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Useful Stats from the match against Wrexham All the key match stats from yesterday’s defeat at Wrexham AFC . Didn’t make the most of early chances and ended up paying the price. Despite seeing plenty of the ball, especially second half, it was the hosts who created more chances.

A Notts County Historical Great. Thomas Keetley (16 Nov 1898 to 18 Aug 1958) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. He scored 284 Football League goals between 1919 and 1934 Tom Keetley played for Notts County between 1929 & 1933 scoring 98 goals from 110 appearances including FA Cup, a phenomenal number at nearly a goal a game.Tom held the record for most goals in a season for Notts till Macaulay Langstaff beat Tom's record in the 2023/23 season. Life and Career. Keetley was one of eleven brothers and one sister he was born in Derby and came from a footballing family with several other brothers who played professionally including Arthur, Harry, Joe, Frank and Charlie. The first Football League side he played for was Bradford Park Avenue, and he first played in the league for them in 1919–20, going on to make 22 league appearances for them over a four-season period. In 1923–24 he first played league football for Doncaster Rovers, a club which three of his brothers (Harry, Joe and Frank) played for in their careers. He remains the all-time top scorer for Doncaster with 180 league goals. He also holds the club record for scoring six goals in one game, against Ashington in the Third Division (North) on 16 February 1929. In 1929 he moved to Notts County for £750, where he scored his first hat-trick for the club on his debut, in a 3–1 win against Bristol City on 30 August 1929. Keetley scored 39 league goals for Notts during the 1930–31 season, a record that would stand for 92 years until surpassed by Macaulay Langstaff in 2023. He left Notts in 1933 to join Lincoln City, having scored 94 goals in 103 league appearances and four goals in seven FA Cup ties. He played just ten games for Lincoln in 1934 before briefly moving onto non-League Gresley Rovers in 1934, and then Heanor Town. He is 29th in the all-time top scorers list in league football in England and Scotland having the 9th highest goals per game ratio of 0.75. As of June 2005 he was ranked 19th in the all-time list of highest scoring players scoring in English league football, having scored 284 goals between 1919 and 1934. After his professional career ended he was landlord of the Rose and Crown in Chellaston, Derby. (Source Wiki)

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A Notts Country Historical Great James Cantrell: Centre Forward (7 May 1882 – 31 July 1960) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Aston Villa, Notts County, Tottenham Hotspur and Sutton Town. Football Career. Cantrell began his professional career at Aston Villa. The inside forward played in 48 matches and found the net on 22 occasions for the club between 1904 and 1907. He moved to Notts County in 1907 where he was converted into the centre forward position. Top scorer in his three seasons at County he maintained a goal every other match ratio in 131 matches and scoring 64 goals in his time there. Tottenham Hotspur impressed by his goal scoring paid a substantial sum for his services in 1912. In a career interrupted by the First World War Cantrell lead the Spurs forward line that won the Football League Second Division in 1919-20 with a then record 70 points. He went on to collect a winner's medal in the 1921 FA Cup Final at the age of 38. He played his last match against Birmingham City just short of his 40th birthday making him the oldest Spurs player to feature in a League match. This record lasted until 6 May 2012 when Brad Friedel appeared for Tottenham Hotspur against Aston Villa in the Premier League. Cantrell remains the oldest outfield player to appear for Spurs. Cantrell played 176 times and scored on 84 occasions in all competitions between 1912 and 1922. He joined Midland League club Sutton Town on 8 October 1923, retiring in 1925. Honours. James won a 2nd Division Championship medal 1919/20 FA Cup winners medal 1920/21 After Football. Cantrell returned to Nottingham where he became a golf professional. He died in Basford in 1960. Source Wiki.

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We were robbed in my opinion, or alternatively, we can count ourselves very unlucky to have the goal ruled out for handball. Wrexham took their chance when it came around. We didn't. take ours unfortunately. We aren't conceding as many goals which is good, but we have to take our chances when they become available. Looking at the table we are now in ninth place, but we haven't lost much ground. I think we are fighting for 6th or 7th place now. There are nine clubs including Notts now fighting for those last two places in the playoffs. I believe we are still in the mix for one of those two places, but we need to win at least nine matches of the remaining 14 to have any chance.

I hope we were going to have a back 4 again. Why's Stuart dropped Macari. He played so well on Tuesday at right back. Nemane isn't a right back.

Your Weather for Saturday Afternoon. Rain will spread across many western areas this afternoon, turning heavy in places Many eastern areas will remain dry but rather cloudy Despite the cloud and rain it will be feeling mild for many of us

This article is well worth a read regarding our match up with Wrexham today.

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It's matchday. Can we tame the red dragons today?

A Notts County Historical Great. William Eric Houghton, (Eric) Born 29/06/10 was an English footballer, Manager, & Cricketer. Football Career. Houghton signed for Aston Villa in 1927 as a seventeen-year-old & played in the Villa side until 1946, scoring 170 goals in 392 games (The total including wartime matches was over 200 goals.) He also won 7 caps for England. Houghton scored 30 goals in the 1930-31 season for Villa, in which Villa scored 128 league goals, a First Division record. Houghton transferred to Notts County in 1946 & over a three year period, he scored 10 goals in 55 games for Notts. Managerial Career In 1949, Houghton became Manager of Notts County & Eric is regarded as being the Manager of Notts who guided them through their first golden age, with players in the side including Tommy Lawton, & Jackie Sewell, who helped their side win the Third Division South Title in Eric's first season as Manager, in front of record attendances. Eric remained Notts County Manager until 1953. In 1953 Eric Moved to Aston Villa as their Manager, guiding Villa to a FA Cup triumph in 1957. He left Villa in 2958. He later returned to Villa as a director. Cricket Career. Houghton played seven first-class matches as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm bowler for Warwickshire County Cricket Club (1946–1947) and also minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire County Cricket Club. He also played club cricket for Sleaford, Aston Unity and Olton Cricket Clubs. Houghton died in Sutton Coldfield on 1 May 1996, aged 85. (Source Google) Legacy. William Eric Haughton will be remembered at Notts County as Managing & guiding a great side that won the Third Division South Title. Eric is a Notts Managerial great and legend.

Your Saturday Morning Weather Make the most of any drier and brighter conditions on Saturday morning as western areas will turn increasingly wet later in the day A bit chilly first thing in northern Scotland but another mild morning for most of us

Great analysis by Tom Williams. Analysing the 4-2-3-1 against Newport. CLick in the Link. Great analysis by Tom Williams. Analysing the 4-2-3-1 against Newport. CLick in the Link.

Just imagine Notts County going out to Spain to play Barcelona for 3 games in 1914, pre War.and coming back with three wins.

This was a really great match. It was end to end stuff from beginning to the end. Manchester City had a good side and Clive Allen led their line. Manchester City hit the woodwork 3 times and I call this match a Steve Cherry masterclass, he was absolutely brilliant that day, saving several shots at point blank range and winning one on one battles too Notts had their chances too, Kevin Bartlett missing two excellent opportunities in the first half & Phil Turner too . Phil Turner & Kevin Bartlett found themselves clean through in the 2nd half but couldn't put it away. And we come to the drama two minutes from time when Gary Lund stroked the winner What drama, and the scenes at the end. Unforgettable

What a win this was against Manchester City. What a match this was. Steve Cherry the hero. I was privileged to be there.

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