Saturday 14th September - local teams in action

F.A. Cup takes centre-stage again  -

1st Qualifying Round
Basford Utd 0-2 Matlock Town
Carlton Town 1-1 Brigg Town
Coalville Town 3-2 Long Eaton Utd
Dunkirk v Blaby 0-0 Whetstone Athletic
Gresley FC 3-2 Eastwood Town
Ilkeston FC 1-2 Belper Town
Mickleover Sports 2-0 Loughborough University
Worksop Town 1-1 Bootle

NP1S
Loughborough Dynamo 0-8 Leek Town
Market Drayton Town 1-4 Rainworth MW

MFA
Stourport Swifts 4-1 Shepshed Dynamo

NCELP
Heanor Town 1-1 Retford Utd

NCEL1
Dronfield Town 1-1 Clipstone FC
Teversal FC 1-2 AFC Emley

EMCL
Arnold Town 2-0 Greenwood Meadows
Gedling MW 1-1 Anstey Nomads
Graham St Prims 5-2 Holwell Sports
Holbrook Sports 4-2 Radcliffe Olympic
Radford FC 1-3 Bardon Hill
St. Andrews 0-2 Borrowash Victoria
Thunby Nirvana 4-1 Sutton Tn AFC

CMLN
Clay Cross Town 0-2 Newark Town
Easington Town 1-2 AFC Mansfield
Glapwell FC 1-1 Thoresby CW
Sherwood Colliery 3-4 Westella Hanson
Welbeck FC 0-6 Ollerton Town

CMLS
Belper Utd 5-2 Real Utd
Blidworth Welfare 3-0 Barrowby FC
Calverton MW 0-6 Hucknall Town
Clifton AW 3-2 Pinxton FC
Holbrook St. Michaels 0-3 Bilborough Pelican
Linby CW 1-2 Swanwick Pentrich Road
Mickleover RBL 0-0 Allenton Utd
Southwell City 2-3 Bulwell FC

NSL SENIOR DIV
Attenborough P-P Awsworth Villa
Beeston AFC 2-2 Bilborough Town
Boots Athletic 2-3 Hucknall RL
Burton Joyce 4-3 Keyworth Utd
F.C. Cavalier 4-3 Ruddington Village
Magdala Ams 2-4 Selston
Sandhurst 2-1 Cotgrave
Wollaton 4-1 Nottingham Utd

Calverton MW 1-4 Bilborough Pelican

Venue - Hollinwood Lane, Calverton.

Teams: 

Calverton - Griffiths, Corder, Muldoon, Wood, Woodcock, Deane, McKenzie-Smith, Whitehead, Wheeldon, Readman, Simpson. Subs: Singh, Warner, Norman, Kitchens.

Pelican - Johnson, Andrews, Howard, Ramsden, Jackson, Cullinan, Tomlinson, Thompson, Ashurst, Knight, Hodges. Subs: Hinton, Udoh, Blanchard, Prewitt.

Scorers: 

Calverton - Jordan Whitehead penalty on 55

Pelican - Joe Ashurst 9, Corey Knight 33, Tim Cullinan 80, Dave Udoh 82.

Admission £3

Programme £1

Attendance - TBC

Midweek games - w/c 9th September

Please note:- the following fixtures are taken from various league websites - they may be subject to change. Please do not blame me if the fixtures DO change!

Tuesday 10th September

NPP
Matlock Town 1-2 Chorley FC
Rushall Olympic 3-2 Ilkeston FC

NP1S
Goole AFC 2-2 Eastwood Town
Leek Town v1-1 Belper Town
Loughborough Dynamo 1-1 Bedworth Utd
Rainworth MW 1-3 Brigg Town

NCELP
Armthorpe Welfare 2-1 Basford Utd

CMLN
Askern FC 2-0 Welbeck FC
Kinsley Boys 3-1 Sherwood Colliery

CMLS
Calverton MW 1-4 Bilborough Pelican *

Wednesday 11th September

NPP
Worksop Town 1-4 Kings Lynn Town

NP1S
Carlton Town 0-0 Lincoln Utd
Mickleover Sports 1-0 Kidsgrove Athletic

NCELP
Heanor Town 1-3 Tadcaster Albion

CMLN
Newark Town 2-0 Thoresby CW
Ollerton Town 1-3 Phoenix

CMLS
South Normanton Athletic 6-0 Bulwell FC
Southwell City 2-3 Real Utd

UNDER 19's

9th September

Div 2
Carlton Town Academy 0-4 Southwell City

11th September

Div 3
Bilborough Town 3-4 Blidworth Welfare

F.A. Youth Cup
Dunkirk 2-4 Lincoln City
St. Andrews 2-0 Matlock Town


12th September

Div 1
Retford Utd 0-2 Staveley MW
Sheffield 0-3 Basford Utd

Div 2
West Bridgford Colts 0-1 Ollerton Town

Div 3
Heanor Town 2-3 AFC Mansfield
Mansfield Town 2-1 Mickleover Sports

F.A. Youth Cup
Worksop Town 9-0 Kinsley Boys

Nottm Forest Ladies 2-2 Newcastle Utd Ladies

Sunday 8th September - venue Hucknall Town FC

My first Women's Premier League game and it certainly won't be my last.  Very entertaining game - £3 well spent....

