By Joe Jones
Notts County will be hoping to get back to winning ways following their draws against Luton Town and Grimsby Town when they host Cambridge United this weekend.
Managed by Shaun Derry, the U's are currently in a bad vein of form and may be missing key players.
Pride of Nottingham spoke to Cambridge fan Tom to get an insight on this weekend's opposition.
About Tom: I'm 26, been supporting the U's since I was a child, as long as I can remember, and my favourite player is Dave Kitson.
1) Cambridge dropped out of the Football League in 2005 and returned in 2014; what led to relegation and how did you bounce back up?
The U's were having money problems since the late 90s in all fairness and with financial issues comes the drop down the leagues, less revenue, less quality players, and it becomes a vicious cycle. In the Conference it's then really difficult to gain promotion - we finished second two years in a row but then lost in the playoffs. After a few more years of no luck, third time lucky it was in 2014 - second-placed finish but playoff success.
2) How are things going this season for Cambridge United?
Badly. Shaun Derry's clearly not the man to take us forward, the team's performing poorly on the pitch, we've been having injuries and suspensions all over the place, and behind the scenes it feels like a mess - Dave Doggett has resigned as chairman and nobody knows why, there's been reports of a takeover, there's reports of the club running at a £630,000 loss... basically, watch this space!
3) What's been your proudest moment as a United fan?
It's a tie between the 2014 Conference playoff final, finally seeing the U's back in the Football League, and the FA Cup draw with Manchester United at the Abbey Stadium, a superb result which kept the dream alive and which gave us an unbelievable away day at Old Trafford. Closely behind is the 2014 Trophy final win over Gosport at Wembley.
4) Who are your biggest rivals?
It used to be Cambridge City, but they've been playing at a lower level than us since forever. It's Peterborough now, though we're not overly keen on Northampton, Colchester and Luton either.
5) Who are your danger men?
Uche Ikpeazu and Jabo Ibehre are our key men up front, but the latter is on the sidelines at the minute and we're not sure if he'll be back this weekend. They've both missed games here and there and their absence has been felt.
6) Can we get your score prediction?
I'd be delighted with a draw. Let's call it 1-1.
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