I went to Collingham on Monday night to see Newark & Sherwood United managed by Jonathan D'Laryea beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 in the Notts Senior Cup Semi-Final. Attendance: 1,002
I had a chat with Nathan Arnold before the game who is the former Newark & Sherwood manager but moved to Cleethorpes Town earlier this season. He is living in Gainsborough. He told me that the Cleethorpes backroom staff left shortly after he arrived and so he recruited Craig Disley as his assistant manager who lives in Market Rasen. They are currently 6th, just outside the play offs, in the NPL East (Step 4). Worksop are running away with the league.
Newark had a few former Stags youth team players playing for them - Nyle Blake, Tom Slone and Kian Sketchley. Nyle Blake scored the first goal.
I also bumped into former Mansfield Town Chairman James Derry in the sponsors bar but he scarpered quick after he saw my Stags scarf. He was probably getting Vietnam flashbacks