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The Match Officials

Saturday 13th of December, Swindon Town will be visiting Meadow Lane Stadium, Notts come into the game having picked up a 1-0 over Doncaster Rovers in the JPT. Notts will be looking to repeat or do one better than their last League One game, a 1-1 draw to Sheffield United.

Swindon Town come into the game having beaten Fleetwood in their last game at 1-0, they have also enjoyed successful wins over Bristol City, Peterborough United and Preston.
 
The Match Officials for Saturdays game against Swindon Town will be Darren Deadman, with his two assistants Robert Atkin and Michael George. The fourth official will be Amy Fearn.
 
Match Officials
 
Referee; Darren Deadman
From – Cambridgeshire
His matches involving Notts County and Swindon Town in the last four season.
League Cup – Saturday 11th August 2012 – Notts County 0 Bradford City 1 – 7 Yellow Cards
League One – Saturday 27th October 2012 – Stevenage FC 0 Swindon Town 4 – 3 Yellow Cards
F.A Cup – Tuesday 18th December 2012 – Notts County 0 Rotherham United 3 – 5 Yellow Cards, 1 Red Card
League One – Saturday 23rd February 2013 – Swindon Town 1 Notts County 1 – 3 Yellow Cards
League One – Friday 18th October 2013 – Swindon Town 2 Notts County 0 – 5 Yellow Cards
League One – Saturday 30th August 2014 – Swindon Town 1 Coventry City 1 – 3 Yellow Cards
 
Run down of his last four games.
Championship – Tuesday 4th November 2014 – Millwall 2 Blackburn Rovers 2 – 3 Yellow Cards and 1 Red Card
F.A Cup – Saturday 8th November 2014 – Walsall 2 Shrewsbury Town 2 – 6 Yellow Cards
League One – Saturday 15th November 2014 – Gillingham 3 Leyton Orient 2 – 4 Yellow Cards and 1 Red Card
League One – Saturday 29th November 2014 – Yeovil Town 0 Preston 2 – 2 Yellow Cards and 1 Red Card
 
In his last four games 15 yellow cards have been shown and 3 red cards.
So far this season in a total of 16 games he has shown 64 yellow cards and 5 red card.
That's roughly 4 yellow cards per game.
 
Assistant Referee; Robert Atkin
From – Lincolnshire
Last 3 League One games.
Saturday 15th November 2014 – York City 0 Oxford United 1
Saturday 22nd November 2014 – Bury 1 Newport County 3
Saturday 6th December 2014 – Cambridge United 2 Mansfield 2
 
Assistant Referee; Michael George
From – Norfolk
Last 3 League One games.
Tuesday 18th November 2014 – AFC Wimbledon 3 York City 1
Saturday 22nd November 2014 – Colchester United 0 Coventry City 1
Saturday 6th November 2014 – Wealdstone 1 Staines Town 0
 
Fourth Official; Amy Fearn
From – Leicestershire
 
Do you have an opinion on the game? - Match Thread
Also, please do leave us a comment below if you have time.
Chris

Youth Team Report

Saturdays game for the Youth Team provided them with the opportunity to carry on the recent good form which saw them not only beat the league leaders (Hull Tigers) but move within 3 points of them in the league after the midweek win against Grimsby.

In keeping with our current Doncaster Rovers vs Notts County news line the youth team were unfortunately beaten 3-1.
Colby Bishop providing the solitary strike in the first half equalising the Doncaster opener. With the scores level at half time we started the second half brightly yet Doncaster who came into the game more and more as the half progressed took the lead and then added a third to run out comfortable winners.
The youth team only have one remaining fixture for 2014, this coming against Burton Albion on the 20th December at the Eagle Valley Stadium with an 11am kick-off.
 
The updated league table can be found here
The fixture grid for all the teams can be found here
The official site press release for Doncaster can be found here
Northants Pie

Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Notts County

Notts County have made it through to the semi-finals of the Johnston's Paint Trophy after a narrow 1-0 win against Doncaster Rovers at the Keepmoat Stadium this evening.

Liam Noble was the matchwinner for the visitors, powering through the home side's defence lines before drilling a low shot beyond goalkeeper Sam Johnstone late on in the game.
 
Conditions were far from ideal at the Keepmoat Stadium, with strong winds not helping proceedings.
The game proved uneventful in the opening stages as the action was concentrated in midfield, although Harry Forrester managed to cut in from the left before being denied by Roy Carroll early on.
Notts responded through Jake Cassidy, who picked up a cross from Mustapha Dumbuya before volleying well wide of the target at the near post.
By the half-hour mark, only efforts from Kyle Bennett and Curtis Main came close to breaking the deadlock.
Just before half-time, Bennett again came close to putting Doncaster into the lead when he curled a free kick inches wide of the post with Carroll beaten.
 
The start of the second half proved to be almost as quiet as the first, but Doncaster thought they had taken the lead on 68 minutes after Bennett's shot found the back of the net.
However, after speaking to his assistant, the referee disallowed the strike as it appeared that Bennett's shot had deflected off Main, who was in an offside position.
It proved a decisive moment for Notts as, six minutes later, Noble marauded down the field before driving the ball into the bottom corner from 20 yards.
Substitute Garry Thompson nearly bagged a second for County but saw Sam Johnstone save well to keep his side in contention with 10 minutes left.
Bennett had a late effort kept out by Carroll but that was as good as it got for the hosts as Notts held on to book their place in the Northern Area semi-finals.
Joe Jones

Stat Attack: Doncaster Rovers vs. Notts County

Notts County have met Doncaster Rovers 51 times over the years, with the first fixture coming on the 13th December 1930. On that occasion, an FA Cup tie, the Magpies triumphed 1-0.

Rovers have the upper edge head-to-head, but only just. They have 23 wins and 21 defeats against Notts, with seven draws.
Our last meeting came at the tail end of the 2012-13 season, when Notts secured a 1-0 victory at the Keepmoat courtesy of this rather decent effort by Joss Labadie...

