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Under Cover Artist: Art of Football

Thu 09 May 2019

If you’re a Forest fan, there’s every chance you will have seen the brilliant football-themed artwork created by Art of Football on the front of matchday programmes, in venues at the City Ground or at their base in Sneinton Market. Celebrating iconic players and moments from history, they’ve developed a unique, vibrant style that perfectly encapsulates the passion and dedication of being a football fan. We caught up with Luke Cuthbert to find out what they’re all about…

From Notts to UEFA: Polly Bancroft

Tue 02 Oct 2018

Despite being based 700 miles away in Nyon, Switzerland, Polly Bancroft’s thoughts will be very firmly fixed on her hometown this Saturday, as England Women take on their Brazilian counterparts at Meadow Lane. For it was an England Women’s fixture nearly 30 years ago that led to her prestigious role at Europe’s footballing heart, UEFA.

The Next Step for England’s Football Team...

Thu 02 Aug 2018

Gareth Southgate’s England team endeared themselves to the country with a string of joyous, entertaining performances in Russia at the World Cup. Their trajectory to the semi-finals captured the imagination of the nation, but how exactly do England go about building on the firm foundations at this tournament, and how will their achievements carry forward into the future?

LeftLion Film Podcast #7: World Cup Football Film Special

Sun 17 Jun 2018

Ashley Carter & Derry Shillitto discuss some of the best and worst football films to celebrate the launch of World Cup 2018

Eleven Greatest Football Films

Thu 14 Jun 2018

As the 2018 World Cup kicks off in Russia, we've picked out a starting eleven of cracking football films to get you in the mood for England's inevitable early exit...

Affordable Football For Kids in Nottingham

Mon 11 Jun 2018

We think football should be for everyone, not just overpaid prima donnas. That’s why we were well excited to hear about The Renewal Trust’s new Footie Starz programme in St Ann’s...

Sam Craven Talks Vertex Soccer and Helping Young Footballers

Thu 11 Jan 2018

What happens when a youngster gets released from a football club? There was a time when all those years of hard work could have gone to waste but now thanks to Vertex Soccer, founded by former Notts County youth player Sam Craven, these players can now get a second chance.

Luther Blissett Talks About his Experiences of Football in Milan

Mon 23 Oct 2017

After the recent Lord of Milan premiere at Broadway cinema, we sat down with one of the film's talking heads, Luther Blissett, to talk about playing for Milan, career highlights and cold nights at Meadow Lane.

A Nottingham Football Coach in Micronesia: Settling In

Thu 08 Jun 2017

Nottingham-based football coach Chris Smith updates us on his travels in Micronesia, where he’s aiming to transform the world’s worst international football team...

Left Magpie: Notts County Football Season Round-up

Mon 08 May 2017

Life at Meadow Lane is rarely dull and the 2016-17 season was no exception; the club doing its usual trick of taking a merry band of followers to the very edge of despair before, rather unusually, getting its shit together long before the traditional scramble to avoid relegation. The real intrigue, however, has been in the off-field matters...

A Nottingham Football Coach in Micronesia: First Impressions

Tue 02 May 2017

Nottingham-based football coach, Chris Smith, has landed in Micronesia. But what does he make of the islands?

Notts Coach Takes Over World’s Worst International Football Team

Tue 18 Apr 2017

Chris Smith, a Nottingham-based football coach, who has worked previously with the likes of Nottingham Forest and Lincoln City, is picking up his passport this month to head to Micronesia, a country spread over 600 islands off the Western Pacific Ocean, to embark on one spectacular footballing journey...

Read Nottingham Goth Bands' USA and Mexico Tour Diary

Mon 10 Apr 2017

Midnight Configuration and Death Party UK recently had the opportunity to perform at the Los Angeles Gothic Festival and the Mexico City Goth Festival. Trevor Bamford from the bands tells us more...

8 Places to Play Football in Nottingham

Tue 07 Feb 2017

Whether you are an aspiring professional footballer, a fanatic or simply someone searching for a bit of a fun with your mates, Nottingham – the first ‘City of Football’ – is unarguably the perfect playground to have a kickabout.

Sparkling floodlit pitches, established league set-ups and a project aimed at supporting one of the most deprived areas in Britain, the City of Football initiative has most certainly provided the platform for people to don their beloved team jersey, get out the house and make those twinkle toes twitch again. Join Nelson Walker on his quest to discover the best places to play football in Nottingham...

The Diary of a Nottingham Man in Hong Kong

Mon 14 Nov 2016

Nottingham’s best travelled writer, Ben Zabulis, discovers a culture so obsessed with reading they queue up overnight for the Hong Kong Book Festival…

Football Documentary: Shaun Barker: 1,065 Days

Thu 29 Sep 2016

Local filmmaker Ashley Carter is documenting the story of a Derby County player's rehabilitation after a horrific knee injury...

Dan Magness: Nottingham City of Football Freestyler and World Record Holder

Mon 25 Apr 2016

“I'd juggle the ball for ten hours in my kitchen, then I'd go out for a run, and then I’d come back, get the ball out again and stay up all night”

City of Football Skills with Dan Magness: Neck Catch at Sneinton Windmill

Wed 27 Jan 2016

In the first of a new series of videos from City of Football, multiple world-record holder Dan Magness explains how to do a neck catch

Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature Football Squad

Mon 18 Jan 2016

We've rounded up Nottingham's best writers and whacked them into a football team, seeing as we are now the dons of both disciplines

Stuart Roy Clarke: City of Football's New Official Photographer

Tue 24 Nov 2015

After his stonking national Homes of Football project, Nottingham has managed to bag the renowned snapper, so we grabbed him for a chat and to pinch his pictures