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…
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Historical documents record, over hundreds of years, regular invasions by armies from Scotland into England, ‘The Auld Enemy’.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…
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…
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 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…
Mansfield Town 2-0 Newport County (EFL League Two) 18.11.23 Another three points in the bag as Mansfield Town moved into second place in EFL League Two this past Saturday afternoon after Davis Keillor-Dunn’s brace gave the Stags three points at home to Newport County. Unbeaten in the league, it now stands at seventeen games this…
Jim O’Brien… where do we begin? The mid-January free transfer from Bradford City that we all thought was brought in to help the club survive the drop to the National League, but what he has developed into for Notts County has been so much more. The Scott with the experience, now the longest serving current…
Harry Toffolo: Taking your chances, the ultimate professional and winning over Forest fan’s hearts. Arriving from Huddersfield in July 2022, Harry Toffolo was seen by most as an add-on to Lewis O’Brien in a combined deal worth £10 million. But as time has passed, Toffolo has shown himself to be a true professional who can…
My brother pinged a photo my way soon after he’d watched Forest’s 2-0 win over Aston Villa last week. Post-match social-media traffic is always busy but, on the back of an inspired performance by the Reds, it was buzzing. It was an ‘old mates together’ image of two blokes sharing a word at the City…
