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Joe Jones
Notts County captain Roy Carroll has called on his teammates to stop stressing on the objective of reaching the playoffs, insisting that he and his fellow players need to “take each game as it comes”.
The Magpies missed out on the change of closing the gap to the top seven in League Two in the last week by drawing at Wycombe Wanderers and losing heavily to Carlisle United.
First-choice goalkeeper Carroll told local media: “We are not thinking about the top seven places. We just have to take each game as it comes.
“If you get too far ahead of yourself that's when things start falling apart. That's what I think a lot of players have been doing – thinking about the playoffs.
“What we have to do is work hard. We’ve got a big game against Hartlepool on Boxing Day when we will look to try to get a result and a clean sheet. That's got to be the priority.”
Ricardo Moniz's side are seven points off the playoffs as things stand, with the post-Christmas trip to Hartlepool followed by a home clash against Morecambe.
Joe Jones
Notts County defender Wes Atkinson has been recalled to Meadow Lane following a loan spell at Eastleigh FC.
The 21-year-old former West Bromwich Albion right-back, signed by the Magpies in the summer, was sent out on 20 November to cover for a spate of defensive injuries at the Hampshire club.
He has now returned to Nottingham following three appearances for the National League side, but Spitfires manager Chris Todd has expressed his desire at seeing Atkinson return to Ten Acres in the near future.
Todd said: “Wes has been called back from his loan by Notts County, otherwise we would have kept him. He’s done brilliant for us and shown himself to be a very talented player.
“If he became available, he’s someone I’d look to do something with in the future. He’s a nice lad, really honest, and totally professional in what he does. He’s a credit to himself.”
Joe Jones
Ricardo Moniz has hit out at Notts County's "childish mistakes" in their 3-0 defeat to Carlisle United.
The League Two clash on Saturday had to be played at Preston North End’s Deepdale stadium after Carlisle's Brunton Park was hit by Storm Desmond over a fortnight ago.
Despite this, former Magpies manager Keith Curle’s current side were two goals up by half time thanks to a Danny Grainger penalty and a strike by Jabo Ibehre, before the latter scored again after the break to earn the ‘hosts’ a thumping win.
Moniz told local media: "To concede a penalty so early brought them into the game. We should have cleared the ball and these are childish mistakes. You can't dribble in your own box, you learn that when you are playing in the under-12s. 
We did hit the post which, had that gone in, would have given us an equaliser and put us right back into it. But I do not think they were better than us. They had three moments which they scored from.
"We had moments, but didn't score. In the second half we had a few good chances. But you can't make individual mistakes like we have been doing."
Notts will spend Christmas 15th in the table, their 29 points from 22 games putting them seven points behind the playoffs.
super_ram
No Christmas cheer for Notts in game number 21, losing very disappointingly 0 – 3 to Carlisle at neutral Deepdale. Notts slip to 15th, 7 points off a play-off place but with the same 16-point safety margin from a relegation place.

League Two Results

Barnet 4 - 2 Crawley
Cambridge 1 - 1 Mansfield
Carlisle 3 - 0 Notts County
Dagenham & Redbridge 0-3 Bristol Rovers
Exeter 2 - 3 Luton
Hartlepool 1 - 2 Plymouth
Leyton Orient 1 - 1 Yeovil
Newport 2 – 2 Wimbledon
Northampton 1 - 2 Portsmouth
Stevenage 1 - 1 Accrington
Wycombe 2 - 1 Oxford United
York 2 - 1 Morecambe

Today there were 4 home wins, 4 away wins and 4 draws.

League Two update

The 1 – 2 top end of the table away victory for Portsmouth over Northampton and Plymouth's 1 – 2 away victory against the Magpies next opponents, Hartlepool, means the Pilgrims now occupy top spot, on goal difference, equal on 43 points with The Cobblers who drop to 2nd, with Portsmouth remaining 4th on 40 points. Hartlepool meanwhile drop to 21st with 20 points

Wycombe's 2 – 1 win over Oxford moves them up to 9th, equal on 34 points with Mansfield who fall to 8thafter drawing 1-1 away at Cambridge, who also move up the table to 11th with 30 points. Oxford as a result drop to 3rd with 41 points.

Carlisle remain 6th on 37 points after beating Notts.

