Report by North Derbyshire Radio’s David Bell Dronfield Town suffered a tough defeat in tricky conditions at the hands of playoff-seeking South Normanton Athletic in their latest United Counties League Division One fixture. A strange penalty gave the hosts the lead through Mason Booth-Davis but Dronfield equalised right on the stroke of half time through
By Chris Wood for North Derbyshire Radio The Gladiators made their shortest away trip of the 25/26 season as they travelled to Sandygate, the world’s oldest football ground still in use, home of Hallam FC, yesterday (31/01/26). Manager Adam Clayton made a number of changes from the side that dispatched Blyth Spartans seven days earlier,
Report by North Derbyshire Radio’s David Bell Dronfield Town suffered an abandonment on the road at Sandiacre Town in their latest fixture. The two sides managed to get 45 minutes of football in with Sandiacre leading by 1-0 through Player-Manager Jamie Williamson’s 29th minute header. However, heavy rain for the last 20 minutes of the
Report by North Derbyshire Radio’s Ben Smith. Chesterfield squandered an opportunity to avenge last season’s League Two play-off semi-final defeat to Walsall, giving up the lead to draw 2-2 in Saturday’s rematch. Will Grigg and Dilan Markanday both struck inside the opening 20 minutes at the SMH Group Stadium, only for Daniel Kanu and Albert
Spennymoor Town secured their first victory since the beginning of December, edging past Buxton with a 2-1 win. Early on, Corey McKeown fashioned the visitors’ first opportunity by threading Cameron Salkeld through on goal. With Joe Young off his line, Salkeld could only fire onto the roof of the net. Moments later, the winger went
UP NEXT: Buxton are back at home as they face Spennymoor on Saturday 31st January with a 3:00pm kickoff. The Bucks On Tuesday Buxton’s game against Southport was called off due to weather conditions causing damage to the stand at Haig Avenue. In their most recent outing last weekend, Buxton secured a convincing 5–1 victory
Report by North Derbyshire Radio’s David Bell The B. Braun Sheffield Sharks defence of the SLB Cup is over after an astonishing encounter with fierce rivals Cheshire Phoenix. Offences were to the fore as Cheshire took a slender 57-59 lead into half time before pulling away on a 0-15 run in the third quarter. The
Report by North Derbyshire Radio’s David Bell Dronfield Town made it back-to-back wins and four games unbeaten in an entertaining 3-2 encounter with Clipstone FC. Max Rhodes opened the scoring for Town and their lead was doubled through an excellent volley from Charlie Stewart. Clipstone pulled one back just before half time through Lewis Weaver
Newport County 2–1 Chesterfield: Late Markanday strike not enough for Spireites Chesterfield slipped to a narrow 2–1 defeat away at Newport County in League Two, despite a late rally that saw Dilan Markanday pull a goal back in the closing stages. After a goalless first half, the game came to life shortly after the break.
By Chris Wood for North Derbyshire Radio Matlock Town successfully claimed another 3 points this afternoon (24/01/26) as they saw off Blyth Spartans in the NPL East Division. Even before the game this was an intriguing encounter, as the visitors found themselves in a bit of a rich vein of form, having recently appointed a