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;…
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…
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…
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…
There’s two, incredible, runs, going on in the Nottinghamshire non-league scene this season, at both Worksop Town (Northern Premier League East) and Retford United (Central Midlands League Premier North). Worksop, in winning 2-0 away to Pontefract Collieries, stretched their league record to twenty-three matches, and in doing so, shot-stopper Sebastian Malkowski, and his wall of…
A midweek, mid-season goalless friendly, at home to Louth Town, of the Lincolnshire League, followed by their first game of 2023, away to Harworth Colliery, reintroduced Central Midlands League Premier North side, Retford United, following a winter break. The win, against Harworth Colliery, sees Ryan Hindley’s Badgers open up a fourteen point gap at the…
Although still a couple of games shy of the half-way stage in this seasons Central Midlands League Premier North title race, Nottinghamshire outfit, Ryan Hindley’s Retford United, have certainly been firing on all cylinders. Granted they exited the CML Cup, in late September, when losing 3-2 at home to league rivals, Dearne & District, that…
The opening, Extra Preliminary Round, of this seasons’ Emirates FA Cup, would take centre-stage for clubs across Nottinghamshire on Saturday afternoon, with contrasting fortunes when compared to those on league duty. Two victories, and three replays, from the six cup ties involving Notts clubs, was a decent return, both AFC Mansfield, and Kimberley Miners Welfare,…
After a 5-1 thumping of Basford United in midweek, Notts County continued their fine start to pre-season on Saturday with a 2-1 win at Leicester City in a game played behind closed doors at the Foxes state of the art training complex in Seagrave. In glorious sunshine, Head Coach Luke Williams started with a strong…
Holding legendary status at one sporting establishment is testament enough to an individuals’ ability, to hold that status at several places certainly adds the gloss, and is something which the new Retford United manager, Ryan Hindley, knows all too well. A playing career that had seen him don the jersey, on several occasions, at Nottinghamshire…
Nottinghamshire FA Senior Trophy winners, and Central Midlands League North runners-up, Retford United, are looking for a new manager after Liam Kay announced, unexpectedly, that he’d departed the club, on Wednesday (15 June) night. Kay, who’d enjoyed a successful couple of years, on-field, with the Badgers, is understandably down-heartened by his decision to leave, but…
Newark Town 0-1 Retford United (Notts Senior Trophy Final) 10.05.22 The top two clubs in this seasons’ Central Midlands League North collided for the Notts Senior Trophy on Tuesday night at Greenwich Avenue, and it was to be league runners-up, Retford United, that would emerge victorious, defeating the league champions, by just the one, second-half…
Newark Town 1-1 Retford United (Central Midlands Premier Division North) 20.04.22 Honours even, and level pegging still atop the Central Midlands League Premier Division North, as Newark Town, and Retford United, shared the spoils at the YMCA on Wednesday evening, 20 April. Nathan Arnold (Newark), and Liam Kay (Retford), would have preferred victory, and the…
Spare a thought for not one, not two, not even three, but the four football clubs sitting tightly bunched together at the top of the Central Midlands League Premier Division North, two of whom are from within the Nottinghamshire county borders. Doncaster-based Club Thorne Colliery lead the way on 74 points (GD+54), sharply followed by…
Retford United 5-0 Dinnington Town (Central Midlands Premier Division North) 12.04.22 Retford United hit five without reply as they beat Dinnington Town to apply more pressure on Doncaster based leaders Club Thorne Colliery in the Black Dragon Badges Central Midlands League Premier Division last night. The Badgers who were in cup action at the weekend…
Central Midlands League Premier title challengers, Newark Town and Retford United, will contest this season’s Nottinghamshire FA Senior Trophy final, on Saturday 10 May, at Basford United, after both sides won their respective semi-finals on Saturday afternoon. The CML pairing took care of the remaining Nottinghamshire Senior League duo of Ruddington Village and Awsworth Villa…
Two of the county’s non-league sides racked up seven goals on Saturday afternoon, with Central Midlands League side, Retford United, still battling on three fronts, reaching the final of the Nottinghamshire FA Senior Trophy courtesy of a 7-0 win away to Hucknall Town Reserves, and Radford, in play-off contention in the United Counties League, registered…
As the rain lashed down throughout Tuesday, a number of midweek matches were postponed yesterday. Notts County were about to set off for Dover in the National League when they were told the pitch on the Kent coast, not for the first time this season, was unplayable due to washout, whilst Selston FC, excited by…
Today, just two miles separate The Rail and Cannon Park, home of Northern Counties Eastern League Retford, and Central Midlands League Retford United, respectively. The beautiful game in this North Nottinghamshire market town however can be traced back, at least, some 150-plus years, with local clashes, against nearby Worksop Town, being recorded as far back…
AFC Phoenix 0-8 Retford United (Central Midlands League Premier Division North) 29.01.22 Liam Kay took his high-flying Badgers to Rotherham on Saturday, opposing that of bottom club AFC Phoenix, and set about racking up the goals, registering eight without reply in the Central Midlands League North contest. A four-goal salvo from Charlie Baird, a hat-trick…