Accrington, who have 2 games in hand over most teams, slip to 6th with 36 points after drawing 1 – 1 at Stevenage, who remain 18th with 26 points.

Bristol Rovers replace Mansfield in the final play off spot at 7th, also on 36 points, thanks to their 3 – 0 away win at Dagenham & Redbridge, who now occupy last place with 13 points.

York move off the bottom place to 22nd with 15 points after their 2 – 1 home win over Morecambe, who fall to 17th, with 27 points.
Between York and the Daggers, and in the other relegation spot at 23rd, sit Yeovil also with 13 points.

Barnet's 4 – 2 win over Crawley keeps them at 19th on 25 points and Crawley below Notts on 28 points and 16th.

On the same number of points as Notts and at 13th and 14th respectively lie Luton and Wimbledon.

Upcoming fixtures

There are no midweek League Two fixtures this week. 

Notts' next 3 games are on Boxing Day, away at 21st placed Hartlepool, followed on the 28th with a home game against 17th placed Morecambe and then the first game of the new year sees the visit of 3rd placed Oxford to Meadow Lane. So plenty to discuss over this coming festive season.
Joe Jones
Notts County were thrashed 3-0 by a Carlisle United side playing at Preston North End's stadium in front of 3,067 Cumbrians fans who made the 85-mile trip.