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The club was founded in 1879 and turned professional in 1885. They have spent the majority of their playing history between the third and fourth tiers of the English football league system and are one of four clubs to win the Division 3/League Two title three times, the last being in 2004. Football League rules state that any team who wins a trophy three times can keep it.
However, when Rovers tried to retain ownership of the actual Third Division trophy, the Football League claimed that Rovers could not keep the trophy because the league names had changed from Fourth to Third Division, and so they had not won that particular league three times. Bit harsh...
 
The team's mascot is a brown dog known as Donny Dog, who wears the red and white Rovers jersey.
Before a scheduled appearance during the game against Huddersfield Town at the Galpharm Stadium on 4 March 2006, police prevented Andrew Liney from entering the stadium in costume, citing unspecified "police intelligence", and refused him permission to wear any part of the costume within 50 metres of the stadium. Mr Liney later received a full written apology for these unfounded allegations from the head of West Yorkshire Police.
The mascot was next portrayed by Tracy Chandler and in June 2011, she was relieved from the position after she posed in her underwear for a Sunday newspaper. Later in the same week she was reinstated back as the clubs mascot.
Arguably the club's most famous fan is One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson. The 22-year-old had agreed to play in a charity game at the Keepmoat to raise money for the Bluebell Wood Charity and was offered a deal by Donny to join the club on non-contract terms after impressing in the game.
Tomlinson also put himself forward to take over the club alongside John Ryan, but the deal fell through in July this year.
And if you're not the biggest fan of 1D or Louis, then you can always take a moment to enjoy this...

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Doncaster will be without Nathan Tyson, who has missed the last two matches with a calf strain.
Dean Furman, Harry Forrester and Marc De Val Fernandez are among the options should manager Paul Dickov decide to shuffle his pack for the quarter-final clash.
Meanwhile, Notts have almost a fully fit squad for their trip to the Keepmoat Stadium, with only long-term injury victim Jimmy Spencer out as far as we're aware.
Joe Jones

Doncaster - Scout Report

Doncaster Rovers have drawn three of their last six games in League One, with two wins coming from Rochdale AFC and Bradford City. Their last defeat was to promotion chasing Sheffield United, the final score was 1-0 to the Blades as Jamie Murphy scored the decisive goal.

Two days ago on the 6th of December, Doncaster beat Oldham 1-0 in the second round of the F.A Cup, Oldham Athletic's exit came as a result of an own goal.
Within League One Doncaster Rovers currently sit 16th, they scored eight times in their last six games conceding only five times. Recent cup games have seen the Vikings score five from two, conceding one in the process.
 
Run down of their last six games.
Saturday 15th November – Doncaster Rovers 0 Sheffield 1
Tuesday 18th November – Weston-S-Mare 1 Doncaster Rovers 4
Saturday 22nd November – Rochdale 1 Doncaster Rovers 3
Saturday 29th November – Crewe Alexandra 1 Doncaster Rovers 1
Tuesday 2nd December – Barnsley 1 Doncaster Rovers 1
Saturday 6th December – Oldham Athletic 0 Doncaster Rovers 1 (F.A Cup)
 
The Players – Fact Sheet
Highest Goal Scorers; Nathan Tyson 6, Theo Robinson 4, James Coppinger 4 and Curtis Main 4.
Persistent Foulers; Harry Forrester 2 Red Cards and 4 Yellow Cards, Paul Keegan 4 Yellow Cards, Kyle Bennett 4 Yellow Cards and Reece Wabara.
 
The Key Players.
Andy Butler, Paul Keegan, Marc De Val, Kyle Bennett, James Coppinger, Harry Forrester and Nathan Tyson.
Nathan Tyson the former Notts loanee has found himself consistently starting for Doncaster Rovers, he is a tricky player who uses his pace to his advantage and score when presented a golden opportunity.
Paul Keegan, Marc De Val, Kyle Bennett and James Coppinger are Doncaster Rovers creative midfield, who are all able of creating play and scoring. Spanish born Marc De Val hasn't yet scored, however he's came close to scoring some spectacular efforts.
Andy Butler is a solid defender who will be Doncaster's main defensive threat to us, this was highlighted by Walsall fans who stated earlier in our home game this season that he was the missing link within the current Saddlers squad.
Harry Forrester is a promising striker who Notts fans should be aware of from his time playing for Brentford, although his goal scoring record is hardly impressive – the football he shows on the field can be.
 
Style of Play, Strengths, and Weaknesses.
Doncaster are a direct, physical side who like to use their players with pace in order to gain space for chances. Typically they're not afraid to take chances from outside of the box or from distance, yet when on the flanks they mix low balls with floating crosses which causes confusion for the opposition defences.
They don't fail to create chances, with their creative players being able to mix how the Vikings attack their opponents.
Their main strengths come from break down play, players cleverly move in order to create space which they use to exploit. Smaller teams are often frustrated by the height of the Doncaster players, which is another added strength.
Doncaster are more offensive than defensive, their attacking players will be a threat to any side within League One and all must be marked duly.
With regards to weaknesses it appears Paul Dickov side scramble defensively and are prone to error when hit directly via the centre of the park, either with pace or flowing passes which gain forward ground. Teams have to be wary when they pack players into their own penalty area, as limited space is often given to opposition teams.
Notts might be presented with more chances from outside of the penalty box rather than inside, so players like Thompson, Jones and Noble will be useful.
 
 
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Chris

Youth Team Report

Saturdays game for the Youth Team provided them with their first opportunity to right a few wrongs from the disappointment of the FA Cup tie against Peterborough.

The team standing between them and what would be the perfect remedy were the league leaders Hull Tigers, who earlier on in the season, had comfortably beaten us 3-0.
 