The Forest line up was published on twitter - couldn't find the United one though.

Reds : Vanessa Kinnerley, Laura O'Neill, Emma Hollingsworth, Kelly Kennaugh (c), Eleanor Clarke, Stephanie Smith, Reanne Thomas, Samantha Conroy, Amber Hughes, Andrea Bell, Meg Howard. Subs: Trina Greaves, Lauren Howard, Natasha Meade.

The first half hour was fairly uneventful, although Forest had most of the possession. Sadly they lacked the final touch and barely troubled the United keeper.  

Newcastle took the lead on 33, very much against the run of play.  MEGAN PYPER fired a shot at goal that Reds keeper Vanessa Kinnerley did well to save. Unfortunately the loose ball fell to Jess Foster on the far post and she coolly fired it back into the path of the no. 9 who couldn't miss from 5 yards out.  H-T 0-1

Forest were level just three minutes into the second period when the visitors defence failed to deal with a corner, and allowed CONROY space in the box to steer home after the ball ran loose. 

Forest took the lead on 65 in somewhat controversial circumstances.  Two Newcastle players were down injured, but with the Referee waving play on, Lauren Howard crossed and Meg Howard flicked the ball onto AMBER HUGHES who side-footed home. 

Forest then seemed to back off and allowed the Newcastle lasses plenty of room, room that left back JESS HAVELOCK ran into before smashing a 25 yard thunderbolt over the outstreched hands of Kinnerley to level the scores. What a strike!!!! F-T 2-2

At times I was wondering if Charlotte Crosby of Geordie Shore/Celebrity Big Brother fame was on the pitch - some of the language was certainly not becoming of ladies!!  Call me old  fashioned, but it just didn't seem right to hear expletive after expletive - but having said that the Referee didn't seem to worry overmuch - he never pulled anyone up for the use of industrial language. F-T 2-2

Really enjoyed my first venture in the WPL - next game will be on the 6th October v Blackburn Rovers.  I reckon I'll be there!!

Admission £3
Programme £1
Attendance : at kick off I counted 42, but this increased after half-time to 55.

Clipstone FC 4-0 Belper Utd

Saturday 7th September - F.A. Vase 1st Qualifying Round 

Venue: Worksop Van hire Stadium, Clipstone

Treated like royalty again - thanks to all at Clipstone for their friendly welcome, team sheets, half time refreshments and giving us a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon. 

Anyone who really knows us will tell you we have never been, nor will be, scroungers. We always want to pay our way and put some money (even if it's not a lot!) into the game. But on occasion it's difficult to say no, and this was one of those occasions! 

Belper Utd currently lie second in the CMLS, having played 6, winning 5 and drawing the other. 

Clipstone have made a creditable start to their NCEL1 season, but on looking at the team sheets it seemed there would be only one outcome - a Cobra win. Ed Eley is a fantastic addition to an already strong squad - a squad that has more than it's fair share of last season's Brett Marshall Hucknall Town team.

Clipstone went close as early as the fifth minute when Gavin King was picked out by Rob Paling and unleashed a shot that cannoned off the far upright before flying safe. Carl Snowden then found space on the edge of the box and tried to chip Adam Jablonski, but succeed only in lobbing the ball into the keeper's arms.

Belper had a free-kick blocked by Matt Austin on 23, and the resultant free-kick was well cleared by Brandon Shaw.

The home team should have gone ahead in the 27th minute, but Rob Austin's wayward near post header didn't do justice to Shaw's magnificent cross from the left wing. 

Clipstone took the lead that their play warranted on 40, after United full back Adam Moss tripped Nathan Millington in the box. Rob Austin was injured in the build up to the penalty, and had to receive treatment.

Adam Moss knows what he's done...

ROB PALING had to wait three of four minutes before taking the spot kick - but the wait didn't bother the defender and he drilled the ball low and hard past Jablonski.

James Leggitt came on to replace Austin, taking up the left full back spot with Shaw slotting into the centre of the defence alongside Liam Pride. It has to be said that SHAW didn't look out of place, and when he went up for a free-kick on 44, he managed to sneak in at the far post and head the ball past a surprised keeper who looked around as if to say "where did hell did he come from?" H-T 2-0

Invited into the Barry Clarke Hospitality suite for tea and cobs during the break - very nice indeed!!

Pete Stubley had been having a good game leading the Clipstone line, even though Manager Marshall had said he was "as strong as Woolworth's perfume" after he was bundled off the ball on several occasions in the first half.

Marsh bustin some moves!!!!

He didn't get pushed off the ball six minutes into the second half though, and after forcing his way to the by-line he fired the ball into the danger area. Snowdon connected well with the cross and his powerful drive brought out a smart save from Jablonski, but the loose ball fell straight to the feet of IAN HILLER who toe-poked home from close range. Turned out Stubley was Chanel no. 9 really!

