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Joe Jones
Kevin Nolan has revealed that Richard Duffy has chosen to have a clause removed from his Notts County contract which would have trigged an extension in order to continue being picked for the Magpies.
The Notts boss claimed that Alan Hardy, having taken over the club a month ago, was not happy with the clause, given the club's risky situation near the bottom of League Two, but they would review his deal "as soon as we're safe".
Nolan told the Nottingham Post: "When I first came in he had to make one more appearance and he would've got a new contract.
"But the chairman wasn't happy with that, so we spoke to Duffer and said 'if you take the clause out you can be available to play'.
"He said 'take it out, I don't care, I want to play for this club' – and fair play to him, hats off to him, the man has been absolutely fantastic since I've walked through the door.
"The fans should know what he's done because he wants to play here, he wants to do the business here.
"I've seen a lot of players down the years when they've got it, going 'no I'll just sit here and take my money'.
"But that's not Richard Duffy, he wants to be involved, he wants to help the cause.
"And he knows if he keeps performing the way he is there's going to be people wanting to sign him at the end of the season, and hopefully it's going to be us who gets him.
"I've said to him, 'as soon as we're safe, we'll talk'.
"Hopefully we will get safe as soon as possible and then we can start talking contracts with lads who we want to keep.
"Listen, that's way down the line. All I want to do is put it out there what that lad's done, and how much he's here for the cause.
"When you've got people like him in your dressing room you've always got a good chance."
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DangerousSausage
This season came off the back of a truly calamitous campaign in 1996-97 that saw Notts County embark on a record 20-match winless run and suffer relegation to the basement division for the first time since the 1960s. The manager was Sam Allardyce, who had inherited Colin Murphy's rudderless team part-way through that awful run.
Allardyce made only modest changes to the previous season's squad in the summer. Dennis Pearce and Mark Robson arrived from Wolves and Charlton respectively, with the outgoings including Paul Rogers and Tony Agana.
The season began with back-to-back wins over Rochdale and Hull before a controversial defeat at home to Lincoln in which Devon White took an early bath. This was followed by draws against Cardiff and Hartlepool as the Magpies started to look in danger of losing their early momentum. However, their position at the top end of the table was cemented by four straight wins including a 1-0 win over Mansfield featuring a possibly offside Gary Martindale goal.
By this time Notts had a settled and confident team, something that eluded them in the previous campaign. Darren Ward held down the number one jersey, the talismanic and slightly caveman-like Gary Strodder was partnered at centre-half by Matt Redmile and Ian Richardson at different points of the season. Ian Baraclough, who in the previous season had played at left-back and had famously been voted the worst player in the club's history, was moved into midfield and did sufficiently well to attract the attention of QPR, who he joined in March. The Notts midfield also had its share of young talent in Steve Finnan and Shaun Derry, while Gary Jones partnered Sean Farrell up front. The team was captained by reliable right-back Ian Hendon, still probably the best taker of a penalty I have seen. While lacking the subtlety of the class of 2010, Allardyce's team offered just the right blend of guile and muscle to succeed in the fourth division.
Notts rose to the top of the table with a 5-2 home win over a farcically bad (and relegation-bound) Doncaster Rovers team in December. Not on the score sheet that day was Doncaster native Gary Jones, who by that point had only netted five times. However, Jones would go on to score 23 goals in our final 23 games!
The win over Doncaster was the second of what proved to be a club-record run of ten consecutive wins stretching from the beginning of December to the end of February. This record was clinched in a memorable 5-3 victory at Lincoln in which we raced into a 3-0 half-time lead. Early in the second half keeper Darren Ward missed the ball when attempting a clearance, leaving the Lincoln player with a tap-in, and 15 minutes later the hosts were level. However, Notts were determined. Seconds after the restart Jones charged down a clearance by the Imps' keeper and eventually a ninth straight win was secured in front of well over 2000 travelling fans. The tenth win was secured at Field Mill, with hundreds of Notts fans locked out.
By the time the run ended, Notts were clear at the top of the division by a big margin and promotion was just a matter of time. Promotion and the title were clinched in a tight 1-0 win over Leyton Orient on 28 March, with six matches to spare. This made us the first team ever to win a championship before the end of March. The curtain came down on the season with a 5-2 home win against Rotherham in front of over 12,000 spectators, as well as the obligatory pitch invasion and an “interesting” rendition of "We Are The Champions" by Allardyce.