Hull Tigers started the game brightly, despite this they couldn't make their dominance count and after starting to force our way into the game we took the lead through Luther Wildin, Hull maintained their attacking threat throughout the game but yet again they couldn't turn this dominance into a goal and we scored a decisive second through Lartey Sarpong and went on to record a fantastic win by a 2-0 scoreline.
Mick Halsall was full of praise for the lads saying "from a 3-0 home defeat against them at the start of the campaign, to a 2-0 away win is very pleasing"
 
The lads recorded another victory on Wednesday afternoon against Grimsby Town game at the Eagle Valley Stadium with a 2-0 win coming courtesy of goals from Reece Fyfe & Colby Bishop, Mick Halsall described the game "as probably the best we have played all season".
This has put the Youth Team second in the division only 3 points behind Hull, the next fixture is against Doncaster Rovers away this Saturday.
 
The updated league table can be found here
The fixture grid for all the teams can be found here
The official site press release for Hull can be found here
The official site press release for Grimsby can be found here
Northants Pie

Sheffield United 1-1 Notts County

After what appeared like Notts were in danger of slipping off the radar, they appear to be getting back on track following a credible 1-1 draw away at Sheffield United on Friday.

Following a cagey opening at Bramall Lane, Shaun Derry's charges began tentatively probing forward.
Early on, Petrasso beat Jay McEveley on the edge of the area before seeing his shot saved by Blades goalkeeper Mark Howard.
Gary Jones, allowed to play in this game after his Yeovil red card was rescinded, also threatened with a powerful run from midfield before forcing another save from Howard.
Just after the half-hour mark, the Magpies took the lead when comeback kid Mike Edwards converted Jones's corner into the far corner with a volley.
United struggled to pull themselves together following their concession, and save for a Jose Baxter effort on the rebound from a free kick, they offered little and were booed off at half time.
 
The hosts were better after the second half got underway, with ex-Notts winger Jamal Campbell-Ryce and Chris Basham threatening.
In the 70th minute, the visitors had a great chance to score a second goal, but the unmarked Stephen McLaughlin hesitated for too long and was dispossessed.
It was a huge chance to put kill the game off, and Notts would rue their miss as, moments later, when Bob Harris crossed for Jamie Murphy to head in the equaliser.
United were the better side in the latter stages of the game, but Notts were able to hang onto the draw and a decent point against one of the division's heavyweights.
Joe Jones

Stat Attack: Sheffield United vs. Notts County

Sheffield United’s first match against our beloved Notts took place on the 17th Jan 1891 in the FA Cup.

Just to give you an idea how long ago this was… Sir Winston Churchill was a mere 16 years old when the game was played!
The scoreline is also of note: Notts won 9-1! Since then, however, the Blades have undisputedly held the upper hand in head-to-head statistics: they have won 48 games against the Magpies. We’ve beaten then just 26 times, and there have been 13 draws.
Their ground, Bramall Lane, is the oldest major stadium in the world still to be hosting professional football matches.
Bramall Lane opened in April 1855 – Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin were still alive back then!
Jessica Ennis-Hill, the darling of the 2012 London Olympics, has a stand named after her at United’s ground, following her gold medal in heptathlon two years ago.
A game between Sheffield United and Oldham in February 1984 had to be postponed when a wartime bomb was found near Bramall Lane!
 
A number of films and television programmes have included references to Sheffield United over the past few decades:
-The 1996 film When Saturday Comes stars Sean Bean as a part-time Hallam FC player who is scouted by Sheffield United, who then goes on to play in a FA Cup semi-final.
-The character 'Gaz' in British comedy The Full Monty is seen wearing a replica United shirt at one part of the film, and promises his son a ticket for a game at Bramall Lane between Sheffield United & Manchester United.
-Even Hollywood has got in on the act: a scene in Batman Begins features a child wearing a 1990s Blades shirt.
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Sheffield United strikers Michael Higdon and Marc McNulty will both return to contention for Friday night's home game against Notts County.
Higdon has been sidelined for six games and McNulty has been been out for a similar period due to a facial injury.
Clough has no new injury or suspension problems but midfielder James Wallace and defender Ben Davies remain sidelined.
Diego De Girolamo has returned to York City on loan and fellow forward Che Adams is hoping to make his first appearance after twice being an unused substitute.
Gary Jones will be available for Notts after his red card against Yeovil Town last weekend was overturned on appeal.
Blair Adams was forced off with an injury against the Glovers towards the end of the first half and the defender is a doubt ahead of the trip to Bramall Lane.
A further injury blow for the Magpies has seen Zeli Ismail ruled out for around four months. The on-loan Wolves winger suffered a knee injury during the goalless draw with Accrington in the FA Cup first round.
Ryan Hall has been brought in as a replacement for Ismail and the Rotherham United loanee is expected to go straight into the squad against the Blades.
Joe Jones

Youth Team Report

Pride of Nottingham returns with another youth team update from Northants Pie, despite no fixtures being played he has taken the time to provide a recap and update based on events from the youth teams view.

The last week has produced no games for the Youth Team, the next game is this Saturday away at league leaders Hull City, we lost the reverse game 0-3 at home on the 23 August.
 
The updated league table can be found here
The fixture grid for all the teams can be found here
 
There has been good news for the whole club but the Academy directly with the news that striker Colby Bishop has signed his first professional contract, signing a 2­­½ year contract, he will for this season play his football with the youth team linking up with the senior squad for the start of the 2015 - 2016 season.
There has been a recent string of Academy players joining the senior squad, whilst some might fall away, some like Hadyn Hollis & Curtis Thompson go from strength to strength which is the best possible advertisement for our Academy system when potential targets are contemplating which Academy to join.
 
A link to the press release from the club can be found here
Northants Pie

The Match Officials

Friday 28th of November, Sheffield United will be hosting Notts County at their Bramall Lane Stadium, Notts will be trying put aside the defeat to Yeovil Town by putting together a convincing performance against a side one point above us in the League One table.

