Nottingham Forest 1-1 Crystal Palace (Premier League) 30.03.24 Forest seal draw with second half Wood wonder goal. A sunny day at the City Ground didn’t quite showcase a shining Forest side, but despite a poor first half, managed to pull off a draw thanks to a superb Chris Wood header looped over Dean Henderson. The…
The run-in, it’s getting interesting across the Nottinghamshire non-league scene following Saturday’s round of matches with Worksop Town continuing their push for a play-off spot with victory on the road in the Northern Premier League Premier, whilst Carlton Town are in a similar position in the NPL East after a battling win in the north-east….
Bradford City 0-3 Notts County (League Two) 21.03.24 Notts County finally returned to winning ways on Tuesday night, overcoming the challenge of Bradford City, giving Stuart Maynard and his coaching staff only their second win of their tenure thus far. Coming into this contest, Notts had been on a torrid run of form, gaining only…
There’s never a dull moment being a Forest supporter is there? Just as the Premiership and Championship leagues take a two-week breather for international fixtures, the City Ground is febrile with frustration at the outcome of the most recent match: Nottingham Forest FC v The Premiership. The venue for this clash between lawyers representing the…
Eight games remaining, four points clear at the top of the EFL League Two and Nigel Clough’s Mansfield Town side are aiming to not only gain promotion, but maybe even lift that league title (their first since winning the Conference/National League, in 2013) on the way to doing so. Seven wins in their last ten…
Luton Town 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Premier League) 16.03.24 Forest succumb to previous errors, as Luton scrape a late goal back. For what was a strong performance from Forest, was not the desired result – tales of previous disappointment came back to haunt them. The first half started rather scrappy; both sides edging for a goal…
The City Ground: Should it be Forest’s “forever home?” The uncomfortable conversation, that I would comfortably say, which most Forest fans were hoping to avoid for the foreseeable future, has now been brought up, but not simply by online fan forums, instead by Councillors & the club’s Chairman – raising the serious question: Should the…
Ten games remain of Notts County’s return to the football league and it’s been a rollercoaster ride to say the least, there’s been ups, but most recently, there’s been downs. The club are starting to look over their shoulder as they wonder if they even have enough points to stay in the division, luckily a…
There’s no better place to start this week than with Conor Moore and Radford, in the United Counties League Division One after the Pheasants legend bagged his fiftieth goal for the club, on what was his two-hundredth appearance. At home to Southwell City, in a local derby, the Pheasants continued to push towards a play-off…
We all know the old adage about things happening in threes for better or (more usually) for worse. Forest supporters will be smarting for some time after three defeats in a week, culminating in that latest loss to Liverpool. Sometimes the manner of defeat hurts more than the loss itself. My mum could have earned…
At the end of this season, Felipe is to call it time on an illustrious career in football, ending it with Nottingham Forest. Every plant has deep roots, all of which have spent periods and periods of time digging through the dirt to ensure growth. Similarly to that, Felipe endured heartbreak & doubt before succeeding,…
Despite the incessant weather, the semi-finals of the Nottinghamshire FA Senior Trophy were played on Saturday afternoon, and the final will be contested between Wollaton and Keyworth United, after they saw off visitors Trent Vineyard and Southwell City Reserves respectively. In the former, at Ilkeston Town’s 3g, there was a delayed kick-off due to an…
Newport County 0-1 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 02.03.24 Nigel Clough’s charges continued their march in the upper echelons of Sky Bet League Two after Mansfield Town ground out another win, away to fellow promotion-chasers Newport County, on Saturday afternoon. The only goal of the game at Rodney Parade came five minutes into the second…
Almost one hundred minutes of football, and what seemed to be destined for a well-fought draw, ended as a harrowing defeat – once again – late on for Nottingham Forest, this time coming in added time. The game started with Forest edging to get early shots in – Liverpool cult hero, Divock Origi, attempted to…
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Manchester United (FA Cup Round Five) 28.02.24 After a good performance, Forest fans probably felt that – while inconvenient for their evening schedule – extra time would be the deserved route. However, Casemiro’s late winner forced a United victory, and saw the Red Devils advance to the Quarter-Finals of the FA Cup,…
Basford United moved into third place in the East Midlands Women’s Regional Football League on Sunday afternoon following a routine home win over Rotherham United and now sit just a point behind second place Ilkeston Town, with a game in hand. The hosts took the lead inside the opening ten minutes, via one of their…
It was another, weather-depleted weekend of non-league action in Nottinghamshire this past Saturday, although there was plenty on show – football not rain, in the United Counties League, and plenty of goals to boot. In the Northern Premier League Premier Division, Worskop Town were beaten 4-2 at home off Bamber Bridge, the two level at…
Mansfield Town 5-1 Salford City (EFL League Two) 24.02.24 Albeit on goal-difference, the Sky Bet EFL League Two has new leaders in the shape of Mansfield Town following another, goal-scoring masterclass, at the One Call Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Hosting sixth-bottom Salford City, who themselves came into the game unbeaten in their previous eight outings,…
Aston Villa 4-2 Nottingham Forest (Premier League) 24.02.24 A frustrating encounter in the West Midlands was on show for Forest fans, as Nuno’s Reds were beaten by Emery’s Villa side who look to amend previous mistakes and put the record straight. The first half started in disastrous fashion. Villa had already tried it, and now…
Five seconds into the video clip and I had a lump in my throat. Ten seconds and I had a tear in my eye. Come the end, after forty seconds, I was wiping both eyes. As we hear Forest fans sing ‘Mull of Kintyre’, the camera focuses on the face of one supporter. 92 year-old…
