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Notts ladies and Scottish International Leanne Crichton has extended her stay at Meadow Lane. The central midfielder has put pen-to-paper on a new one-year deal with the magpies and is pleased with her personal contributions throughout her first season at Notts, whilst hoping to help the club further by achieving silverware next season. She said “Last year was good year for us, but it’s now time to build on the success of last season and bring silverware back to Meadow Lane”. “I am delighted to be extending my contact for another year, the club has been everything and more than what I expected and the fans were a huge reason behind my decision to stay.” The lady pie has been key in Notts ladies team, with manager Rick Passmoor selecting her for all but two games last season. She played a key role in helping Notts reach the women’s F.A Cup final and the Continental Tyres Cup Final. Leanne grew up playing football for her hometown club Glasgow City, before moving onto fellow Glaswegian side Celetic and Scottish side Hibernian but later re-signed for her hometown club Glasgow City where she reached the Champions League. She has since settled within Nottingham and has committed another season to the lady pies, after signing the new one-year deal with Notts County. At the start of the 2015 season, she became a professional footballer by making the move to Notts. Discuss what's happening in and around Notts within our community forum - Here.

Fans who are preparing to travel to the Carlisle game are advised to pick up their travel and tickets beforehand. The game will be taking place at Deepdale Stadium (Preston), with the match moved due to the flooding experienced at Carlisle. 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, for all information leading to up-to the away day, you will find within this article. Match Tickets are priced at: £15.00 - Adults £10.00 - Seniors (65 years and above) £10.00 - Young Person (17-21 years of age) £5.00 - Under 16 *must be purchased with an adult or senior ticket. Supporters Club travel is as follows: Coach leaves at: Saturday 19th December at 10am Adults: £20 Under 16’s: £14 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 19th December at 9:30am Adults: £21 Under 18’s: £10.50 For more information please visit the OS website - Here Pride of Nottingham wishes all Notts safe travelling and for the black & white army to spur our lads onto victory. C’mon You Pies!!!

Newport County's disastrous start to the season is only just starting to see a new silver lining, with four draws and two wins under their belts within their last six league games – It’s not so easy to dismiss this struggling League Two team. Impressive victories have come against Bristol Rovers (4-1) and a 3-0 win over promotion favourites Luton Town. The Monmouthshire (Wales) side are currently 21st with 19 points, seven away from the relegation zone and only six behind the Magpies. Run-down of their last six games. Saturday 21st October – Bristol Rovers 1 Newport County 4 Saturday 31st October – Newport County 2 Northampton Town 2 Saturday 14th November – Accrington Town 2 Newport County 2 Saturday 21st November – Newport County 0 Yeovil Town 0 Tuesday 24th November – Oxford United 1 Newport County 1 Saturday 28th November – Newport County 3 Luton Town 0 The Players – Fact Sheet Highest Goal Scorers; Scott Boden 6, Lenell John-Lewis 5, Oliver McBurnie 3 and Scott Barrow 2. Persistent Foulers; Danny Holmes 1 Red Card and 1 Yellow Card, Scott Barrow 4 Yellow Cards, Jazzi Barnum-Bobb 4 Yellow Cards and Matt Partridge 3 Yellow Cards. The Key Players. Front pair Scott Boden and Lenell John-Lewis are Newport County’s threats on goal, John-Lewis is one which particularly will require attention. The 5’11 striker can double up as Winger whereby his pace can be put to use. On-loan Magpie Scott Bennett has also been performing well for the Exiles, with several calm performances being praised with local media. Zak Ansah currently also on-loan from Championship side Charlton Athletic and is also a player the Notts defence must be aware of. Style of Play, Strengths, and Weaknesses. Newport County would be best described as a team which utilises their players as a tight unit, they attempt to suss out their opposition and are not afraid to be direct with their play. However, it’s neither patient or progression based with the tempo aimed to be kept high from the start to finish. Their strengths are dynamic balls, which off load within deep dropping passes that allow for freely found movement. As mentioned, they tend to break sides down by mixing their passes – yet frequently play long balls that are placed into no-man’s-land, solely aimed at causing pressure within their oppositions half. These balls are chased so that Newport can keep men behind, which allows them to sustain pressure as they attempt to break sides down. Weaknesses are mainly the lack of commitment from their defence, as sides appear to be easily able to create chances and combined with stray passes, often as a direct result to them trying to gain ground by hitting long balls to anyone. And yet, they do not look comfortable trying to sustain a steady flow of possession. If Notts can dictate the tempo and pass the ball around whilst being careful not to allow the Exiles to keep the ball in the air, chances are likely to present themselves. The key thing I feel the Magpies must focus on is using their width, enabling bodies to be picked out for passes but we must attack directly to avoid being blocked off.

The Magpies host travelling Newport County on Saturday 12th December, the visitors didn’t win their first game of the season until September 26th but will arrive at Meadow Lane not having lost in their last six games, having drawn four and won two. The match officials for the game will be referee Darren Handley, assistants Darren Strain and Lloyd Wood, and fourth official Andrew Hendley. Referee: Darren Handley From: Lancashire His matches involving Notts County within the last four seasons; He hasn’t refereed a Notts game during this period. Run down of his last three games: League One – Saturday 31st October 2015 – Port Vale 2-0 Shrewsbury Town (6 yellow cards, no red) Championship – Saturday 21st November 2015 – MK Dons 1-1 Fulham (2 yellow cards, no red) League Two – Saturday 28th November 2015 – Leyton Orient 1-1 AFC Wimbledon (6 yellow cards, 1 red card) In his last four games he has issued 14 yellow cards and only 1 red card. So far this season in his total of fifteen games, he has shown fifty-seven yellow cards and three red cards - 3.8 yellow cards per game. Assistant Referee: Darren Strain From: Cheshire Last three games: League One – Tuesday 29th September 2015 – Burton Albion 0-0 Sheffield United Championship – Saturday 21st November 2015 – Birmingham City 0-1 Charlton Athletic League One – Saturday 28th November 2015 – Walsall 2-1 Bradford City Assistant Referee: Lloyd Wood From: Essex Last three games: League Two – Saturday 17th October 2015 – Crawley Town 2-1 Luton Town League Two – Saturday 24th October 2015 – Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Carlisle United League Two – Tuesday 24th November 2015 – Portsmouth 6-0 York City Fourth Official: Andrew Hendley From: West Midlands