Yes they’ve done a great job I’d like to see them here next season whatever league we are in.

David McGoldrick has had a remarkable season and could end it on a high note by clinching the League Two Golden Boot. It would be fitting given that this might be one of his final seasons. Whether he continues for another year remains uncertain, but he's certainly shown he's capable. Alassana Jatta has also been pivotal in our push for promotion, and it's wonderful to see him gaining recognition by representing Gambia as a Notts player. I wish them both the best in their race to finish as the top scorer.

They have pretty much carried the team in terms of goal-scoring this season. Jodi despite barely playing all season is our 3rd top scorer with 5... That's quite a drop off. Whatever league we are in next season we do need other players to step up a bit when it comes to putting the ball into the back of the net.

It's never over till it's over @ARLukomski.I'm not taking anything for granted.

Hold your horses @ARLukomski, we've had a few people get 15 points this season. And there's a non-zero chance of my laptop blowing up and me having to make up some numbers on the final day!

The results:

Hull City 0-1 Derby County
Preston North End 1-2 Plymouth Argyle
Burton Albion 2-1 Cambridge United
Crawley Town 3-0 Northampton Town
Fleetwood Town 2-0 Newport County
Salford City 4-1 Colchester United
Boston United 2-1 Gateshead
Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Oldham Athletic

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Congratulations to @Dan, who wins his second round in the last three!

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This is what our league table looks like heading into the final game. @super_ram leads @ARLukomski by 11 points, @Robbie looks set for third unless I find some points down the back of the sofa, and some positions look up for grabs in the lower half of the top ten...

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And on that bombshell, I'll sign off for this round. The final round of fixtures will be posted by Wednesday. See you all then for the final instalment!

A  Pesata in the leccy meter will cure it!!!!!

3 minutes ago, Robbie said:

@Fan of Big Tone

Hopefully Man City will be in the United Counties league next season if they are found guilty of the 115 charges against them.

Whether it's Forest or any other team, I hope City are dumped out of the FA Cup. It's not good for Football if they get to another final.

@Robbie I can see your point but I do think our disdain for those over the Trent should take precedence over any other considerations. 😂

@Fan of Big Tone

I don't have disdain for Forest, I just want Notts to beat them every time we play them. That's good enough for me. And I'm sure the powers that be at Notts feel the same.

Seems that City have taken an early lead

It's been a nice warm day here. Felt like the warmest day of the year here so far.

It was a lovely day for taking a walk with the Mrs. 

Update.

Update.

Notts County Women are held to a 2-2 draw in their final league game of the season.

Final FA Women's National League Div 1 Midlands Table 2024/25

Loughborough promoted.

Solihull & Nettleham (Lincoln City) relegated.

Record points total & League position for Notts Women since their relaunch as a club.

They are both absolutely  deserving to be in the League 2 team of the season. 35 goals between them for Notts. They have both played wonderfully well for Notts this season.

But this award is not just for David & Allasana, those two winning this award reflects too on how well the whole Notts squad have contributed to their success & the big improvement we've seen in the Notts performance this season.

A big PoN welcome from me too @DizzyBala.Now dip yer bread and joini in.

Hello, @DizzyBala. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham. It's great to have you amongst us in our community. I hope you find the site to be useful. See you around!

hello, @DizzyBala. welcome to pon. i hope to see you joining in and having fun here. pleased you are a part of our community.

It’s sad to hear the news. I saw a clip of a young boy interrupting some ceremony or something similar, but Pope Francis didn’t seem to mind. He looked at the boy the way a grandfather might, with warmth and understanding. I hope he finds inner peace and rests easily.

Pope Francis was a very popular Pope. The Vatican has reported that over 250,000 people have filed past his body in a massive showing of respect for him.

Pope Francis's funeral will be held tomorrow.

rest in peace, pope francis.

Day three awaits at Trent Bridge.

Lunch has been taken after the last Sussex wicket has fallen.

Sussex are 278 all out.

Notts need 148 to win.

A win for Nottinghamshire by 9 wickets.

They reach their victory target of 148 runs for just one wicket down.

Hameed and Duckett both finish with half centuries.

League 2 table after today's matches.

Notts are assured of a playoff place.

