Mike Edwards describes Notts County as a "second home"

Notts County defender Mike Edwards has described the club as a “second home” as his testimonial year celebrations got underway with a Legends derby between the Magpies and Nottingham Forest.

On Sunday, Meadow Lane hosted a Legends Community Match Day, with the game itself taking place alongside a number of family friendly activities.

Steady Eddy was given a guard of honour by both sets of teams before the game got underway, and the first half went the way of Notts, as Jamal Campbell-Ryce gave his side the lead.

The second half saw Forest get back into it, as Luke Thomas bagged a brace and Chris Freestone added a third to give his side the win.

Edwards, however, gave an amusing reason why his side collapsed in the second half.

He said: "Our players who were coming on were just getting a little bit older and older, and theirs were getting younger and younger!

"The last 20 minutes I knew we were going to die a bit!"

Edwards also paid tribute to Notts, the club where he has clocked up more than a decade over two innings.

"When I signed, I loved it here," he said. "It grows on you, definitely.

"Ppeople said that, 'that we'll have ups and downs but we'll get under your skin'. That's definitely happened to me.

"I'm a Yorkshireman, I'm from Hull originally, but this is a second home for me."

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