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…
Nottingham, in the East Midlands, is certainly a far cry from New Zealand, but for Archers captain, Nathan Tweedy, it’s where is heart currently is having oved to the other side of the world back in 2021 – why, well that’s down to his head coach, Craig Hammond. Having played provincial rugby for the likes…
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…
Craig Hammond’s Nottingham Rugby made it two-wins-from-two to start the new Championship season, winning 41-28 in the first game at Lady Bay, against visiting Ampthill. Having played five games in the new-look Premiership Cup prior to the league season beginning, the Archers have certainly hit the ground running, racking up up points and tries galore…
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…
Nottingham Panthers, and the world of ice hockey as a whole, are in a state of both disbelief, and mourning this weekend, following the incident at the Sheffield Steelers – Nottingham Panthers Challenge Cup tie on Saturday night – it was an incident which eventually led to the passing, at just 29-years-old, of Panthers forward,…
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…
Saturday night sees the All Blacks and the Springboks collide for Rugby’s grandest prize, the Webb Ellis Cup. In recent interviews with both the Head Coach Craig Hammond, and captain Nathan Tweedy, of Nottingham Rugby, both New Zealanders, the Nottingham Sport gained a couple of quick thoughts from the them about the tournament, and the…
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…
Having battled through a tough, Premiership Cup campaign, where the Archers faced that of Gloucester, Hartpury University, Saracens, Coventry, and Harlequins, throughout September and early October, a much welcome return to league action was played out this past weekend. In the opening game of the 2023-24 Championship season, Nottingham faced a 240+ mile, four-and-a-half hour…
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…
England are set to face South Africa in the Rugby World Cup semi-final this Saturday night, at the Stade de France, in Saint Denis – the victor will face either Argentina or New Zealand in Sunday’s grand final. Among those in the Red Roses are two with connections to Nottingham, George Martin, and Ollie Chessum,…
Ahead of the weekend’s matches across the grassroots rugby scene in Nottinghamshire, we take a look back at the opening weeks of the regional campaigns, clubs having already up half a dozen matches apiece since kicking off in early September. Keyworth RFC, down in Counties 3 Midlands East (Central), which houses half-a-down of the county’s…
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…
