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York City: Scouting Report

By Chris, in News,

Jamie Fullarton will be hoping his Notts squad can achieve their third successive away with since he took charge. The Magpies' confidence has increased on the road since the departure of Ricardo Moniz with fans in attendance and in spirit will hope this continues for as long as possible.

York City will be hoping their home form prevails against County, with them last claiming victory against Stevenage back on the turn of last month.

They have won one of their last six games, having drawn two and losing three - The Minstermen are 16 points below Notts who are currently bottom of the League Two table.

Run-down of their last six games.

Monday 28th December – Mansfield Town 1 York City 1
Saturday 2nd January – Yeovil Town 1 York City 0
Saturday 16th January – York City 0 Newport County 1
Saturday 23rd January – Carlisle United 1 York City 1
Saturday 30th January – York City 2 Stevenage 1
Saturday 6th February – Northampton Town 2 York City 0

The Players – Fact Sheet

Highest Goal Scorers; Vadaine Oliver 8, Michael Coulson 5, James Berrett 4 and Luke Summerfield 4.

Persistent Foulers; Vadaine Oliver 7 yellow cards and 1 red card, Dave Winfield 7 yellow cards, James Berrett 7 yellow cards and Marvin McCoy 4 yellow cards.

The Key Players.

Scott Flinders on his day can be a very decent keeper, especially if protected by his defence.

If I singled out three players who seem to be key to the Minstermen's team - they would be Michael Coulson, Vadaine Olver and Russell Penn.

Whilst Kenny McEvoy deserves an honourable mention.

Style of Play, Strengths, and Weaknesses.

From all the highlights I have seen, York City haven't really shown much direction with their play. They seem to struggle to get hold of the ball, which seems to create scrappy play - whilst at times they can pass it around nicely, as you can imagine this isn't the case often and their fans do seem to encourage better play at home.

They play as a unit, keeping passes as simple as possible.

When they do play well, their attacks are certainly from the heart and with the ability to get forward they can appear to be lethal - however, prone to making poor decisions on goal, often leaves their breaks unrewarded.

Weaknesses within their defences highlights that they do not look up to much against good sides, with those that play attacking minded football. They tend to back of their opposition, leaving space and their marking seems to be missing - as does their positioning.

Ball from corners and blistering shots seems to make Scott Flinders and his defence struggle.
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Chris
Tomorrow Notts will play The Minstermen at the Bootham Crescent Stadium, whilst the home side York City will hope to have the advantage from their form found playing in front their own spectators. However, York are currently glued to the footer of the table at 24th, with tomorrows game presenting them a chance to secure points to push closer to safety.

York City have only won once within their last six league fixtures, having drawn two and lost the other fixtures.

The Match Officials for the game will be referee Mark Haywood, assistants Nick Greenhalgh and Jason Whiteley, and fourth official Helen Byrne.

Referee: Mark Haywood
From: West Yorkshire

His matches involving Notts County within the last four seasons;

League One – Saturday 18th January 2014 – Stevenage 0-1 Notts County
JPT – Tuesday 2nd September 2014 – Notts County 2-0 Mansfield Town

Run down of his last three games:

League One – Saturday 2nd January 2016 – Crewe Alexandra 0-5 Coventry City (no cards)
League One – Saturday 16th January 2016 – Bury 2-3 Walsall (2 yellow cards, no reds)
League Two – Saturday 30th January 2016 – Accrington Stanley 1-Bristol Rovers (no cards)

In his last three games 2 yellow cards have been issued and not a single red card.

So far this season in total of twenty-two games, he has shown fifty-four yellow cards and five red cards - 2.4 yellow cards per game.

Assistant Referee: Nick Greenhalgh
From: Lancashire

Last three games:

League One – Saturday 19th December 2015 – Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Fleetwood Town
Championship – Wednesday 13th January 2016 – Hull City 2-0 Cardiff City
Championship – Saturday 16th January 2016 – Rotherham United 0-3 QPR

Assistant Referee: Jason Whiteley
From: West Yorkshire

Last three games:

National League – Saturday 28th November 2015 – Gateshead 1-0 Chester
National League – Tuesday 26th January 2016 – Altrincham 3-1 Working
National League – Saturday 30th January 2016 – Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Torquay United

Fourth Official: Helen Byrne
From: Liverpool
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super_ram
There are quite a few stand out games this coming week. From Saturdays fixtures I've chosen three from the top end of League Two – Leyton Orient at home to Northampton, Plymouth against Mansfield and Portsmouth versus Bristol Rovers.