A much better 2nd half performance from Notts, where we took full control and in the end, deserved our victory. The first half was poor from our point of view. Good save by Belshaw to deny Jatta, but we made some silly errors. One which lead to us clearing one off of the line and the other just about being scrambled away at the last second. Our goal came from a good run forward by Gordon, where he took two men on and won us a throwing. From there we built up and Didzy's shot was saved, but Abbott reacted quickest. The goal we conceded was poor. Route one, straight down the middle, we don't deal with it and it's poked home.

Once again, we only properly perform for one half, but this time the 2nd half was much better. A higher intensity, where Gordon and Jones were pushed higher up to pin Harrogate back and both were a lot more direct when given the chance to take on their man. So many more forward passes, as shown in our 2nd goal. Platt passes forward to Bedeau, who passed forward to Jones (in the half space), who zips the ball across goal. I have no idea how Jatta misses, but Grant is there. The 3rd goal again showcases our improved intensity and directness, where quick forward passes result in Gordon getting in behind, crossing to Grant, who takes his time and his shot deflects in to kill the game.

If we had performed like we did in the 2nd half today, over the course of the season and being consistent, then we wouldn't have to be relying on Fleetwood and Crewe heading into the final day. It's the time where we look back on games that have cost us. Cheltenham (H), Chesterfield (H), Newport (H), Crewe (H), Barrow (H), Bromley (H), Colchester (H and A) and Vale (A). All games where we either missed chances, poor performances, lack of ruthlessness, slow intensity and little urgency have cost us. 

The fact we've taken down to the final day is quite remarkable. It hasn't felt like a promotion season at all. Performances have been unconvincing and mediocre for most of the season, but it's not just us. Everyone else has. Donny and Vale have had the most consistent runs of form in the run in, but even they have had times like it. We've been let off so many times because of how poor and inconsistent other teams have been, but they've been let off by us, because of the same reasons. 

I know I have seem frustrated with SM, the players and most recently the board a few times over recent weeks but it's because I want the best. Despite being inconsistent for a lot of the season, I know this team can be better than the way we have performed and I knew that back in October/November. I knew he wasn't going after Salford away because he still had/has a lot of time left on his deal. The Barrow home game made me feel so annoyed because of our performance. I knew we'd lose at Wimbledon that Saturday and I was fed up with us and how we were playing. Then Grimsby, Chezzy and Crewe gave us ups, downs and frustration, but everyone else was doing their best to not get promoted as well. Then we put in a good performance for 90 against Newport and a 45 minute job against MK in which was a sweet win. Then the Colchester loss deflated me so much and in the days after, I felt demoralised and fed up again, because the performance was bad and I thought that was our automatic chances gone and I had no hope of us winning the play-offs because of our record against other teams and how we don't turn up in big games. This deflated feeling carried on into Salford, Bradford and Cheltenham and despite getting a point from Valley Parade, it felt too little, too late. Then we kept getting offered lifeline after lifeline and somehow we've found ourselves with the most outside shot of outside shots of getting 3rd. 

The perfectly imperfect football club is once again proving that 2006 survey correct.

An impressive 3 points and somehow we are still in with a shout of automatic promotion. The unpredictability of League 2 has kept us on the edge of seats and I suspect there's a few more twists and turns to come. 

Injury situation after the Salford match.

1.Scott Robertson.

2.Lucas Ness

3. Sam Austin 

4. Alex Bass 

Just four players still recovering from injury. Best we've seen for some time.

More bad news on the injury front.

Nick Tsaroulla will be out for the rest of the season due to surgery on his appendix.

Number of players injured as we go into the Harrogate match.

1. Scott Robertson.

2. Lucas Ness

3. Sam Austin 

4. Nick Tsaroulla 

5. Adam Chicksen 

A sad story

It's more "tiresome and predictable" than sad @Piethagoram. KFC Uerdingen (unfortunately not nicknamed the chickens) seem to go through this cycle where they go on a wild spending spree with money they don't have, go bankrupt, and once they've dumped their debt they start again. This is something like their fifth insolvency. They shouldn't have been allowed in the Regionalliga. This just means they'll be playing a division lower next season, where they were last season anyway.