The record-breaking team was broken up soon afterwards. We went into the following season with a raft of new signings to replace the likes of Phil Robinson, Shaun Derry and Ian Baraclough. And although both remained at the club, the Jones-Farrell partnership was also not to last. Sean Farrell suffered a long-term injury early in the following season, and Gary Jones never recaptured his form and eventually left the club for Hartlepool. By the end of 98-99, only five of the first 11 had featured in the championship-winning campaign. However, the 97-98 season remains a masterclass in turning a failing team around.
Disappearing from view (sorry WSC)
Devon White
Following a stint at Lincoln City in the mid-80s, the physical, Nottingham-born striker drifted back into non-league until Gerry Francis took him to Bristol Rovers, where he scored 53 goals in 202 appearances. Francis then took him with him to QPR in 1993, where he scored nine goals in 26 Premier League appearances before joining Notts for the first time in 1994. White had rejoined Notts from Watford in early 1997 but left again in September after losing his first-team place. After a subsequent spell at Shrewsbury, he returned to non-league football and is now an electrician.
Went on to greater things
Steve Finnan
Steve Finnan originally arrived as a young loanee from Birmingham City in the 1995-96 season and became a fixture in the team that reached the play-off final in what is now League One. He joined permanently the following season and was a key supplier of goals from the right wing in 97-98. Kevin Keegan then signed him for Fulham for £600,000 in November 1998. In the 2000s Finnan mainly played in the right-back position and became part of the Premier League furniture for Fulham and subsequently Liverpool, where he became a Champions League winner.
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Joe Jones
Mark Yeates has claimed that the next two games for Notts County - both at home - will have a huge bearing on whether the club will survive in League Two or not.
The Magpies welcome Cheltenham Town to Meadow Lane at the weekend before hosting Exeter City on Tuesday evening.
With Kevin Nolan's side just a point above the bottom two and basement side Newport County having a game in hand which, if won right now, would put them above Notts, Yeates wants his new club to keep up the good work at home.
The former Leyton Orient manager has enjoyed an unbeaten start at Meadow Lane since taking over as Magpies boss, having drawn against Mansfield and beating Crawley.
"It goes right down to the wire with these things," Yeates told the Nottingham Post.
"We are hoping to get a good run of results and put a bit of breathing space between us and other clubs.
"It's only February and you don't want to be putting negatives or positives on anything at the moment.
"It has to be one game at a time. I know it sounds like a cliché but it has to be like that.
"But we've got two home games coming up which I think are going to be massive. If teams are going to win leagues or stay up, then they have to have a good home record."
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Joe Jones
Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Aaron Collins has spoken fondly of his loan spell at Notts County, praising the club's staff, players and fans.
The 19-year-old made 22 appearances for the Magpies - 18 from the bench - scoring three goals in all competitions, including a strike in the FA Cup against Boreham Wood.
“I was able to settle into things really quickly,” Collins told the Wolves website.
“I signed on a Thursday for Notts County, then on the Friday I trained with the team for the first time and on the Saturday I made my league debut for them and I scored.
“I managed to start off really well and that is because I think I settled in there really easily.
“I haven’t got a bad thing to say about the club, they were fantastic with me. The staff were very welcoming and the players were all really nice to me throughout my time with them.
“Like I said, I started off really well and from there I just wanted to enjoy myself and enjoy the football that I was playing.
“I didn’t perhaps play as much as I would have liked to but that was because they had two really good strikers who were already at the club and it was hard to get into the team.
“However, I scored three goals - all on my left foot - and it was a good experience to have and it was nice to score some goals in the league.
“It was a really good way to start things off at the club and I was just happy that I could give the fans something to cheer about because I wanted to make a good early impression and I felt I managed to do that.
“I felt like all the way through my time with County that the fans were great with me and it was nice to feel welcomed immediately because sometimes that isn’t always the case.
“If you don’t get off to a good start then sometimes things can turn sour but luckily that didn’t happen for me.
