“The question is, is Takeru ready to take on the biggest and best challenge of his career?” Bailey Sugden, Tokyo, Japan, March 2023. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, on the other side of the world, Tokyo, Japan to be precise, Nottinghamshire’s ISKA World super lightweight kickboxing champion, Bailey Sugden, was going face-to-face with…
There was a big win for the Archers on Sunday afternoon, Craig Hammond’s RFU Championship side picking up just their sixth win of what has been a tough campaign. Hosting fourth place Bedford Blues, at Lady Bay, Nottingham pulled out all the stops to go and claim a 26-24 success, and, in doing so, registered…
As women’s football continues to grow, Mansfield Town are there, at the forefront of it all. At Saturday’s goalless draw with Sutton United, in the EFL League Two, the Her Game Too campaign, and local ambassador, Emma Penlington, were out in force to show that football, like other sports, really is #HerGameToo. Initially scheduled to…
Title number two is heading to Nottinghamshire as, following Dearne & District not winning away to Staveley Miner’s Welfare (finished goalless), Retford United have been crowned champions of the Central Midlands League Premier North. Ryan Hindley’s side didn’t play on Saturday, but they did enjoy a 5-0, home, derby win, in midweek, against SJR Worksop;…
Mansfield Town 0-0 Sutton United (EFL League Two) 25.03.23 A third, consecutive draw, for Nigel Clough’s Stags, is certainly not helping Mansfield’s promotion aspirations, however, a point is a point, and they earned it without conceding. Away to Stockport, it finished 1-1, then, last week at the One Call Stadium, it was 0-0 with Grimsby…
Mansfield Town 0-0 Grimsby Town (EFL League Two) 22.03.23 FA Cup quarter-finalists, Grimsby Town (fifteenth), were the visitors to the One Call Stadium on Wednesday night, in a game that was vital for the hosts’ promotion aspirations. The first of three-in-a-row at home for Nigel Clough’s side would see them battle to a hard-fought, goalless…
Retford United 5-0 SJR Worksop (Central Midlands Premier Division North) 22.03.23 Ryan Hindley’s Badgers are nearly, so very nearly there, following a 5-0 demolition job of local rivals, SJR Worksop, in the Central Midlands League Premier North, on Wednesday night. The main goal for the Cannon Park side was to gain promotion, something which they…
Head Coach Jason Scott is creating somewhat of a dynasty over at the University of Nottingham, his BUCS Gold side heading into Tuesday’s battle with the UWE (University of West England) Bullets, for the National Championship. He’s not averse to winning championships either, is Scott, both as a player, and as a coach; in fact,…
The 2023 Nottinghamshire FA Women’s County Cup final will be contested between two sides from the East Midlands Women’s Regional Football League Premier Division, Mansfield Town, and Notts County. Andi Bell’s Mansfield side saw off the tough challenge of FA Women’s National League Midlands Reserves Division leaders, Nottingham Forest Reserves, 5-3 on penalties, following a…
A battling performance was insufficient for the Archers of Nottingham as the hundredth game at Lady Bay ended in defeat when hosting the power-hungry, RFU Championship leaders, Ealing Trailfinders. They tried, oh did they try, Kehinde Olowofela with an early try for the hosts, whilst Taiye Olowofela also crossed early in the second period, and…
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…
Stockport County 1-1 Mansfield Town (EFL League Two) 18.03.23 Nigel Clough and his Mansfield Town charges left Edgeley Park on Saturday night with their promotion aspirations still in their own hands, battling to a hard-earned point against fellow promotion-chasers, Stockport County. The Stags, they’ve been a little erratic of late, but this was to be…
The Archers are preparing to host ‘100 Games at Lady Bay’ this coming weekend, when they welcome RFU Championship leaders, Ealing Trailfinders. It’ll be the one hundredth game in which Lady Bay has hosted at the ground, since they moved there from Meadow Lane at the beginning of 2015, and current Head Coach, a former…
“The Caesars have a huge opportunity to win the division this year and I am enjoying being part of the coaching team, and bringing some new ideas to the defensive side of the ball.” Laura Moore, 2023 Having played both codes of rugby, Union with Nottingham/West Bridgford, and League with the Nottingham Outlaws, Defensive Coach…
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…
Neil Matthews’ Arnold Eagles, bottom of the East Midlands Women’s Regional Football League Premier Division, will contest this season’s League Cup final, with high-flying Lincoln United, after the Eagles avenged their previous weeks’ loss, to see off Oughtibridge War Memorial, 4-3. Another Nottinghamshire club, Daniel Corlett’s Nottingham Trent University, of the EMWRFL Division One Central,…
There’s been plenty of changes, on, and off the ice, at the Nottingham Panthers around this, the 2022-23 season, one of those seeing them bring in, late last year, a new media team, to which includes 18-year-old, Sophie Rouse. It’s been a somewhat meteoric rise for the Bramcote, Social Media Executive because, less than a…
Not for the first time in recent months, the non-league scene, nationwide, was severely depleted due to adverse weather conditions, and so it proved across Nottinghamshire, only a handful of games getting the go-ahead. Basford crashed to defeat in their Southern League Central match at home to Barwell, whilst the two games to go ahead…
The Archers picked up just their fifth win of the season at the weekend, Craig Hammond’s Nottingham side claiming a hard-fought, 28-17 win, on the road at Richmond. It was to be a victory that pushed them back up to the ninth in the RFU Championship table as sides prepare themselves for the final throes…
It’s been another, roller-coaster season, for Beeston Hockey, but it’s been one that has, yet again, seen them qualify for the play-offs. Among their ranks is the experienced, central midfield athlete, the 24-year-old, Paige Gillott, someone who continues to strive to achieve, in every capacity, but it could have been so, very different for her,…