A Danny Grainger penalty and two Jabo Ibehre goals were enough for victory at Deepdale, which staged the game after flood damage at Brunton Park.
Was the result fair?
The score line is fair, Notts didn’t do enough to warrant anything from the game and Carlisle looked like scoring more than just three goals by half time.
How did Notts play?
Notts put a staggering performance in, in hindsight I would say it was caused by missing key players but with the depth of our squad, we should have adequate cover. They just didn’t do enough, and with the midfield, being fairly none existent it always meant Notts would struggle.
How did Carlisle play?
Carlisle played like they had a point to prove, from the back they were tight and structured but going forward they worked as one unit. I am genuinely impressed by what seems to be a very sterling performance by the Cumbians – they just made it difficult to give Notts an inch on the field, with dominating football, it was always going to be one sided.
Did our tactics work out?
The simple answer is no, on paper the selection looked very good but they lacked any sort of mental awareness within the game. It appeared as if the ideas Moniz had wouldn’t work, as no matter what he did, Notts couldn’t adjust to Carlisle’s play.
How did the referee perform?
The referee didn’t really make any untoward decisions and generally called the game well.
Who do we play next?
Next up for Notts is Hartlepool on boxing day, this is the game whereby I don’t expect any points because our track record in recent years hasn’t been very good. Hartlepool are a side which play very well at home and Notts play like they did against Carlisle, it will be a longer journey home for our own fans.
How should we play them?
We should keep the game finally balanced between slow building and positive forward play, I think if we turn the tempo when it suites – this will make it hard for Hartlepool. They will expect us to go out all attacking and this would suite them more than it would us, as it would allow them to put strain onto our defence and for anything to come out of this game, Notts will need to bide their time.
Here is what the Carlisle fans thought about their performance, courtesy of TheCumbrians.net:
Jumpforfun: I thought each and every player was superb today and without any real stars we completely controlled the game for long periods. Yes NC had an odd shot or half chance which on other days might have gone in but generally we were excellent.
Loving Jabo's goals but the energy and work rate of Kennedy, Dicker and Sweeney, the quality.of Grainger's delivery and the sense that the goalkeeper and back 4 weren't going to miss anything all day just made it a great day to be a Carlisle supporter.
Well done to the manager, the team and all the staff for a great performance. Huge well done also to the 3000+ who made the journey
Seesaw50: Absolutely great day for the Blues and the 3366 fans who got down to Deepdale, you`d have thought there was 10k there today. We are going from strength to strength and if we don`t go up this season, it’s gonna be hard to take. Up to 5th COYB.
Wukkie: Excellent result and a rare clean sheet in the League. A bit peeved I couldn't go due to work but we seem to be getting stronger as the season goes on. Top seven minimum it looks like. Now get that contract signed KC.
BaggersBlue: The only concern for me was that we faded in the second half and Notts County had 3 or 4 guilt edged chances which a better side would have taken.
Joe Jones
One step forward, two steps back. Notts County’s exhilarating win against Newport last week and a decent away point at Wycombe in midweek were quickly forgotten as the Magpies were picked apart by Carlisle United at stand-in ground Deepdale, home of Preston North End, in a 3-0 defeat.
The disappointment began early for the black and white faithful as, just five minutes in, Jason Kennedy was upended by Graham Burke in the box to gift the designated hosts a penalty, which captain Danny Grainger thumped down the middle to give his side the lead.
Jabo Ibehre, the Cumbrians’ biggest threat with 10 goals in 13 games prior to kickoff, doubled their lead shortly before half-time, converting an easy volley when unmarked after Michael Raynes had helped on a Mark Ellis long throw.
Carlisle stepped up the pressure after the restart as Mike Edwards, who played for the day’s opponents in between spells at Notts, made a vital close-range block as Ibehre looked certain to score during a heavy spell of pressure.
The visitors almost grabbed an equaliser through Burke, but his 20-yard shot hit the post, and moments later, Mark Gillespie made a fine save to keep out Jon Stead's header.
The big frontman then grabbed his 14th goal of the season in the 59th minute, lashing home from 12 yards after the Magpies defence had failed to deal with Grainger's cross, and killed off the game as the Carlisle fans celebrated a comprehensive win.
Joe Jones
Notts could go as high as ninth in League Two and a solitary point off the playoffs if they win away at Carlisle United and results go their way – a victory would put us on 32 points.
The Cumbrians, meanwhile, are just within the top seven, but with four teams – Mansfield, Bristol Rovers, Leyton Orient and Wycombe – just three points or less behind them, they could be slip out.
Today’s other League Two fixtures (all 15:00 kickoffs):
· Barnet v Crawley
· Cambridge Utd v Mansfield
· Dag & Red v Bristol Rovers
· Exeter v Luton
· Hartlepool v Plymouth
· Leyton Orient v Yeovil
· Newport v AFC Wimbledon
· Northampton v Portsmouth
· Stevenage v Accrington
· Wycombe v Oxford Utd
· York City v Morecambe
Prediction:
Carlisle are in great form at the minute – they are unbeaten in five, with three wins and two draws, and in their three victories they scored 12 goals. Notts have stopped the rot somewhat with a 2-2 away draw at Wycombe and a 4-3 home win against Newport, but the defence remains shaky. A draw would be a good result for Notts in my opinion, though there is the chance that the Cumbrians may not be at full focus as the game is being played on neutral ground, at Preston’s Deepdale stadium.
Match odds:
Home 11/8 Draw 13/5 Away 7/4
Head to head:
Carlisle United and Notts County have met on just 28 occasions since their first clash back in October 1959, a Fourth Division clash that was won 2-0 by the Cumbrians. Out of those, the Magpies have won 16 and lost 9, with just 3 draws.
Our last meeting was on 22 March 2014, with Notts clinching a 4-1 win at Meadow Lane in League One. The Cumbrians were relegated at the end of the 2013-14 season.
Key man:
Wycombe: Jabo Ibehre has been on fire since joining Carlisle on a free transfer in the summer, following his release from Colchester. The 32-year-old is in the form of his life, having scored 10 goals in just 13 games, and with a strong build and 15 years’ experience, he could test the shaky Notts defence on Saturday.
Notts: Adam Campbell has really come into his own in the last few games, with wonderful performances in midfield against both Newport and Wycombe. With the mercurial Liam Noble ruled out for four games due to his suspension, Campbell will be relied upon more than ever to control the game in the middle of the park and help launch attacks into the final third.
Joe Jones
Carlisle United and Notts County have met on just 28 occasions since their first clash back in October 1959, a Fourth Division clash that was won 2-0 by the Cumbrians. Out of those, the Magpies have won 16 and lost 9, with just 3 draws.
Our last meeting was on 22 March 2014, with Notts clinching a 4-1 win at Meadow Lane in League One. The Cumbrians were relegated at the end of the 2013-14 season.
Carlisle United is one of the northernmost clubs in the Football League, just 10 miles from the Scottish border, and one that’s normally mentioned among the most difficult away days – talk of “Carlisle away” is one for the most hardcore fans, especially in midweek (Newcastle United are further north than Carlisle, however).
The Cumbrians have spent a season in the top flight, back in 1974-75, and recorded a double over Everton, as well as home victories over eventual champions Derby County, former titleholders Ipswich Town, Arsenal, Burnley, Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers. They were relegated at the end of the season though.
Carlisle is the smallest location, by population, to have had a resident top-flight English football club since 1906. Prior to this, Accrington FC, Darwen, Grimsby Town & Glossop North End were smaller.
Despite their small stature, the club has experience moderate success with regards to silverware – they have won a Third Division title back in 1965, two Fourth Division championships in 1995 and 2006, and two Football League Trophies, back in 1997 and 2011.
Carlisle are famous for one of the most dramatic Great Escape scenarios in all of English football, when on-loan goalkeeper Jimmy Glass scored in the last 10 seconds of their final game of the 1998-99 season against Plymouth Argyle to keep the Cumbrians in the Football League at the expense of Scarborough.
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Carlisle will stage their 'home' fixture against Notts County at Preston North End's Deepdale stadium as work to restore Brunton Park continues following severe recent flood damage in Cumbria.
Manager Keith Curle, who used to be at the helm of the Magpies, has no major new injury worries and is not expected to make many unforced changes, but defender Tom Miller remains doubtful due to the hamstring injury which has kept him out for three matches.
Goalkeeper Mark Gillespie returned for last week's 1-1 draw at Oxford in place of Dan Hanford following illness and is expected to resume.
On-loan Newcastle midfielder Macaulay Gillesphey was back on the bench as an unused substitute last week following a pelvic injury and is hoping to feature.
Liam Noble is suspended again for Notts after his red card at Wycombe in midweek. It was the second time this season the midfielder has been sent off so he will serve a four-match ban.
Stanley Aborah is back in training but unlikely to be risked. The Belgian injured his knee against Barnet a fortnight ago and the best he could hope for would be a place on the bench.
Kyle De Silva is also struggling with a knock and is likely to be missing from the travelling squad.
Chris
Carlisle United’s aim this season is to gain promotion back into League One, much like the Magpies, they have had to focus on rebuilding and under the helm of Keith Curle – The Cumbrian team have been making steady progress.

