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Middlesbrough 2-1 Portsmouth Sunderland 0-2 Burnley Charlton Athletic 1-1 Bolton Wanderers Lincoln City 1-1 Mansfield Town (joker) Cheltenham Town 2-1 AFC Wimbledon Newport County 2-0 Accrington Stanley Rochdale 1-2 Forest Green Rovers Sutton United 2-0 York City

"Cup shirts" are yet another scourge of modern football, but perennial Bundesliga strugglers VfL Bochum have managed to take them to a new level. This summer, Bochum unveiled a special light blue cup shirt with "HG 4630 Bochum" printed on the arm. This was part of a sponsorship with the famous singer Herbert Grönemeyer, who comes from the city. About 4,000 fans ordered the shirts, only to be told they would have to wait until October for delivery. Last weekend, Bochum played in the first round of the German Cup. As you guessed, they lost. And they weren't even allowed to wear the shirts due to a colour clash...

Great performance yesterday. Crowley and Jones were outstanding (and must be kept!), but in general we were a class better than Grimsby. They get stick sometimes, but credit must go to the recruitment team who have a knack of bringing in proper footballers who no one else seems to have in their sights. We saw the result of that on the pitch last night. There were some borderline calls and lady luck did help us out at times. I'm not convinced that Crowley handled the ball for his first and Jatta was about level for his goal, but if we had VAR neither goal would have stood. I also think Grimsby would have had a penalty as Hinchey was nowhere near the ball. But we were much the better side and would have won regardless. Finally, 10,000 on a Thursday night is amazing. I remember being glad to get more than 4,000 for midweek games.

The poor bloke. Jodi Jones came back from a succession of major injuries, but not everybody does. It's doubly bitter as last season could have been the making of him, but by the time he's back he'll have had two Football League seasons with barely a handful of appearances to his name.

That's a bit beyond me I'm afraid - maybe @Chris can shed some light on it? You're down as following the forum. Have you selected "An email when new content is posted" under your follow preferences? As a rule of thumb, when Notts are playing, there'll be a prediction league round on.

Yes I did! On the plus side, I was finally able to cast it to my TV using Chromecast. iFollow has never managed that in several years. I had my stream running a few minutes before kick-off. But I also heard the "stuttering" and ended up switching the sound off. I thought it might have been an issue with one of the microphones - did it sound like that on the radio too? It also threw me out of the stream at about the 70-minute mark and I couldn't get back in until the 87th minute. It's been a frustrating experience so far, but it'll be good when it works.

We're up and running now! I try to post the fixtures on a Wednesday for Saturday games. Good luck!

Time to get the crystal balls out again! These games kick off at 3pm on Saturday, and remember your joker! Middlesbrough v Portsmouth Sunderland v Burnley Charlton Athletic v Bolton Wanderers Lincoln City v Mansfield Town Cheltenham Town v AFC Wimbledon Newport County v Accrington Stanley Rochdale v Forest Green Rovers Sutton United v York City

Apologies for the delay, the mobile app removed all the formulas from my spreadsheet. I'll think of something better next time. Anyway, the results: Norwich City 2-2 Blackburn Rovers Watford 3-0 Stoke City Blackpool 0-3 Stockport County Reading 2-0 Wigan Athletic Crewe Alexandra 0-5 Chesterfield Grimsby Town 3-2 Cheltenham Town Hartlepool United 0-0 Southend United Woking 0-2 Gateshead --- Here are this round's scores. Congrats to @super_ram and @gtownjohnno on hitting double figures, while @cheeky~k8 is our first player to score nul points... --- And we have a league table! @super_ram and @william1984 lead the way, but there's a long way to go... --- The third round is online now! Thanks for playing, see you over there

Folks, it's Sunday, Saturday was yesterday. I'll post a couple of reminders next time to help with your timekeeping ???? I'll try to post the scores this evening (I'm on the road so I'm using my mobile). For those of you who didn't post on time, the good news is that we have 44 rounds left and loads of points to play for!

Sorry @thommo and @allardyces tash, the games have already finished! I'll calculate the scores when I get my abacus out.