They were also in the third division a few years back, with a Russian investor promising to get them back to the Bundesliga. I don't need to tell you how it ended.

Back in the 80s this club was incidentally Bayer Uerdingen, until Bayer withdrew and decided to focus on Leverkusen instead. 

Carlisle play Salford at home on the last day.

It Carlisle still have a mathematical chance of avoiding relegation, a win over Salford could easily affect the playoff places, including the fate of Notts.

Don't know what to make of this proposed appointment.

It appears Kogan's been involved in the making of TV deals, that have broadly been unfair to the lower leagues, & basically makes the bigger clubs richer & the smaller clubs poorer.

The TV revenue raised isn't getting passed down to the lower leagues as it should. 

It doesn't give me any confidence that this football regulator will make much difference to the status quo that we have in football at the moment.

A belated welcome from me too @NcfcWak 

A warm PoN welcome from me too @NcfcWak.Please don't be shy.

Hello, welcome to the Pride of Nottingham @NcfcWak. It's great to have you amongst us.

hello, @arb welcome to pon. its great to have you here with us.

Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham, @arb. I hope you join in and enjoy being a part of our Notts County community.

Hello, @arb. Welcome to PON. It's great to have you with us, I hope to see you join in.

Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham, @Lullapie. It's great to have you join our community, and we hope you enjoy being part of it.

Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham, @Lullapie. I hope you enjoy being a part of our Notts County community.

This is what I tell myself when supporting Notts is hard, Lullaby by Shawn Mullins.

"Everything's gonna be all right
Rock-a-bye, rock-a-bye
Everything's gonna be all right
Rock-a-bye, rock-a-bye, rock-a-bye"

Become a star on here, and you might hear members turn this into a chant about you.  The first PON member to have their own chant.

Hello, @Lullapie. Great username! Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham, it's good to have you here and I hope you settle into our community.

Welcome to PON, @ASHLEY GUY.  

Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham, @ASHLEY GUY. I hope you enjoy being a part of our Notts County community.

Hello, @ASHLEY GUY. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham. We are a great bunch of fans, who all enjoy discussing Notts. You will be made to feel at home, and respected. I hope to see you join in.

Hello, @Michael Bramley. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham!

You don't have to be an active Notts fan to be involved, just share your thoughts to what you think. You would be surprised just how much taking part could get you up to speed with Notts. We are a friendly group. When you can, my guide to the site might help you settle in further.

On 11/02/2025 at 13:28, Chris said:

Hello, @Michael Bramley,

It's really nice to see you have joined us here. I apologise for not taking the time to welcome you sooner on site. It's been nice going down memory lane with my father @super_ram, who you have since confirmed the connection with your own father. As I have mentioned, I have heard stories about yourself and your father, Albert, and it is such a wonderful thing to have stumbled across paths in such a manner. Thank you for joining and exchanging emails.

I hope you enjoy being part of our Notts County community here. 🖤🤍

Hello Michael,I am overwhelmed to see that you are who I thought you might be.What are the chances after all these years.Chris sent me the PM that you replied to him and I hope you don't mind sharing my response with all the members here on PoN.

You told Chris you would be interested to learn how I knew your dad.Well here goes,perhaps their will be a few names you remember your dad mentioning.I started working for Simon,May in September 1963 in the quaintly named counting house with Chief Clerk,Frank Powdrill,basiclally as a gopher-go for this ,go for that..More on Mr Powdrill later.I transferred to 'S' Export dispatch the following spring.I should have reported for work on the Monday morning but due to toothache I was at the dentist instead.When I turned up for work later that day(minus the offending tooth) I dont think your dad was initially too impressed with the reason I gave for my lateness.My workmates along with your dad were,Eddie(can't remember his surname) ,along with 3 women packers,Kathleen Woodward,Irene Pearson & Joan Edwards.On the same floor was the 'S' department Home trade with Frank Holmes and his packer Ernest Rowe.You may remember Malcolm Baker, who always pestered your dad if he found out you were having a break from Newcastle because he requested you go play Hockey ,I believe for West Bridgford.