Sheffield United come into the game having drawn their last game at Oldham 1-1, however the Blades have won 4 of their last six games, ironically the same as Notts.
The Match Officials for Fridays game against Sheffield United will be Robert Madley, with his two assistants Derek Eaton and Edward Smart. The fourth official will be Darren Drysdale.
 
Match Officials
 
Referee; Robert Madley
From – West Yorkshire
His matches involving Notts County and Sheffield in the last four season.
League One – Saturday 27th August 2011 – Preston 2 Notts County 0 – No Cards
League One – Saturday 21st April 2012 – Notts County 2 Bury 4 – 3 Yellow Cards and 1 Red Card
League One – Saturday 24th November 2012 – Notts County 1 Swindon Town 0 – 5 Yellow Cards
 
Run down of his last four games.
Championship – Saturday 25th October 2014 – Derby 1 Wigan 2 – 6 Yellow Cards
Championship – Saturday 1st November 2014 – Watford 3 Millwall 1 – 6 Yellow Cards
Championship – Wednesday 5th November 2014 – Fulham 2 Blackpool 2 – 5 Yellow Cards and 1 Red Card.
Premiership – Saturday 22nd November 2014 – Leicester 0 Sunderland 0 – 5 Yellow Cards
 
In his last four games 22 yellow cards have been shown and one red card.
So far this season in a total of 11 games he has shown 42 yellow cards and 4 red card.
That's roughly 3.8 yellow cards per game.
 
Assistant Referee; Derek Eaton
From – Gloucestershire
Last 3 League One games.
Tuesday 4th November 2014 – Sheffield Wednesday 0 AFC Bournemouth 2
Saturday 8th November 2014 – West Ham 0 Aston Villa 0
Saturday 11th November 2014 – Bishop's Stortford 1 Eastborune Borough 1
 
Assistant Referee; Edward Smart
From – West Midlands
Last 3 League One games.
Wednesday 29th October 2014 – Tottenham 2 Brighton 0
Saturday 1st November 2014 – Hull 0 Southampton 1
Sunday 9th November 2014 – Sunderland 1 Everton 1
 
Fourth Official; Darren Drysdale
From – Lincolnshire
 
Do you have an opinion on the game? - Match Thread
 
Also, please do leave us a comment below if you have time.
Chris

Notts County 1 - 2 Yeovil Town

I will have to keep my language clean, because kids may read this match report. But today's game at home to Yeovil Town was nothing short of a travesty. The referee was completely sub-par and cost us the game.

The visitors, who were constantly play-acting and digging at Notts with fouls, rarely got punished, while Gary Jones gets sent off for a seemingly legitimate tackle.
And despite the hosts taking the lead, Yeovil were able to capitalise on the man advantage and net two late on.
Little of note happened in the early stages of the game, except for Michael Petrasso getting constantly harangued by the men from Somerset - with no repercussions for them.
 
Just before the half-hour mark, however, the Magpies were scandalously reduced to ten men when Gary Jones was dismissed for a challenge on defender Nathan Smith despite clearly winning the ball.
Liam Noble was also booked and assistant manager Greg Abbott was sent to the stands for protesting too strongly in the incident, rightfully aggrieved at this miscarriage of justice.
Roy Carroll saved well from Ajay Leitch-Smith late on in the first half, while Nathan Smith found himself on the floor one too often.
Ultimately, the first period ended goalless, with Notts having it all to do in the second half.
 
After the restart, Notts held their colour, Petrasso pushing forward and forcing a good save from Glovers goalie Jed Steer.
The Canadian winger then put the Magpies in front when he rounded Steer to slip the ball into an empty net after making the most of a woeful backpass from Stephen Arthurworrey.
Yeovil forced their way back into the game in the last 15 minutes, with Jordan Clarke snatching an equaliser with a deft near-post header six minutes before time.
If that wasn't bad enough, it got a lot worse when, in the 88th minute, the 23-year-old defender stormed in again and nodded home the winner to leave Meadow Lane with a bitter taste in its mouth.
Joe Jones

Stat Attack: Notts County vs. Yeovil Town

Saturday is the landmark tenth time that Notts County have played Yeovil Town, ever. The first meeting between the two came way back in 1961, with the Magpies winning this FA Cup tie 4-2, but a whole 43 years passed until the second meeting, which came in 2004!

Since then, fixtures have been fairly frequent, with the last clash having come on 1st April 2013 - the Glovers won that game 2-1.
 
Yeovil Football Club was founded in 1890, and shared their ground with the local rugby club for many years. Five years later they were renamed Yeovil Casuals and started playing home games at the Pen Mill Athletic Ground.
In 1907 the name Yeovil Town was adopted, which on amalgamation with Petters United became Yeovil and Petters United. The name reverted to Yeovil Town prior to the 1946–47 season.
 
The Somerset outfit have spent most of their existence in the lower leagues, though they briefly made a name for themselves in the 1948-49 season when they beat Sunderland 2-1 in the FA Cup fourth round.
In the 1980s, Yeovil were founder members of the Football Conference, where they remained for the next two decades, save for a few relegations to the Isthmian League which usually resulted in an instant return to the above tier.
Yeovil Town earned promotion to the Football League in the 2002-03 season, by winning the Football Conference by a record 17 points margin, accumulating 95 points and scoring 100 goals, remaining unbeaten at Huish Park.
 
In their second ever season in the Football League, the Glovers went one better by achieving promotion to the third tier as champions of League Two, and in the following years even reached the League One playoffs, beating Nottingham Forest in the semi-finals in 2006-07 before losing to Blackpool in the final at Wembley.
Six years later, however, Yeovil achieved what had been deemed unthinkable a decade earlier - they reached the second tier of English football after beating Brentford in the 2013 League One play-off final.
 
