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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. Not a member yet? Join our website - Here | Interested in reading more? Visit our homepage - Here.

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 Join in with the Pride of Nottingham match discussion - Here | If you haven't yet registered you can do so - Here | Thanks for reading. You Pies!

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 Safe travelling to all the Notts County fans who will be travelling - You Pies!!

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." What do you think of the postponement? Is Ronnie Moore right that more could have been done or is he just upset due to the backlog of fixtures? Have you say on the Pride of Nottingham.

Hartlepool United manager, Ronnie Moore has told his players to go and 'enjoy' playing their football - He insists they should show no fear, starting with the Pools trip to Meadow Lane tomorrow. Hartlepool finds themselves a single position above the drop zone of League Two, a mere 12 points behind the Magpies'. In a mid-week interview More said "Pressure? it’s for whimps". Before adding "Just go and play football, we’re not getting shot at out there! Yes, it’s people’s livelihoods and the fans have supported the club all their lives – they don’t want to see us go out of this league. But it’s game of football - go out there and enjoy it." "It’s a matter of getting together, taking the chances when they come." Pools dropped to 22nd in the table this week, it's their lowest league position since last May - It follows after Yeovil managed to secure a point against Luton Town, though the Pools have a total of 4 games in hand. "We can’t do anything about other teams winning. You have to live with that. But we have the opportunity with our games in hand." explained Moore. "They mean nothing though unless we are winning them, we know it’s going to be tough, there’s no doubt about that but we have a decent squad here now and one we should not fear anyone. We need a little break, we need someone to put the ball in the net, however it goes in, it does not have to be a wondergoal." Former Hartlepool United striker Luke James will be availible for the pools selection and will be tasked with causing Notts County's defender trouble. He will remain with the side on a half-season long loan after signing from Peterborough United. Also availible would select the 21-year-olds partner from a range of players such as Rakish Bingham, Rhys Oates, Billy Paynter and Scott Fenwick. "Luke can play with any of our strikers,” said Moore. “He can play in a 4-4-2 or just off the forward, It’s a hard decision for me because given the amount of forwards here now, one or two may not be in the squad altogether." "But all the lads have had ample time to put a smile on my face, none of them can knock on my door if they are out. Scotty is maybe the only one who can feel hard done by, but the reason I went for Bings last week was his pace." "It wasn’t anything to do with me thinking Bings is a better forward than Scotty. It was horses for courses, but we can all be wise after the event can’t we? We can all say at 5pm, 'oh, I wouldn’t have picked him'." Nathan Thomas will be a certain starter for the pools, along side Luke James - who returned after putting an outstanding performance last Saturday against Exeter City. "If we had someone like Luke last week we would have won as Nathan was unplayable," said Moore. "He has ability, he is bright and quick and creates chances. Nathan can be our saviour – playing at that pace, opposition players can’t handle him. I don’t want to pin too much responsibility on one boy, but everyone has seen what he is capable of. I’m sure if he produces that week-in, week-out there will be enough balls coming in to satisfy any striker." Have your say on the Pride of Nottingham match discussion - Here. Don't forget to join in and if you haven't registered - you can do so here.

Hartlepool United presents Jamie Fullarton an excellent opportunity, as does the run of fixtures taking place within February. Yet, it’s tricky in a sense because we feature the Pools twice within recent weeks of each other and those games are quite hard for teams struggling to insert themselves on the field – especially when the first game is at home. York City, Leyton Orient and Accrington Stanley are games coming up. We also face a difficult Plymouth Argyle towards the latter part of the month. York and Accrington are games which I feel we can secure points; it is aided by the fact that Jamie has restored faith in the away performances. So tomorrow we face the challenge which a struggling Hartlepool United presents and the conversations within our match discussion has instantly raised concerns regarding both midfields. I don’t think they will sit back, it’s not the style of play they try to incorporate into their tactics. Most likely, they will build with patience or result to keeping the ball in the air, so that this breaks the game up and allows them to edge closer to playing it on the ground within the final third. They will want to involve their wingers as much as possible, with so many young and eager players and a packed midfield this could make it hard for us to break them down. Which will be a test of character for Notts to enable play to break them down. With York City also being a side which struggle, I think this will be the game that could entice confidence from our own attacking play. Orient are a different scenario, we know that they will look to play with confidence and aggression – whilst Accrington are just your typical League 2 team. Plymouth being the final fixture of February, will rely on the morale and confidence picked up from the previous five games. I think picking 10 points could happen; it’s the mid-range of what I would predict personally and much depends on our home performances’ that break up the away games. I don’t dismiss that there will be tests, yet for us to finish as high as possible (forgetting about the play-offs for now) – we will need to acquire much of the points here, as March could be a month where we could seal further victories. It may seem negative to think about this now, but I have thought about comments made about next season. Surely re-building in the summer will allow us to focus on challenging wisely for promotion from League 2? C’mon You PIES!! What do you think? Don't forget to have your say by voicing your opinions within the Pride of Nottingham community | Not a member? Join us today - be a part of our growing Notts hub.