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Get on Yer Bike with Nottingham Bikeworks

This month saw the launch of the Nottingham Bikeworks Month of Giving, a drive that promises every cycle purchased through the...

Left Panther: Starting to Grind out Results

05 December 18

After a disappointing run of results in October, November was a better month for the Nottingham Panthers.

Nottingham Forest FC and Framework Housing Association Have Formed a Charity Partnership

19 November 18

The leaves have started to fall from the trees, and while it might be a beautiful sight, it’s a sign of the inevitable impending added pressures that come with being vulnerable and homeless in winter. In a move that could help to power services, Nottingham Forest FC and Framework Housing Association have been making moves to form the first official charity partnership of the football club...

Framework, Forest, Rain and Feet: A Poem for Nottingham's Homeless Community

23 November 18

With the new charity partnership between Nottingham Forest FC and Framework Housing Association, Nottingham's High Sheriff Nick Ebbs commissioned LeftLion Editor Bridie Squires to write a poem about the relationship, and how it might help our city's homeless community going forward...

School of Hard Notts Catch up with Stixx

21 November 18

Stixx is Nottingham’s very own HHH; a technician, brawler, trainer and promoter. He has contributed massively to Nottingham wrestling’s ongoing rejuvenation and has fought and trained some of the best in the world. Whilst Stixx benevolently left mainstream recognition to his protégés, to those in the know, there can be no doubt he is he is one of the linchpins of wrestling in the midlands. Sitting in the post-show wreckage after another bruising bout, LeftLion hangs out under the tree of woe with Notts’ most garrulous gigantic grappler.

Notts Hosts 2018 Games of Remembrance

11 November 18

Many of you will know the story of the Christmas truce, where both British and German soldiers temporarily cease-fired to play a football match during World War One. Perhaps it’s fitting that with 2018 marking 100 years since the end of the First World War, that a football match between British and German soldiers took place.

Nottingham Grime Artist Omari Grant Has Taken On the Regional Boxing Scene

06 November 18

Omari Grant – a force from Nottingham grime’s early days, also known as Kriptik – has recently been smashing it on the regional boxing scene under the alias of “The Praying Mantis”. Currently at seven undefeated wins, we sat down to find out what powers his success...

Left Brian: Passing the Tough Tests

06 November 18

Being a Nottingham Forest fan without much to complain about is a strange sensation. It's not quite akin to suffering from Stockholm Syndrome - the condition of forming a dependency on your captors - but it's not far off...

Giuseppe Garibaldi: The Italian Freedom Fighter Who Inspired Nottingham Forest FC

05 November 18

For many, the word “Garibaldi” conjures up thoughts of a curranty biscuit, but it was once a household name for other reasons. In Victorian times, Giuseppe Garibaldi was the celebrated freedom fighter who, with his intrepid band of volunteers, united Italy. Garibaldimania spread across Britain and even influenced Nottingham life; especially in the football department...

Left Panther: Stuttering Start for New Look Panthers

02 November 18

After a summer of rebuilding, and an unbeaten pre-season campaign, the Nottingham Panthers are now two months into the league season, and it has been a period of inconsistency.

Left Magpie: Fans Crave More Than Cheap Chocolate and Stamps

28 October 18

Every week there seems to be gloomy headlines of some aged standard bearer of the British high street stumbling into crisis. Debenhams seem to be the latest victim, with a reported 50 stores set to close nationwide.

Forest Ladies Host Windrush Knees Up

23 October 18

On Sunday 28 October a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush is taking place at the City Ground. Nottingham Forest Ladies FC are taking on the Jamaican national team, the Senior ‘Reggae Girlz’ with a 3.00pm kick off, but the day will be a festival of much more than just football.

Flo Skatepark Returns!

19 October 18

Our Skateboarding special issue hadn’t been out five minutes when we got the sad news that Flo had been forced to shut up shop; the barmy summer heatwave had taken its toll on another small business. Fast forward a few weeks and it’s a different story, with local skaters, BMX riders, parents and organisations banding together, making Hood Townesque efforts to see the venue open again from tomorrow.