Their stay in the Championship was brief, however, and after being relegated at the end of the season, they've found themselves struggling back in the third tier, currently sitting at the foot of the table.
Yeovil is a pretty small town, home to just 40,000 people - two Meadow Lanes could comfortably take in the entire population!
In the 21st century, Yeovil became the first town in Britain to institute a system of biometric fingerprint scanning in nightclubs, and the first English council to ban the children's craze Heelys (those trainers with wheels that popped out from the heels).
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Notts County defender Mustapha Dumbuya is back from international duty, but winger Zeli Ismail is out with a knee injury.
Fit-again striker Jake Cassidy is pushing for a start after making his first appearance in six weeks against Accrington Stanley in midweek.
Bottom club Yeovil will be looking to end their run of eight league games without a win.
Manager Gary Johnson will have to pick which loan player to leave out, as he currently has six in his squad.
Joe Jones

Yeovil - Scout Report

Yeovil Town come into the game only having scored two goals in their last six games, a run of 4 defeats and two draws shows the lack of form by last years Championship struggler’s. However, they cannot be written off because of this as fortunes frequently change.

On the 8th of November Yeovil beat Crawley Town in the F.A Cup at home by one goal to nil. The last time they won in the league was back in September against Peterborough.
League wise The Glovers haven't scored since the 18th of October and the last time they scored more than just one goal was back on the 6th of September, they beat Bradford 3-1 away from home.
 
Run down of their last six games.
Saturday 11th October 2014 – Port Vale 4 Yeovil Town 1
Saturday 18th October 2014 – Yeovil Town 1 Swindon Town 1
Tuesday 21st October 2014 – Sheffield United 2 Yeovil Town 0
Saturday 25th October 2014 – Yeovil Town 0 Rochdale 3
Saturday 1st November 2014 – Chesterfield 0 Yeovil Town 0
Saturday 15th November 2014 – Yeovil Town 0 Fleetwood Town 1
 
The Players – Fact Sheet
Highest Goal Scorers; James Hayter 2, Kieffer Moore 2, Joel Grant 1 and Simon Gillett 1.
Persistent Foulers; Ben Nugent 1 Red Card and 5 Yellow Cards, Kevin Dawson 4 Yellow Cards and Ofori-Twumasi 1 Red Card.
 
The Key Players.
Brendan Moloney, Kevin Dawson, Sam Foley and Joel Grant.
The former Notts loanee Brendan Moloney will be a key player for Yeovil both defending and attacking, whilst on their day Kevin Dawson, Sam Foley and Joel Grant can all cause headaches for their opposition counterparts.
Joel Grant is particularly good at pulling the strings and getting involved in attacking play.
Sam Foley is a player Notts will need to be aware of as he can allude attention and quickly find space to pose a threat to any defence, he also has an eye for goal.
Notts will be best falling back to the typical 4-4-2 formation or 3-5-2 with at least two of the midfielders providing cover at the back. This will counter measure Yeovil and prevent them from breaking freely, Haydn Hollis and whoever partners him must be aware of the threat of pace, whilst also being sure to deal with the task from crosses.
 
Style of Play, Strengths, and Weaknesses.
Quick, direct and rely heavily on the spaces created on the flanks. Yeovil Town like to drill or float crosses into the penalty area where they are a threat. Many of the chances that have been created in previous games have come from set pieces or crosses, whilst the direct dynamic play allows them to attack with speed.
Their ability to get crosses in towards tall players is their main strength.
Yet Yeovil Town can break down sides with their smooth, possession passing which when watching would leave you questioning as to why they're bottom of the League One table.
They generally zonal mark teams, packing multiple players onto a single player which leaves them open and disorganized at the back. When hit with pace themselves, Yeovil drop off creating space in front which limits chances for opposition sides, yet presents chances whereby crosses or long distance efforts leave their players rooted.
Their lack of clinical finishing, sees good chances often wasted.
Yeovil are particularly weak themselves when dealing with set pieces and crosses, if the balls are direct enough players committed to runs will get into them.
 
 
The Match Officials - Match Thread  
Chris

Is all really lost?

The F.A Cup is a major opportunity lost by exiting in the first round. It's the perfect opportunity to spread a little cheer among the fan base, gather results and of course add money to the coffers. All things which Notts County could all do with in abundance.

Everybody always looks forward to the trips away, whilst the possibility of gracing a top tier team at Meadow lane – but is all really lost? I don't believe it is.
 
Notts currently sit 4th within the 2014/2015 League One campaign, it's only just past mid November and after last season exiting the F.A Cup doesn't seem all that bad at all.
We've all wanted a squad that plays for the shirt, that extra pride which the players put in goes along way and it's part of the reason why we are currently doing so well within the league. Don't get me wrong, I am disappointed but in comparison we have a bigger picture to face.
 
On Saturday Notts get back to League One football, a win at Meadow Lane would be the perfect way to respond to struggling Yeovil Town.
If we won, we could perhaps move to 3rd depending on how Preston do against Bristol City.
We still have a game in hand over both Preston and Swindon, it might also allow us to gain space over Sheffield United who have played exactly the same amount of games as us at 16 and we share the same amount of points, 29.
Sheffield United face Oldham on the 22nd of November 2014, neither side are really scoring or winning by many goals and I see this ending as a draw but perhaps Oldham could do us a favour?
 
Our very next game after Yeovil Town is actually Sheffield United, there's no better time to be playing them.
Our current form is actually very impressive, the odd blip here and there but the squad are battling.
You would certainly call this progress compared to last season right? It's for this reason why I have put aside my disappointment and decided to remain optimistic.
I wrote a blog before things started to click that I felt Notts were on the verge of something special, I really feel that this could be the season whereby we make the play-offs and dare I say it gain promotion? Don't we all dream of this? Time is now to try and make that difference.
We have a tough run of fixtures – Sheffield United (a), Swindon (h), Rochdale (a), MK Dons (H) and Bradford (a).
It doesn't get any easier at the very start of the new year, however I feel we can get some very respectable results. In the row of five games, I would hope we could at least take 9 to 11 points. It might be more like 7, yet I believe we can win more than two of the five.
 
