Alfreton stopped Buxton’s run of Derbyshire Senior Challenge Cup triumphs after holding their nerve in a tense penalty shootout. After a goalless draw in normal time, The Reds claimed a 4-3 victory in the shootout to lift the trophy. Both sides began the contest by trading half chances. Josh Popoola saw his early effort blocked
Chesterfield returned to winning ways in some style on Saturday, dispatching of Fleetwood Town 3-0 at the SMH Group Stadium. Second half strikes from Ryan Colclough, Ash Palmer and Paddy Madden were enough to secure victory for the Spireites, who still hold an outside chance of gate-crashing the League Two play-off places. Paul Cook’s side
As we get ready for the cricket season to get into full flow – Chesterfield Cricket Club are once again looking ahead to hopefully another successful campaign. North Derbyshire Radio’s Senior Sports Editor Matthew Rhodes spoke exclusively to chairman Nigel Mallender who gave us an insight into what the plans are for this season.
Preparations continue for the Sheffield Eagles as their Wheelchair Rugby League team will make their Super League debut in 2025. Before the league season, comes the Challenge Cup, as they'll take on Warrington in the qualifying round before a potential home tie against Edinburgh Eagles in the quarter finals. The team features players from Chesterfield.
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.