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,
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
By Chris Wood for North Derbyshire Radio In what was the very definition of a game of two halves, Matlock Town successfully beat Bridlington Town 3-2 in the NPL East Division this evening (20/01/26). The visitors came into the game on the back of 6 straight defeats, but actually started the game better than the
by Chris Wood for North Derbyshire Radio. Photo Credit to Michael South Photography After a slightly crazy week off the field, the Gladiators successfully put all the critics to bed and let the football speak for them on New Year’s Day. This game was a welcome distraction from a week off the field that included
In a statement released yesterday (27/12/25) the Gladiators confirmed that Adam Clayton has left the club by mutual consent. The news comes after a string of poor performances, particularly away from home, topped off by losing 3-0 to Ossett United on Boxing Day. Matlock find themselves 3rd in the Northern Premier League East Division, 7
By Chris Wood for North Derbyshire Radio Matlock Town ended 2025 on a rather negative note as they were well beaten by an Ossett United side who were, at the start of the day, potentially glancing over their shoulders towards the relegation places. The game couldn’t have got off to a much worse start as
By Chris Wood for North Derbyshire Radio Photo Credit: Chris Cookman Photography The Gladiators made sure that they finished the year strong on home turf as they saw off Lincoln United on Saturday afternoon (20/12/25). This was the first game of December that actually managed to go ahead at The Proctor Cars Stadium after the
By Chris Wood for North Derbyshire Radio Matlock Town recorded back to back away victories in consecutive weekends as they beat Grimsby Borough yesterday (22/11/25) on a damp afternoon at the Bradley Football Development Centre. The game started in a cagey fashion for both teams as they seemed to spend the opening exchanges figuring each
Matlock Town came up short yesterday (08/11/25) as they were beaten by a well-organised and impressive Heaton Stannington side. The visitors arrived at the Proctor Cars Stadium with a very impressive away record, having only lost to table-topping Redcar on the road this season. However it was probably Matlock who started the brighter of the
More potential inconsistencies were evident in Matlock’s most recent game (01/11/25) as they failed to beat mid-table Dunston UTS FC on Saturday afternoon. Now I want to clarify what I mean by this, by no means was this game a BAD result as such, Dunston were 3rd in the form guide going into this encounter