No matter what you feel, let's focus on seeing where we are come the end of December.
Let's get straight back behind the lads, fill the stands on Saturday with encourage and just have a crack at this the right way.
 
The only way, the BLACK & WHITE WAY! YOU PIES!!
 
 
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Chris

The Match Officials

Saturday 22th of November, Notts County return to Meadow Lane against Yeovil Town. Notts are currently the inform team, however the squad will have to put the F.A Cup exit by Accrington to the back of their minds and focus on progressing further in League One.

Yeovil Town haven't won in their last 6 games, yet it will not be plain sailing for the mighty magpies. Fortunes frequently change, so Notts will have to be on guard.
 
The Match Officials for Saturdays game against Yeovil Town will be Stuart Attwell, with his two assistants Akil Howson and Jason Tyas. The fourth official will be Richard Wigglesworth.
 
Match Officials
 
Referee; Stuart Attwell
From – Warwickshire
His matches involving Notts County and Yeovil Town in the last four season.
League One – Tuesday 21st August 2012 – Notts County 2 Hartlepool 0 – 1 Yellow Card
League One – Saturday 13th October 2012 – Carlisle 0 Notts County 4 – 2 Yellow Cards
League One – Saturday 20th October 2012 – Yeovil 2 Bury 1 – 2 Yellow Cards and 1 Red
League One Play Off – Friday 3rd May 2013 – Sheff Utd 1 Yeovil 0 – 4 Yellow Cards
League Cup – Tuesday 27th August 2013 – Liverpool 3 Notts County 2 – 4 Yellow Cards
Championship – Friday 22nd November 2013 – Doncaster 2 Yeovil 1 – 3 Yellow Cards and 1 Red Card.
Championship – Monday 21st April 2014 – Yeovil 1 Huddersfield 2 – 1 Yellow Card
 
Run down of his last four games.
Premiership – Saturday 1st November 2014 – Leicester 0 West Brom 1 – 1 Yellow Card
Championship – Saturday 8th November 2014 – Leeds 3 Blackpool 1 – 1 Yellow Card
JP Trophy – Tuesday 11th November 2014 – Bristol City 2 AFC Wimbledon 1 – No Cards
F.A Cup – Wednesday 19th November 2014 – Aldershot 1 Portsmouth 0 – 5 Yellow Cards
 
In his last four games 7 yellow cards have been shown and no red cards.
So far this season in a total of 16 games he has shown 41 yellow cards and 1 red card.
That's roughly 2.5 yellow cards per game.
 
Assistant Referee; Akil Howson
From – Leicestershire
Last 3 League One games.
Wednesday 17th September 2014 – Forest 5 Fulham 3
Saturday 18th October 2014 – York 0 Shrewsbury 1
Friday 7th November 2014 – Bolton 3 Wigan 1
 
Assistant Referee; Jason Tyas
From – West Yorkshire
Last 3 League One games.
Tuesday 21st October 2014 – Luton 3 Dagenham & Redbridge 1
Saturday 25th October 2014 – Stevenage 1 Burton 0
Saturday 1st November 2014 – Cheltenham 0 York 1
 
Fourth Official; Richard Wigglesworth
From – South Yorkshire
 
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Chris

Youth Team Report

The last week has proved to be a disappointing one for the young lads of the youth team, firstly they were knocked out of the FA Cup by Peterborough 2-0 with a lackluster performance, then just as they thought they could put that performance behind them with a quick return in the league last Saturday against Mansfield Town the game was called off.
 
FA Cup Report
Peterborough 2 - 0 Notts County
Peterborough ran out comfortable winners, in truth it could and should have been a lot worse save for the performance of the two central defenders Thomas Rigby & Keenan Layton who did their utmost to repel the near constant pressure and attacking threat shown by Peterborough with both drawing constant praise from the Premiership scouts in attendance.
Our midfield department was not at it's best but our lack of pace, mobility & tactical awareness in the holding role allowed Peterborough's midfield far too much room which caused our central defenders problems all game. It was testament to the strong performance of the central defence that Monty Parkes in goal didn't have too much to do, what he did have to do he did very well apart from their second goal where he was caught flat footed, he had no chance with the first goal as the Peterborough No 9 Jonathon Edwards calmly finished into the bottom corner.
Aside from a brief 15 minute spell at the start of the second half where our right back Jordon Richards hit the post with a well struck shot from 25 yards out, the entirety of the game was played out around our own 18 yard line.
Colby Bishop had no chance to affect the game as he was dropping deeper & deeper into midfield to try and get the ball, when we did get the ball up to him it was usually through a long clearance which gave him little chance to control the ball, when he did flick the ball on there was no-one there to get on the ball.
All in all it was a disappointing way to go out of the FA Cup.
Next up for the lads is a league game against Grimsby Town FC at the Eagle Valley Stadium, which is the usual 11am kick off.
The updated league table can be found here.
A copy of the team sheet for the FA Cup can be found here.
Northants Pie

