Carlton's neighbours and good friends Arnold Town will be staging their next home game at stoke lane.

Arnold's new ground is not yet ready and they have recently used both Gedling Miners Welfare and Gedling Town's ground to complete fixtures.

Arnold chairman Roy Francis and Carlton chairman Mick Garton spoke last week and struck a  deal for Arnold to take on Bridlington at Stoke Lane on 18th October 3.00pm.

Carlton are away to Buxton in the FA trophy and Carlton Reserves dont have a game.

Carlton Town Manager Tommy Brookbanks  has confirmed that last years players player of the year Marquin Smith has reafirmed his commitment to the club after turning down the chance of move to a conference club.

Brookbanks would not go into any great detail, but rumour has been rife at Stoke Lane that the FA Trophy win over Atherstone may be the youngsters last game for the club. When pressed further  by this website Brookbanks admitted there had been a 7 day approach, but that Marquin had confirmed his commitment to the club and had told the Manager he did not want to leave and he was going nowhere. Brookbanks added "im delighted he has shown us some loyality, it means alot to me and the club. 

Carlton Town striker Phil Bignall has gone to Rainworth on loan after struggling to hold down a first team place this season.

Bignall has been prolific for Carlton over many season's but has failed to secure a run in the team so far this season and his form has been below par,however he did score a hatrick for the reserves in his last Carlton appearance.

Bignall has fallen down the pecking order at Carlton this season following the signing of Steve Akers and with Darryl Thomas now fit and Danny Blair also close to fitness,head coach Tommy Brookbanks see's it as the best solution all round at the moment this website can reveal.

Carlton Town are to open their club shop on Thursday 30th October. 

Players, officials, supporters and sponsors will all be invited to view the merchandise after a penalty shoot out in aid of the Alzheimer’s society due to kick off at 6.30 pm. 

Commercial manger Martin Bell is hoping to get 8 teams to take part in the competition each paying £50 which will go to an appeal being organised by the club’s licensing solicitors James Anderson of Poppleston Allen. 

The winning 5 players will enjoy a game in MSR Newsgroup’s corporate box at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground. 

It should be a cracking night enthused Bell “It will not only raise money for a good cause but hopefully sell a few car stickers, mugs and T shirts etc for Carlton Town.

“I am putting the night together, it will be a light hearted evening where people can enjoy a drink and celebrate another milestone for Carlton Town who are a beacon of hope amid all the doom and gloom.” 

Any one wishing to get involved can call Martin on 07989583045

Notts Fa's Mick Kilby was among the visitors at Stoke Lane as Carlton pulled out all the stops to ensure Nottingham Forest Ladies clash with champions Arsenal passed without problems as a crowd of over 600 packed into the Bill Stockeld stadium.

Carlton Town chairman praised his staff and volunteers who turned up in numbers to police the carpark and run the club's facilities .It was the biggest gate since Carlton's ground was redeveloped following the opening of the Gedling relief road.

"We showed we could handle a big crowd ,we made available maxium parking and although one or two late comers had to park locally ,I thought our guys led admirably by senior stewerd Pete Bignall did a cracking job"

"We had no idea how many people would come and a figure of 500 had been suggested but to get over 600 and deal with it in the way we did makes me extremely proud of the team"concluded Garton.

For the record ,Arsenal ran out 5-1 winners which was no surprise given their line up of international stars but Forest gave a good account of themselves and will hopefully push on from here.

Carlton Towns accademy youngsters stormed to the top of the under 19's accademy league with their second fire win in a week, and left accademy director Darrly "The Silver Fox" Claypole a happy man.

He told the Carlton Town website " this is the best intake of youngsters we have at the club, we have some great prospects.

We received some critisism in certain quarters last week for playing Terry Hawkridge who is of course contracted, but he needed 90 minutes under his belt, and I believe it  is my duty to put  out the best available side to resprent this football club.

The academy is representative of all we are trying to achieve here, showcasing the finest young talent and playing a brand of football that entertains and inspires."