Then on Tuesday Oxford United host Northampton.

I've also picked out three games on Saturday featuring teams playing catch up – Accrington, Carlisle and Hartlepool have all played only 26 games. They also play on Tuesday.

Notts have only played 27 games and still have an outside chance of making the playoffs so I've made both their Saturday and Tuesday fixtures my key games.

*Important Game ** Key Game

Saturday 6th February 2016

*Newport v Carlisle – Kick Off 1:00pm – Score Prediction (1-2)
*Accrington v Crawley – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)
Wimbledon v Luton – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-1)
Dagenham & Redbridge v Barnet – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-0)
*Hartlepool v Yeovi l– Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-0)
*Leyton Orient v Northampton – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-1)
Morecambe v Oxford United – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-3)
*Plymouth v Mansfield – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)
*Portsmouth v Bristol Rovers – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-2)
Stevenage v Cambridge – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (0-2)
Wycombe v Exeter – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)
**York v Notts County – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (0-2)

Leyton Orient are at 7th and on 46 points, will be hoping to recover from their last game when they lost 0-1 at home to fellow play off hopefuls Portsmouth. Their opponents on Saturday are runaway leaders Northampton who have 61 points.

Second placed Plymouth have 56 points and also lost their last league game at home 0-1 to Wycombe, entertain 4th placed Mansfield on 48 points who drew 2-2 midweek against 3rd placed Oxford.

Portsmouth are 8th and have 45 points, will want to return to winning ways as will their opponents Bristol Rovers who are 5th place on 47 points.

Newport are relatively safe at 20th with 27 points and they host 12th placed Carlisle playing only their 27th game and hoping to add to their 42 points.

Accrington are at 9th and on 45 points, could climb into the play off places if they beat 15th placed Crawley who have 37 points on Saturday.

Hartlepool in 22nd place will hope to see their games in hand lift them up the table starting against 21st placed Yeovil.

Tuesday 16th February 2016

*Accrington v Carlisle – Kick Off 7:45pm – Score Prediction (1-0)
**Hartlepool v Notts County – Kick Off 7:45pm – Score Prediction (0-1)
*Oxford United v Northampton – Kick Off 7:45pm – Score Prediction (1-2)
York v Exeter – Kick Off 7:45pm – Score Prediction (0-2)

Accrington against Carlisle on Tuesday depending on results could become a very important game.

Oxford 3rd and 1st placed Northampton play each other on Tuesday night.

My thoughts on Notts v York & Hartlepool

On Saturday Notts visit bottom club York who were beaten 1-0 at Meadow Lane back in September.

On Tuesday Notts are again away this time at lowly Hartlepool who Notts should have played last Saturday.

At the moment Notts are 10 points away from a playoff place but must make the games in hand count.