Accrington Stanley 2 - 1 Notts County

Oh dear. After being on such a high for the majority of the season so far, the FA Cup has sent us right back down to earth. Accrington Stanley... who are they? Well, they're the League Two team that knocked us out of the competition at the first hurdle (well, the second attempt at the first hurdle).
After the goalless draw at Meadow Lane, it was going to be a somewhat tricky proposition travelling up to the Crown Ground on a cold Tuesday night, but there was always the feeling that County's superior class would shine through. Not so.
Granted, Shaun Derry's charges had a fairly good start when Michael Petrasso had a chance early on, which cleared the bar, and it wasn't long before Notts took the lead.
Garry Thompson did well to thread the ball to the feet of Ronan Murray while under pressure in the box, and the Irishman struck a good finish across goalkeeper Jack Rose.
Soon enough, the hosts countered through Andrew Proctor, who powered into the box but was put off by Taylor McKenzie, ensuring that the shot would bobble wide of the post.
Rob Atkinson and Shay McCartan added to the pressure when they also threatened Roy Carroll's goal, but on the flipside, Notts were denied a penalty when Thompson was caught by Rose, with the referee giving just a corner.
Just as it seemed like the Magpies were going to take a lead into the break, Luke Joyce crept into the box and powered a free header into the goal to give his side the equaliser.
And just four minutes after the restart, Stanley were in the lead when Marcus Carver floated a ball above Carroll and into the net from the edge of the area.
Substitute Jake Cassidy came close to pulling Notts back when his shot cannonned off the the bar, but despite the visitors trying to desperately claw a goal back, it wasn't to be, and as the referee's whistle signalled the end of the game, the Magpies were out of the FA Cup.
Joe Jones

Preview: Accrington Stanley vs. Notts County

Tuesday evening will see Notts County travel to Accrington Stanley in a bid to progress to the second round of the FA Cup.

Failure to beat John Coleman's charges at Meadow Lane on Sunday 9 November means that the Magpies have a replay on their hands, the original game finishing goalless.
For Stanley, loanees John O'Sullivan and Sean Maguire will not be eligible to play in the FA Cup first-round replay.
Blackburn Rovers midfielder O'Sullivan and West Ham United striker Maguire have not been granted permission to play in this competition, so Josh Windass and James Gray are in contention to feature at the Crown Ground.
Full-back Adam Buxton and midfielder Anthony Barry are both back in training for Stanley, but Tuesday's fixture may still be too soon for them.
Stanley have failed to score in either of their last two fixtures, with manager John Coleman suggesting he may need to make some changes in his line-up.
For Notts, goalkeeper Roy Carroll is set to play his third game in five days, after he lined up between the sticks for Northern Ireland in Romania on Friday night before his frankly legendary feat of heading back to England - on about three hours' sleep - to feature in Saturday's League One win at Coventry City.
Mustapha Dumbuya and Mike Petrasso are still away on international duty with Sierra Leone and Canada respectively, so they won't feature (let's not be too harsh on them, given Carroll's audacious precedent being set!).
Loan signing Stephen McLaughlin is again cup-tied, while Louis Laing, Jake Cassidy and Hayden Mullins are struggling with injuries.
The winners of the tie will be at home to Yeovil Town in round two.
Joe Jones

On The Table

Pride of Nottingham returns with it's 'On The Table' feature, each fortnight we will focus on how the League One table has changed, which teams have made the most movement and their results. We have witnessed some jumps, as we ourselves move up to 4th after defeating Coventry.

However, Bristol City firmly remained glued to the top of the division but other teams around have fallen and risen. Let's see how they compare to where they previously stood!
 
As mentioned Bristol City stand tall at the very top, with 17 games played they have 36 points yet they lost 1-0 away to Swindon Town on the 15th of November.
With Swindon's win to the League One leaders, Swindon have moved from 3rd to 2nd place, as Preston North End drop back inside the play-offs. Preston lost 2-1 at home to Bradford City, a Joe Garner equalizer was cancelled out a minute after Bradford's Mark Yeates scored in the 86' minute.
Notts County enjoyed a narrow 1-0 win over Coventry City to move up to 4th.
Sheffield United once again moved back within the play-offs, they jumped up from 8th to 5th after beating Doncaster Rovers 1-0 away from home.
MK Don's drop from 4th to 6th after their game against Scunthorpe United was postponed. Peterborough United remain 7th, they haven't moved despite drawing 0-0 to Walsall at the Bescot Stadium.
Rochdale also drop down by 3 places, they move from 5th to 8th after losing 1-0 away to Port Vale. Oldham remain 9th, they also haven't moved after drawing 1-1 to Crawley. Whilst Fleetwood Town have also remained at 10th despite defeating League One struggler’s Yeovil 1-0 away from home.
Barnsley enjoyed a 3-2 goal rush against Colchester at home, they also remain in the same position and stand respectfully at 11th.
Port Vale move up from 13th to 12th, whilst Bradford City also move up a single place from 14th to 13th. Chesterfield drop from 12th to 14th after drawing 0-0 away from home to Crewe Alexandra. Crawley remain at 15th, they drew to Oldham 0-0.
Walsall remain 16th, whilst Doncaster Rovers also remain 17th and Colchester United are also unmoved, they sit at 18th. Gillingham jumped from 22nd to 19th after defeating Leyton Orient 3-2 at home. Leyton Orient scored a penalty in the 48' minute, only to see a double strike by Leon Legge first on the 55' minute and then on the 74' minute. Chris Dagnal equalized for Orient around the 90' minute mark only to see his goal cancelled by Cody McDonald.
Coventry drop one place from 19th to 20th, just one place away from the relegation zone. Due to the defeat at the hands of Gillingham, Leyton Orient drop down from 20th to 21st.
Scunthorpe United also move a place down from 21st to 22nd however their game against Play-Off contenders MK Dons was postponed. Crewe who was glued to the bottom of the division for considerable amount of time have seen their form turn around, some big wins have seen them move from 24th to 23rd and on the 15th of November they drew at home to Chesterfield 0-0.
Yeovil who lived the dream of playing in the Championship last season, are pinned to the bottom of the League One table. Their 1-0 defeat to Fleetwood signals a change in fortune for the once former regular mid table side.
 
 
League One Table - Match Thread  
Chris

Carroll Plays Twice In 24 Hours

Yesterday Notts fans both across the world and at the Ricoh Arena where surprised to see the addition of Roy Carroll to the starting line up. He achieved the unexpected by making his way to the stadium in time to pass a fitness test and to report to the management team.