The 6 - 1 win over Rossington was described by the Fox  " as a well balanced performance which produced a wonderfull victory, with 6 lads in the side under 18 who were playing at this level for the very first time"

He is also set to announce the club's first fundraising events for next summers tour, and is believed to be in talks with race night chief Roger Cooke who he had previously clashed with. The event is expected to take place in October.

Domonic Thomas said a sad farewell to Carlton Town and admitted he needed first team football.

In an exclusive statement to the Carlton Town website, he said "Id just like to thank the boys for being top team  and friends, and I will miss them dearly but will still expect an invite to the nights out, and also a big thankyou to all the staff at Stoke Lane"

"i had 5 great years at the club but felt it was time to move on and hopefully get regular 1stt team football"

Thomas who has helped the club climb the football pyramid with some sterling performances primarly at right back, has this week trained with Arnold Town and there will surely be no shortage of takers for the no nonense defender.

 He went on to wish the team the" best of luck for the remander of the season"

The sentiments will be mutal, of that we can all be sure!

Brookbanks Exclusive

Carlton Town manger Tommy Brookbanks paid tribute to his long serving assistant, Dave Nairn who has stepped down from the club. In his first words on Nairn’s departure Brookbanks declared “I’m sad to see him go but fully respect his decision and his reasons, it does take it’s toll at times and Dave has put in 10 years on the bounce which is a long time.”

I’d like to thank him for the important role he has played by my side and indeed in my absence at times, he has done a wonderful and loyal job during some very successful years.

Meanwhile defender Dominic Thomas has left the club.

Carlton Town assitant manager Dave Nairn has stood down from his position after 10 years alongside Tommy Brookbanks.

Nairn's time at the club goes back to over 20 years as he also had spells as a player,indeed in his earlier years alongside Brookbanks ,both of them often played in the side.

Nairn has helped the club climb up the football pyramid in his time as Brookbanks assitant but said he had finally lost the buzz.

"Ive been thinking of stepping aside for a while but it never seemed quite the right time I want to spend more time with my family and have the freedom to do what i want on a saturday for a while"said Nairn."I met Tom for a drink and explained my reasons and it is all amicable,we are good friends but i have lost the buzz of late"he admitted."The commitment particually on a saturday of leaving home for away trips mid morning and not coming back until sometimes late on a saturday night has took it's toll"admitted Nairn."Who knows, i may feel like getting back into it in the future but i want a break right now"

Chairman Mick Garton is known to have rung Nairn and thanked him for all he has done for the club.

Tommy Brookbanks told the players at training and paid tribute to the time ,effort and many years of sucess achieved  and commitment put in by his long time asstant.He will not for the time being be naming a replacement but will be working closely with his remaining coaches over the next few weeks to see how things pan out going forward.

Carlton Town’s Major sponsors MSR Newsgroup have secured naming rights to the clubs 5 a side complex which will now be called ‘THE MSR NEWSGROUP 5 A SIDE ARENA’

Chairman Mick Garton kept out of negotiations due to vested interests and it was left to Vice Chairman Chuck Fowler to confirm he had struck the deal with MSR Operations Director Chris Bridgett. The deal is for one year with MSR having the first option on the following year.

Speaking exclusively to the Carlton Town website Fowler revealed.

Carlton Town Manager Tommy Brookbanks has moved to ease his striker crisis by signing Worksop youngster Steve Akers.

Akers joined Worksop in February this year, and had scored 3 goals in 17 games, but Brookbanks believes he can bring the best out of him at Carlton  " I have been keeping an eye on him for a while, he is only young and has tremendous promise, we have Danny Blair, Daryll Thomas and Simon Wilkinson all injured, and we are also missing Steve Chaplin who is away at the moment. We needed to bring a new striker in urgently or our season could of disintergrated early doors " said the Carlton Town Manager.