Norwich City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers Watford 1-1 Stoke City Blackpool 0-2 Stockport County Reading 1-1 Wigan Athletic Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Chesterfield (joker) Grimsby Town 1-0 Cheltenham Town Hartlepool United 0-2 Southend United Woking 1-2 Gateshead

Now it's time for our second round, and there are still 1215 points to play for! These matches all kick off at 3pm on Saturday, and don't forget your joker! Norwich City v Blackburn Rovers Watford v Stoke City Blackpool v Stockport County Reading v Wigan Athletic Crewe Alexandra v Chesterfield Grimsby Town v Cheltenham Town Hartlepool United v Southend United Woking v Gateshead

The app has been updated and PiesPlayer now actually works. I actually managed to stream the highlights of the Tranmere game to Chromecast, which is something iFollow was never able to do. Unfortunately the audio commentary was missing for a lot of yesterday's match, although the club said it wasn't a fault at their end and many other clubs were also affected.

I'd have played Bass to help him settle in, but apart from that it looks like a strong team and a strong bench. Three players make their first start for us, I'm particularly interested in what Edwards has to offer.

The only thing I really want it for is PiesPlayer. I suspect it isn't actually finished yet, but was rushed out in time for the start of the new season. I hope it gets better.

Did it also keep buffering and showing a little grey circle @Fan of Big Tone? I checked my Internet speed at first, but now I'm certain the problem was at their end.

Unfortunately the iFollow replacement was absolutely dreadful and I gave up on it in the second half. However, I thought the new defensive signings looked solid. Bass had little to do but looked competent. As I wrote above, the game was a bit tepid with neither side looking to take risks, but a point on the road is a steady result.

It's been a really tepid game. We look well organised but pose little threat so far.

I'm attempting to watch PiesPlayer on my laptop (as the app just crashes) and it is absolutely shoddy. Every ten seconds the stream stops and a little grey circle appears (my Internet speed at this time was 185 Mbps, more than enough to stream UHD videos). I was treated to a completely grey screen for about five minutes, at which I gave up and listened to the radio instead (which also no longer works on my phone). I hope this improves because at the moment it is unwatchable. Otherwise I'll have to ask for a refund.

Hmm, I hope it gets better. To anyone trying to log in, you need to make a new account on the club website first, and then sign in with that on the app. That bit worked for me. I downloaded it so I could cast PiesPlayer, but it crashes every time I select it. Looks like the laptop again then!

I can't see us playing Grant, I don't think he's even had a training session with us. If Robertson is fit he'll start, alongside either Edwards, Hinchy or even Crowley. It'll be interesting to see whether we'll persist with three at the back with wing backs this season. SM switched to four at the back at times last season. @NottsCountyKev, if it's a miserable day for the mood hoovers, I think most of us could settle for that!

I was told the FA Cup and League Cup won't be available to stream, although I think there was radio coverage last season. That's only two games anyway as we generally choose not to participate in the second round of cup competitions. However, we do get full coverage of something called the Bristol Street Motors Trophy, in which we get to play against Everton under 12s and probably Shrewsbury again. I'm washing my hair that day.

iFollow is dead. Long live PiesPlayer! 140 pounds is good value if you're watching all (or even just most) of the games. And you can finally cast it to your TV too! Important note to all waverers: the price will rise to 180 pounds tomorrow, so be quick. There was a confusing passage in the FAQs, according to which matches could only be streamed in countries where there is no broadcast agreement with the Football League. According to the League's website, however, this is only the case for the Championship and every match in League One and Two will be streamed. I clarified it with the club, who told me that the text wasn't relevant to us and that the matches would be available in Germany. They will have my money today!

I hope we'll do well, I fear we'll do badly ???? On the negative side, losing Macca is obviously a blow and means one of our other strikers needs to step up. I'm concerned that Platt is a "head it, kick it" centre half who might struggle with our style of play. To complement our wing backs who are great going forwards but poor defensively, we have signed more wing backs who are great going forwards but poor defensively. Palmer will take some time to get match fit. On the plus side, we now have a year of L2 under our belt and have made targeted improvements with players who are proven at this level. New attacking players could break our over reliance on Jones and make us less predictable going forwards, and we're almost certain to be more solid at the back. I'm quietly confident but not euphoric. We should have more than enough in our locker to compete for the top seven at least. If we don't, the atmosphere could turn quickly.