Basford United travel to the Leicestershire village of Barwell tomorrow as they look for three points in search of climbing up the Southern League Central Division table to the playoff zone. The Ambers are currently eight points off the top five but won last time out, beating Alvechurch 3-0 before their midweek fixture with high…
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…
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…
There’s been a couple of narrow, agonising defeats for Nottingham Rugby Club of late as the Championship side, currently in sixth place, fell to December defeats against Bedford Blues and Jersey Reds. That takes their losing streak to three straight at present as they, weather-permitting, travel to Ampthill on Saturday (17 December), before hosting Coventry…
Newark boxer, Jade Grierson, finally gets the opportunity to make her professional debut this festive season when she travels to the Magna Centre, Rotherham, to face Czech fighter, Ester Konecna, 2-19-1, over 4x2s. The show, promoted by Stefy Bull, is one that Grierson, 31, is more than delighted to be a part of, especially after…
Newark & Sherwood United were dismissed from the FA Vase at the weekend when going down 2-0 at home to Anstey Nomads, in the third round. A crowd of 175 would see the visitors open the scoring after a minute, before progressing themselves with a second goal in the closing stages. Meanwhile, on the league-front,…
Newark & Sherwood United 4-0 Pinchbeck United (United Counties League Premier Division North) 19.11.2022 Player-manager, Jonathan D’Laryea, is two-from-two as manager of United Counties Premier North high-fliers, Newark & Sherwood United, after The Highwaymen followed up their FA Vase win over Blackstones, with a comfortable, 4-0 win, over Pinchbeck United. The visitors, in the bottom…
United Counties Premier Division outfit, Newark & Sherwood United, reached the FA Vase Third Round this past weekend following a 2-1 win at home to Blackstones, and will look forward to the draw with heightened optimism. The Notts-based side, playing in-front of a crowd of more than 200, were indeed thankful for their shot-stopper, Ross…
There’s nothing quite like a national cup run, be it in the FA Cup, FA Trophy, or the FA Vase – the players love it, the fans love it, there’s just something about it. And, there’s been a few good cup runs across Nottinghamshire this season, including in that of the FA Vase, which saw…
Quite poignant, perhaps, following the sad passing of Her Majesty the Queen, a long lover herself of the grand sport of horse racing, and one that owned hundreds of horses, winning thousands of races. This weekend, and for the next week, race venues across the Midlands will open their stables, for free, to everyone, as…
Mansfield Town will play Carlton Town in the Notts FA Senior Cup Final after a comprehensive victory in the semi-finals last night against Newark FC. The Stags XI containing mostly under 23 players, overwhelmed their United Counties League opponents at Greenwich Avenue to win 7-1 and close the disappointing ‘tangerines’ campaign in disappointing defeat. Goals…
The weekend certainly produced a few classic matches, plenty of goals, a local derby, and an eleven-goal thriller involving our finest, non-league clubs. The derby, in the United Counties League Premier Division, went in favour of the visitors as Newark won 2-1 at Eastwood, whilst in Division One, Dunkirk coming from behind, on several occasions,…
Newark FC are the first name in the hat for the Semi-Finals of the Nottinghamshire FA Senior Cup after beating a Notts County XI in the Quarter Finals at Basford United’s Greenwich Avenue last night. Newark have been using the Nottingham city venue for their home games this season after being kicked off their own…
It’s been a while since we brought you some local Rugby Union news so let us gloss over the latest ahead of the festive break whilst you put your feet up and sip on a brew. The second highest ranked side in the county (below Nottingham RFC) Paviors, play out at Burntstump Country Park and…
Newark FC opened up their United Counties Football League campaign with an opening day victory over Nottinghamshire neighbours Eastwood CFC on Tuesday night in a match played at Basford United’s Greenwich Avenue ground. Both teams have joined the UCL Premier Division North for the 2021/22 campaign after a reshuffle to non-league football which includes Newark’s…
Basford United have confirmed it will groundshare with Newark Football Club for the 2021/22 season, following approval from the Northern Premier League. The agreement will see the step five side, formerly known as Newark Flowserve, play their home league and cup matches at Greenwich Avenue after being evicted from their Lowfields base by the landowner…
With the sale of their long term home at Lowfields to housing developers ever nearing, Newark FC who have been in turmoil in recent months due to the uncertainty of their future, have now agreed a groundshare that will see them able to continue to play football and their home games in the county over…
The third round draw of the Buildbase FA Vase has been made with three Nottinghamshire sides in the hat as the final few clubs in England and Wales aim to reach the last sixteen of non-league football’s national knock out cup for step 5 and 6 teams of the pyramid. With a Wembley final in…
Both Radford and Newark FC are through to the third round of the Buildbase FA Vase after winning their respective behind-closed-doors matches in the second round of the competition yesterday. Radford of the East Midlands Counties League beat Bewdley Town of the West Midlands Premier League at Selhurst Street as the home side made club…
As if 2020 hasn’t been testing enough, Newark FC, a team who changed their name (dropping Flowserve) in the summer, sparking a new era, a new beginning, now find themselves with a new unrequested test of uncertainty, as a club that now may be forced to search for a new home. Newark have progressed from…