He had featured in Northern Ireland's 2-0 defeat to the hands Romania on the 14th,, however not put off or wanting time to relax. Roy proceeded to make his way to Coventry in time to be selected.
The 37 year old, managed to get all the way to Coventry in time to replace Fabian Spiess who was expected to start.
 
Roy Carroll the replacement for Bartosz Bialkowski, caught a flight from Romania to London's Heathrow Airport at 7am. The veteran keeper than collected his car, drove up the motorway to the Ricoh Arena and reported to the Notts County coaches and manager Shaun Derry declaring himself fit to play.
Notts chairman Ray Trew praised the dedication of Roy Carroll by saying, “Shaun Derry spoke of his desire to get the right sorts of player in this season and I think what Roy has done for this club today shows exactly what the Manager meant.”
Ray told the official site “These guys have put their bodies on the line and challenged for every ball in every match this season and we have reaped the rewards, so whilst I would like to praise every player who took to the field this afternoon, I have to reserve special praise for Roy because I know what it meant to me, but more so I know what it meant to our supporters and he has my heartfelt thanks for what he has done”.
At 37, it's quite the achievement to feature internationally for any nation which speaks alone. However, to play two games in two days it says a lot about the desire and dedication to feature as part of the cause to the side he's quickly emerging as the “signing of the season”.
Notts secured victory over Coventry when Garry Thompson netted the winner and only goal in the 72' minute – Full Match Report Here.
Chris

Coventry City 0 - 1 Notts County

Today's game between Notts County and Coventry City is bound to go down in Magpie history. Not so much for the result, a solid 1-0 win to the visitors achieved thanks to a Garry Thompson goal in the second half, but for the actions of one of the team members.

Roy Carroll played for Northern Ireland in a Euro 2016 qualifier against Romania in Bucharest, keeping the score down as his nation was defeated 2-0 and getting the Man of the Match award.
 
Nobody would have expected Carroll to turn out for Notts today, given that he would have had to catch a flight from Romania back to the UK and make his way to Coventry in the space of about 15 hours.
However, this is just what he did - according to BBC Radio Nottingham's Colin Slater, Carroll caught a flight from the Romanian capital to London Heathrow airport at 7am local time (Romania's two hours ahead).
The veteran stopper is then said to have collected his car and driven up the motorway to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, before reporting to Magpies manager Shaun Derry and declaring that he was fit to play.
 
The Sky Blues surely would have been shocked at the team announcement, which shows commitment and determination of the absolute highest level - not to mention the boost it would have handed Notts and the travelling fans.
That said, the first effort of the game fell to the home side, Adam Barton slicing a low shot wide in the second minute.
The game proved scrappy in the opening stages, but come the quarter-hour mark, the action started coming, with Haydn Hollis forcing a good block and Stephen McLaughlin seeing his deflected shot saved.
The best chance of the first half fell to Notts when Mike Edwards’s header was cleared off the line by Aaron Phillips in the 29th minute.
Carroll was feared injured when Phillips clattered into him towards the end of the half, the stopper struggling to walk off the field after the whistle went, but he was good to go into the second half.
The Northern Ireland man had to be alert to punch away a James O'Brien corner, while moments later, Jack Finch blasted a long-range effort that flew just over.
Coventry seemed to grow into the game and continued to threaten, but the deadlock was to be broken by the visitors, Thompson racing through on goal in the 72nd minute before chipping a ball over goalkeeper Ryan Allsop and into the net.
With two minutes left of the game, the Sky Blues felt they should have had a penalty when Hollis looked to have fouled Gary Madine, but referee Michael Bull waved away the appeals.
Ultimately, the final whistle blew to confirm an excellent away victory - buoyed by the Notts performance and Carroll's titanic effort to get back in time to play for his club - which sees the Magpies climb to fourth in the table.
Joe Jones

Stat Attack: Coventry City vs. Notts County

There haven’t been many fixtures between Notts County and Coventry City, in all fairness: just 36 in the last 94 years. The first took place on the 6th November 1920, the Meadow Lane match ending in a 1-1 draw.

There have plenty of high-scoring games between the two, with several 5-1s, 3-0s and 4-2s over the years.
 
Notts County have the upper hand in the head-to-heads – 18 victories over the Sky Blues, 11 defeats and 7 draws.
Our last fixture was on the 8th Feb 2014, which ended in a resounding 3-0 league win for the Magpies.
In 2001, Coventry were relegated from the Premier League after 34 years in the first tier. At the time, only Liverpool, Everton and Arsenal could boast longer tenures in the top flight.
In 2012, Coventry were relegated to the third tier in English Football for the first time in 48 years.
 
Coventry’s new stadium, the 32,609-capacity Ricoh Arena, was opened in August 2005, but following a rent dispute with the ground's owners the club opted to play their home games at Northampton Town's Sixfields Stadium starting in the 2013–14 season, a move which didn’t prove popular with Sky Blues fans.
 
On 21 August 2014, it was announced an agreement had been reached allowing the club to return to the Ricoh Arena for the next two years with the option of another two years.
The club’s proudest moment was undoubtedly the 1987 FA Cup final at Wembley, which was won by the Sky Blues after an enthralling 3-2 win after two hours of football.
Following Tottenham Hotspur player Gary Mabbutt’s own goal in extra time, which set Coventry on the way to their win, a fanzine was created called GMK – Gary Mabbutt’s Knee!
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Coventry defender Aaron Martin is available after being cup-tied for the midweek win over Plymouth Argyle.
Skipper Reda Johnson could be included after playing in Benin's 6-1 loss to Morocco on Thursday, but will not be back in England until Friday night.
Notts are without captain Hayden Mullins, who hurt his calf in his comeback against Accrington Stanley last week.
Goalkeeper Roy Carroll, defender Mustapha Dumbuya and winger Michael Petrasso are all on international duty.
Joe Jones

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