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DARTS: Unbeaten Poppies on cloud nine
IT’S now odds-on that Legion Poppies will pocket another HUCKNALL LADIES DARTS LEAGUE title after extending their 100% record this season to nine matches.
POOL: Muppets steal the show
DEADLY debutants Empire Muppets have joined unbeaten Royal British Legion A at the top of the HUCKNALL EPA POOL LEAGUE.
Swimmer eyes 2016 Olympics
THE EXCITEMENT is mounting as the countdown continues to the Olympic Games in London this summer.
Injured Turner targeted in Twitter attack
THE BIGGEST year of Hucknall athlete Andy Turner’s career has started badly — thanks to injury and a barrage of abuse on Twitter.
Death of football stalwart White
ONE of the great stalwarts of Nottinghamshire football, Bulwell man Herbert White (pictured), has died at the age of 98.
Holmes backas Yellows chairman
BRIAN Holmes is back in the hotseat at Hucknall Town after admitting: “I can’t let the club fall to pieces.”
New signing rescues Town in the cup
A LAST-minute winner by Lee McAnulty spared the blushes of Hucknall Town when they returned to action in the Notts FA Senior County Cup on Tuesday night (February 14).
POOL: Legion resume service at the top
NORMAL service was resumed at the top of the HUCKNALL EPA POOL LEAGUE table as champions-elect Royal British Legion A returned to action after a week on the sidelines.
DOMINOES: Town Talking about title after win relief
NEW life has been breathed into the title credentials of Talk Of The Town in the HUCKNALL WINTER DOMINOES LEAGUE after the latest set of results.
Football’s second weekend wipeout
LOCAL football is expected to resume this weekend after a second successive weather-wipeout last Saturday and Sunday.
Kickboxers fight at world championships
A TOUGH trio of kickboxers with strong links to the Dispatch district stepped into battle at the world championships in Spain — and came home with two medals.
Triathlon ready to sprint into Hucknall
GET ready, get set, go! Hucknall is under starter’s orders to host its first-ever triathlon.
Title bout against ex-world champ
BULWELL boxer Shane McPhilbin looks as though he will have to do battle against former world champion Enzo Maccarinelli in the first defence of his British cruiserweight title.
Town boss calls for fans’ backing
COMMITTED Hucknall Town boss Des Lyttle has called on fans to back his players as dust begins to settle after the club’s latest upheaval.
Football suffers whiteout woe
NOT a single match involving teams from the Dispatch district has been played in the last week as a result of snow, ice and sub-zero temperatures.
DARTS: ‘Phenomenal’ Notts push for the title
A SUPERB victory in their latest home match at Hucknall propelled the Nottinghamshire county darts team to the top of the table in the British Inter-Counties Championship.
POOL: Empire duo close the gap
A BLANK date for unbeaten leaders Royal British Legion A gave their chasing duo the ideal chance to make up lost ground at the top of the HUCKNALL EPA POOL LEAGUE.
Bowls star rubs shoulders with best in the world
THE AMAZING bowls career of Hucknall veteran Dave Adams reached a new pinnacle last weekend when he rubbed shoulders with the best players in the world.
TOWN IN TURMOIL: chief executive defends her stance
LIZ Morley, chief executive at Hucknall Town, is not one for shouting from the Watnall Road rooftops — nor indeed for seeking any kind of publicity.
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DES Lyttle has disclosed that outgoing chairman Steve Greaves urged him to carry on as manager at Hucknall Town.
TOWN IN TURMOIL: ‘Club will survive’, insists ex-chairman
THE man who guided Hucknall Town through their glory years is convinced the club WILL survive its latest crisis.
TOWN IN TURMOIL: ‘This football club is going to die’, says ousted chairman
WHEN 56-year-old businessman Steve Greaves breezed into Watnall Road last October, he was excitedly looking forward to breathing new life into the sleeping giant that has become Hucknall Town Football Club.
Top dogs dash late glory-hunt for Rolls
FAINT chances of improving HUCKNALL ROLLS LEISURE launching a late challenge for the Notts Senior League, Senior Division title were dashed by unbeaten tabletoppers FC Cavaliers.
TOWN IN TURMOIL : Fans and officials vented anger online
SUPPORTERS of Hucknall Town vented their anger at the ousting of chairman Steve Greaves by posting messages on the fans’ forum website and via Twitter and Facebook.
Relieved Linby end two-month winless streak
RELIEVED LINBY COLLIERY WELFARE celebrated their first win in the Notts Senior League’s Senior Division for more than two months when seeing off perennial strugglers Sandhurst.
TOWN IN TURMOIL: Boss Lyttle to stay on amid plans for survival
CRISIS-hit Hucknall Town are frantically trying to hatch a survival plan — after the controversial ousting of ‘owner’/chairman Steve Greaves.
TOWN IN TURMOIL: Next game against ex-boss
WITH supreme irony, Hucknall Town’s next match brings them face to face with the manager whose resignation helped to trigger the advent of the Steve Greaves/Michael Johnson/Des Lyttle regime.
Sunday-best tag belongs to T8s
MAKE way for a new number one in the hit parade of Sunday morning football in Hucknall.
DARTS: By George! Street set the pace
GEORGE Street Club are the early-season pacesetters in the fledgling stages of the HUCKNALL MEN’S DARTS LEAGUE — weeks after the competition was on the verge of extinction.
DOMINOES: Hope for the chasing pack
THE CHASING pack have been given fresh hope after runaway leaders Talk Of The Town succumbed to only their second defeat of the season in the HUCKNALL WINTER DOMINOES LEAGUE.
POOL: Lucky 13 for leaders Legion
THE INEXORABLE pursuit of the HUCKNALL EPA POOL LEAGUE title by Royal British Legion A continues as they racked up their 13th win from 14 unbeaten games this season.
SWIMMING: Falcon finish last in opener
A SEVERELY-depleted HUCKNALL FALCON squad limped to a disappointing last place in the opening gala of the Nottinghamshire Sports Centre League.
Lyttle and players focused on results
CALM Hucknall Town boss Des Lyttle says he and his players are concentrating on results on the pitch, rather than behind-the-scenes troubles off it.
Rolls ‘keeper hero of cup penalty shootout
HERO goalkeeper Mark Rollson saved three spot-kicks in a penalty shootout to send Rolls-Royce Leisure into the quarter-finals of the Notts Senior League’s Senior Cup.
Jeffries back to help Bulwell Soar
A NEAR full-strength Bulwell brushed aside divisional rivals Selston 5-1 to canter into the quarter-finals of the Notts Senior League’s (NSL) Senior Cup.
Linby are extra-time cup stars
A STAR-studded performance in extra-time finally saw LINBY COLLIERY WELFARE’S name in the hat for the quarter-final draw in the Notts Senior League’s (NSL) Senior Cup.
Town off-the-field soap opera takes new twist
THE FUTURE of Hucknall Town Football Club is again in doubt after the ‘soap opera’ surrounding Watnall Road took an unexpected twist that could see the new owners ousted.
‘Complete’ win puts focus back on players
MATTERS on the pitch made a welcome return to the spotlight as Hucknall Town got their promotion bandwagon back on track with an accomplished victory over Romulus, described by manager Des Lyttle as the “most complete of the season”.
Forest legend at sportsman’s evening
IT’S nothing but doom and gloom for fans of Nottingham Forest at the moment.
DOMINOES: Top-notch Town are Talking big
TALK Of The Town are beginning to turn the Hucknall Winter Dominoes League into a one-horse race.
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Weather for Hucknall
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 10 C to 16 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: South west
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