Only A Game?

Twenty teams in the Premier League: twelve managers sacked … so far! What’s going on? Read on. Children pat out sandcastles from coloured buckets on a sunny day at the beach. A cluster of senior citizens shuffles dominoes across a pub table. Teenagers high-five a strike at a ten-pin bowling alley. A family throws a…

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Sherwood Secure Sixth Spot

Champions, and play-off contenders, Nottinghamshire certainly knows how to do it as both Worksop Town (Northern Premier League East) and Retford United (Central Midlands League Northern Premier) continued their title celebrations, whilst Hucknall Town, and Newark Town, confirmed play-off spots in the United Counties League Division One. In the Southern League Central, Basford United were…

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Stags Held Again

Grimsby Town 1-1 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 15.04.23 Another game, and yet another draw for promotion-chasing Mansfield Town after Nigel Clough’s Stags were held to a 1-1 draw at Blundell Park on Saturday afternoon. Granted the Stags are unbeaten in their last six, but, with four of those being draws, it means of a…

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Autograph Days

I blame Manchester United – in part, at least – for the early demise to my blossoming career as a sports journalist. It’s a tale full of intrigue, with accusations of fraud and dodgy money-making. The saga would have sat comfortably in today’s Westminster world of law-bending and money for honours culture but this was…

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Starkie See’s Basford Safe

Bank Holiday madness ensued in the Nottinghamshire non-league scene this Easter Monday, and we’re not talking the heart-breaking, five-goal thriller, between Wrexham and Notts County; further down the pyramid, albeit in just seven games, there was some twenty-five goals scored. Goal machine, Ben Starkie, smashed a brace to ensure Basford’s safety; Worksop scored another four…

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A Lot To Be Proud Of – Says Winch

As the season, ever-so slowly, inches towards its closure, only a handful of games in the East Midlands Women’s Regional Football League were played on Sunday afternoon, including Basford United. The Premier Division side, led by co-managers, Jake Hemstock and Sara Harnett, played their last game of a tough season, picking up a huge three-points…

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