Nottingham Forest 1-0 Sheffield United (Women’s Super League 2) I took the wife to theatre on Saturday so no football for me, she has allowed me to work the Sunday instead, so I’ve tied it in with popping out for a few pints with a mate in Bingham later, I can get a lift down to the ground and take the bus which leaves Trent Bridge Cricket Ground shortly after the game. Nottingham is after all my back garden, I live about ten minutes’ drive from the ground, a good 45 minutes

Sheffield United 3-4 Mansfield Town (FA Cup Round Three) It’s been an incredible weekend already. On Friday night Wrexham beat Forest in a thriller on penalties to provide headline writers with their much anticipated ‘Hollywood Ending’… Yesterday sixth tier Macclesfield trumped even that by knocking out holders Crystal Palace to write themselves into David verses Goliath territory, the Silkmen became only the ninth non-league club in 100 years to beat top flight opposition i

Sheffield United 2-0 Crystal Palace (Women's Championship) It's Sunday, 10am, pissing down outside I'm leaving the dog home alone as the...

Sheffield United 1-0 Charlton Athletic (Women’s Championship) The beauty of living where I do in Central England and working in football is having stone’s throw access to all these great historical clubs and homes where the game initially pioneered and spread globally from, all within an hour or so's commute of my own family patch. Sheffield, they say is the birthplace of association football. South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire had a major say on the game’s growth during the

Sheffield United 3-0 Nottingham Forest (Women’s FA Cup Round Three) I’ve seen some iconic matches between Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United in the past. No Forest fan (old enough) will ever forget Brian Clough’s last home game at the City Ground, a 2-0 loss at the end of the opening season of the Premier League which meant relegation for the Reds as the legendary Old Big Ed retired with a minor blot on his copybook. In 2003 the two teams did battle in the First Division