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Yesterday's game against Crawley Town installed further hopes that Notts County are not through with battling. The greatest of great escapes is firmly set for the last game of the season, after Notts secured an home win over struggling Crawley Town. The final result, a narrow 1-0 win which is thanks to a brilliant team effort and of course County's number Bartosz Bialkowski, who made several key saves during the game. Here you will be able to view some cracking photos taken from yesterday game by our friends B&O Press Photo, many thanks to them! Mobile Users please visit | Gallery. Pride of Nottingham would like to thank Oskar Papierz for allowing us use of his images, we wish him all the best his photography. Here's his Facebook page and Website.

Yesterday Notts County LFC kicked off their season at Meadow Lane to Arsenal LFC, over 1,583 fans queued to get into see the ladies play and the overall impression was very impressive. Notts County started off by taking the lead, Jess Clarke perfectly timed a run and scored a good goal. Arsenal LFC pulled level from Alex Scott. You can read our full match report - Here. Enjoy the gallery COYLP's! Mobile Users please visit | Gallery. Pride of Nottingham would like to thank Oskar Papierz for allowing us use of his images, we wish him all the best his photography. Here's his Facebook page and Website.

Saturday the 5th of April, Notts will be making a trip to Griffin Park to take on Brentford FC. They currently sit 2nd, a total of 40 points divides both teams, which is the exact amount of points we currently have (40pts). Notts are currently 19th and require a good result and some luck to avoid falling back into the relegation zone. Notts come into the game having beaten Colchester 2-0. Brentford drawn 0-0 in their last game against Oldham. The Match Officials for Saturdays game against Brentford FC will be referee Charles Breakspear, with his two assistants Ian Cooper and Ian Fissenden. The fourth official will be John Busby. Match Officials Referee; Charles Breakspear has taken control of nineteen games, he's been the referee in two F.A Cup ties and one JPT clash. During these games he's issued a total of 91 yellow cards, whilst he's sent off a total of eight players. He's featured seven times in League One, ten times in League Two and twice in the Championship. Interesting Fact – Charles Breakspear is the referee from our home game against Bristol City, the game which Gary Liddle was injured. The game finished 1-1, thanks to Alan Sheehan's 89th minute leveler. He booked a total of 8 players, 3 Notts (Leacock, Boucaud, Jamal Campbell-Ryce) and 5 Bristol City players. Assistant Referees; Ian Cooper has been the 1st assistant seventeen times so far this season. He's been the 2nd assistant four times and the fourth official seven times. The majority of league games come from League One, whilst he's featured 10 times in the Championship and seven times in League Two. Ian Fissenden has featured as the 2nd assistant six times, he has been the 1st assistant nine times and he currently has featured as the fourth official four times within the 2013/2014 season. Four of these games have taken place in the Championship, a further four more within League One. Again four within League Two, the rest are from cup appearances. Interesting Fact – Ian Cooper originally started out in the Sunday League as a player, he told sabotagetimes “I played in a few Sunday League teams with my mates and wasn’t as good as them,” says Ian Cooper, a 26-year-old car bodywork repairer from Kent. “So I thought if I can’t make it at the top level as a player maybe I can do it as a referee.”. (please note the source is trying to be amusing here). Fourth Official; John Busby has featured five times as the fourth official so far this season. He's featured eleven times as the 1st assistant and a total of three times as the 2nd assistant. He's featured five times within the Championship, ten times within League One and four times within League Two. Interesting Fact – John Busby was an English-born surveyor and civil engineer, active in Australia. Oh wait, Oppps... I have the wrong John here! Sadly I couldn't anything worthy of mentioning regarding John Busby, however I did manage to locate this interesting snippet of news. "It was a great day for County who comprehensively outplayed the league leaders to earn a richly deserved success on a Spytty surface that fully justified the work of the ground staff and the judgement of match referee John Busby who declared it fit." This is from Newport County dated 11th of April 2010, let's hope our County can replicate this. Do you have an opinion on the game? - Match Thread Also, please do leave us a comment below if you have time.

Pride of Nottingham introduces 'On The Table', a new weekly feature which will focus on how the League One table has changed, which teams have made the most movement and their results. The top half of the third tier, from the 1st place to 6th, hasn't seen any changes. However, Leyton Orient, Rotherham United and Preston North End have all moved closer to each other. Wolves currently lead the division by 6 points, whilst Orient are 4 points behind Brentford. Let's see how the League One table compares now! MK Dons have fallen from 7th to 9th after losing at home 0-1 to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Swindon Town have moved up from 8th to 7th, they beat Sheffield United 2-1. Walsall FC who came in at 9th before yesterdays narrow 1-0 win over Shrewsbury Town. This was their second back to back win since having beaten us 5-1 at Meadow Lane. Sheffield United remain 10th after losing to Walsall. Port Vale also remain at 11th, they drew 1-1 to Stevenage FC. Gillingham have fallen from 12th to 14th due to not playing. Bristol City have moved from 13th to 15th, they lost 2-1 to Rotherham United. Crawley Town have fallen from 14th to 16th, they lost narrowly by 1 goal to Preston North End. Bradford City have moved up from 15th to 12th after beating 3rd place Leyton Orient, the final score ending with 1-0 away win for the Bantams. Colchester United have fallen from 16th to 18th, they're now only 3 points off safety and are back in danger after being beaten by us at Meadow Lane. Oldham Athletic remain at 17th, they drew to Brentford 0-0 which is exactly the outcome Pride of Nottingham is hoping for (or better) this upcoming Saturday, as we take them on away from home. Coventry City have moved up from 18th to 13th, the Sky Blues enjoyed a 2-1 win over Crewe Alexandra – who fell from 19th to 22nd as a result of the Sky Blues win. Tranmere Rovers remain 20th after drawing to Carlisle 0-0. Carlisle United also remain in the same position - 21st after they didn't manage to score against Tranmere Rovers. Shrewsbury Town have fallen from 22nd to 23rd, they suffered that narrow 1-0 defeat to Walsall FC. NOTTS COUNTY who's unlikeliest of results, 3 wins, back to back – have seen our club move from 23rd to 19th. A much healthier position, however before we all get excited. Please remember we take on Brentford! However, if Oldham can draw to them, why can't we? Notts enjoyed a 2-0 win at Meadow Lane over fellow struggler’s Colchester United. Stevenage FC remain bottom, they haven't managed to move but they have a game in hand. The 'Race for Survival' clearly isn't finished, as many teams continue to battle for their safety. Whilst others are trying to fight their way into the automatic positions and play-off zone. Pride of Nottingham is just glad to see us reunite, our next six features are bigger than ever. League One Table - The Race for Survival