After reflecting over the past week or so, I feel so proud to be a notts county fan. Being part of the black and white family fills me with passion to sit in the stands every other Saturday and take whatever result comes my way !!

But there is nothing like that drive from Derby to Nottingham with my youngest son sat next to me in the car listening to Colin slater on the radio doing pre match talks, then pulling up to the cattle market car park then walking round the back end of the kop past all the away supporters coming of the train. Then you have then anticipation when going through the turnstile in to the ground walking up the steps in the Kop and seeing the green grass that has been lovingly maintained by Trev, That's when it happens a smile comes across my face and I think to myself I'm home again.

for me its not just about the winning, don't get me wrong I do love to win but its the atmosphere its the wheelbarrow song being sung by 2000 people behind me, its knowing that every single person in those stands feel the same as me for 90 minutes.

Over the last 30 years I have seen many a good footballer come and go from the likes of Geoff pike, tommy Johnson, Craig short, don O'Riordan, Charlie palmer, dean yates, Phil turner, Mick Leonard and Steve cherry. I've also seen some bad players to (won't mention those !!) all these players all had one thing in common success playing at the lane !! how many players do we have now that are true to the club that will play 120% week in week out to pull the result out of the bag ? 2-3 years ago I personally thought we had one of the best teams in a very long time with the likes of mike Edwards in the heart of defence, bishop, Davies and judge in the middle and the man himself golden boot Lee Hughes up front and what I think is the best manager we've had since the Warnock days Steve Cotterill, but once again financial differences got in the way and Notts now see themselves a year or two down the line 3 managers later and a brand new squad having to build new foundations.

whilst I believe in stability of the club not only on the pitch but also off the pitch I also believe in speculate to accumulate. 3 years ago when we had all that fiasco with Munto Finance they speculated and it paid off in the end (we got promoted) and there was double the amount of supporters down the lane watching. I'm not saying Mr Trew has to put his hand in his pocket but I firmly believe if we are to reach the championship the fans would come out of the woodwork every other Saturday down the lane to watch the likes of Forest, derby, Leicester, Birmingham, Sheffield Wednesday just to name a few !! League one is a very difficult division to get out of at times but it is possible. I feel with the right manager with the right financial backing Notts county as a club as a team could quite easily make it to the championship.

I know I've rambled on about past but that's who we are ! that's one of Notts county's main strengths our history ! there is no other team that can match us for our history. I think with the strides we have made over the years and the links with Juventus we should build on that further and make the Notts County brand even more wide spread than it is at the moment. I would like to see more community projects in the paper on the website in the programme, I would like to see the club getting more involved in local charities I would even like to see all the Notts players getting involved at Nottinghamshire schools. It was a refreshing read today regarding bart and his community work. I feel that the club over the past couple of years have been more about the sell, sell, sell than the give, give, give. Notts county to me has always been a family orientated club and I think the club should remember that.

well that's it from me onwards and upwards UPIES