Basford United captain Matt Thornhill has agreed a new two-year deal with the club. The former Nottingham Forest midfielder has been at Greenwich Avenue since 2017 when he joined from then-National League North side Gainsborough Trinity. Thornhill spent five years at the City Ground from 2006, scoring five times, before joining Brighton & Hove Albion…
Basford United’s preparations for next season have already begun after six players agreed new contracts. Kieran Preston, Stef Galinski and Ryan Wilson have all put pen to paper, as have forwards Marcus Marshall and Kane Richards. Callum Chettle has also extended his time at Greenwich Avenue, in deals that will run until the end of…
Notts County have drawn Hornchurch FC in the semi-final of the Buildbase FA Trophy after today’s draw on TalkSPORT 2 paired the Magpies at home against the lowest ranked team left in the competition. The match will be played on Saturday 27th March at Meadow Lane as National League Notts face Isthmian League opposition who…
There’s been a number of changes behind the scenes at Worksop Town during the past ten days, manager Craig Parry moving to replace the recently departed assistant manager Craig Rouse, to Pontefract Collieries. The Pitching In Northern Premier League South/East Division side, who were sixth when the 2020/21 campaign came to a recent, abrupt halt,…
Basford United’s Northern Premier League season has been cancelled because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Steve Chettle’s men sat second behind leaders Mickleover having played nine games before the campaign was put on hold in October following the announcement of a second, and, later in January, a third, UK lockdown. Games in the FA Trophy…
Notts County 3-1 Oxford City (FA Trophy Quarter Final) 27.02.21 Notts County are through to the semi-finals of the Buildbase FA Trophy for the second successive season after a 3-1 home win against Oxford City with a double for Elisha Sam including a sublime finish fit enough to be contender for the FIFA Puskas Award….
Tributes have poured in for Carlton Town’s Commercial Manager Brian Dennett who after contracting coronavirus some weeks ago, sadly passed away overnight after taking a turn for the worse whilst in hospital. Dennett was Mr Carlton, a gentleman who always had time for people, he was a long-term ambassador for the club, a great friend…
Further questions have been raised on the current state of Non-League Football after the National League clubs agreed to continue their season yesterday, although teams in the North and South divisions (level two of the non-league ladder) voted against carrying on. That means Notts County will thankfully get to conclude their season, at the moment,…
Notts County will host Oxford City in the Quarter Finals of the Buildbase FA Trophy after the Magpies beat Havant & Waterlooville on penalties in the last round to go through at the weekend. The draw which was made on Monday pits County against a National League South division team, currently sixth and one that…
Basford United are launching their very own “Active February” initiative aimed at promoting exercise to raise mental health awareness during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. United’s Community set-up – which has 500 active members and has been hit hard on several fronts throughout the crisis – are looking for interested members of the public to take…
Hindsight is a wonderful thing but cast mind back to April/May 2020 and the cut off for the 2019/20 campaign and think to yourself… Would you really have done the same? The FA, the Football League, the National League, Northern Premier League, Timbuktu Division Two, the NSL, CML, EMCL, NCEL and all organisations that credit…
Basford United have penned an open letter clarifying their position on the season. Vice Chairman Stan Mitchell issued a statement after the FA sent all non-league clubs at steps 3-6 a survey about how to decide the campaign, presently curtailed due to ongoing coronavirus concerns. Teams at National League North and South level have also being…
Did Notts County commit a faux-pas by not wearing black and white striped shirts in the play-off final at Wembley last year? Clifton-born Harrogate Town goalkeeper James Belshaw reveals how it certainly helped him put aside his Magpies’ allegiances to shut out Notts in a 3-1 success for the Yorkshire club. Belshaw – a lifelong…
The governments latest moving of tiers across the country and in Nottinghamshire particularly, from tier 3 to tier 4, means that elite sport from today can continue behind-closed doors, but non-elite and grassroots sports cannot continue for those over the age of 18. Whilst youth and disabled sport can continue in the areas affected, non-elite…
Morpeth Town 0-3 Notts County (FA Trophy Round Three) 19.12.20 Neal Ardley’s Magpies made it safely through to the fourth round of the Buildbase FA Trophy after a comfortable win at Northern Premier League outfit Morpeth. The Notts Manager gave a number of his fringe players the opportunity to show what they can do and…
Basford United continue their FA Trophy campaign when they travel to Peterborough Sports in the third round on Saturday afternoon. They make the journey east in fine form and take on the Southern Premier Division (Central) side having seen off Rushall Olympic and Felixstowe and Walton United in the previous rounds but will be without…
“Everyone wants to play at the top level and it’s all I’ve wanted to do.” An Owl at heart (Sheffield Wednesday in case you were wondering), Worksop Town’s vice-captain, James Baxendale, has had a career that has taken him from the Lilywhites to the Tigers, via Yorkshire, Derbyshire, the West Midlands, and three years ago,…
Notts County will tonight face their last league match before Christmas as the Magpies take on Stockport County in the National League live on BT Sport at Meadow Lane. Stockport are currently ninth in the table, two places and a point behind Notts in seventh, but a win can take either side up as high…
Anstey Nomads 1-0 Rainworth Miners Welfare (FA Vase Round Two) 12.12.20 United Counties League leaders, Anstey Nomads, beat Rainworth MWFC 1-0 at Beaumont Park to secure their place in the FA Vase 3rd Round. A first half strike by Michael Reeve ensured it was a successful cup tie for Anstey, who were playing in the…
Basford United 3-0 Felisxtowe & Walton United (FA Trophy Round Two) 12.12.20 Basford United set up a third-round tie with Peterborough Sports after they saw off Isthmian North side Felixstowe and Walton United in the FA Trophy on Saturday afternoon. Stef Galinski’s fourth of the season gave Steve Chettle’s men the lead at the break…
