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Football fixtures

Erewash Sound Sport brings you a round up of football fixtures for local and regional sides. FOOTBALL: (3:00pm unless stated) Wednesday 14th October: Championship: Queens Park Rangers v Derby County (7:45pm) Saturday 17th October: Northern Premier League Premier: Ilkeston Town v Avro Northern Premier League Midlands: Long Eaton United v St. Ives Town Central Midlands Premier South: Borrowash Victoria v Bakewell Town United Counties Division 1: Sandiacre Town v Harrowby United Championship: Derby County v Stoke City League 1: Wycombe […]

13 October 2026 397 3

Borough Wide

Regional Mayor opens £10k fund for grassroots sports organisations (Deadline: 23rd August 2026)

Grassroots organisations across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire are being encouraged to apply for a share of £10,000 following on from Mayor Claire's Summer of Sport. The Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward, has launched the Community Activity Challenge Fund, offering grants of between £250 and £2,000 to local groups to deliver free sport and activity opportunities between 1st September and 30th November 2026. The fund is designed to increase participation in sport and physical activity by supporting organisations to deliver […]

17 August 2026 58

Elise Chabbey in the Mountains. Tour de France Femmes generic image. Image from A.S.O & Pauline Ballet via the EMCCA.

Cycling

International cycling race coming to Derbyshire next year could leave multi-million-pound economic “legacy”

An international cycling race coming to Derbyshire next year could leave a multi-million-pound economic “legacy”, it is hoped. The Tour de France Femmes, a women’s international cycling race, will host its “Grand Depart” in the UK next summer, with an extensive 130km journey through Derbyshire on July 31, 2027. This will involve elite riders peddling up notoriously steep and challenging cycling routes, Winnats Pass and Snake Pass, for a total of 3,000 metres of uphill climbing. At an East Midlands […]

22 July 2026 50

Cricket

Sports consortium set to drive East Mids growth with generation lead role

The Trent Sports District is set to become a major driver of growth for Nottingham and the wider East Midlands - forming a key part of the Trent Arc plan led by the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA). Built around one of the UK’s strongest clusters of sports, leisure and waterfront assets, the District will bring these strengths together to support regeneration, attract investment and create a better-connected place for residents, visitors and businesses. Property and construction consultancy Gleeds […]

20 May 2026 38

Football

Premier League programme to steer young people from violence

Officers from Derbyshire have been working together with Derby County and the Premier League to kick off a programme steering young people away from violence. Derby County Community Trust has secured funding from the Premier League Kicks Police Partnership Fund to address drug-related serious violence among young people across Derbyshire. The £20,000 that the Trust has received from the Premier League will go to deliver this hands-on project and regularly engage young people at risk in football - giving them a […]

20 May 2026 28

Sport

Football fixtures

Regional Mayor opens £10k fund for grassroots sports organisations (Deadline: 23rd August 2026)

International cycling race coming to Derbyshire next year could leave multi-million-pound economic “legacy”

Sports consortium set to drive East Mids growth with generation lead role

Premier League programme to steer young people from violence

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