A trip down memory lane to watch highlights of one of the best, if not the best, football matches ever, the European Cup Final played at Hampden Park in 1960 in front of a crowd of 135,000. Di Stefano scoring 3 goals and Puskas 4 shown in all their glory. A masterclass of Football nearly 64 years ago. Enjoy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66827798

Which current starting 11 player are you most impressed with right now? What exactly is he doing to impress you so much, and how do his performances affect the other players around him? Please elaborate on this.

There's no denying that Italy have been one of the best, if not the best, at producing some of the greatest defenders to have ever graced the game. There was a billboard years ago that had a picture of Paolo Maldini on it with the slogan "Italy's Goalkeeper. Easiest job in the world"

I came across this on Twitter (I still refuse to call it X) 

You could easily have a back 3 of defenders but you'd have to leave out one or two defenders that should be in there. So for me I'd have to go with a back 4 consisting of;

Cannavaro (RB)

Nesta & Baresi (CB)

Maldini (LB)

Rumbelows Cup
October 1991
2nd Round 2nd Leg.

Notts County 3-2 Port Vale.
Featuring Kevin Bartlett with 2 goals and a Tommy Johnson penalty.

Notts came back from 2 goals down to win on the night, but after playing extra time, Vale went through on the away goals rule.

SCMP (salary cost management protocol) limits spending on player wages to a percentage of club Turnover. Initially introduced during the 2011/12 campaign, SCMP was put in place to ensure teams in League One and League Two operate within their financial means.

In League 1 clubs can spend a maximum of 60% of their turnover on wages.                 Clubs relegated from the Championship into League One are permitted to spend an extra 15 per cent of their turnover on wages for their first season in the division, taking their threshold to 75 per cent. 

In League 2, the limit is 55%.

League 1/2 Clubs can only spend a fixed percentage of its revenue (as above) on player wages etc. This limit can also be added to or impacted by equity injections or net transfer spend.

There are no restrictions (in themselves) on the amount a club can lose or spend on transfer fees. 

(Source Google)

So similar to the Premier League, the richer clubs in League 1 and 2 could have an advantage when it comes to buying more expensive players & paying higher players wages.

Relegated clubs from the Championship could have an unfair advantage in their first session in League 1, just like when a club receives parachute payments when relegated from the Premier league.

An alternative would be to have a Cap on the amount of money a club could spend on buying players and the amount on players wages  per season to even things up.

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/whats-story-behind-nottinghams-crown-141324

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)

Most on here support Notts of course but does anyone admit to having a soft spot for another team whose results they look out for.

I used to work with a Derby County supporter whose second team was Reading, when I asked him why he said it started when he was a young boy and his favourite subject at school was reading. 

I don’t really have a second team as such although I do look at the scores of other local teams especially Derby to see what mood @super_ram will be in. 

The next five games for Notts, home and away are going to be very tough & season defining in my opinion.

Mansfield:  away

Gillingham: home

Newport:    away

Wrexham:   away

Crewe:        home

I would be very happy if we could take 10 points from these games. 3 wins and a draw with one loss. 

Am I being too optimistic or could we do it with Stuart now at the helm?

Great to return to ML after a long while, very little has changed, fans still great, hope you enjoy my vlog & maybe check out my other EFL 23/24 vlogs on the Over the Bar YouTube channel.

January can't come soon enough for us with the gaping hole in our midfield and defence, in need of reinforcements and squad depth looking a bit empty

Having lost Cedwyn Scott and Geraldo Bajrami, plus our most influential player Matty Palmer to injury, it's clear the squad is in need of signings. 

We were right to stick by the players that got us promoted, but we should have added more to the squad in the summer. Now the mantra is progression over loyalty

Since the start of this month I've been putting together a list of possible choices for the January transfer window. Split them up into tier 1 and tier 2 targets.

Tier 1 is realistic and accounting for budget (depending on how ambitious we are being). Tier 2 is less likely options/players. Players I will take but would prefer if we signed the tier 1 players

Tier 1 Centre-Backs

Tier 2 Centre-Backs

Tier 1 Central Midfielders

Tier 2 Central Midfielders

My weekend is planned out already, tomorrow we have our grandchildren staying over night, @George L will come with me to the match while Fred stays with his Granny. Games or a film with them Saturday night and Sunday when they’ve gone home, it’ll be all action stations getting packed for our flight to Lanzarote on Monday.

Whats everyone else doing this weekend?