avenue ground for the 2020/21 season and potentially beyond. The Magpies will play all their home games at Basford and will also train at the facility with its all-weather pitch suitable for every occasion…
