A late flurry for Craig Parry’s Worksop Town saw the Nottinghamshire-based side reach the third qualifying round of the FA Cup on Saturday afternoon, when away to Lincoln United. Goalless as the game headed towards the final ten minutes or so, the Tigers turned the outcome on its head with a late, three-goal flurry thanks…
There were some big results across the Nottinghamshire non-league scene on Saturday afternoon, be it Carlton’s win in the FA Trophy, Worksop or Sherwood Colliery or Newark & Sherwood et al, winning in the league, but there was one that stood out more – Retford United 6 Retford 1, as the Retford derby attracted more…
Despite fantastic results across Nottinghamshire’s non-league scene this past weekend it would be a travesty not to begin the round-up with the five-goal thriller at Ollerton Town, of the Northern Counties East Division One. Had they lost at the weekend, then their run of games without a win would have gone past the 200-days mark,…
Eight Nottinghamshire clubs progressed to the next round of the FA Vase at the weekend following home comforts for Clipstone, Newark Town, Selston, Sherwood Colliery, and Southwell City. They were joined in the next round by AFC Mansfield, Hucknall Town and Retford, on what was a relatively good afternoon for the county’s non-league scene. Newark…
Basford United began the new campaign with a point, whilst Worksop Town’s recording breaking, unbeaten Northern Premier League run, came to a crashing halt on Saturday afternoon as the rest of the non-league scene kicked off with a bang. Alongside the two, Notts NPL Premier sides, Carlton began their campaign in the NPL East division…
The non-league season was up-and-running again this past weekend and what a way to kick things off, with the United Counties League Groundhop weekend, including several, Nottinghamshire clubs. Seven games took place over this past weekend, Friday-Sunday (28-30 July), and there was high attendances, and plenty of goals, ‘hoppers’ getting more than their money’s worth…
“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…
As the season, especially in non-league, slowly edges towards its close, the games continue to flow and, with Notts County having made this seasons’ National league Play-off final, at the top end of the non-league pyramid, the lower echelons continue to produce. Several games were played out in the Central Midlands League South over recent…
Hucknall Town, who finished the regular season in fourth place, have been promoted to the United Counties League Premier North Division following a second successive penalty shoot-out win, on Saturday afternoon. Having dismissed Bourne Town, away, 4-2 on penalties (following a 1-1 draw), the previous weekend, the Yellows proceeded to see off Birstall United, 5-3…
Champions, and play-off contenders, Nottinghamshire certainly knows how to do it as both Worksop Town (Northern Premier League East) and Retford United (Central Midlands League Northern Premier) continued their title celebrations, whilst Hucknall Town, and Newark Town, confirmed play-off spots in the United Counties League Division One. In the Southern League Central, Basford United were…
Bank Holiday madness ensued in the Nottinghamshire non-league scene this Easter Monday, and we’re not talking the heart-breaking, five-goal thriller, between Wrexham and Notts County; further down the pyramid, albeit in just seven games, there was some twenty-five goals scored. Goal machine, Ben Starkie, smashed a brace to ensure Basford’s safety; Worksop scored another four…
Record, equalled, as Craig Parry’s Worksop Town moved to 32 games unbeaten on Saturday afternoon, seeing off second placed Hebburn Town, 4-1, at the Windsor Foodservice Stadium, and with it, their hundredth goal of a stunning season. A record that has stood since the early seventies (fifty years on 24 February) is now, very much,…
After a period that was just shy of two years as a Notts County player, the club confirmed the departure of full-back Joel Taylor last week, following a mutual agreement to terminate the 26-year-old’s contract. Joel arrived at the club ahead of the 21-22 Vanarama National League season, the first for the club under the…
Four, was the magic number, in the United Counties Premier North on Saturday afternoon, with Kimberley Miners Welfare, when hosting Newark & Sherwood United, in a local dust-up, shared eight goals, in a 4-4 draw. The first half, it belonged to the visitors, goals coming from Kian Sketchley, Ainsley Finney and Luke White, in the…
“The first one is on the board, now let’s get the next one.” Worksop Town manager, Craig Parry, after winning the league title with the Tigers. Mid-March, and the Tigers of Worksop Town have become the first, crowned champions in the country, following a destructive, 4-0 win, over visitors Tadcaster Albion, it coupled with second…
They’re nearly there; having come so close to promotion last season, Retford United, of the Central Midlands League Premier North, are but a handful of wins away from doing so this time around. Twenty-three points clear, with a few games left to go, the Badgers are in a more than promising position, and, to help…
Eight goals scored, joint second in the table, and just thirteen points now behind leaders Aylestone Park, Luke Parsons’ Newark Town are flying in the United Counties Division One at present. At home to lowly Rainworth Miners Welfare, the Blues only led 2-1 at the interval but, in the second period, turned on the style,…
It’s been a mixed return to Central Midlands League South action for Nottinghamshire outfit, Teversal, drawing one and losing two in the league, but achieving progression in the Buckingham Insurance League Challenge Cup has afforded food for thought. Defeats to Clay Cross Town and Graham Street Prims, in late January, early February, and a goalless…
There was a rare, yet enjoyable sight, at the Halbrooke Stadium at the weekend as Eastwood CFC picked up just their sixth win of the season, in a local derby with AFC Mansfield, both sides facing a relegation battle at the bottom end of the United Counties Premier North. The Red Badgers made some six…
The cold, winter snap continues to play havoc across the nations’ non-league scene, with only a handful of matches being played across Nottinghamshire, Basford United and Worksop Town two of the beneficiaries of games managing to go ahead. In the Southern League Premier Central, Basford United were held to a 2-2 draw away to lowly…