Striker crisis worsens at Stoke Lane

Carlton’s youngster Simon Wilkinson who has just forced his way into the first team has suffered a sickening injury playing for the clubs academy. After appearing as a substitute in the first team’s bank holiday fixture against Rushall Olympic, Wilkinson was set to a get a full 90 minutes for the academy in preparation for Saturday’s big FA Cup clash at Chase Town.

The match against Calverton was abandoned following the injury to Wilkinson which has resulted in a broken leg. Doctors are still assessing whether there is any further damage. The injury followed a heavy tackle during the clash at Calverton in which Carlton were leading 3-1 at the time.

Academy director Darryl Clapole was devastated for the lad “it looked a nasty break” said Claypole. “It is a sickening blow for the lad and I am absolutely gutted for him, the game paled into insignificance after that incident and we pray Simon will be ok and make a full recovery.” Claypole paid tribute to Carlton’s first team physio Stuart Scott “Stuart was brilliant he knew exactly what to do and dealt with the situation superbly, it was an awful thing to happen but Stuart was fantastic and we are lucky to have him here.”

Carlton Town youngster Terry Hawkridge has been handed a one year contract with the option of a further year by manager Tommy Brookbanks and chairman Mick Garton.

Hawkridge signed on the dotted line prior to Carltons opening fixture with Retford United.The youngster who was Carltons young player of the year last season is the first player to be put on a contract since the club joined the unibond league.

Carlton chairman Mick Garton explained "we can't afford to go down the contract route generally but Terry is a special talent who lit up the club with some of his performances for both the reserves and first team last season."

"He is very young and very talented and really has the potential to go somewhere in the game and we wanted to make sure that for the first part of Terrys career that was with us and im sure he will develop his game much further this season under Tommy's guidence and with the help of the more experienced lads in the team,he's pretty fit too and was exceptional in pre season training tests,he has got a bright future"concluded the Carlton Town chairman.

Former Welsh International Dean Saunders is to be Carlton’s guest speaker at this season’s popular Christmas Luncheon event.

“The Christmas Luncheon is one of the biggest days in the clubs calendar.” Admitted Chairman Mick Garton “We are delighted to have secured Dean Saunders as our guest speaker.

The former Derby County, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest striker enjoyed a prolific goal scoring career and is still involved at the game at the highest level.

“We are hoping for another sell out.” said Garton “Last years event with Bruce Grobberaar proved a huge success and we are hoping to follow that up with another stunner.”

Tables of 10 will be available and individual tickets too for the event on Friday 12^th December.

Telephone:      0115 958 1735

Email:  info@carltontownfc.co.uk

Carlton Town are delighted to announce that they will be hosting FA National Premier Division Football this forthcoming season, following Nottingham Forest ladies decision to play their home games at the Bill Stokeld stadium.

Forest ladies visited several local clubs at the upper end of the pyramid following their promotion last season, but following a key meeting with Carton Town Chairman Mick Garton and Carlton Town Manager Tommy Brookbanks they have decide to come to Carlton.

Carlton will host key games including Nottingham Forest v Arsenal, Nottingham Forest v Leeds and Nottingham Forest v Everton to name but 3.Most games will be played on Sunday afternoons but there will be what occasional midweek games too.

It is a major coup for Carlton both in a prestigious sense and from a financial point of view.

Newly Promoted Nottingham Forest are currently preparing for their new season challenges in the F.A National Premier Division and a priority for the Club was to secure a new home ground which met the stringent F.A Ground Criteria when playing at the highest level.

The Club have been in negotiations over the last few months with several aligned men’s clubs but are now delighted to announce a newly formed alliance with Nottingham based Club Carlton Town F.C.

Carlton Town play in the Unibond 1^st Division South League and finished tenth out of 18 in their first season at that level. 

Carlton have made significant developments to the pitch and ground facilities over the past few years and Forest Ladies can now reap the rewards for the 2008/2009 season.