“The fans were always interacting with me saying I should be playing more games and when you see fans calling for that it gives you that little confidence boost and it makes you want to try harder for them because that is what they want.
“When I got my chances to play, I tried to give them something to cheer about and I just want to say thank you to them all for making me feel so welcome during my time with the club.”
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Joe Jones
Notts County boss Kevin Nolan has claimed that shouting at players in the dressing room does not work, as his charges "know what is expected of them".
The Magpies hover just above the League Two relegation zone following their 2-0 loss at Accrington Stanley.
Notts currently have the worst goal difference in the league and have suffered 17 defeats out of 29 games, but Nolan insists - speaking from experience - that a more constructive approach works better.
"I know I am a shouter and bawler on the side, but in the dressing room I don't because I want the message to get across," he told the Nottingham Post.
"I remember when I was a player you sort of switch off when somebody is having a go and becoming confrontational.
"If you talk to the players how you would if you had won then I think it sinks in more.
"The majority of the time I just say how disappointed I am, what I was disappointed with and why. They will get all the information back once I have shown them the video.
"But it's important that we don't get too high when we win, and too low when we lose.
"We have to keep a happy medium. That is what I am here to do as are Tommo (Richard Thomas) and Norm (Mark Crossley).
"But the players know what is expected of them and come the end of the season I am sure we will be happy."
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Joe Jones
Shola Ameobi has pledged to use his experience to help Notts County stave off relegation after describing joining the club as a "huge honour".
The 35-year-old penned a contract until the end of the season before the 2-0 defeat at Accrington Stanley, in which he came on as a substitute.
He believes that having played at Newcastle United alongside Magpies boss Kevin Nolan and player-coach Alan Smith, the three can be a catalyst for an unturn in form.
"I know the manager and Alan Smith very well from our days at Newcastle," Ameobi is quoted by the Shields Gazette as saying. "So it has been great to join up with them again.
"I feel I can use my experience to help the club on and off the pitch and the manager will value that.
"It's all about playing - that's all that matters. Regardless of who you play, you still get the same buzz and the adrenaline still pumps. I'm really excited to get back playing again.
"It's a huge honour for me to join a club like this, one of the founder members of the Football League."
Manager Nolan is also delighted to have the considerable experience of Ameobi on board.
And he revealed the frontman was training with the Newcastle Under-23 side in order to remain fit, with a view to a return to football.
Nolan said: "Shola is a great lad and he has kept himself in great shape by training with Newcastle's Under 23 side for the last six months. I'm delighted we have been able to get the deal done."
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TheSkipper
Michael O’Connor for me was the standout signing at the start of the season. As a player, he looked to have all the right qualities that Notts would require.
However, for the most part of this 2016/17 season, he has been nothing short of average.
I believe the recruitment at the club at the time had identified a player very much capable of being a fan favourite.
Whilst the decision to name O’Connor as the captain did seem to be a good call, I would say that in hindsight it has lumbered the Northern Irish midfielder with additional pressure.
He’s not an experienced head within the Notts camp, where too many players have largely gone missing.
It may have been wiser to name Jon Stead the captain, yet to say this season we aimed to sign “leaders” on the pitch, Notts really don’t have many other suitable candidates.
The captain [or Skipper as I prefer] must have the ability to drive other players forward, they’re the inspiration in the starting 11, the player that others look up to and demonstrates a never dying attitude.
There’s been no better leader during my time of supporting Notts than Neal Bishop, even when Notts looked out of games, Bish would lead the squad to the best of his ability.
As a footballer, he introduced the hard-working ethic that won over many fans.
His ability as a player may have been limited, yet he had many other defining qualities that made him the perfect candidate, none more so than the sheer desire to give 100 percent.
He picked others up, offered the type of personal pride that goes along way and that respect of the Notts shirt is a rare asset.
O’Connor could very well redefine himself under Kevin Nolan - his performance against Crawley Town was one of his better appearances.
I would like to see him communicating with his teammates more, ensuring that we attacked games and actually moved forward when possible.
His encouragement to anyone who may be struggling may offer the togetherness that the 2016/17 squad lacks.
You have to lead by example, something I do not feel O’Connor has been doing. Yet I wouldn’t question his dedication, more his performance and attitude to work on improving on the field.