With the flooding, which has forced the Cumbrians into playing the game at the Deepdale Stadium, they will be hoping to make the ground a home from home.
 
They have won three of their last six games, having drawn two and losing once.

The Cumbrains are currently 6th with 34 points, only 6 points behind an automatic place but are only 5 points above the Magpies, who sit 13th on 29 points.

Run-down of their last six games.

Saturday 31st October – Carlisle United 3 Yeovil Town 2
Saturday 14th November – Bristol Rovers 2 Carlisle United 0
Saturday 21st November – Carlisle United 2 Portsmouth 2
Tuesday 24th November – Luton Town 3 Carlisle United 4
Saturday 28th November – Carlisle United 3 Crawley Town 1
Saturday 12th December – Oxford United 1 Carlisle United 1

The Players – Fact Sheet

Highest Goal Scorers; Jabo Ibehre 12, Charlie Wyke 8, Derek Asamoah 7 and Danny Grainger 4.

Persistent Foulers; Luke Joyce 1 Red Card and 2 Yellow Cards, Michael Raynes 5 Yellow Cards, Tom Miller 5 Yellow Cards, Gary Dicker 4 Yellow Cards and Danny Grainger 4 Yellow Cards.

The Key Players.

There’s no doubt just how much of a key player ‘Jabo Ibehre’ is for Carlisle United, he’s already highlighting his worth to them and is rumoured to be attracting interest from other clubs.

He’s a physical forward, who has a lethal finish and eye for goal.

Luke Joyce is a defensive midfielder who looks to release the advancing midfielders but he also shares a keen eye for goal.

Anthony Sweeney and Charlie Wyke are also key players for The Cumbrians.

Style of Play, Strengths, and Weaknesses.

Carlisle United are organized quite defensively, however they do have players who are able to break opposition sides down and have quality League Two players through their squad.

Their main strengths are found within their key players, who are the driving force behind each attack. They can quickly break on the counter, whilst also cleverly placing passes, which allows their movement to be free flowing.

When on the break, they look to get forward as quickly as possible and this has a tendency to leave themselves wide open at the back.

Weaknesses are certainly found within their defence, however to note – Carlisle United appear to have our own philosophy mastered ‘we’ll score one more than you’ and this generally means they’re okay, provided their midfield remain in possession and work hard.

For Notts to come away with a point or more, they will have to work out how to break down their defence. For me, this would be by playing sensible football – carefully passes and advancing with the ball.

