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The club have announced that it's being revived. https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2026/september/23/heritage--hof---dedicated-match/ Who would you add to it? Possibles for me: Mike Edwards - 349 appearances and a promotion Neil Warnock - back to back promotions to the top flight Jodi Jones - two promotions and that Wembley performance (he might not be ready to accept just yet though!) Edit - maybe the Anglo Italian cup winning team. Won an actual trophy in the days when we had cup runs! I can't think of anyone else. A few others have made their mark e.g. Langstaff but I think there's got to be some longevity to it with players if not with managers.

Palmer played well depsite being fouled a few times. McDonald also looked well up to speed. Of the players I've not really seen before, Browne impressed me the most, very tidy and was always looking to play forward passes, and the goal we conceded wasn't on his side.

Basically everyone who's fit but hasn't been starting. Plus Longelo given a chance to get into the swing of things. The exception is up front but not reading much into Roberts and Smyth starting, we simply don't have any fit reserve strikers. I was hoping for a pleasant surprise on the bench - Robbo, Sanders or Campbell - but no such luck.

Great initiative by the club. Plenty of other clubs have this - I've picked up tickets this way to see various Premier League games over recent years. Also interesting to learn that we've sold 7,200 'general admission' season tickets. I assume that means not including hospitality season passes. https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2026/september/21/new--ticket-exchange/ As ever it will be interesting to observe what ingenious ways the moaners can come up with to find fault.

This is great news. The fans forum is also an interesting watch (recording is on the Notts website) not least for what MP said about his expectations of players, why Ness has emerged as a top talent, and possession stats. Although I've said we're capable of making the play-offs, in terms of progress in the next three years, all I'm looking for is being competitive in EFL1 for now. Just as important for me is the club becoming 'Championship ready' in other ways - building up the average attendance to 15k+, getting a big name sponsor, buying and selling for bigger fees (looking forward to our first £1m sale), being able to incorporate outside investment into the model.

If Bradford are expecting the same Notts they played in EFL2 then they;re in for a shock. I assume Alexander will have done his omework though. Predicting a win and a few goals. A clean sheet would be nice but not guaranteed. A 12:30 kick off so unfortunatrly not expecting a bumper crowd, a respectable 13k maybe. Wonder when the Sirrel stand will next be open to Notss fans, maybe Sheff Wed - it's a Tues night but should draw a big crowd.

My monthly PiesPlayer pass has become less good value! I don't mind. Quite a big gap but will help with our injury situation.

Quite a season looking back. Losing to Forest on penalties, the Juventus game, a bit of an FA Cup run, Martin Allen sacked after a terrible December and January, then a great run and missing out on the play-offs on goal difference. Average attendance about 6,800.

Privileged to be there. Anyone else go? I think we got about 200 tickets. Thursday night so not easy to get to. Luca Toni and Lee Hughes the scorers.

I like to read other clubs' message board to see what fans have to say about Notts - when we've played them and also some boards have a general EFL1 thread. They've been pretty complementary about Notts so far - very well organised/drilled, fit, aggressive are the most common comments. So a big change from before Pato came along. Pato hasn't quite got us to really click as an attacking force in the ways some of his predacessors have. There's no 'Palmer to Rodriguez to Langstaff, goal!' conveyor belt yet. That's his challenge now.

Ness being praised on the Huddersfield message board, , 'MoM' one comment. Not going to argue with that.

Brilliant battling performance there, copyright Mr M. Paterson. We have NOTHING to fear in this division.

The club should release the list of 22 registered players soon. By my count (I could be wrong!) we've got 23, excluding Reynolds, the two keepers and six U21s. Presumably Macari would not be named. To fit in Flint or any other outfield free agent we'd need to leave out someone else I think.

Our toughest game so far. Would be delighted with a point, even though that would mean slipping a few places further down the table. For us to get a point or even three I think everything would need to click - we manage to not concede first, Tsaroulla, Roberts and Mustafa are at their creative best, the midfield chip in with a goal (Finneran's turn maybe), Kanu strikes up an instant partnership with Smyth or Grant. Need to be competitive for 90 minutes.

Just caught up with the fact that Tom Iorpenda has gone to Swansea for a package worth up to £1m. He's a great prospect but that just shows how difficult the market is and how well Notts do to attract (and replace) talent.

Another sensible move by Notts. Obviously waited to see if anybody would take him but had a mutual deal ready to sign. People will speculate it was costly, as there's this notion that Roos was on big money. But that seemed to start out as something one person claimed and it eventually became a 'fact'. So I'm sceptical. Will we bring in a third keeper when we get the chance, as an extra back-up? I kind of miss the days when an outfield player occasionally took the gloves and performed theatrical heroics. Anyone remember Darren Davis in the County Cup at Forest? He was a better keeper than a full back.

Relieved it's over for now - in the next window we'll probably have speculation about Ness and Tsaroulla if they continue their good form. Squad depth looks much stronger. Also, despite the injuries, I'd argue that most of our first choice XI are fit. I've got high hopes for Sanders, and Campbell looked promising (and we spent money on him). Wishing the best for the others in their recovery but not sure many of them will be able to force their way into the team.

Glad it's sorted and without any acrimony (public at least) from Jodi, Pato or the owners. The fans at Donny last night seemed to give the team and staff a really good reception at the end which for some reason felt especially great to see.

Fifteenth signing! Plus Muir turning pro. Surely there will be some movement out. Jodi if someone meets the asking price. Guess we're stuck with Roos. Browne, Muir and Ndlovu are loanable. Starting to wonder if Palmer's injury is career threatening (hope not).

Confident we can win this one. Patto was obviously pretty cross with Saturday's first half, and will be looking for a a 90 minute performance. I'll be buying a £25 monthly video pass in expectation of some good performances and results in September. Good value for six games.

In Patto we trust! We've got 28 outfield players but he possibly only had 16 available, just enough to fill the bench. No worries, second half - 77 percent possession! Over 10,500 home fans - down a lot on the Leicester game obviouslty but last season our first five home games all attracted around 8.500 home fans so a decent increase year on year.

Dennis injured (hamstring I think). That's good news. Finneran from Newcastle straight into the Notts team. Good signing. Our midfield is stretched though - Robbo injured again, Sanders and Campbell injured in training, Palmer's gone missing. Unlucky or something else?

Get this one done please! Strikers are so hard to come by, EFL2 Young Player of the Season is as near to "proven" as Notts are going to get with their model and budget so would be great if it happened.

Still just me predicting play-offs. You can get 9-1 on that. EFL1 looks strong on paper but as we Notts fans know, clubs don't always perform as well in reality - cluseless, stubborn managers, demoralised clique filled squads, interfering owners. There's nothing like that holding Notts back so we could rise above quite a few teams this season. Monday morning optimism!

Well done Notts, not many would have us down as unbeaten after three games. We are decent. We have plenty of winners in our squad (last season's survivors and some other clubs' POTS winners signed). Cooper is awesome. Patto is a top young coach.