Hopefully as I have mentioned we will see a different player under Nolan, there is no denying what skills and assets he can bring, the question is will he?
I think he may be one of the players who will largely improve next season, provided he stays around long enough.
If he focuses more on preparing for games rather than what he is doing on social media, gives 100 percent and tries to impress in the right way.
He can help to keep Notts in this division, and I am interest in seeing him alongside Nolan. If they, as a pair can offer a partnership that benefits the strikers and defenders, we may turn the season around without the help of signings made on deadline day.
Yet Mark Yeates, Jorge Grant and Marc Bola all seem excellent captures, so really it’s a suitable time for Notts to find its leader on the pitch.
Whilst I don’t think Michael may be anywhere near our worst player, I wouldn’t name him as someone who isn’t replaceable and as a captain I really do feel this shouldn’t be the case.
Notts have some key games to play in the coming weeks, like Cheltenham Town and later Leyton Orient.
These are all must win games and the inspired O’Connor that took the field against Crawley Town, helping to seal the second home victory of the season, would be like having a new signing within its own right.
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Joe Jones
Kevin Nolan has stressed to his Notts County players that every game from now until the end of the season is crucial if they are to survive the drop.
The Magpies slipped to one point behind League Two's bottom two after losing 2-0 at Accrington Stanley.
Nolan plans to debrief his charges by showing them the video of the game at the Wham Stadium before telling them to put it behind them and focus on Cheltenham Town.
The manager told the Nottingham Post: "Every game from now until the end of the season is a big game and it doesn't matter who you are playing. We have to make sure we are up for it.
"We can't put in inept performances against anyone and then think it's okay because we have another game the following week. It's not like that.
"When you are in this situation, every game counts no matter whether you are playing teams at the top of the league or the bottom.
"The Cheltenham game is no more important than any other. Yes, they are around us but for me it's 11 men versus 11. We've just got to be sure to be better than them next week."
Notts have lowered the home ticket prices for the Cheltenham fixture next Saturday at Meadow Lane to £12.
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Joe Jones
One step forward, two steps back. Much like the goalless draw against Mansfield Town was followed up by the 2-0 defeat at Grimsby Town, so was the impressive 2-1 win over Crawley Town followed up by an insipid 2-0 defeat at Accrington Stanley, a club whose name is usually followed up with "who are they" said in a Scouse accent.
Who are they? Oh, just a team that Notts haven't beaten in the league in seven years. A team whose recent record over Notts reads two draws and four wins. A team that the Magpies should be embarrassed to share a pitch with in a league fixture, never mind slip to defeat (the same goes for Morecambe, the very definition of lower-league minnows, yet their recent record over us is damning).
Today, Accrington mustered six shots on target. Notts managed just one. The first goal came from a set piece and a cross swung into the box by Sean McConville and nodded home by Harvey Rodgers, a straightforward passage of play that any self-respecting defence should be swatting away without too much difficulty.
And then came the second goal, which was downright laughable were it not conceded by the team we support - Jonny Edwards was up against two Notts defenders chasing a ball over the top, he beat one for pace, and in the process the tumbling player took out his teammate as if they were skittles - leaving Edwards all the time and space a footballer could ever wish for to charge towards goal.
Adam Collin did well to keep his initial shot out, but the incoming Noor Husin was on hand to rifle home on the rebound completely unmarked. I reckon I could have done a better job of defending that had I been playing with a hangover.
As it stands, Notts are 22nd in the table, one point above Leyton Orient and two above bottom side Newport County. But - and this is the crucial bit - the two sides in the relegation zone have a game in hand. If, at this moment in time, that one game in hand was a win, Notts would be bottom of the league. Of the entire English Football League.
Notts have 17 games left to save their season. Each game is a cup final now, because relegation for the Magpies would be disastrous and humiliating beyond belief. Kevin Nolan, Notts players, over to you.
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Joe Jones
Notts County have played the current incarnation of Accrington Stanley 14 times in their history.
The first fixtures against the "new Stanley" were in August and December 1958, when both sides played in Division Three.
The Magpies drew 1-1 in the first match, before losing 3-0 in the second.
A hiatus of 48 years followed before the teams met again in the fourth tier, now League Two, on 9 September 2006. The result was a 3-2 win to Notts.
