Robbie

That wasn't in the script. Alfreton 1 Notts 0 Half Time Alfreton 1 Notts 0

France have taken the lead. Spain 0 France 1 11 mins gone.

The Euro 24 Semifinal has begun France 0 Spain 0 5 mins gone.

Starting eleven for tonight's friendly.

In his pre match interview, Stuart reported that some players have niggles so I would expect that there may be some Academy players in the squad to play tonight. It is probable that Matt Palmer won't feature tonight as he is going to be carefully managed back to match fitness.

Today is the day that we have the first semifinal of Euro 24. Spain vs France (Munich, 20:00) Spain have been so impressive in all of their matches so far and they are rightly named favourites to win the tournament by the bookies. France have not been at their best, but in the knockout stages, have found a way to win. Spain will start favourites but in a knockout format you can't rule this French side out, especially with Mbappe in their side, who is arguably the best player in the World.

Now Macca has gone to Millwall Notts will need a new penalty taker. We have had two very successful penalty takers in the last few years. Ruben Rodriguez was our very successful penalty taker in our National League promotion season. When he left to go to Oxford, Macaulay took over the mantle and although he didn't have many penalties to take last season he never missed one. Now Notts will choose a new player to take on the responsibility, but who will he be? My choice would be between Cedwyn Scott or Jodi Jones, but which choice of the Notts players would be your choice?

Richard will always be remembered as being part of the record breaking side that won promotion back to the Football League. I think he was right to move on at this stage in his career, & I think he will do a good job at Eastleigh at this level. I am sure the move will benefit Richard & his Club next season. I wish Richard well at his new club and I will be keeping an eye on his progress.

I'm so pleased that Matt Palmer has been appointed Club Captain. I believe it is a good move by Notts. To be honest, I would have preferred Matt over Macca from the beginning to be Club Captain. We await the appointment of the new Vice Captain, it will be interesting to see who Stuart Maynard picks.

A lovely message from Macca to Notts County football Club and it's faithful. Macca is the consummate professional who happens to be a really nice bloke too. Macca will always be welcome down at the Lane whether playing for another club or just paying a visit in a personal capacity. We will certainly miss him but we will have treasured memories of the many great moments he gave us, and there were many.

Macca has left the Club & gone to pastures new. I cannot think of a better number nine since I have been supporting Notts. That's not to say that Notts have not had some brilliant number nines down the years because they have. But maybe that could be for a future topic, I'm wondering which current player will take over the mantle of wearing the number nine shirt now Macca has gone. Of course Notts may surprise us & bring in a new number nine, but from our current crop of attackers, who should have the number nine shirt? There is a choice of course, from either, Jatta, Scott, McGoldrick or Morias. All of them are quite capable of taking over the coveted position. I have my choice, who is yours?

Tuesday Morning Weather is going to Dee wet weather slowly moving North.

Macaulay Langstaff is a special footballer who deserves his chance of playing in the Championship, and who knows, maybe in the Premier League too, before his career ends. Macaulay will always be remembered as an iconic player that came to Notts and broke goalscoring records and became a national figure. I wish him well at his new club and hope they look after him because he is one of those rare footballing gems and all of us at Notts are so sorry to see him go. As for Notts without him, Notts will move on and the fans will get another hero to cheer on. Maybe it will be Jatta or Scott.