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14 games left. Can we get 9 wins and 1 draw out of those 14 to finish on 75 points which should be enough, as we will be playing many of our rivals for that 7th playoff spot? It's a tall order but still very possible. Has to be a must win against Crewe on Saturday. CMON I PIES.

Sobers played for Nottinghamshire from the Summer of 1968 to the end of the 1974 season. I had a Notts juvenile Season Ticket through all those years and watched him with Bat and Ball. One innings comes to mind when he built a century stand with last man Barry Stead. Gary scored a Century protecting Stead from the bowling. It was a masterclass of batting

A Notts County Historical Great. John George Peart (3 October 1888 – 3 September 1948) Was an English footballer who played centre forward for 13 different teams, in a career which spanned World War I. After he retired he became a football manager until his death in 1948. Peart was a centre forward who had a nomadic career. He played for eight league clubs in a career which spanned 19 years and every division of the English Football League. He also played non-League football in the Southern and Welsh leagues, as well as guesting for other clubs during the First World War. Peart was known as the 'most injured man in football', his worst injury being a broken leg in 1910 at Stoke which kept him out of football for two seasons.As a manager, he spent a further 25 years in the Football League, and took charge at Rochdale, Bradford City, and Fulham. He won two minor league titles with Stoke, won the Second Division with Notts County in 1913–14, and led Rochdale to second place in the Third Division North in 1923–24 and 1926–27. Playing Career Peart left Adelaide South Shields to sign with First Division side Sheffield United in 1907. He scored 50 goals for the reserve team in the 1907–08 season.He hit eight goals in 27 league appearances, and helped the "Blades" finish 17th in 1907–08 and 12th in 1908–09. He then left Bramall Lane for Stoke in the Birmingham & District League in 1910. He spent two years at the Victoria Ground and made an impressive contribution, scoring 34 goals in 23 matches in 1910–11, his run being ended by a broken leg against Crewe Alexandra on 10 December 1910. He claimed hat-tricks against Dudley Town, Wolves Reserves, Treharris Athletic, and Kettering Town, and finished as the club's joint top-scorer (with Alf Smith) despite only playing in the first half of the season. His goals helped the "Potters" to secure the Birmingham & District League title and second place in the Southern League Division Two. After his recovery Peart scored seven goals in 24 games in 1911–12, before the directors decided to cash in on their most profitable player. He left the Potteries in March 1912 to return to top-flight football with Newcastle United, signing for a fee of £600. Peart made 17 competitive appearances for the "Magpies", all in the Football League, comprising nine in 1911–12 and eight in 1912–13, and scored three goals in each of those seasons. His first appearance for the club came at St James' Park on 16 March 1912 against Middlesbrough, and he scored his first goal the following week against Notts County. He was sold to Notts County in February 1913, and finished as the club's top-scorer in 1912–13 with just seven goals, as County were relegated into the Second Division. He hit 28 league goals in 1913–14 to fire the club to promotion as divisional champions – he was also the division's joint top-scorer, with Sammy Stevens. He scored 11 goals in 1914–15, to again finish as the club's top-scorer. In his six years at Meadow Lane he scored 51 goals in 82 league appearances. In total he scored 52 goals in 84 appearances for Notts. During World War I he served as a corporal in the Army and also guested for Rochdale, Leeds United, Stoke and Barnsley. He scored 71 goals in 107 appearances at Elland Road. After a time with Leeds City, he played three Second Division games for Birmingham in the 1919–20 season, before moving on to Derby County in January 1920. He scored one goals in nine league games, before departing the Baseball Ground. In 1920 he joined Ebbw Vale Steel & Iron Company as player-manager, though he resigned his post in January 1922, returning to the English Second Division with Port Vale.Injury limited his contribution to the Vale's 1921–22 campaign to just seven appearances and he was released from his contract at The Old Recreation Ground in the summer. At 34 years old, Peart joined Norwich City in the Third Division South for the 1922–23 season. He was appointed player-manager of Rochdale in March 1923, retiring as a player in the 1923–24 season with a Rochdale tally of 10 goals in 22 senior games. In his career Peart scored a total of 126 goals from 241 appearances. Style of Play Peart was only 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), but was physically imposing and was known as "the nightmare of goalkeepers". However, he was also skilful, adept at flicking the ball on to his teammates despite his tendency to lose the ball by attempting to beat the entire defence by himself. Despite his physique he was prone to injury. Managerial Career Rochdale Peart spent a short period as player-manager at Ebbw Vale, before managing Rochdale from 1923 to 1930. He took the "Dale" to a second-place finish in the Third Division North in 1923–24; they were one point behind champions Wolverhampton Wanderers, but only Wolves were promoted. Rochdale then finished sixth in 1924–25, before finishing third in 1925–26, just two points behind champions Grimsby Town. They again narrowly missed out on promotion in 1926–27, after ending the campaign in second place, five points behind champions Stoke. The Spotland club then dropped to 13th in 1927–28, 17th in 1928–29 and tenth in 1929–30. Bradford City He left Rochdale to become manager of Bradford City, taking over from the club's most successful manager, Peter O'Rourke, in July 1930. During his five years at Valley Parade he maintained the club's position in the Second Division but he had offered to resign at the end of 1933–34 before agreeing to see out the final two years of his contract. They tallied 44 points in 1930–31, 45 points in 1931–32, 41 points in 1932–33, and 46 points in 1933–34. With the club struggling above the relegation zone in 1934–35, he left the "Bantams" in March 1935, and was replaced by Dick Ray. Fulham In 1935, he joined Fulham as manager, replacing Jimmy Hogan. He took the club to the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1935–36, where a 2–1 defeat to Sheffield United at Molineux cost them a place in the 1936 FA Cup final. He then led the "Cottagers" to mid-table finishes in the Second Division in the 1936–37, 1937–38, and 1938–39 campaigns. He remained in charge at Craven Cottage throughout World War II, and led the club to two further mid-table finishes in 1946–47 and 1947–48. He was still manager at the time of his death in September 1948, a month before his 60th birthday. The team he built went on to win the Second Division championship in the same season under the stewardship of director Frank Osborne. Personal life Peart was married to Margaret Joan Fraser; their son was the doctor and clinical researcher Sir Stanley Peart. (Source Wiki)