The last fixture was earlier this season on September 10, and Stanley won 2-0 at Meadow Lane.
The original town's team, Accrington, were amongst the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888, before resigning from the league after just five years.
A team called Stanley Villa already existed at the time, named as such because they were based at the Stanley Arms on Stanley Street in Accrington.
With the demise of Accrington, Stanley Villa took the town name to become Accrington Stanley.
The club re-formed after World War I and entered the League in 1921 with the formation of the old Third Division North, along with the other top northern non-League clubs.
This original incarnation was dissolved in 1966, before re-emerging two years later. In 2005–06, Stanley won the Football Conference and were promoted to League Two.
Ironically, Oxford United, the team they switched places with, was the team that had been elected to replace the former Accrington Stanley as members of the Football League in 1962 when they were struggling with debt.
Accrington Stanley is perhaps most well known for being mentioned pejoratively by two Liverpudlian kids in a late 1980s advert by the Milk Marketing Board.
Famous people from Accrington include Vicky Entwhistle and Julie Hesmondhalgh from Coronation Street, Yes singer Jon Anderson, cricketer Mike Atherton, Diana Vickers from The X Factor, and Mystic Meg.
Team news
Accrington are still missing Matty Pearson and Scott Brown through suspension ahead of the visit of Notts on Saturday.
Defender Pearson is in the middle of a three-match ban following his sending-off in the 1-1 draw against Carlisle United.
Midfielder Brown must sit out the League Two match and one more fixture as he completes his four-match ban.
Stanley boss John Coleman can field the squad which lost narrowly in the FA Cup at Middlesbrough last week, however.
Notts could name a much-changed team from that which last week defeated Crawley Town 2-1 after being busy in the transfer market.
Kevin Nolan has registered to play for them, therefore becoming player-manager and coming into contention.
On Tuesday they also recruited Tahvon Campbell, Marc Bola, Jorge Grant and Josh Clackstone, while Mark Yeates signed earlier on in the window.
Curtis Thompson, however, is suspended after being sent off last Saturday.
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Joe Jones
New Notts County player Mark Yeates has admitted that Alan Sheehan played a big part in convincing him of the club's stature, prestige and setup.
The former Blackpool winger was one of six players recruited by Kevin Nolan and Alan Hardy ahead of the January transfer window's closure.
Yeates told the Nottingham Post: "Sheez and I go back a long way. I went on loan to Leicester from Tottenham as a young lad and he was coming through the youth team there.
"We've known each other since we were kids and, funnily enough, our fathers played together in the League of Ireland.
"Our families know each other well and I think he tells everybody he is a legend in Nottingham so that's no secret for anyone.
"I know he scored a penalty here to help keep them up. Shaun Derry and Keith Curle speak highly of him.
"He is a big character, somebody you would call a man because he is not afraid to say what he feels.
"He's a good mate of mine and I think if he could, he would definitely come back at some point.
"He was close to coming back before and he tried to get me down here with him when Shaun was in charge.
"But I know a lot of players who have been here, like Jamal Campbell-Ryce, Andre Boucard and Gary Liddle.
"There is a long list of lads who have played here and never had a bad word to say about it.
"If anything they speak massively of it. But I know how big the club is from the outside looking in.
"It was always a club that, in the back of my mind, I could always see playing for. Luckily enough it has happened."
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Joe Jones
Notts County boss Kevin Nolan has admitted that he did not want to continue working with Stanley Aborah at the club, due to "the way he carries himself".
The Belgian, who signed for the Magpies in the summer of 2015, left Meadow Lane by mutual consent on transfer deadline day and is expected to rejoin Ricardo Moniz at Dutch club FC Eindhoven.
Aborah's time at Notts following Moniz's departure has been punctuated by spells in and out of the team as numerous managers opted not to make him a first-team fixture.
Nolan told the Nottingham Post: "Stanley has been here for a long time. If you look at his record, he hasn't had a great deal of games before I came in. He has fluttered about a lot of clubs in a lot of years.
"If I am being honest, I thought his training and the way he carries himself didn't suit me as a man. For me it was better that Stan and I parted ways.
