We were surprised to bump into @DangerousSausage during Super's week away, it was a pleasant surprise. ????

The weekend looms as always it’s a football weekend but somehow this weekend seems more exciting with the visit of Wrexham our old enemy’s from last season. Let’s hope it’s a celebratory weekend.

Sadly I won’t be attending but happily I will be travelling to Durham today for a weeks holiday with the family, our son has booked a lovely cottage for all six of us so I’m looking forward to it. Of course Mrs. T will be cooking one of her famous home made curries for us all tonight. Chicken Passanda, lovely.

Whats everyone else up to?

We have lots of football coming up now, so there's a lot of predicting to be done too. This round is for this coming Tuesday - kick-off is at 7.45pm, and don't forget your joker!

Huddersfield Town v Cardiff City

Swansea City v Watford

Lincoln City v Charlton Athletic

Northampton Town v Leyton Orient

AFC Wimbledon v Accrington Stanley

Crewe Alexandra v Stockport County

Dagenham & Redbridge v Boreham Wood

Eastleigh v Woking

Next up for Notts is the visit of Wrexham, how many link between the two sides can we find.

The first name that sprang to my mind was Kevin (Rooster) Russell, who had two spells with Wrexham and a short spell with Notts in 1995, he only played 11 games for us so it’s strange I remembered him.

Any more anyone?

Notts County’s form in the EFL League Two 2023/24 season has been a bit of a rollercoaster. After a disappointing defeat to Sutton on the opening day, the team seemed to have found their footing with a strong start to the season. However, recent defeats, particularly the home loss to Mansfield, have been a cause for concern.

The team’s performance at Meadow Lane has generally been strong, with the crowd support undoubtedly playing a part. However, the Mansfield game was a disappointment and highlighted some of the issues that Notts County faces away from home.

In terms of goal scoring and conceding stats, it’s clear that the pressure of conceding is impacting our attack. Despite this, Notts County has shown they are capable of scoring when they need to.

The current form of the team heavily relies on players like Jodi Jones, John Bostock, and Macaulay Langstaff. Matt Palmer also deserves a mention, despite some inconsistent performances.

Looking ahead to the upcoming fixtures against Gillingham and Newport, it’s hard to predict how many points we’ll pick up. The pressure of being at the top end of the table may be impacting the team’s performance.

Overall, while there are certainly areas for improvement, it’s important to remember that no team can win every game. The most important thing is that Notts County continues to enjoy their football and plays to the best of their ability.

Game 15 - The Exiles (H)

Team: Newport County

Date: 24/10/2023

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.

Joss Labadie

Scot Bennett

Aaron Collins

It’s the weekend. 

What has everyone got planned, are you off to the match, seeing relatives, chilling out, let us know.

Today I won’t be doing much due to this awful weather so expect to see me camped on here. Tonight Mrs. T is doing one of her famous home made curries. “Which curry is she doing Tony” I hear you say. Well she’s cooking a superb Chicken Jalfrezi and I’ve got a nice bottle of Titanic Plum Porter to help wash it down.

Not sure about Saturday and Sunday it depends on the weather I’ll update later.

Whats everyone else doing/done this weekend?

Anyone know anything about this?

How many on here are old enough to remember when we used to call Notts "the Maggies"? People used to say "are you going down to see the Maggies tonight?", I wonder when it changed to "The Pies", I can't remember suddenly one day starting saying "Come on you Pies", it must have been a gradual thing I suppose. I don't think we said "Come on you Maggies", it was more "Up the Maggies" and before that "Up the Magpies". I suppose "Come on You Maggies" or "Come on you Magpies" is a bit long winded hence shortened to Pies.

A common chant in the days of wooden rattles was 2-4-6-8 who do we appreciate C_O_U_N_T_Y, COUNTY! 

Anyone else remember those days?

Game 14 - The Gills (A)

Team: Gillingham

Date: 21/10/2023

Where: Priestfield Stadium

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.

Sorry about the rude interruption - where were we? Rounds 12 and 13 are postponed for reasons we're all aware of - I'll try to squeeze them in later in the season. We'll pick up with round 14, with these matches kicking off at 3pm on Saturday. Good luck and remember your jokers!

Bristol City v Coventry City

Hull City v Southampton

Burton Albion v Bristol Rovers

Peterborough United v Wycombe Wanderers

Bradford City v Wrexham

Colchester United v Harrogate Town

Rochdale v Oldham Athletic

Southend United v Solihull Moors

This is my lucky hat which has been to just about every match with me for the last 30 years. I remember the day I bought it in a charity shop on the Isle of Wight as soon as I saw it I knew I had to have it.

Sadly it has now seen better days so it really does have to go.

Goodbye old friend. ????

Sir Bobby Charlton: England World Cup winner and Manchester United legend dies https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62989801
 

For those interested England are playing Italy tonight in a qualification game for Euros, kick off 7.45pm, it’s on Channel 4 coverage starts at 7pm.

Notts have drawn Crawley at home in the first round of the FA Cup, I think we could have had easier draws but at least we are at home, what do others think?

Well it seems like ages since we’ve been able to log in to our favourite football forum, I have really missed coming on here and reading everyone’s views, although I have been chatting with my old sparring partner @super_ram which has kept me sane.

A massive thank you to @Chris and his helpers for all the hard work getting us back online.

Now let’s get PoN back up and running, what have you all been doing this past week or so?

It's not without saying that I care passionately about the Pride of Nottingham and Notts County.

Our recent downtime had been caused by a cyberattack, where hacker(s) caused significant damage to our site. This attack is unjustified and the people responsible cannot validate their actions. Football is about unity, whilst rivalry is a natural part of the game. To resort to this type of behaviour is very cowardly and in the long run what did it achieve? No amount of excuses can humanly explain this behaviour.

At this stage, I can't go into the full details, but there will be a point where I will provide a further update.

I fully believe in transparency and accountability, I hold my hands up and say that I should have done better, and I can honestly say I will learn from this in the future. I will ensure that the best practices are used to avoid such a pathetic attack. I can say, without a doubt, that only damage was conflicted. No data was accessed. Passwords are encrypted within the database and nothing was retrieved.

I have made sure to check this, along with a friend who is a very knowledgable person within this field.

We could have been back somewhat sooner, although I did take the time to move hosts. You should notice the benefit of us running a dedicated server, with a lot more resources behind us. I wanted to ensure that we thoroughly inspected every area of the site, considering the extensive number of files. It is important to dedicate sufficient time to this task. The worst scenario would be to neglect corners and wish for the best.

Further security is being used and whilst I politely ask that we focus on the positives, not the issue I outlined in the start.

I do share your frustration about the downtime. I sincerely hope if you read this you will get behind the Pride of Nottingham, and we can firmly pick up from where we were previously. COYP!

All the best.
Chris

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67121048

welcome to the pride of nottingham, @Terri. hello.  

Game 13 - The Stags (H)

Team: Mansfield Town

Date: 14/10/2023

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.