North Derbyshire Radio’s Senior Sports Editor Matthew Rhodes spoke exclusively to Luis Reece following Derbyshire’s nine wicket victory over Gloucestershire in Division Two of the County Championship. Reece had an excellent game securing overall match figures of 10-97 with the ball as Derbyshire made a winning start to the 2025 season.
Report by North Derbyshire Radio Senior Football Correspondent Ben Smith Chesterfield's chances of crashing the League Two play-off places took another hit on Tuesday, as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Gillingham at the SMH Group Stadium. Will Grigg got the home side level after Elliott Nevitt had opened the scoring early on,
Report by North Derbyshire Radio Senior Football Correspondent Ben Smith Chesterfield gave their League Two play-off hopes a significant boost on Tuesday, beating 10-man Carlisle United 2-1 at the SMH Group Stadium. Second half strikes from Liam Mandeville and Paddy Madden opened up what looked a relatively comfortable two-goal lead for their side, only for
Report by North Derbyshire Radio Senior Football Correspondent David Bell The huge relegation six pointer didn’t go the way of Dronfield Town as they slipped to a 2-0 defeat at Nostell MW. There was little to choose between the sides throughout but an 11th minute strike from Thomas Booth and a 77th minute decider from
Report by North Derbyshire Radio Senior Football Correspondent Ben Smith Michael Jacobs was the man of the moment for Chesterfield, coming off the bench to score the only goal in a 1-0 win away at Barrow. Saturday’s meeting was one of two teams in more than reasonable form, with the hosts arriving on a run
Tupton recently won the Counties 3 Midlands East (North West) league title to win promotion to the eighth tier of the English rugby union pyramid. North Derbyshire Radio's Senior Sports editor Matthew Rhodes spoke exclusively to Tupton director of rugby Rob McGeechan about the title win and where the club can go from here.
Report by North Derbyshire Radio Senior Football Correspondent David Bell Dronfield Town claimed back to back victories in their quest to secure Step 6 survival with a 2-1 home win over Maltby Main. Town had the best possible start to the encounter on National Non-League Day when Sam Bebbington gave the Derbyshire side a 1-0
Staveley Miners Welfare Women were defeated 5-0 by Pride Park Women in the final of the Derbyshire Women’s County Plate at the Don Amott Arena on Sunday afternoon. The eighth-tier side gave it absolutely everything against their seventh-tier opposition. However, Pride Park Women’s firepower proved to be too much for Staveley over 90 minutes. Despite
Chesterfield Ladies won the Derbyshire Women’s County Cup on Sunday afternoon for the second time in their history. The Blues defeated Chesterfield Ladies U23 3-0 at the Don Amott Arena thanks to a brace from skipper Millie Standen and a goal from Romy Sheppard. In a very unique situation for a cup final, the Chesterfield
Dronfield Town handed themselves a huge lifeline with a vital win away at Louth Town. Dronfield custodian Jake Balme opened the scoring with a free kick that beat his opposite number Alex Lait on the half hour mark. Louth, who have climbed the table recently with an influx of new signings, levelled on 56 minutes