In the 65th minute, Kyle Wadsworth saw his header cleared off the line by Shaw as Belper strove to get back into the game - then shortly after Tim Sterland headed just over as the home defence wobbled a little under the pressure. 

Snowdon brought out another good save from Jablonksi on 68, but the keeper could do little to prevent the Clipstone 4th goal on 71. Stubley again reached the dead-ball line and crossed to the far stick where Sterland tried to clear the danger -  unfortunately for him the ball fell sweetly to CARL SNOWDON six yards out, and he was never going to miss from there!

Belper still tried to take the game to their hosts, despite being four down and Tim Parry's eyes must have popped out of their sockets when Eley misjudged a cross and the ball fell invitingly for the no.6 at the far post. Not his day though as he blazed well over from just a few feet out. F-T 4-0 

Referee was Simon Swain from Lincoln - not over fussy, but allowed one or two strong challenges to go unpunished, whilst a few more innocuous ones incurred his wrath!!

Admission - thanks Brett!

Programme - sold out

Attendance  57

MOM - Stubley was superb leading the line, and probably merited the MOM award, but it was defender Brandon Shaw who caught the eye,  especially when he was drafted in the centre of defence. 

Saturday 7th September - local teams in action

F.A. Vase 1st Qualifying Round
AFC Mansfield 6-2 Gedling MW
Anstey Nomads 0-4 Heanor Town
Arnold Town 2-4 Blaby & Whetstone Athletic
Blidworth Welfare 1-4 Ollerton Town
Clipstone FC 4-0 Belper Utd *
Mickleover Royals 3-2 Stapenhill FC
Radcliffe Olympic 4-1 Pinxton FC
Radford FC 0-1 Desborough Town
Sutton Town AFC 1-5 Dunkirk (played at Dunkirk)

NPP
AFC Fylde 2-0 Matlock Town
Ilkeston FC 1-1 Witton Albion
Stamford FC 2-2 Worksop Town

NP1S
Belper Town 2-2 Sutton Coldfield Town
Brigg Town 1-2 Mickleover Sports
Coalville Town 5-0 Carlton Town
Eastwood Town 0-0 Chasetown
Gresley FC 0-1 Loughborough Dynamo
Newcastle Town 2-1 Rainworth MW

MFA
Shepshed Dynamo 1-0 AFC Wulfrunians

NCELP
Basford Utd 1-0 Brighouse Town
Long Eaton Utd 2-1 Pickering Town
Retford Utd 0-0 Worksop Parramore

NCEL1
Teversal FC 4-3 Grimsby Borough

EMCL
Barrow Town 2-1 Greenwood Meadows
Borrowash Victoria 4-0 Aylestone Park
Thurnby Nirvana 4-2 Graham St Prims

CMLN
Bentley Colliery 2-3 Clay Cross Town
Brodsworth Welfare 8-0 Welbeck FC
Thorne Colliery 4-1 Sherwood Colliery

CMLS
Allenton Utd 3-5 Southwell City
Barrowby FC 2-1 Calverton MW
Bilborough Pelican 1-4 Mickleover RBL
Holbrook St. Michaels 0-5 Bulwell FC
Hucknall Town 1-1 Swanwick Pentrich Road
Real Utd 3-1 Linby CW
South Normanton Athletic 0-0 Clifton AW

NSL SENIOR
Beeston AFC 1-1 Sandhurst
Boots Athletic 2-2 Attenborough
Cotgrave 3-2 Magdala Ams
Keyworth Utd 1-4 Hucknall RL
Kimberley MW 7-0 Wollaton
Nottingham Utd 0-0 Bilborough Town
Ruddington Village 2-2 Burton Joyce
Selston 1-2 F.C. Cavaliers

Hucknall Town 1-1 Holbrook St. Michaels

Not a lot to say about this CML South Division fixture - I suppose the only blessing is that even after Referee Paul Dixon added 10 minutes of stoppage time at the end of the second half, we were back home for a quarter to ten!

To say the game was poor is a bit of an understatement. The only time it got a little interesting was a 15 minute period in the middle of the second period - we had two goals, a couple of chances missed and one or two passes that actually found a team-mate...

Thanks go to Paul Stevenson for the team sheet

I know we should be grateful that the club is still alive, and well done to all concerned, but this game was hard work to watch.

H-T 0-0

Hucknall took the lead on 62 when JAKE THOMAS ran in and connected at close range with a superb Eugene Francis right wing cross.

Holbrook were on level terms just 10 minutes later. A quickly taken free-kick by Alex Statham caught Town keeper James Beddingham off guard, and when he spilled the ball to DAN SHARP, the big no. 10 blazed it home from just a few feet out. F-T 1-1

Overall a disappointing performance from both teams - and Referee Dixon didn't help - another over-fussy official who refused to let even the most innocuous challenges go unpunished. 

Admission £3

Programme £1

Attendance 85