I hope I'm correct with my forecast and 2 wins sees Notts climb up the table.
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Joe Jones
On this day 22 years ago, Notts County fans were in dreamland as they vanquished local rivals Nottingham Forest 2-1 in a Division One match at Meadow Lane, a match remembered to this day as “Sir Charlie Palmer Day”.
A crowd of 18,655 were treated to a topsy-turvy clash where Gary McSwegan gave the Magpies a shock lead on the hour after previously being denied by the woodwork.
Dave Phillips then equalised for the Reds with five minutes left to play, but around 60 seconds later, a Mark Draper free kick curled perfectly into the path of Charlie Palmer, who powered home an emphatic header to clinch all three points.
Incredibly, it was his first goal for two seasons and his first league strike since 1990, making it extra sweet for him. He ran almost the length of pitch in celebration.
“I lost it at the point," recalled Palmer. "I just went wild with emotion."
Here is the goal in all its glory:
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Joe Jones
Notts County will play host to American football side Tampa Bay Rowdies, a team featuring former United States prodigy Freddy Adu, next month.
The North American Soccer League club, from Florida, are touring England as part of their pre-season preparations and will play both a Magpies XI and a Nottingham Forest XI.
They arrive in England on March 6 and will immediately travel to Nottingham to face Forest on Wednesday March 9 at the Nigel Doughty Academy, where they will also spend five days training.
Two days later, on Friday, March 11, they take on Notts – it is yet to be decided whether that will be at Meadow Lane or at the Reds' training ground. 
They will then head to St George's Park, in Burton-upon-Trent, from March 12-17 and will take on a Leicester City XI on March 16. 
The Rowdies squad includes Adu, who has 17 caps for the USMNT, Leyton Orient defender Tamika Mkandawire and ex-QPR goalkeeper Matt Pickens.
Joe Jones
Notts County boss Jamie Fullarton says he understands the pain Will Hayhurst is going through as he too has suffered knee ligament injuries.
The former Preston North End winger, 21, is undergoing rehabilitation for his own cruciate problem, and is not expected to be fit until the summer.
He has also not kicked a ball competitively for Notts since April 2015 and is out of contract at Meadow Lane at the end of the season.
Fullarton said: "I've spoken to Will and having suffered injuries myself, cruciate on both knees in particular, I can offer advice and guidance on the way forward for him from a football point of view.
"We have a fantastic setup here in terms of sports science and medicine which only reinforces the message they are saying.
"It's like when I tell my son to do something he doesn't listen or believe, but when he listens to the same thing from a teacher he listens to them. 
"So when you have a football-minded coach or manager who can relate to a player and his situation, it reinforces what he is being told. Will has to be patient, but he is working hard on a daily basis.
"It's tough mentally as opposed to recovering physically, but he is coping very well with that because John (Wilson) and Becci (Knight) are giving him coping strategies and helping him when it's tough. He is making good progress.
"We are patient, he's not. But you have to hold players back. We've got to make sure when he is back, he stays back. We don't want any other issues because we have a duty of care. 
"To be fair he is listening to those with his best interests at heart. I've been through it and I can sympathise with him. 
I did both of my cruciates. I understand the process and the anxiety that goes with it. All I am doing is reinforcing what the medical department is telling him."
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Notts County are not expected to offer Miles Addison a deal at Meadow Lane after he reportedly failed to show up for his trial.
According to local media, Addison was supposed to report to training last week alongside fellow trialist Jason Banton.
The former Derby County man, however, did not show up, and the reasons for the absence remain unclear.
Addison, who was recently let go by Peterborough United, has also been on trial at Southend United and Hamilton, but neither club has offered him a permanent deal.
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Notts County legend Les Bradd has described current club manager Jamie Fullarton as sharing ‘similarities’ with Jimmy Sirrel.
Bradd, Notts' all-time leading scorer with 136 goals, played for the Magpies for 11 years – nine under Sirrel, arguably the club’s finest ever manager.
He told BBC Radio Nottingham: "I have met Jamie twice and have had good conversations – and, dare I say it, there is a little similarity with Jimmy.
"They are both Scots and they both use this term about being effective. Jimmy taught all the players he had in the group what was required.
"You weren't on the pitch to play football; you were going out there to do a job and in each role you had a job to do. I think Jamie is preaching that from what I hear from one or two of the players.
"They know exactly what they have to do out there. They have a structure to play and, in that structure, they have a freedom to play. But we must start from not conceding goals."
Sirrel managed Notts from 1969-75, 1977-1982 and 1985-87 and guided the team to three promotions.
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Legendary Notts County management duo Jimmy Sirrel and Jack Wheeler have been awarded with the honour of having a Nottingham tram named after them.
The pair led the Magpies through the most successful periods in the club’s history, winning promotion to the First Division in 1981.
They join the likes of Colin Slater, Brian Clough, Torvill & Dean, and Carl Froch in having their names on a Nottingham tram.
“He would have been very honoured,” said Jimmy’s daughter Audrey at the Wilkinson Street tram depot unveiling.
David, his son, added: “He would have enjoyed the moment, and knowing him as we did, he would have been in charge of this whole meeting!
“He was the boss, when he walked in the room. And if you didn’t know who was the boss, you soon did.”
The naming follows an appeal to tram operator NET by former County player and manager Charlie McParland.
He said: “Jimmy was a legend. A legend off the pitch, a legend as a manager, he had a character in how he dealt with players. He was a one-off there will never be another Jimmy Sirrel.
Jack died in 2009 aged 89, a year after Jimmy’s death at the age of 86.
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Notts County trialist Jason Banton has received a glowing report from Nottingham Post reporter Leigh Curtis.
The 23-year-old winger, formerly of Crystal Palace, Plymouth Argyle and Wycombe Wanderers, left Adams Park last month by mutual consent.
He is not by any means an unknown quantity to Magpies boss Jamie Fullarton, who worked with Banton at Selhurst Park. 
He also shared a dressing room with Guy Branston at Home Park in 2013 – the Notts scout, then a defender at Argyle, said Banton had the ability to play in the Championship.
Curtis wrote: “It's clear there is an abundance of talent that has not reached anywhere near its potential. He's quick, he possesses a trick, he's strong and has the ability to go past people in the blink of an eye.
“Since Julian Jenner left – after what was a pretty uninspiring few months – Notts do not have any player like it in their squad.
“Graham Burke is more suited to a more central position, while Adam Campbell and Ronan Murray are forwards being played out wide. 
“Banton could certainly provide something that Notts don't have in that respect, although he seems to be the type of player who needs to be kept "on top" of. If you can and you get consistency, then Banton has enough quality to be one of the best wingers in the division.”
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Away Day Travel: York City

