Toolstation NCEL Division One Swallownest’s clash at Shirebrook Town is the first game to fall this season for covid-19 precautions. The match was scheduled for Saturday but has been postponed. It is the first warning shot for the league that it could be in for a bumpy ride if they want to complete the season read more→
Toolstation NCEL Division One Harrogate Railway 3-0 Swallownest The tide has surely turned now. Harrogate Railway look firmly on the path to a brighter future after prodigal son Dan Thirkell hit two as Mick O’Connell’s men strolled to their first opening day victory since 2017. There’s been a few false dawns over the past few read more→
Season Preview Toolstation NCEL Division One Swallownest Where will Swallownest go? New manager Alex Nightingale hopes beyond where they have been before. The young manager has exciting ambitions for ‘Nest and this season is the opening chapter. Manager Alex Nightingale The former Worksop Town attacker is one of the youngest managers in the league after read more→
Pre-Season Round-Up Swallownest scored three times in 12 second half minutes to come from behind to beat Maltby Main and win the Chris Lill Memorial Trophy. Joe Austin and Alex Hardwick put Maltby in full control and Louis Axcell’s men were by two goals until the 68th minute. Oliver Grady inspired the comeback with his read more→
Alex Nightingale is pleased with how his Swallownest squad is shaping up for the new Toolstation NCEL Division One season. The former Clipstone and Worksop Town striker, appointed in February, is gearing up for his first campaign in management and he is thrilled with the level of interest from players wanting to play for Swallownest. read more→
Former Swallownest boss Jordan Stocks has made his return his management ahead of the new season. Stocks has become the joint manager of Selston of the United Counties League Premier Division North. He will manage the team alongside Karl Steed. Stocks’ loyal assistant, the quiet Lloyd Gelsthorpe will be the club’s assistant manager. Selston is read more→
Alex Nightingale hopes his one club vision will deliver success to Swallownest in the coming years. Former Worksop Town and Clipstone striker Nightingale, the permanent successor to Jordan Stocks, lives “30 seconds” from Swallownest’s ground and was brought up in the area so he is more than determined to create a prosperous future. Nightingale took read more→
Swallownest have appointed interim boss Alex Nightingale as their new manager. Nightingale replaced Jordan Stocks in the hot-seat after Stocks was forced to resign following his bizarre lifetime from his own ground. Nightingale, a player under Stocks, took charge of one game – the 5-2 beating of Rossington Main – in December in Division One read more→
Senior player Alex Nightingale has taken interim charge of Swallownest. Ex-Worksop Town and Clipstone forward Nightingale will hold the fort for their two December fixtures – the home games against Rossington Main (19th) and Parkgate (Boxing Day). He will be assisted by Darryl Johnson and Chris Esberger. Nightingale fills the breach left by Jordan Stocks read more→
A life ban from entering his own ground led to Jordan Stocks having to quit as Swallownest manager this week after three years in charge. Stocks, who channelled his inner Ray Mears by risking life and limb to manage Swallownest in the FA Vase in September from the woodland behind the ground because of the read more→