Once again, I feel the key will be found within the air and if the Magpies can work harder within the midfield, whilst being steady at the back.
Match Day: Carlisle Series - Opposition View - The Match Officials - League Two Preview
Chris
As Pride of Nottingham builds up to this weekends game, Notts-Joe has taken the time to put several questions to one opposition Douglas. Whilst towards the bottom, you will find a link to a mini fan view from within our camp.

Could you tell Pride of Nottingham a little bit about yourself, such as how long you have supported Carlisle?

I'm 26 years old, and my first Carlisle game was 8th may 1999, the final game of the season at home to Plymouth argyle. This game is most remembered as the game where Jimmy Glass (the goalkeeper on loan from Swindon town) scored in the last minute to save us from dropping into non league. I was brought up in a Manchester United mad family (family are from the Manchester area originally) and always looked out for Carlisle results for as long as I could remember. I started supporting both until finances really took a hold with the premiership, so I then decided rather than doing both Manchester United and Carlisle matches, I would concentrate all my support on my local club. Now in this day I feel that I have no connections to Manchester United because of this and Carlisle United is the only club for me.

How do you feel the season is going so far? Is there anything you would hope to improve on as a side?

The season started off okay, it took us until the end of August v Hartlepool away to register our first victory in the league. We'd had a good victory in the Capital One Cup round 1 previous to that game at home v Chesterfield. After the victory at Hartlepool we have went from strength to strength, improving the squad with a number of effective loan signings that have pushed the permanent squad members as far as replacing in the starting XI. We are currently doing very well indeed, up to 6th place as things stand after a very good point away at the league leaders Oxford United (a game I thought we should have won as well being there) and not many teams in this league will leave the Kassam Stadium with anything I feel. We've had the glory of a fantastic game at Liverpool in round 3 of the league cup, taking them to penalties but now promotion is our main aim. I would like a good run in the FA Cup though, currently through to round 3 where we face Yeovil at "home" (Blackpool fc are hosting us that day).

I would like an extra 3 players in on loans in January and release the players that aren't in the squad regularly. I feel like we could use a right winger and a couple of midfielders of the Liam Noble mould.

Have you been effected by the floods? How has this impacted Carlisle and the Football Club?

I live very local to Brunton Park which was badly affected, however the floodwaters stopped 300m away from my front door so I've not faced the devastation of having water raging through my home like many others, however I was left without electricity and gas for 4 days which was hard for me as family have now moved down south. Carlisle as a city have been amazing, along with the rest of the county have shown the strongest community spirit I've witnessed, along with the rest of the country through donating what is now £3.1 million. The stadium has been ruined, I was 1 of the volunteers who went to help clean up for a couple of days while I was off work and waiting for electricity and gas to come back on in my home, and I've never seen devastation like it. Archives were destroyed, the concourse of the stands were caked in a brown sticky liquid. The first team players made a marvellous offer of helping out locals affected in clearing homes, ripping up carpets ect in the vicinity of brunton park. Even after the club 'digs' outside the stadium was hit by floods, and our first choice keeper Mark Gillespie was airlifted out of the digs as he was unwell to travel to our FA cup fixture at welling United that weekend. Fantastic community spirit from the players, some of whom are local lads and some of whom who are foreign all mucked in when the city needed them.

Who will be your key(s) players on Saturday and why?

Key attacking players I've got to start with jabo ibehre. Big, strong and loves the physical battles with centre backs and currently has 10 goals this season despite missing just over a month injured. Charlie Wyke, his strike partner. Not as physically strong as Ibehre, but after an indifferent start to the season he's found his form and is now scoring goals and doing an awful lot for the team. Alex gilliead, a young winger on loan from Newcastle that has speed in abundance, regularly takes on 2-3 defenders at a time and passes them all with ease.

In the back line, Michael Raynes. A tough, no nonsense typical English centre back, takes no grief and is a focal point in attack due to his strength and stature, if we are chasing a result tomorrow then don't be surprised to see him played as a centre forward and balls flying into him.

Luke Joyce. A no nonsense defensive midfielder. Great tackling and distribution of the ball is excellent.

I'm expecting goals in the game, we tend to play in a gung Ho 'we're gonna score 1 more than you mentality' which makes us exciting yet excruciatingly painful side to watch.

