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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Mansfield Town 2-1 Walsall (EFL League Two) 28.10.23 Nigel Clough’s Mansfield Town continued their incredible, unbeaten start to the 2023-23 season with a hard-fought, 2-1 home win over Walsall on Saturday in EFL League Two. The Stags, who are now unbeaten in nineteen matches in all competitions this season (twenty matches unbeaten with the win…
Harrogate Town 1-4 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 24.10.23 And the unbeaten run continues as Nigel Clough’s Mansfield Town turned up the heat in Harrogate on Tuesday night to register consecutive, 4-1 successes and stretch their run to nineteen matches. Not for the first time in recent seasons did the Stags put on an attacking…
As Nottingham Forest saw their game away to Halifax fall victim to the weather over the weekend, focus for the women’s game was firmly on the FA Cup, although for Notts clubs, only Notts County made the hat for the draw of the First Round (by virtue of a postponement also). County’s game at home…
Despite stormy weather conditions over the previous few days, a handful of non-league matches throughout Nottinghamshire managed to go ahead this Saturday (21 October) afternoon, including that of the Red Badgers, and the Highwaymen, progressing to the Second Round of the FA Vase. Away to Cogenhoe United, Martin Ball and Darryl Thomas’ Eastwood side progressed…
Nottingham Forest, despite overall dominance of the matchup on Saturday, fell to a point against recently-promoted side Luton Town, who secure their fifth point of the season, leaving the Hatters just outside of the bottom three – a real feat for a team who’ve spent as little as they have, and given the circumstances of…
Top division football clubs cross their collective fingers during international fixture time. Having loaned out their most precious assets – their players – the hope is that they will return injury-free so that normal service can be resumed in the domestic league. It’s an honour to represent your country but it’s not risk-free and clubs…
It was County Cup weekend across the East Midlands this past Sunday as women’s clubs looked to book their place in the next round, and continue their road to potential silverware come the seasons’ end. Andi Bell’s Mansfield Town side, runners-up in the each of the last two finals, eased through to the next round…
Worksop Town’s reward for their 3-2 home win over Boston United in the FA Cup, is s trip to EFL League Two leaders, Stockport County, in the First Round, early next month. Craig Parry’s side were made to battle before seeing off their National League South visitors but, with Liam Hughes leading the line, you…
