Thomas Keetley (16 November 1898 – 18 August 1958) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. He scored 284 Football League goals between 1919 and 1934

Tom Keetley, a footballer who played for Notts County between 1929 & 1933 scoring 98 goals from 110 appearances including FA Cup, a phenomenal number at nearly a goal a game.Tom held the record for most goals in a season for Notts till Macaulay Langstaff beat Tom's record in the 2023/23 season.

Life and Career.

Keetley was one of eleven brothers and one sister he was born in Derby and came from a footballing family with several other brothers who played professionally including Arthur, Harry, Joe, Frank and  Charlie.

The first Football League side he played for was Bradford Park Avenue, and he first played in the league for them in 1919–20, going on to make 22 league appearances for them over a four-season period. In 1923–24 he first played league football for Doncaster Rovers, a club which three of his brothers (Harry, Joe and Frank) played for in their careers.

He remains the all-time top scorer for Doncaster with 180 league goals. He also holds the club record for scoring six goals in one game, against Ashington in the Third Division (North) on 16 February 1929.

In 1929  he moved to Notts County for £750, where he scored his first hat-trick for the club on his debut, in a 3–1 win against Bristol City on 30 August 1929. Keetley scored 39 league goals for Notts during the 1930–31 season, a record that would stand for 92 years until surpassed by Macaulay Langstaff in 2023. He left Notts in 1933 to join Lincoln City, having scored 94 goals in 103 league appearances and four goals in seven FA Cup ties.

He played just ten games for Lincoln in 1934 before briefly moving onto non-League Gresley Rovers in 1934, and then Heanor Town.

He is 29th in the all-time top scorers list in league football in England and Scotland having the 9th highest goals per game ratio of 0.75. As of June 2005 he was ranked 19th in the all-time list of highest scoring players scoring in English league football, having scored 284 goals between 1919 and 1934.

After his professional career ended he was landlord of the Rose and Crown in Chellaston, Derby.

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Jodi Jones has become a vital part of our attacking threat.

How can we forget his assist and winning goal against Boreham Wood in the play off Semi-final.

This season he has 21 goal contributions in 24 appearances. He's become a very valuable  player for Notts.

Enjoy them all.

Stuart's press conference for the Barrow Match.

I know some of you may not be wrestling fans but this is huge news. Especially from a UK fans perspective.

Netflix will be streaming Monday Night Raw, NXT and Friday Night Smackdown as well as the Premium LIve Events like The Royal Rumble, WrestleMania etc. They also have plans to make new documentaries, which if Netflix shows and the previous documentaries made on the Network are anything to go by, they'll be epic.

I'm just hoping that with this looking like the end of the WWE Network, which I already subscribe to for £9.99 a month, they continue to show old content from like the 90s, early 00s etc. It's one of the things I enjoy about having the Network being able to run back some old classics. 

Most people in the UK already have Netflix accounts so this can only be a positive. It could see a rise in popularity for WWE. I do think though that with this acquisition, Netflix might rise their prices but I'm sure it'll be a better price than having to pay for TNT Sports/BT Sports that it has been showcased on in recent years.

Just out of curiosity, how many on here would watch WWE more often or try get in to it with it moving to Netflix starting next year?

Personally, I'm excited with this news. It's been a while since I've got to watch shows like RAW or Smackdown Live or even highlights of it. Instead I opted for RAW Talk or Smackdown Low Down for a catch up. But, I always watch the PPVs live via the Network.

It's matchday for Notts County Women.

On Saturday we take on Barrow at Meadow Lane in a top of the table clash.

How many links can we find between the two clubs?

Heres one to start you off, Thierry Audel joined Barrow briefly when he left Notts in 2017. He only played 7 games for them before moving to Welling Utd.

How many more links can we find?

in court.... awaiting sentancing

Swansea already 3 :0 down 

... 16 minutes gone... LW tearing his hair out!!!!! 

I know 'coz I was there!

Memory Lane time. Back to 1991 and extended highlights of Notts v Brighton at an old Wembley Stadium.  A young Neil Warnock leading his side out. Two goals by Tommy Johnson and one from Dave Regis won the day for Notts. Enjoy.

I’ve just had half an hour on our cross trainer it beeps when the half hour is up not that I needed it as I’m watching the minutes tick down as I exercise willing it to go faster.  The only thing that got me through was listening to my Rolling Stones playlist. I’m shattered now so a quick shower and a cup of coffee to revive me.
 

Anyone else keeping fit?

A bit of Notts County nostalgia from 48 years ago. Fulham v Notts  Nov 1976.. see if you can pick out some of our greats in action.

Hello, I’ve joined Pride of Nottingham to concentrate on content and I’m keen to get to know the community better.

I’ve been a Notts supporter my whole life, born in 1993. My real name’s Gavin, but you can call me Gav or True Magpie, whichever you prefer. I went to my first game in 1996, when I was just three.

As for PON, I’ve been a long-time reader and active on social media. I was asked yesterday to consider this role, as it’s similar to my job, and I happily agreed.

Gav, True Magpie.

https://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2023/july/26/Mullins-Appointed-U21-Head-Coach/

The last I recall off the top of my head, is Haydn Mullns temporarily being interim manager of Watford. I think he also had some involvement with West Ham as a coach after, but his wiki doesn't clarify that. He was indeed head coach of Colchester United under Steve Ball. Who knew? I didn't.

Also, he seems to have managed "Turks and Caicos Islands", I don't recall hearing of them before.

UD Almería seems to have fallen victim to some very suspicious decisions.

Brilliant opening goal by Almeria, it's the perfect start they could have asked for. The 2nd goal was a stunner! Now, to analyse the goal. The keeper played a very good long ball up the field, without the Almería player moving into the space it would have been wasted.

You see the Almería and Real Madrid players briefly clash.

Nothing in it, however, the reason I feel this needs to be pointed out is for a later decision which baffles me. As this could have easily been given a free kick in the defenders favour. Not that I would agree, but I have seen it happen in multiple leagues where the defender is offered the protection.

The penalty for Real Madrid was spot on. It could be considered harsh, but you can't keep your arms out like that when defending a corner.

Almería scored after a very quick break. Bellingham is caught naturally further in the Almería half, but the goal ends up being disallowed. Real Madrid then go on again to score, however, it's obvious that it comes off the arm of Vinícius Jr.

Decision goal stands?!?!

Belling's second goal was offside miles before it happened, why so slow to call it?

A Real Madrid player then clatters an Almería defender, similar to the build up leading to their goal that was disallowed. However, this was a foul and deserved to be issued a yellow card.

In the 98th minute, Real Madrid scored their third of the game and won.

Sensational game? I am sceptical of the decisions as they seem to heavily favour Real Madrid.

This is very exciting news 2 new appointments to work with our Notts County Women and Girls.

Ashley Eastman appointed as FDP lead U7-U11 at NCWFC

Danny Gordon appointed Head of Coaching at PDP at NCWFC.

It's prediction league time again - get your predictions in by 3pm on Saturday, and remember your joker. Good luck!

Bristol City v Watford

Norwich City v West Bromwich Albion

Exeter City v Cambridge United

Stevenage v Barnsley

AFC Wimbledon v Crawley Town

Barrow v Crewe Alexandra

Eastleigh v Oldham Athletic

Ebbsfleet United v Hartlepool United