Report by North Derbyshire Radio’s Ben Smith Chesterfield were left with a case of derby day despair on Tuesday night, going down 2-0 to bitter rivals Mansfield Town in the EFL Cup first round. Rhys Oates sent the roughly 1,000 travelling fans at the SMH Group Stadium into early pandemonium with his opening goal, before […]
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Chesterfield’s heavily anticipated Carabao Cup tie against rivals Mansfield Town takes place on Tuesday, with the Spireites looking to earn the bragging rights between fanbases and a first victory over the Stags for almost 12 years. The Spireites have begun the 2025/26 League Two season impressively with back-to-back clean sheets, beating Barrow 1-0 at home
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Report by North Derbyshire Radio’s Football Correspondent David Bell Dronfield Town completed their third win of the United Counties League Division One season to rise to fourth in the table. The game was markedly one of two halves with visitors Dunkirk FC dominating the first period to go in front through an early Isaac Morledge
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Preview by North Derbyshire Radio’s Cricket Correspondent James Ede Derbyshire’s third game of the Metro Bank One Day Cup takes place this Sunday as they host local rivals Nottinghamshire at the Central Co-op County Ground. The Falcons are yet to win a game in the competition this year after their opening-match defeat to Gloucestershire and
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Matlock Town drew 0-0 against Bradford (Park Avenue) at The Proctor Cars Stadium on Saturday afternoon in the NPL East Division. The game was a feisty and very physical affair; but ultimately saw very few clear-cut chances for either side. Ben Sault had Matlock’s best opportunity of the first half. After 26 minutes played, the
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Chesterfield return to action on Saturday with a trip to Cheltenham Town as they look to make it two wins from two at the start of the 2025/26 League Two season. The Spireites kicked off their campaign last weekend with a composed 1-0 victory over Barrow, thanks to Dilan Markanday’s goal on his return to
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Part of an historic Derbyshire mill complex is set to be demolished after a recent arson attack left it unsafe, with plans pending for the site to be turned into homes. The 200-year-old Tansley Wood Mill complex, in Lumsdale, between Matlock and Tansley, was at the centre of a fire on July 1 with one
Derbyshire planners have given the go-ahead for alterations to a business unit providing its new south-facing windows have ‘obscured glazing’ to preserve the privacy of residents’ homes about 21 metres away from the building. Chesterfield Borough Council’s planning committee recently granted Storage Team Ltd’s planning application to amend a previously built business unit at Whittington
Report by North Derbyshire Radio’s Football Correspondent David Bell Dronfield Town claimed their second win of the fledgling United Counties League season in a close game against Rainworth MW. The Notts side had suffered a couple of heavy defeats but belied their position at the foot of the table to cause trouble for Chris Millington’s
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Derbyshire will be looking for a much-improved performance on Thursday when they travel to face Glamorgan in the Metro Bank One Day Cup. The Falcons suffered a 59-run defeat to Gloucestershire in their opening game of the competition on Tuesday and currently sit eighth in Group A, only ahead of their next opponents. In their
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