Notts to Host European Roller Derby Tournament

12 October 18

Nottingham Hellfire Harlots are gearing up to host what promises to be a spectacular weekend of WFTDA European roller derby action! The 2018 Track Attack tournament will see teams from Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands face off against our very own Nottingham Hellfire Harlots A team.

The History Boys – Thirty Iconic Goals in the History of Nottingham Forest by David Marples

10 October 18

Stephen Fry once said that he loves Abba because “they’re so much better than they need to be”. Apparently there are nine piano tracks on ‘Dancing Queen’, such was the attention to detail Bjorn and Benny put into the texture and production of their songs. What could’ve been throwaway 70s pop fodder became indestructible classics.

LeftLion Ran The IKANO Bank Robin Hood Half Marathon 2018 to Raise Money for Lee from The Elementz

06 October 18

From Notts to UEFA: Polly Bancroft

02 October 18

Despite being based 700 miles away in Nyon, Switzerland, Polly Bancroft’s thoughts will be very firmly fixed on her hometown this Saturday, as England Women take on their Brazilian counterparts at Meadow Lane. For it was an England Women’s fixture nearly 30 years ago that led to her prestigious role at Europe’s footballing heart, UEFA.

Left Brian: Don't Mention the 'P' Word

29 September 18

It’s difficult to describe how exciting the summer transfer window was for Nottingham Forest fans. Usually, if you want to see grown men in matching shirts getting this animated about potential transactions in a window, you’d need to be on a stag weekend in Amsterdam.

Non-Stop Sports and Forty Two: An Ode to the Skateboard Shops of Notts

20 September 18

We take a fond look at Non-Stop Sports and Forty Two Skate Shop... 

Spandex Ballet: A Work, of Art?

13 September 18

High-brow pursuits met high-flying pugilists as independent Wrestling show Spandex Ballet dropkicked into the Nottingham contemporary art gallery last weekend. The debut Nottingham show from the unusual Wrestling Resurgence promotion played in front of a packed house in the art gallery’s exhibition space. Pitching their tent firmly at the tongue-in-cheek, theatrical end of the spectrum, Resurgence nonetheless shoehorned in enough bone crunching spots and proper old fashioned wrastlin’ to entertain fans of all tastes.

Why Nottingham Needs Skateboarding

08 September 18

Nottingham is one of the original homes of UK skateboarding with a large skate community that helps feed the city’s art, music and fashion scenes with a DIY sensibility. Skate Nottingham are a not-for-profit community organisation dedicated to changing perceptions of skateboarding and raising its profile as a positive, healthy culture and community that can help the city we love become more active and inclusive.

Notts Cabbies Vs CPOs in Charity Match

07 September 18

As a Forest fan, I needed my faith in football (and, without wanting to be too dramatic, humanity) restored this weekend, after a summer that promised so much yet has delivered precious little. If I’m not mistaken, it’s hardly been a barrel of laughs for our sisters and brothers across the Trent either.

Left Panther: 2018/2019 Season Preview

05 September 18

The puck has dropped on the 2018/19 ice hockey season, and for the Nottingham Panthers it’s the start of a new era; anticipation levels are high.

Left Magpie: Notts Await Kewell Intentions

03 September 18

Notts County’s revolving door took another rotation last week as Kevin Nolan, months after leading a near-successful promotion push, was sacked following a string of poor performances.

LeftLion's Feature-Length Documentary The Lord of Milan Goes To China

31 August 18

Last year, we at LeftLion released our first feature-length documentary, telling the tale of the Notts man who founded AC Milan. In August our Editor-in-Chief Jared Wilson went out to show The Lord of Milan in two of China’s biggest sports arenas. It seems a long way from that pokey little Mansfield Road house our Herbert was born in…