Forest Ladies Chairperson P.J Andrews says: “Carlton Town have been refreshingly enthusiastic and the whole club has a great feel to it.  Their Chairman, Mick Garton, is a huge Forest Fan and has been thoroughly accommodating even though we understand his priority is with Carlton F.C.  Their 1^st team Manager, Tommy Brookbanks, is a guy who is totally passionate about his team, the club and the game of football and he is keen to help support Forest Ladies in our quest for continued improvement across all areas.  With this kind of fervour and interest it is hard to be nothing less than excited about the move for this season.

“I would like to thank Dunkirk F.C who have hosted Forest Ladies for the past three years, we know they understand the reasons for us having to move on but Steve Throssell, Club Secretary, has been very supportive in our time down at Dunkirk F.C.”

“Carlton’s facilities are an improvement for Forest Ladies and should enhance match preparation for the management team and players.  The management will have access to a meeting room, Physio room and hospitality facility whilst the players now have direct and private access to the pitch directly from the changing rooms amongst other benefits. The car park is equally equipped to host visiting teams who bring along travelling fans also and access to the ground is also on an accessible and direct route.”

Nottinghamshire F.A Women’s Girls and Football Development Officer Trevor Powell says: “It’s great news for Forest Ladies and it is good to hear that a Nottingham Men’s side is working to help in hosting the Flagship women’s club of Nottingham as they prepare to play at the highest level.”

Bacon butties, strong coffee, plenty of pinot grico for Darryl and finally Carlton Town delivered the goods on their own golf day. Mark Steggles was the hero in a day which went to the wire.

The Carlton Town tournament Chief led his side to victory, but gave much of the praise to his team mates.

"We all scored points, it was a team effort" said Steggles.Derek had a great back nine, we've named him "Corey the paving Golfswing" and he delivered today.

Young Connor Murray was a credit to the club hitting 4 on hole 15, and was on the green in two and right at the death, Reserve Manager Ian White delivered with a 5 which proved to be a winner. White's finish gave Carlton 76 points,, and Taylor Maxwell also finished on 76 but Carlton triumphed with  a back 9 count of 41 while Taylor Maxwell had 38 points on their count back.

Great Northern Inns and Trent Concrete where also pegged together on 75 points, and again it was the countback system that had to seperate the sides.

 Great Northern Inn's came out at 40. While Trent Concrete showed 38. So it was the Northern Inn boys who clinched 3rd spot.

Nearest the line and nearest the pin, prizes were awarded first, and Mark Steggles team again featured twice with Steggles himself and young Connor among the prizes.

Club photographer Tim Scott was on hand to take the photo' s, while Chairman Mick Garton and Academy Director Darryl Claypole made a video diary of the day which will appear in due course.

It has to be said Claypole was on fire and hammered the pinot gricio throughout the afternoon.

Massive credit must be given to president Roger Smith who organised the day, and took charge throughout the event, which raised over £1000 again for the Club. Roger, Darryl and Mick shared the presentation responsibilities, as everyone tucked into their Steak and Kidney pie.

It had been another good day for Carlton  Town, and for the first time in 4 attempts, they have won their own golf day.

Steggles, Connor,Wilko and Whitey, we are proud of you and the Club would like to thank every one who took part, and also supported the raffle, and made sponsorship contributions.

MSR,Roger Smith,Lan Systems and 6 Degrees. This really was a special day in the clubs calender.

Following the success of the Massers tournament, the KP McVities tournament and their extremely popular Monday and Thursday night leagues which have attracted the sponsorship of giant brands Lucozade and Marston’s, Carlton Town have announced a tournament package for companies and organisations.

For the cost of £500, Carlton will provide an 8 team competition to include referees, trophies and after match food for the players.

This will be ideal for companies with different branches or pubs wishing to compete against each other or large organisations wanting an afternoon out and all at a reasonable price.

Events could be held on Sundays throughout the year and in midweek evenings during the summer or even during the day in certain cases.

Anyone interested can email the club: info@carltontownfc.co.uk or telephone the clubhouse on 0115 9402531 or at the office on 0115 9581735.