The game will be played at the Deepdale stadium, what are your thoughts on the kindness shown and what does it represent to modern day football?

I think it's fantastic from pne, allowing us use of Deepdale for this game when no club have to offer their stadiums. There has always been a bit of a rivalry between us and pne but this has quelled them thoughts for me personally.

For modern football it's fantastic to show that league clubs do help each other out, with us being as isolated where we are geographically we don't have any near neighbours that we can turn to, so along with Blackburn and Blackpool who are hosting our "home" fixtures (against Plymouth in the league and Yeovil FA cup respectively) it truly does reinforce the theory that there is a football family. Also it's less travelling for you to do as well, with cheaper tickets.

Lastly, what do you feel the score will be?

I'll go for either a 2-2 draw, or a 3-2 win for Carlisle with ibehre and gilliead scoring for Carlisle and Campbell (just because we had him on loan) and Sheehan scoring for Notts.

Pride of Nottingham would like to thank Douglas for taking the time to answer our questions, especially at such short notice and we hope Carlisle quickly find their feet again after the flooding.
You can read our Notts fan view by clicking - Here
Joe Jones
Some great news from the Jimmy & Jack Memorial Fund, as they have confirmed that they have reached £101,000 – leaving just a further £1,000 to raise.

Thanks to a generous donation of £1,500 from the former players’ association, in addition to the fans’ ongoing support in the drive to raise funds, we are on the home straight in terms of meeting the overall total and begin proceedings to bring Jimmy Sirrel and Jack Wheeler home.

It is hoped that we can achieve this by calling on fans to get behind our Christmas online donation campaign and join the "This One is for Jack" Pub to Club walk on Sunday 10th January 2016 - the sixth anniversary of Jack's passing.

“This one is for Jack” starts at the Wollaton Pub and Kitchen at 12:30pm, with entry costing £5 with the option to raise additional funds through sponsorship. Entry forms can be found in the club shop or on the Jimmy & Jack table on match days.

To donate to the Jimmy & Jack Statue Fund Christmas Appeal, the details are as follows:

Bank account name: Jimmy & Jack Statue Fund
Sort code: 40-08-46
Account number: 81848178

It really looks as if 2016 will be the year that Jimmy and Jack will come home – with your help, we can finally cross the line and elevate Notts County’s greatest ever managerial duo to immortality right outside Meadow Lane!
Please pledge your support by donating just £1 to the J&J Statue Fund.
Chris
Notts will be preparing for a trip to Preston North End's stadium 'Deepdale', as Carlisle will also due to flooding up in Cumbria on Saturday 19th December. The 'home' advantage will probably go out of the window for this reason, however it doesn't mean that the Magpies will be favourites based on this alone. Notts will be hoping a return to the Deepdale, may see them edge closer to the play-off places.

Carlisle United have only lost one game within their last six league fixtures, having won 3 and drawing 2.

The Match Officials for the game will be referee Darren Bond, assistants Peter Wright and Peter Gooch, and fourth official Richard Bartlett.

Referee: Darren Bond
From: Lancashire

His matches involving Notts County within the last four seasons;

JPT – Tuesday 3rd September 2013 – Notts County 1-0 Burton Albion
League One – Saturday 23rd November 2013 – Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Notts County
F.A Cup – Sunday 9th November 2014 – Notts County 0-0 Accrington Stanley
League One – Sunday 28th December 2014 – Bradford City 1-0 Notts County
League One – Tuesday 17th February 2015 – Notts County 1-2 Sheffield United

Run down of his last three games:

League One – Tuesday 24th November 2015 – Oldham 2-5 Southend (3 yellow cards, no reds)
League One – Saturday 28th November 2015 – Chesterfield 0-4 Swindon (4 yellow cards, no reds)
Championship – Saturday 12th December 2015 – Middlesbrough 0-0 Birmingham (4 yellow cards, 1 red card)

In his last three games 11 yellow cards have been issued and only 1 red card.

So far this season in total of seventeen games, he has shown fifty-four yellow cards and two red cards - 3.1 yellow cards per game.

