Notts TV hosted live the Notts FA Women’s County Cup Draw for the competitions Senior Section Quarter Finals last night with Mansfield Hosiery Mills set to face Notts County Women and Nottingham Trent University welcoming Nottingham Forest in two very eye catching matches indeed. The two other ties are equally as mouth watering as Mansfield…
Not many will remember the short spell that South African batsman Hashim Amla had with Nottinghamshire in 2010, but those fans who got to watch the elegant free scoring star from Durban play at Trent Bridge, will fondly reminisce on some unforgettable performances as the counties temporary overseas star. Today, Amla announces his retirement from…
With the Premier League now at the midway stage and Nottingham Forest sitting in 13th place, five points clear of the relegation spots, just a few weeks ago, this rise would have been a near impossible thought given the run of games ensuing the new year: Chelsea (h), Southampton (a) & Leicester (h) – one…
It wasn’t the most successful evening in the football calendar last night as a host of non-league games were postponed due to the frosty January weather whilst two of our local teams crashed out of cup competitions with Nottingham Forest losing to Ipswich Town in the FA Youth Cup on penalties whilst Basford United Ladies…
When the Titanic hit an iceberg in April 1912, on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, Captain Edward John Smith went down with his ship. He was following a maritime tradition, though there was no legal obligation to do so. If ‘the last person to leave the sinking ship’ has a ring of…
Nottingham Wildcats legend Siobhán Prior has been announced as a Club Representative on the Women’s British Basketball League board, taking up a new role in growing the sport in this country. A former England International who won a Commonwealth Silver Medal, a player who represented her hometown club winning countless silverware and who is currently…
Languishing in ninth place but still just a point outside the playoffs, it’s been a turbulent troubled time for Mansfield Town in recent weeks with some flat performances returning just one win and five points in six games, their most recent a 1-1 home draw with Crewe where midfielder George Maris was sent off late…
Yesterday, Nottingham Forest confirmed their capture of Brazilian midfielder Danilo on a contract until 2029 for a fee worth in the region of £18m. The 21-year-old samba star was one of the key cogs for Palmeiras who’s title winning season last year ended with a Serie A championship and State championship of Sao Paulo. In…
Good day to our avid readers of Nottingham Sport, And a happy New Year to you all. So managed to get back to my monthly visit to Cromwell Lakes on a mild(ish) January morning. The heavy drizzle not putting me off once I arrived. A quick chat with the gaffer Nathan and Peg 1 was…
A hat-trick for Yasmin Mosby, and braces for both Becky Anderson, Amy West, and Charlotte Steggles, helped Nottingham Forest Women romp to the top of the FA Women’s National League Northern Premier on Sunday afternoon, following a 12-1 demolition job of hosts, AFC Fylde. Boasting a game in hand on second place Wolverhampton Wanders, the…
The constant, incessant, ever-changing weather conditions meant that only a handful of matches managed to go ahead across Nottinghamshire’s non-league at the weekend, with mixed fortunes for the county’s sides. Basford United, in the Southern Premier League Central Division, paid tribute to the recently passed ‘legend’ Malcolm Storer, in the best possible way, three points,…
Grantham, 11 March 2023, Newark’s world champion kickboxer, Bailey Sugden, defends the world title he won against France’s Ibrahim Madi twelve months prior, in what will be his first fight in a year, against Spaniard, Pedro ‘Mimao’ Ruiz. It’s not because he didn’t want to, or there was nothing available to him, the 25-year-old son…
Nottingham Forest continue their rise up the Premier League table, after convincingly beating East-Midlands rivals Leicester City in a game which included a Brennan Johnson brace. Coming into the match, Forest were in a great mindset after beating Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals. Steve Cooper is a man who has shown that his…
This weekend, National League leaders Notts County welcome fellow fifth tier outfit Maidstone United in the fourth round of the FA Trophy. Notts County over recent years have struggled in cup runs, as shown earlier this season when Notts were knocked out of the FA Cup qualifiers by Coalville Town, who currently play in the…
Last time these two teams met, their situations were completely different, yet so similar. Both teams were struggling, rooted to the bottom of the table. On that day, Leicester ran away with it at the King Power Stadium as 4-0 victors, but the Foxes will not be playing the same Nottingham Forest side. Form is…
An eye-catching scoreline: Nottingham Forest 12 – 0 Leicester. Remember that? No, not even I do! That thrashing for Leicester Fosse (as they were then) came in a First Division fixture in 1909 and proved to be the heaviest defeat they’ve ever suffered. They went on to be relegated and, a decade later, ‘Fosse’ became…
Sunday marked four years to the day since Jim O’Brien arrived at Notts County after leaving Bradford City. As The Magpies’ longest serving player, O’Brien has seen a lot since he first walked through the door at Notts, from the highs of a Semi-Final victory and derby-day wins to the lows of Playoff heartache and…
This weekend the Nottingham Panthers face a flight to Northern Ireland to take on one of the toughest challenges on the Elite League calendar – a double header weekend against the Belfast Giants. The two games on Friday and Saturday night, both facing off at 7pm, will see Panthers head coach Corey Neilson pit his…
Nottingham Forest will face Manchester United in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, after beating Wolverhampton Wanderers on penalties. The Reds played out a feisty 1-1 draw with Wolves, managing to squeeze past them 4-3 on penalties, after some remarkable Dean Henderson saves. After a tough start to the season, as well as a disappointing defeat…
The Owzat-Cricket Nottinghamshire Premier League will, when the new season begins this coming April, start with a dozen teams in each of its two divisions following the successful promotions of both Notts Unity Casuals CC, and Papplewick & Linby IIs CC. Last time around, the leagues’ Premier Division eventually saw Cavaliers & Carrington CC take…