When Eddie left I became your dad's assistant .I could hardly miss the fact your dad was a Notts fan and when he found out I was a Rams fan we found a shared interest in football.We used to exchange match reports on the morning after games.We also shared the same sense of humour with Monty Python especially..In fact there was a time when Bram(as your dad was affectionately known)was off work ill for a lengthy period.On his return he presented me with a Monty Python book for covering for him whilst he was off work.Something I didn't expect but shows what your dad was like..Incidently I became a member of the Littlewoods pools syndicate that he ran.He told me a lot of stories about Notts and football in general.This, along with my father in laws support of Notts ,is why Notts are my second team and why I'm here on Pride of Nottingham.Bram told me he used to meet up with his sisters and they'd attend games together.I remember wishing him luck for his last match and the shock we all had  the next morning when we all learned of his passing.I was taken to the funeral by Bill Robinson and with many other Simon,May personell.I missed him very much after working with him for so long as he treated me so well and as a friend.

On a lighter note I mentioned Frank Powdrill earlier.Well after being made redundant at Simon,May's I was employed by a Dairy as Stores Manager,I was taking a a break late in the afternoon and went to the canteen for a drink and sat at a table where there was a discarded Nottingham Post.This would be around 2004,about 40 years after I started at Simon,May's.I picked the paper up and there was an article about Mr Powdrill.Notts had made a presentation to him ,I believe it was on his 100th birthday and as a longtime County fan.There's another coincidence.

Well there we are Michael,I hope this was of some interest to you  and don't be a stranger.Barry(super_ram)

Hello, @Michael Bramley. It's great to read the connection you have with @super_ram. I can see why your father thought a lot of him, because well, he's super! Even if you don't attend games you will be welcome to share your thoughts on PON. Sometimes an outside view makes a good insight, so please don't be put off. Welcome to the community from me.

Hello, @Colcard.

Are you related to James Sanderson? Don't feel obliged to answer, it's just nice to have you amongst our community regardless. I hope you enjoy being a part of our Notts County community, so welcome.

Hi Chris,

Yeah, proud Dad of James 👍.

Many thanks for the warm welcome...clearly missed many other welcome messages also, so again many thanks. 😊

Hello, @Colcard. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham, I am pleased you have joined us.

James Sanderson looks to have a bright future, most Notts fans are desperate to see a youngster break through into the first team. Fingers crossed it will be your, James! 🙏🏻

welcome to the pride of nottingham, @andrew lord. i hope you find the site fun and become a regular contributor to pon.

Hello, @andrew lord. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham. I hope you enjoy being part of our Notts County community.

Hello, @andrew lord. Welcome to PON, I hope to see you online and sharing your thoughts in the future.

Hello, @Charlie_ncfc. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham. It's nice to see you have joined us.

Hello, @Charlie_ncfc. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham. I hope you enjoy being part of our Notts County community.

Hello, @Charlie_ncfc. Welcome to the PON site and community, be sure to join in when you can.

To be honest, I didn't know that dark Toblerone was a thing.

Do you like it, @Piethagoram?

I’m not a fan of it, or even the regular version. The texture puts me off. I don’t like white or dark chocolate either. Milk chocolate is the only one I enjoy, and even then, it depends a lot on what it’s paired with. I was surprised when Poundland copied it with their Twin Peaks.

Hello and welcome to the Pride of Nottingham. I am pleased to see another new member recently join the community. It would be great to see you join in @piedestrian.

Aren't we all piedestrian?  At least Notts fans???

Hello, @piedestrian. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham. I hope you enjoy being part of our Notts County community.

I love the choice in username! Great decision!! 👍🏻👏🏻

Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham, @piedestrian. If your username is any indication to your personality, I think you would fit right in and I would highly encourage you to spread more humour within the PON community. It's great to have you here.

Hello, welcome to PON @John Wardle. How long have you supported Notts?

Hello, @John Wardle. Welcome to the Pride of Nottingham. I hope you enjoy being part of our Notts County community.

It is lovely to have exchanged emails upon your arrival, thank you so much for getting back to me.

Hello, welcome to the Pride of Nottingham @John Wardle. It's great to be welcoming you, and although I am late. I do want to say welcome and hello. I hope by now you feel settled and familiar with the site.