Let's hear from the Panthers Head Coach after the thrilling win over Fife Flyers.

Monday's weather for you Spell of rain moving SE and clearing pretty quickly Sunny spells developing for most Odd shower in Northern Ireland and W Scotland.

A great medal haul for GB at the World Aquatic Championships

Your Weather for Monday morning. Rain will clear to the south on Monday morning, and skies will brighten for many. Showers will continue to spread into Scotland

The winning goal for Panthers in overtime.

An Overtime win for Panthers Great Overtime win for Nottingham Panthers after the game finishes 2:2 in normal time.

UK Indoor Championships Jemma Reekie set the World Lead as Laura Muir and Piers Copeland all claimed titles

Your Sunday evening Weather. A dry start for many this evening with starry skies, and a few mist and fog patches in the south A band of rain will gradually move into the north.

GOLD FOR GB Freya Colbert produces a phenomenal swim and final freestyle leg to clinch GOLD in the Women's 400m Individual Medley!! What a way to finish the World Champs

World Swimming Silver for Max Litchfield in the 400m Medley.

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.

Panthers team to face Fife Flyers at the Motorpoint Arena at 4pm today.

Three in four games for Logan Neilson! Back at home this Sunday afternoon: Panthers v Fife (4pm).

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)

Final bound at Delray Beach Open Neal Skupski & Gonzalez Santy reach a 1st final of 2024 after beating Diego Hidalgo & Cristian Rodriguez 7-6(9), 7-6(5) Back the Brits.

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Your Sunday Afternoon Weather. Heavy rain will clear to the east this afternoon, leaving sunny spells and scattered showers for many.

Bad news from Rajkot this morning. England have slumped to defeat in the third Test losing by 434 runs. They are bowled out for 122 in their second innings.