"He's a lovely fella, but there were numerous opportunities when I asked a bit more from him and I just feel he didn't take it on board. It wasn't someone I wanted to continue to work with.
"I have to be honest because it's the best policy. As a player I wanted it (honesty), because if you are not highly thought of or wanted, then I wanted somebody to tell me to my face rather than behind my back."
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Chris
I wouldn’t really say that I was surprised to learn about the departure of Stanley Aborah.
That said, I did value what he offered and although some believe that he was difficult to manage, I’m not quite sure I would agree. Who knows for sure?
However, from his opening debut after trialling with Notts, Aborah shown that he had some spark about him.
In games where the Magpies desperately lacked that certain quality, Aborah was there to provide it and until Jamie Fullarton came around, it was really hard to see our midfield without his presence.
There’s no doubt that a player of his quality would be asking for game time, yet it did come as a shock when we all learned why he wasn’t playing.
Whilst the local media speculated it was due to his poor defensive attributes, something else I would largely debate wasn’t fair (who exactly did defend well?) as the entire team was largely poor and for this reason I always felt he stood out unfairly because he tried.
Yet it emerged back at the start of March 2016, that the then 28-year-old Belgian midfielder had ‘asked to leave Notts because he felt he wouldn’t play’, this was after being frozen out of the squad.
The Belgian said: “To me it's not a difficult situation. He came in. I was dropped. Therefore I asked him if he wanted me to leave. I said I don't have to leave but if I could find a club it's fine by him.”
He also accused the then manager Jamie Fullarton of lying about his reasons not to include him in the starting 11.
“The question gets asked to him after a game he doesn’t say this. First he said he makes informed decisions or something like that. Then he said I’m not available. That wasn’t true. He said I was ill, for the York game.”
I genuinely believe that the majority of Notts fans assumed this would be the end his time at the club, yet he would still go on to feature for the Magpies.
This time around he hasn’t featured in the squad as a starter since the FA Cup clash against Boreham Wood, which we won 2-0, but  he did come on in the 2-0 away defeat against Grimsby Town in the 83rd minute.
I hadn’t realised this, so it does make sense that we would allow him to depart – it also eases the disappointment because it’s hard to say he would feature under Kevin Nolan.
It’s debatable if things may have been different if we had included Aborah, I guess it's beside the point now but watching him play was generally exciting.
His departure makes me curious as to why other players haven’t been released? Yet that might be explained by if he had requested to be released.
Will Genaro Snijders be next? Can anyone actually say when it was he last appeared in the squad? This is something else I don’t actually recall.
Perhaps he will get his chance finally under Nolan unlike Aborah? Notts do require pace on the wing and he does offer that.
If we can inject forward movement into the squad, perhaps the wing would see more time to pinpoint the perfect pass? As it would seem the recent arrivals offer the lack of pace the squad has been missing.
The departure of Aborah may not be best news for some fans, considering the restraints of the fair play rules – I would imagine the decision on who to allow him to leave would be difficult.
I, and all of us at PON, want to wish him all the best with his career.
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Joe Jones
Notts County have secured the signing of Arsenal left-back Marc Bola on loan until the end of the season.
The 19-year-old signed his first professional contract at the Emirates Stadium last April after featuring regularly for their Under-21s.
Bola, who will wear number 16 at Meadow Lane, told the official Notts site: "It's a pleasure after seeing (manager Kevin Nolan) at West Ham scoring goals.
"He believes in young players and he's experienced.
"Notts County is a massive club and I'm just buzzing to get playing."
Nolan added: "Marc has tremendous potential and his physicality makes him a good fit for this league.
"He will be keen to show what he can do at first-team level and we are delighted to have him here."
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Joe Jones
Notts County have signed West Bromwich Albion attacker Tahvon Campbell on loan until the end of the season.
The 20-year-old came through the ranks at the Hawthorns and became a senior player in 2015.
He is yet to make a first-team appearance for the Baggies but has spent time on loan at Kidderminster Harriers and Yeovil Town.
Magpies manager Kevin Nolan told the official site: "Tahvon comes to us highly recommended.
"He will bring pace and power to our attack, either from wide positions or up front."
He is the second player to join Notts this month after the lifting of the transfer embargo, and the third to register as a player after Nolan made himself available to the squad.
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