As the final whistle – finally – blew (how long can nine minutes of added time feel? Answer: infinity!) scenes of ecstasy filled the City Ground stands and our TV screens. On a balmy Saturday evening Forest secured Premiership status in their last home game of the season. Fans and players alike let loose an…
Steve Cooper’s men defy the doubts once again – the club is revitalised, Forest are staying up! The last weekend, as of when this is being written, has been perhaps one of the most nerve-wracking but elating period’s of time for Nottingham Forest fans – the thought of playing one of this seasons best sides,…
Several Nottinghamshire clubs were in action this weekend (20 & 21 May) as the women’s season came to its conclusion. It would be a weekend that would see heartbreak for Nottingham Forest, and Arnold Eagles, mixed fortunes for Nottingham Trent University, and a cup win for Newark Town, with four competitions reaching their dramatic endings….
A game of two halves, a season of two halves, it’s something which can be attributed to Neil Matthews and his Arnold Eagles side as they prepare for what, on paper at least, is a tough, East Midlands Women’s Regional Football League, League Cup final. In the league, Arnold have struggled, badly, finishing bottom of…
Despite losing to Mansfield Town in the League Cup, it’s been a reasonably decent season on the field for Emma Dennis and her Nottingham Trent University charges. A fourth place finish in the East Midlands Women’s Regional Football League Division One Central, and opposition for Loughborough Foxes Vixens in the Plate final, is just reward…
Nottingham Forest and Watford go at it again this Saturday afternoon, in the play-off for a place in next season’s Barclays Women’s Championship. The two sides, having won their respective (Northern and Southern Premier) championships, will face each other in what is the last of the National League play-off games, won last season by Southampton…
As Cedwyn Scott stood there in the North London sunshine, the weight of the world’s oldest professional football club rested on his shoulders. Two penalty saves from loan goalkeeper Archie Mair, first from DJ Oldaker then Jeff King, followed by an agonising chip against the crossbar from John Bostock, had presented the 24-year-old Geordie with…
Retford manager, Chris Woodhead, is preparing to go again when the 2023/24 campaign kicks off, his Choughs side narrowly missing out on a spot in the play-offs last time around. Just ten points separated that of Staveley Miners Welfare, in fifth place (the last play-off position), and tenth place, Selby Town, Retford one of several…
Promotion, relegation, reprieves, and lateral movements, has been the name of the game for those powers-that-be at the Football Association over the past few weeks, they sorting out all those comings, and goings, in the non-league system. As Notts County were promoted, via the play-offs, to EFL League Two, this past weekend, it now means…
Nottingham Forest will face Watford for the second time in a matter of weeks this coming Saturday when, at the Stadium MK, the two will collide for a place in next season’s Barclays Women’s Championship, so the Nottingham Sport caught up with Forest defender and centurion, Georgia Hewitt, for a chat. It has been a…
It’s official… You didn’t dream it… The Notts are going up! Saturday’s drama somehow miraculously surpassed that of even the semi-final win against Boreham Wood, the agony suffered from going behind, the joy of a late leveller, the jitters and nerves as penalties approached, that winning moment, that Panenka, oh no, that winning moment again……
The beautiful city of Nottingham is set to welcome the best of Europe’s sitting volleyball players later this month as the UK’s first, international tournament, since London 2012, takes place next weekend (19-21 May) at the University of Nottingham. Described as being “A fast, exciting sport often played by amputees and individuals with limb difference,”…
Back on Cromwell lakes for May’s Blog Noveygoesfishing. Blessed with a 48hr session This trip so definitely wanted to make the most of the extra 24hrs. A very pleasant Friday morning on arrival to the lake a few showers forecast over the 48hrs but nothing too heavy. A quick brew with the gaffer Nathan and onto…
Imagine finding that Forest’s fixtures until the end of the season had them face alternate home and away games against Southampton! The south-coast club is the only team the Reds have beaten twice and six points in the bag is excellent business. Reality has it that Forest’s fate – and survival in the Premiership –…
After the announcement earlier in the week that new Head Coach, Jonathan Paredes, had brought Joshua Tetlow back to his former club, the Nottingham Panthers quickly announced the signings of another, former Panther, in forward Ollie Betteridge, and a new contract for Jordan Kelsall. The Panthers, who made the play-offs last season, are certainly strengthening…
The grand finale of this remarkable National League season is finally upon us and what match could be better for the neutral as two non-league giants go head-to-head in the National League final at the prestigious Wembley stadium this Saturday. Notts County take on Chesterfield FC in front of a predicted turnout of around 40,000…
“Objective achieved. Now people will see how good Retford United really are; don’t write us off for back-to-back promotions.” Badgers manager, Ryan Hindley, May 2023 Badgers boss, Ryan Hindley, who took the helm last summer and has guided the Cannon Park outfit to the Central Midlands League Premier North title, and with it, promotion, has…
Expectations were high going into the 2022/23 season, the season before had seen Mansfield Town, under the guidance of Nigel Clough, finish seventh in SKY Bet EFL League Two, and reach the play-off final, before losing to Port Vale, at Wembley. Fast-forward twelve months and, despite flirtations with the play-offs, and promotion, the Stags would…
The quiet midfield man at the heart of Nottingham Forest’s relegation resistance. The ideal midfield man, someone who can hold the ball well, have great vision, strength, and endurance – Forest have longed for this, and they may have just found their solution: a quiet 25-year old Belgian, who despite a difficult start at the…
The Blaze 209/9-23/0 Western Storm (Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy) 10.05.23 *Match abandoned A day that began with sunshine, ended in rain and abandonment, at least preserves the unbeaten start to the season for Nottinghamshire’s newest franchise, the East Midlands establishment now known as ‘the Blaze’ are sitting pretty at the top of the Rachael Heyhoe…
