Sheffield Pie

Anyone able to name the scorers? I was probably there (had a junior season ticket) but can't remember anything about it. Some incredibly memorable games that season but not that one! Looking back at the records, this was one of only two wins in the last 11 games of the season. A stronger finish and we might have ended up in the top half, above Forest. Conscious as I'm typing this that it's ancient history - the equivalent of me in 1982 hearing from some old guy about the inter-war years.

We've still got a narrow path to automatic promotion and it starts tonight. We really need: Bromley to seal promotion by beating Cambridge (8pm) We beat Barnet (Sat) Cambridge fail to beat Grimsby (Tues) If that happens it's game on. Doesn't sound too far fetched?

Just watched MP's interview. He's so angry he's almost in tears. And I get why. This is his big break as a manager. He's navigated the data model, the recruitment strategy, the injuries and suspensions, the crap referees, and got us to a point where we had a fighting chance of autos with four games left. Yes he's made mistakes but he's been so dedicated and relentless, always talking about 'what it means to play for Notts County'. Then the players deliver that.

Finished 3-0 and Holloway sent off. Disaster for them. Bromley will now be promoted if they win today. Not sure I want that just yet as they might then take their foot off the gas, and we probably want them to beat Cambridge. Maybe a draw is best for us.

Swindon losing 3-0 and down to ten men away to Colchester, that's helping us.

Noticed also Bristol Rovers (H) is now on sale, including some Jimmy Sirrel stand blocks for home fans. Hoping there's something to play for and it's a sell-out.

Great opportunity for anyone who is not a ST holder or has any loyalty points to get to an important away game and back the team. Bit of a trek but could be massive.

He's only human. He gets no protection whatsoever. He's had several facial injuries, all unpunished. I can only imagine what physical and verbal abuse he gets all match. L2 must be one of the worst leagues in the world to play in - the level of targetted aggression, encouraged by managers, plus the most incompetent, naive refs and zero concern from the EFL. The 'any other workplace' argument doesn't really hold because in no other workplace would you be provoked so much.

Good win and pegged back MK and Cambridge. It's tantalising - 23 wins is great but if we could just have scraped a few more draws aswell, we'd be in an even better place, pushing for the title. Still, good to be in our hands with four games to go.

Keep going Notts let's give that goal difference a boost.

Come on Notts please don't concede just before (or just after) half time. Get to 60 minutes then bring in Ndlovu and Luker. Get out of this division so we don't have to play Salford again, surely that's motiviation enough.

I've been dreading this for the reason @menzinho has said. Robinson is the archetype of the lower league manager who's not exactly Pep but somehow manages to get one over Notts and make us question our transfer policy, data model, 'identity' etc. I'd take a draw as well - it would be progress, even if it means us temporarily being pegged back slightly in the promotion race. Team wise we don't know who's fit but 8 or 9 pick themselves so it's just a case of whether to use the other few places to add bite or skill. I just hope we don't cave in early on. Best way to achieve that might be to beef things up a bit (Browne?) and maybe keep Bennetts or even JJ fresh for the second half.

Bedeau was more combative today, great interception for the second goal as well. He's the senior defender now so deserves a lot of the credit for the clean sheet. Bennetts put in a good shift as well, nearly had his ankle broken. He's a better pick than Dennis now who's become pretty anonymous.

Doing OK, conditions not the best. Jatta possibly offside for the goal? But very well worked. Would like JJ to get into the game more. Really should win from here.

We should create chances with that team. Can we take them? I'm sticking my Tangen to get his first prediction, bound to be right eventually.

We lack an actual functioning captain - someone who is an automatic pick, is vocal and leads by example in terms of play and discipline. I know they won't take it off Palmer but just thinking aloud, who could theyt turn to - Belshaw? Iorpenda?

The most impressive thing about their run is only conceding two goals in the last nine games. On the other hand in that run they've played some basket cases like Crawley, Gillingham and Tranmere. The Accrington and Cheltenham managers in their post match interviews both used the phrase 'a game too many' to excuse getting thrashed by us. Hoping the Oldham manager will also trot that one out just after 10pm tomorrow. Come on Notts.

Sounds like a cracking game. So glad they turned on the style in front of the home fans. Steve Cotterill fuming! Respect him a lot but he could've given Notts more credit.

MK won last night. It's looking tough now, need to go on an incredible run. This is the problem - every year promotion places are generally filled up by teams that have thrown money at it maybe shouldn;t have been relegated the year before and that bounce straight back come out of nowhere thanks to a good coach and everything just clicks Which doesn't actually leave much room for just plain 'good' teams. I'm still hopeful for auto or play-offs but we could be stuck in this division for a few years yet unless everything really comes together like it did under LW.

Another epic fail I'm afraid. Big Saturday crowd, TV, local derby, any one of those is usually enough for a let down. Let's hope the play-offs this year are scheduled for a Monday morning, behind closed doors, during a TV technicians' strike.

Jatta makes the bench! Consipracy theories officially retired.

This season when we've had 10k+ crowds we've only won 3 out of 7. All three times that we've not scored have been in front of 10k plus crowds. The Cambridge win is the one big plus. When we've had a smaller crowd we've won 8 out of 11. That includes all of our evening kick-offs. So a big crowd expected, Saturday afternoon, time to step up.

The bookies have it as a five horse race (Salford, the sixth favourites, are a long shot at 8/1). Converting the odds, they give Bromley an 83% chance, MK 75%, Cambridge 67%, Notts 56%, Swindon 23%. I still don't rate Swindon. Our game at Cambridge is massive, win there and we're in the driving seat. Bromley have lost the knack of nicking a win. It's 100% there for the taking, we just have to play to our potential in the kind of games where we tend not to turn up - the Chesterfield and Salford games being the ones that worry me the most.

Putting a curse on it but ... after the earlier result, if Notts win by 2 goals today we go second I think?

Our odds at the bookies have come in a lot, about evens now and I'm pretty sure you could get 5/1 after our last bad run. We're 7/1 for the title, tempting ...