Albert William Fisher (Feb 1881 – 4 Dec 1937) was an English professional footballer who scored 23 goals from 56 appearances in the Football League playing as an inside forward for Aston Villa, Bristol City & Manchester City. He also played for Southern League clubs Brighton & Hove Albion, Bradford Park Avenue, Queens Park Rangers, Coventry City and Merthyr Town.

As player-manager, he led Merthyr Town to the Southern League Second Division title in 1911/12.

Albert joined Notts County as Secretary Manager, (that's what they called Managers then), succeeding the previous Manager, Tom Harris in Aug 1913 & Managed the club through World War 1 till May 1927. He guided Notts to the Division 2 title in the 1913/14 and 1922/23 seasons.

In all Albert Managed Notts over 444 matches, winning 167, drawing 114, & losing 163 with a win percentage of 39.62% (source Google)

Albert is another Notts County great that got us promoted twice into the top tier of English Football, & thus cementing his legendary status at our club.

Game 25 - The Shrimps (H)

Team: Morecambe

Date: 29/12/2023

Where: Meadow Lane

What line-up should Luke Williams opt for? What will be the key areas for the Magpies to get a victory? What do you think the final score will be?

Have your say below, join in with the Pride of Nottingham match discussion.

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Meanwhile

Well, that’s Christmas over for another year, what was the best present you received this year?

Our son bought us tickets to see a musical in London, including train tickets, so we are looking forward to that.

What was yours?

From Tommy Lawton, Jackie Sewell to Lee Hughes, Notts County has seen its fair share of talented players over the years. Who stands out as the best? What makes him so special to you?

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Tom Harris managed our club from 1893 to 1913, a very long period of time for a Club Manager.

They were actually called Secretary Managers in those days.

Tom is the only Notts County Manager that has lifted the FA Cup, winning it in 1894, when Notts defeated Bolton Wanderers 4:1 at Goodison Park.

Notts were actually a Division 2 club when they won the Cup, defeating 3 Top tier sides on the way to their triumph.

Tom also guided Notts to the Division 2 Championship in season 1896/97 and a 3rd place in Division 1 in 1900/01.

Tom is a true legend of Notts County Football Club & his achievement is unique, which puts him equal to all the other great Managers who have served this club.

The recruitment of loanees has proved successful for Notts.

Take Jorge Grant. Jorge played a season and a half for Notts from the 2017 to May 2018 appearing for Notts 62 times & scoring 21 goals. In his first spell he scored 6 goals and helped save us from relegation. In season 2017/18 his goals helped us to the play offs with a fifth place finish.

The most recent successful loanee story is Jodi Jones who came from Oxford U & played 16 times in our promotion year and scored the winning goal in the playoff to get us to the final. In May 23 Jodi signed permanently on a 2 year contract with Notts, and he's now a regular in our team helping us to push for promotion to league 1 & already has 4 goals to his name this term.

And we will never forget the heroics of Archie Mair, another loanee from Norwich City, in the play off final, saving two Chesterfield penalties in the shootout that proved absolutely vital.

I believe Notts should continue with this policy of recruiting players on loan. It is a good way to assess a player for a possible transfer while he is also doing a job for us. If it doesn't work out the loanee just returns to his club.

This fits very nicely into Notts current 'sustainability' financial policy.

Thoughts?

It's the final round of the year! Send in your predictions by 3pm on Boxing Day, and remember those jokers!

Hull City v Sunderland

Watford v Bristol City

Exeter City v Wycombe Wanderers

Fleetwood Town v Carlisle United

Barrow v Stockport County

Bradford City v Morecambe

Altrincham v Halifax Town

Southend United v Barnet

Game 24 - Rovers (H)

Team: Doncaster Rovers

Date: 26/12/2023

Where: Meadow Lane

What line-up should Luke Williams opt for? What will be the key areas for the Magpies to get a victory? What do you think the final score will be?

Have your say below, join in with the Pride of Nottingham match discussion.

When Notts loses, we fans don’t get to hear from the players, which prevents us from gaining a clear understanding of a player’s thoughts. I realise this is mostly done to protect the players, but for a club that claims to want an open dialogue with the fans and encourages players to connect with the fans, I’m not keen on the club avoiding player interviews just because we lost a match.

Negative comments will appear on social media regardless, and I can’t help but think they could be handled more effectively if done.

I have such great memories of our grand old stadium at Meadow Lane.

I can remember when we played Everton in the FA Cup at home on a wet day in March 1984,  standing on the Cop getting wet through. The ground was absolutely packed with 10K Everton fans. We lost to an Andy Gray header he headed in only a few inches off the ground.

When I was a boy I would stand at the front of the Cop, behind the goal. When I grew taller, I would watch Notts standing on the County Road side or pop side. There was a large step at the back of the lower tier that you could get a good view from standing at the half way line if you got a place there.

Spent many years standing. Never sat down until it became all seater.

How many of you remember our old ground and where did you watch the games.

Did you prefer to sit or stand?

Wishing all of PoN members a wonderful Christmas