By Chris, in News,

Notts County hit the road once again this weekend as we prepare to travel to York City and their ground 'Bootham Crescent' (also once known as the KitKat Stadium). Jamie Fullarton's magpies' have yet to be defeated away from home since he took charge - which he will be hoping to make this 3 from 3. If you plan to go, make sure you plan ahead of time and also compared what we have listed below - this is provided with the latest known details as of 08/02/2016 at 3:21pm and may be subject to change.

If you are planning to travel via coach, we have listed all the current options known to us below.

Notts County have been allocated 300 tickets (uncovered terrace) and 100 for the popular 'U' section of their stand (covered - side of pitch), you can pay on the day also. For all information leading to up-to the away day, you will find within this article.

Match Tickets are priced at:

Main Away Stand:
£19 - Adults
£13 - Seniors (65 years and above)
£13 - Students
£13 - Under 16's
£0 - Under 5's

*must be purchased with an adult or senior ticket.

Supporters Club travel is as follows:

Coach leaves at: Saturday 9th January at 11:00am
Adults: £17
Under 16’s: £13
Under 11’s: One FREE with each paying adult.

To book your seat, please contact: 07946021408

Official travel is as follows:

Coach leaves at: Saturday 16th January at 11:00am
Adults: £20
Under 18’s: £10

For more information please visit the OS website - Here
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Chris
Hartlepool United manager Ronnie Moore has expressed his 'disappointment' that last weekends game at Meadow Lane had been postponed.
The pools have a backlog of fixtures due to postponements and will be one of the busiest teams within the Football League as they play catch up. Moore's side now have either three, four or five games in hand over other teams who sit at the bottom end of the division, with weather so far this season meaning Hartlepool United experience their fourth postponement to date.
"I came down early in the car with Sam Collins when I heard there might be a doubt, when I got on the pitch there was standing water in the goalmouths and centre-circle." More told the SportMail.
"The ref walks out, tries to bounce a ball, of course it gets stuck so he says 'there's no change'."
"I love coming to Notts County, it’s a great pitch, ground and atmosphere and was looking forward to the match so much. The disappointment for me was that more was not done to get the game played."
Meadow Lane was waterlogged on Saturday after heavy rain down-poured throughout Nottingham.
"Yes, there was water on the surface, but the ground was actually quite firm. For me, if the water had been pushed off like you see them do on the golf greens and then the pitch had been forked then you don’t know, do you? There might have been a chance." He said.
"The [Notts County] people said that the water drains into the river just outside the ground and the river’s right up. Results went the way of Pools on Saturday in the games which went ahead."
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super_ram
Notts County v Hartlepool was one of 5 League Two games postponed this weekend thanks to our lovely British weather.

Here are the League Two results for the weekend:

Saturday 6th February 2016

Bristol Rovers P–P Wimbledon
Cambridge 1–0 Dagenham & Redbridge
Carlisle 2–0 Accrington
Exeter P–P Oxford United
Mansfield 2–1 Morecambe
Newport P–P Barnet
Northampton 2–0 York
Notts County P–P Hartlepool
Portsmouth 0–1 Leyton Orient
Stevenage 0–1 Crawley
Wycombe 0–1 Luton
Yeovil P–P Plymouth

Today there were 4 home wins, 3 away wins, 0 draws and 5 postponements.

League Two Update

Northampton were the only team in the top four with a game this weekend. The Cobblers have 61 points from 28 games and are now 5 points clear of 2nd placed Plymouth who have played 29 games.

Oxford United remain in 3rd place and 10 points off the top with 51 points from 27 games.

