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Bristol City 1 - 1 Watford Swansea 1 - 2 Derby County Leyton Orient 3 - 1 Wigan Shrewsbury 3 - 2 Cambridge Bradford 2 - 0 Crewe Fleetwood 2 - 0 Swindon 🤡 Altrincham 2 - 0 Yeovil Sutton United 1 - 1 Southend

And that's the end of the first day's play. Durham are 370 for 9. Fergus O'Neill gets four wickets on his Notts debut.

Notts welcome the league leaders to Coronation Park on Sunday. Loughborough are favourites for promotion being three points clear of their nearest challengers with a game in hand & just three games to play. Only one side is promoted from the WPL First Division Midlands at the end lof the season. There are no promotion playoffs in this Division which is a pity. Notts are in 7th place with nine wins to their name. A significant improvement on last season. Notts still have the chance of finishing in the top half of the table, which would be a big achievement. The game on Sunday will be a tough one for Notts & they won't be expected to win. What we can say is that Notts have been very competitive in every match they've played this season. I expect the same will be true on Sunday. The Notts ladies will give their all & Loughborough will have to be at their professional best to win. CMON U PIES!!!

League 2 fixtures. Saturday 5th April 12:30 pm Kick off Cheltenham 0 - 2 Doncaster Walsall 2 - 3 Port Vale 12:45 pm Kick off. Tranmere 4 - 0 Chesterfield 15:00 pm Kick off Wimbledon 1 - 0 Harrogate Bradford 2 - 0 Crewe Bromley 4 - 0 Accrington Carlisle 3 - 2 Newport Colchester 1 - 0 Notts Fleetwood 0 - 4 Swindon Grimsby 3 - 1 Morecambe M K Dons 0 - 3 Barrow Salford 2 - 2 Gillingham

Tea has been taken. Durham are 243/5. 3 wickets for O'Neill on his debut.

Lunch. Notts have taken three Durham wickets in the morning session Durham 118/3

Notts have won the toss & have elected to field first. The Notts team for the game 👇

The County Championship Cricket season begins at Trent Bridge with a four day game against Durham. Match begins at 11am.

7th placed Notts women meet top of the table Loughborough Lightening, who are favourites for promotion, on Sunday 6th April at Coronation Park, 2pm Kick off. CMON U PIES!!!

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Welcome to our Pride of Nottingham community @DizzyBala Great to have you onboard.

The Poll has now closed. Thanks to all who cast their vote. i am pleased to announce that for his outstanding performance against MK Dons, the winner of the Pride of Nottingham's Man of the Match is Will Jarvis. Well done Will

I noticed while reading the article that the club's turnover increased from £18.4m to £132.3m thanks to their return to the top flight after more than 30 years away, but operating costs also jumped from £39.5m to nearly £85 m as a result of winning the Championship play-off final against Coventry City. The Premier League is certainly a different Football World when it comes to financing a Club. I assume that the increase in turnover was due to primarily an increase in players wages. And what happened to the parachute payment this season? Luton look as though they may be relegated this season from the Championship so the parachute payment looks like it hasn't given Luton an advantage. It's hard to believe that it is possible that Notts could be playing them next season.

I trust the Reedtz brothers have made a good appointment here. He's worked for Football Radar, so it is no surprise that he's been appointed. He appears to have plenty of experience in recruiting players. It's important that the owners have someone that they can trust to take Notts to the next level. I assume that a Head of Football is similar to a Director of Football regarding remit & duties. It's great that Stuart will have the support he needs as the season comes to a close & the important job of assessing the squad & possible incomings & outgoings begin. I wish Roberto luck in his new position & look forward with interest to what he will give to the Club.

So we are now down to the last six games of the regular league season. Notts have managed to get themselves back into the promotion mix with a couple of wins on the bounce. The first of those six games is as tough as they come in this league. Colchester lie in 9th place just three points off a playoff place. They have everything to play for, so they will be a very tough nut to crack. Colchester have a similar home record to Notts this season. They have lost five matches just like Notts & have a similar defensive record at home, conceding only 15 goals. Colchester are similar to Notts in their footballing style. They like to control the game by possession based football. This may help Notts as Colchester will want to be on the front foot & this may create space for the Notts players when attacking. It Notts can remain tight at the back & exploit the space left by Colchester, it could help to facilitate a positive result for Notts. I wonder if Stuart will keep the same side that started against the Dons. Notts did very well when using the high press on Wednesday. I wouldn't be surprised if Jatta was on the bench early doors for Notts in a tactical move from Maynard.

Notts now have six remaining games. These are Colchester. away Salford. home Bradford. away. Cheltenham. home Harrogate. away Doncaster. home. Six individual finals Four wins could give Notts 80 points. Could this be enough for automatic promotion? Three wins should ensure Notts a playoff spot. The permutations at this point are absolutely fascinating.

Notts have now recorded 16 clean sheets.