Salford City 1-2 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 11.11.23 Nigel Clough’s side returned to winning ways as they maintained their unbeaten, league record, this past Saturday, following three cup defeats in recent weeks, this win courtesy of Davis Keillor-Dunn in the run-up to half-time. Exiting the Carabao Cup at the end of October (1-0 at…
Arnold Town, of the Central Midlands Alliance League Premier South, was one of several, Nottinghamshire clubs, to pick up a much-welcomed victory on Saturday, they seeing off Mickleover Reserves in a five-goal thriller at Eagle Valley. It would be the visitors who took a first half lead before Jake Ogden equalised for the hosts, the…
West Ham United 3-2 Nottingham Forest (Premier League) 12.11.23 A well-rounded performance curtailed by costly mistakes: Forest lose at the London Stadium. Nottingham Forest with a humbling, late, defeat to the Hammers, who didn’t quite ‘hammer’ Coopers Reds, but costly mistakes lead to Forest losing a lead once again; positives present, but negatives linger. The…
Nottingham Forest’s Argentine “Wizard” is taking the Premier League by storm. Since arriving at the club this summer as part of a swap deal with former Forest midfielder, Reno Freuler, who is now at Bologna, in Italy, Nicolas Dominguez has shone — from a strong debut against Manchester City, to being a game changer in…
It is safe to say that it has been an early rollercoaster ride of highs and lows for Jodi Jones in his eight years as a professional footballer so far. Since his first senior appearance for Dagenham and Redbridge against Portsmouth in 2015, our wing-back has experienced some of the worst injuries Football can serve…
Ola Aina: From unknown transfer to cult hero – he’s taken the Forest fanbase by storm Arriving from Torino on a free transfer in the summer, in a deal nobody knew about until hours before he signed, Ola Aina was once a mystery man for Forest fans, now the opposite – an intelligent, fast, footballer…
Carly Davies’ Nottingham Forest side returned to winning ways in the FA Women’s National League Northern Premier Division at the weekend, and against one of their main rivals. Prior to the visit of Daniel McNamara’s Wolverhampton Wanderers side, to Grange Park, Forest, who are fourth in the table, had lost two of their last three…
It was defeat at the third time of asking in this seasons’ RFU Championship as Craig Hammond’s Nottingham side fell to a 30-19 loss away to Doncaster Knights on Saturday afternoon. Having won their opening two games, including at Lady Bay the previous week, expectations were for another success for the Archers, and it looked…
Steve Cooper’s Nottingham Forest showed a positive attitude, calmness on the ball, and fighting mentality as two early goals in each half earned them a superb three points, against an off-best Aston Villa. The First Half: The saying goes: “Start as you mean to go on,” and my quite literally, Forest embodied this, and shone…
A six-goal thriller in the United Counties League Division One was one of few highlights on another, rain-affected Saturday in Nottinghamshire’s non-league scene. A local derby at Lenton lane would see Dunkirk and Clipstone go in level at two’s apiece at the interval, following a frantic first half; Jack Gibb afforded the visitors the lead…
John Bostock signed for Notts County on the 7th December 2022. The deal was signed following a successful ‘trial period’ if you like, which was a period of time that saw Bostock train with the squad in hope that he would later discover a want to play for Notts County. Luckily for us, he did…
Aside from colour, what significantly distinguished Forest’s shirt-front from every other team in the Premiership until September? That’s right: no advertising emblazoned across the front. And the most frequently promoted type of business? Gambling of course! Now nine of twenty clubs in the league currently thrust out their collective chests with betting brands. Since concluding…
It has been a season which began in September, with Championship clubs having been invited to take part in the new-look, Premiership Cup, and with it, a minimum of five extra games on the playing calendar. They were games which included trips to Gloucester and Saracens, and the visit of Harlequins to Lady Bay, in…
Can a first defeat of the season, at home to League One outfit Port Vale, be classed as a negative after what Nigel Clough’s Mansfield Town side has produced this season? On the night, yes, the majority of fans in the One Call Stadium, an expectant 7,432 would have left disappointed following a 1-0 defeat…
Nottingham, in the East Midlands, is certainly a far cry from New Zealand, but for Archers captain, Nathan Tweedy, it’s where is heart currently is having oved to the other side of the world back in 2021 – why, well that’s down to his head coach, Craig Hammond. Having played provincial rugby for the likes…
Murillo & Boly could be the perfect partnership – but Forest can’t rely on them too much. With Nottingham Forest falling to a poor 3-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday, the need for positives is in major demand; Forest’s centre-back partnership of Murillo & Boly does provide some hope though, and the two…
Neil Matthews’ Arnold Eagles side returned to league action on Sunday afternoon, for the first time in six weeks, and moved top of the East Midlands Women’s Regional Football League Division One Central courtesy of a 5-1 home win over local rivals, Sandiacre Town. With only Mansfield Town, in the EMWRFL Premier Division, collecting a…
Craig Hammond’s Nottingham Rugby made it two-wins-from-two to start the new Championship season, winning 41-28 in the first game at Lady Bay, against visiting Ampthill. Having played five games in the new-look Premiership Cup prior to the league season beginning, the Archers have certainly hit the ground running, racking up up points and tries galore…
Liverpool 3-0 Nottingham Forest (Premier League) 29.10.23 Nottingham Forest were handed their biggest defeat of the season so far as Liverpool proved too strong at Anfield in a comfortable win the home side. Steve Cooper’s men seemed to weather the early storm at a flat and low key seemingly un-atmospheric Anfield Stadium, wearing sky blue…
It was a relatively quiet day at the office for the Nottinghamshire non-league scene at the weekend, only a handful of clubs shining a light through the wet and miserable weather presently on offer. One of those was the Millers, of Carlton Town, in the Northern Premier League East Division, as they battled to a…