Bristol Rovers also stay unchanged in 4th place with 47 points from 29 games.

Mansfield conceded in the first minute at home to Morecambe but recovered to win 2–1 and move up to 5th with 47 points from 30 games.

Leyton Orient move up to 6th with 46 points from 30 games after winning 0–1 away at Portsmouth who now drop 7th on 45 points from 28 games.

Accrington slip out of the play off places down to 8th after losing 2–0 away at Carlisle though they have 45 points, the same as Portsmouth but have only played 26 games.

Cambridge's 1–0 home win over Dagenham & Redbridge lifts them to 9th with 44 points from 30 games.

Wycombe lost at home 0–1 to Luton and drop to 10th with 43 points from 28 games.

Wimbledon didn't play and they drop to 11th with 42 points from 28 games.

Carlisle rise to 12th after beating Accrington also on 42 points but from only 26 games.

Exeter were another team not playing and fall to 13th with 40 points from 28 games.

Luton's 1–0 away victory at Wycombe sees them climb to 14th on 38 points from 30 games while Crawley's 1–0 away win at Stevenage lifts them to 15th with 37 points from 30 games.

Morecambe's loss to Mansfield lowers them to 16th after 30 games and with 36 points.

Notts County's inactivity sees them fall to 17th with the same 36 points as Morecambe but from only 27 games.

The bottom 7 places remain unchanged.

Barnet didn't play but stay 18th on 33 points from 28 games.

Stevenage's home loss to Crawley keeps them at 19th with 28 points from 30 games.

Newport's game was postponed and they are 20th with 27 points from 28 games.

Yeovil at 21st and Hartlepool at 22nd were also victim's of the weather and stay on 24 points. Yeovil have played 29 games but Hartlepool only 25.

Dagenham & Redbridge along with York suffered away defeats and remain 4 points adrift in the relegation places on 20 points and both having played 28 games.

The gap between 7th placed Portsmouth who are on 45 points and 17th placed Notts with 36 points is now back up to 9 points. Portsmouth have now played a game more than Notts.

Notts' cushion from the bottom end remains 16 points and with a game in hand.

Upcoming fixtures

League Two -Tuesday 9th February 2016

Dagenham & Redbridge v Wycombe
Hartlepool v Stevenage
Oxford United v Mansfield

Notts' have another 5 games to play this month with only one of them being at home. Next up is a visit to York City on Saturday 13th February 2016 with a 3:00pm kick off.

York have 20 points from 28 games and are rock bottom at 24th place.

Can Mr Fullarton make it a hat trick of away wins? It's still all to play for.
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Joe Jones
Notts County defender Haydn Hollis has called on his teammates to “emerge from the pack” and mount a late surge towards the League Two playoffs.
The Magpies have three games in hand on some teams above them in the table, with the gap to the top seven being nine points after the weekend's fixtures.
Notts were without a game because their League Two clash with Hartlepool was postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.
Hollis said: "It's only natural to think like that as a player. You're looking at the table thinking 'can we achieve something'.
"But there are so many teams fighting for those play-off places.You have to bear in mind there will be teams above us and below us saying exactly the same thing too.
"You've just got to take it week by week… but there's always one team which emerges from the pack. It would be nice if it was us.
"Looking at the next three fixtures we've got to see where we are after those and take it from there.
"It's just so important to keep picking up points first and foremost and then you can have a look and see where it takes you."
Notts will take on basement side York City next Saturday, the first of four games in the space of 10 days for them.
After the clash against the Minstermen they will travel to Hartlepool United for the rearranged game, which was postponed on Boxing Day.
That is then followed by a home clash against Leyton Orient, before a trip to play-off chasing Accrington Stanley on February 23.
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Joe Jones
Notts County manager Jamie Fullarton has claimed he will not appoint an assistant manager for the sake of it, with no updates on an appointment thus far.
The Magpies boss has been without a right-hand man since his arrival last month after the club sacked Ricardo Moniz and assistants Dave Kevan and Dean Yates. 
Current under-21s coach Richard Dryden has been assisting Fullarton both in training and on matchdays.
The manager said: "There's no update at the moment. 
“We are working towards seeing what the current staff bring to the table and how they fit in with what I am. 
"We are also just seeing what kind of skill set we need that will make us stronger and better. 
"You don't want to bring somebody in for the sake of it. It's important to get it right. 
"It has to be the right person and somebody who adds value rather than just bring somebody in just to fill the role."
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