Assistant Referee: Peter Wright
From: Merseyside

Last three games:

Championship – Friday 21st August 2015 – Birmingham City 1-1 Derby County
League One – Saturday 29th August 2015 – Bury 1-1 Oldham Athletic
Championship – Thursday 29th October 2015 – Leeds United 0-2 Blackburn Rovers

Assistant Referee: Peter Gooch
From: Lancashire

Last three games:

League One – Saturday 31st October 2015 – Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Colchester United
League One – Tuesday 3rd November 2015 – Dartford 1-2 Altrincham
League One – Saturday 21st November 2015 – Crewe Alexandra 1-5 Peterborough United

Fourth Official: Richard Bartlett
From: Cheshire
Joe Jones
Notts County manager Ricardo Moniz has criticised Liam Noble after the midfielder was sent off in his side’s 2-2 draw at Wycombe Wanderers.

The 24-year-old earned his second red card of this campaign at Adams Park with County 1-0 up through Jon Stead's penalty at the time, receiving his marching orders after a clash with Luke O'Nien off the ball.

Michael Harriman levelled for Wycombe before half-time, and though Adam Campbell restored the visitors' lead shortly after the restart, Aaron Holloway earned the Chairboys a draw, much to the frustration of Moniz.

"We gave the three points away," he said. "We totally outplayed them in the first 30 minutes and then Liam Noble gave them the chance to get back in the game.

"The red card was very inconvenient. I will always protect my players, and I haven't spoken to Liam Noble, but you can't do that.

"Even with 10 men we were 2-1 up and shouldn't lose it. You have to take the three points, otherwise we would have been two points off the play-offs.

"But the glass is half full. I'm always like that. It's a big compliment for the guys. They've done well. They dug in and the team gets fitter. But we are a bit disappointed not to get the win.

"It was very intelligent play from us in the last 30 minutes. It shows the strength of the team. It was the same against Bristol Rovers [0-0 draw in October] only there was more effort in this game."

Notts now sit 13th in League Two, just four points below the playoffs.
Joe Jones
Alan Sheehan has expressed his happiness and pride in playing the 300th professional game of his career in a Notts County shirt.
The defender, on loan from Bradford City, reached the landmark in Tuesday night's 2-2 draw at Wycombe Wanderers, where he put in another good shift on the way to a crucial and morale-boosting away point.
In a career spanning 13 years, more than half of Sheehan's games have been for the Magpies over two different spells, and he admitted he was happy to hit 300 in the black and white of Notts - especially because he was ill at Adams Park.
He told local media: "My dad always used to say 'if you aren't right, don't play', because once you cross that white line you are judged the same as everybody else. But you've got to get out there and put a shift in for the team.
"Tuesday was my 300th competitive appearance and it's nice to think that nearly half of them have come for Notts County in a period spanning three years and a bit.
"Obviously I am happy, but there's been some bad games in that 300! But hopefully we can keep on putting a run together. We've just got to keep building on that performance because we looked very good in spells."
Sheehan has two more games of his loan spell left to play with his final game set to be the Boxing Day clash at Hartlepool United.
super_ram
Here we are again with PON taking another look at the weekend fixtures in the latest of our League Two previews.

For me the stand-out fixture this week is top of the table Northampton at home to 4th place Portsmouth, with both teams hoping to strengthen their promotion hopes.

Another important game is 20th placed Hartlepool v 3rd placed Plymouth, with the home side hoping to recover from last weeks 4-0 thrashing away at Portsmouth and build on their midweek success in The FA Cup over (sorry to mention them) Salford City and the away side wanting to continue their promotion push. My key game is Carlisle v Notts.

*Important games **Key Game

Saturday 19th December 2015

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

My Stand-out Games

Carlisle v Notts County (being played at Preston's Deepdale)
Hartlepool v Plymouth
Northampton v Portsmuth

Thoughts on Notts County v Newport

Due to recent Storm Desmond and the resulting rainfall which left Carlisle's Brunton Park Ground flooded this game will be played at Deepdale, Preston.

This is the second in a block of 3 consecutive away fixtures for Notts and the Magpies will be hoping to make it 3in a row undefeated. It will also be interesting to see how Carlisle approach this game having lost home advantage. I've predicted a 2–2 draw

The last time they played was 22/3/2014 and Notts won 4-1 at Meadow Lane, with Notts losing that seasons corresponding away fixture 2–1 on 28/9/2013.Carlisle were also relegated at the end of that season.

The overall record between Notts and Carlisle is-

Notts won 14
Newport won 3
Draws 9

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