Mansfield Town have signed talented striker Jordan Bowery for an undisclosed fee from MK Dons. The move for the 28-year-old will be made upon the transfer window re-opening but the two clubs and player have all agreed in principle with the Nottingham born star looking like becoming the first summer signing for Mansfield Manager Graham…
33 years after receiving Hans van Breukelen’s goalkeepers’ gloves Darren Wheater-Lowe and the Dutchman were reunited in Nottingham. They talked about everything from Brian Clough to international football and letting in a Stuart Pearce free kick on purpose. Darren runs a local goalkeeping academy and is my go-to guy for all things between the posts,…
West Bridgford Football Club replaced their manager in May with Ryan Doherty stepping down from a short but successful time with the East Midlands Counties outfit to be replaced by Chris Galley, a man who knows the club, and the local non-league football scene very well indeed. I worked with Chris myself, at Real United…
“At last” we cry, Nottingham Forest are back playing football, all be it under very unusual but at least ‘safe’ circumstances thanks to the various new measures brought into play but was it very much same again as we analyse our post-lockdown Reds or did we learn something new about Sabri Lamouchi’s men after they…
Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Nottingham Forest (EFL Championship) 20.06.20 Sheffield Wednesday denied Nottingham Forest a winning return to Championship action as a late injury-time Connor Wickham goal earned the home side a share of the spoils at Hillsborough. It was 105 days of waiting for the Reds to return to action and in very much different…
Sabri Lamouchi is to extend his love affair with Nottingham Forest after yesterday announcing that he has accepted a contract extension to stay at the City Ground for a little while longer yet. The actual terms of the contract are undisclosed but Lamouchi who was originally given a 12 month deal upon arrival last summer…
Notts County Manager Neal Ardley is ‘delighted’ and ‘prepared’ following the National League’s decision to continue through with the Play Offs after a vote by clubs received an overwhelming majority towards drawing a close to the season with a fit and proper fair ending. Ardley stated “We’ve gone from early on in the lockdown to…
After 105 days without a competitive match of football Nottingham Forest are back tomorrow to face Sheffield Wednesday at an empty Hillsborough in a re-invigorated attempt to kick-start their Championship promotion push after 21 years of Premier League absence. We all know what has happened since Millwall and the tragic ‘more important’ events that have…
The National League Members have voted in favour of a points per game basis to determine the final standings of their postponed 2019/20 season which means subject to FA Council approval – Notts County will finish third in the table once all statistics are ‘rounded up’ thus securing a place in the playoffs as they…
The signatures keep flowing at Newark Football Club as the latest new capture for the Highwaymen’s non-league ladder hike is local boy Jack Burkitt who signs from Boston United. Teenager Burkitt has been making headlines for other reasons in recent weeks after raising over £8,000 for the NHS following a record breaking 31 half marathons…
Mansfield Town defender Joe Riley has extended his contract at the club until June 2021. The right sided full back initially signed from Plymouth Argyle in January until the end of the 2019/20 season but after some solid and impressive performances, Riley has done enough to impress Manager Graham Coughlan in his short spell at…
Nottingham Forest have announced that ex-England International defender Michael Dawson will stay with the club for another year as the 36-year-old extends his contract with the Reds for a third season since coming back home to the City Ground in 2018 following spells at Tottenham Hotspur and Hull City. Dawson started his career at Forest…
With the return of football and the Premier League starting tonight. It pains me to ask why cricket hasn’t yet resumed in England following the lockdown implemented through the outbreak of covid-19. After all football is a contact sport, yes the nation’s favourite but is it not easier to socially distance whilst playing cricket? Could…
Notts County Football Club have confirmed that they will be voting in support of the National League’s Ordinary Resolution, which if passed would see the club compete in the play offs to determine which side joins champions-elect Barrow in gaining promotion to the Football League. The National League have asked clubs to submit votes for…
Friday 6th March 2020 was the last time Nottingham Forest kicked a competitive football in the EFL Championship, a game that was anything but competitive in the end, the Reds destroyed by Millwall, too rough, too tough, too damn right good for their underwhelming hosts at the City Ground, the away team eventually going on…
Nottingham Forest have five remaining home games at the City Ground this season and whilst the team will be without fans for the remainder of the 2019/20 EFL Championship campaign they are looking at an inventive idea to get faces on seats so that Reds supporters in spirit can at least still attend in numbers….
Nottingham Wildcats Jasmine Joyner has been awarded the Basketball Journalists Association Women’s Player of the Year for 2020 after a terrific season in the WBBL. American born Joyner averaged over 19 points per game (bettered only in the Division by Sheffield’s Asher Thomas) last season and lead the way for the highest average attacking rebounds…
Nottingham Forest began life behind closed doors as they faced Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday in a ‘off the record’ friendly match at Molineux that was to benefit both clubs ‘fitness levels’ as they aim to continue their 2019/20 campaign in the coming weeks following covid-19 lockdown. The match was set up with Wolves Premier League…
AFC Mansfield have signed hot shot forward Matt Sykes in what looks to be a positive capture for the Northern Counties East League Premier Division side. Matt Chatfield’s team struggled for large parts of the 2019/20 season finishing in 16th spot prior to lockdown closure but the Bulls drew more times than any other team…
The revised EFL Championship fixture list has been drawn up with Nottingham Forest to return to action behind closed doors against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough on Saturday 20th June 2020 in a 3pm kick off. The game will be aired on i-Follow free for season ticket holders or subscribers can purchase a month video match…
