• Women’s Varsity Football Match Report: UoN 2-4 NTU

    On a bright but fresh late afternoon at Meadow Lane, Nottingham Trent University ran out 4-2 winners over the University of Nottingham in what was in truth, an error strewn encounter on a difficult playing surface. The result left the varsity series at 7-4 ahead of the men’s game...
  • Men’s Varsity Football Match Report: UoN 1-2 NTU

    A long range strike gave Nottingham Trent University a hard-earned 2-1 win over an unfancied University of Nottingham XI whose endeavours ensured the match was far closer than many had anticipated. Perhaps aware of the offensive talent in the Trent ranks, Nottingham opted for a 3-4-3 system that was capable of morphing...
  • Varsity Preview: Men’s and Women’s Basketball

    With Varsity on the horizon, Impact Sport caught up with the men’s and women’s basketball captains to discuss how things are shaping up.  Men’s Basketball How are preparations for Varsity going? Well we finished the season on a high, finished solid in the standings. We’ve got our training camp...
  • EUROSEPTIC: ENGLISH TRAVAILS IN EUROPE

    This is an obituary that has been a few weeks in the making. With Manchester City’s departure last night, it was finally confirmed that there will be no English clubs in the quarter finals of this year’s Champions League. It’s the second time in three years this has occurred...
  • DOES ENGLAND HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FLAIR?

    Jack Hart wrote a piece for Impact a few days ago on the invigorating effect that Jonathon Joseph has had upon England’s Rugby Union side, with the Six Nations well underway. As demonstrated in the piece, Joseph’s jaunty forays through defensive lines have provided England’s backline with the variety...
  • FIFA Elections: Running the Rule Over The Field

    The deadline for candidates to announce their intention to stand for the FIFA presidency passed today, and it seems as if a six (in reality five) horse field has been assembled. One of those is of course the current incumbent of the office, that mendacious old nag Sepp Blatter....
  • Out Of Fashion: Pellegrini, Martinez and Rodgers

    The phrase ‘second season syndrome’ is a cliché that is all too easy to resort to, but this Premier League season has had a knack of punishing those teams and managers who were extremely fashionable 12 months ago. Manuel Pellegrini, Roberto Martinez and Brendan Rodgers were strong contenders for...