I'm just curious, not trying to boast. What phone do you have? Is it an Android, an iPhone, or something else? How long have you had it? Which network do you use? How often do you get a new one?

13 January is the anniversary of the death of Æthelwulf, king of Wessex in the ninth century and father of Alfred the Great. If Æthelwulf were alive today, he'd almost certainly play the PON prediction league; however, he's dead. This is where you lot come in: predict these matches by 3pm on Saturday, and you might win some points. And remember your jokers!

Huddersfield Town v Plymouth Argyle

Millwall v Middlesbrough

Northampton Town v Wigan Athletic

Reading v Port Vale

Wycombe Wanderers v Lincoln City

Accrington Stanley v Gillingham

Doncaster Rovers v Newport County

Eastleigh v Southend United

The festive period fell a little wayward and, I apologise that this hadn't been completed sooner.

November was a great month for PON, which led nicely into the final calendar month. There was a lot of fantastic effort by the community, which is pleasing and although things did become quieter (quite naturally) nearer to Christmas and the New Year, I still believe it's important to wrap this up. Between myself, @cheeky~k8 and @Burnz3r0.

We have decided upon the nominations for each member group as to who should be named December's Member(s) of the Month here on the Pride of Nottingham.

NewPie of the Month goes to: ???? @Robbie.

Member(s) of the Month goes to: @menzinho and @Piethagoram.

Team Member of the Month goes to: @TheSkipper

Congratulations to the four members! This is a fantastic achievement worth celebrating. So, many excellent contributions and posts during December and, we go again in 2024.

Please take a moment to wish everyone well.

I’ve been chatting with @super_ram on another topic about quiz shows so I thought I’d open up the discussion on its own thread. Do you watch quiz shows? What’s your favourite?

We regularly watch Pointless which is different in that you have to come up with an obscure answer. We also like Tipping Point on channel 4.

Whats your favourite?

credit to @ARLukomski

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/sep/30/the-quotes-were-5000-or-more-electric-vehicle-owners-face-soaring-insurance-costs

Luca joins Notts till the end of the season. Welcome Luca.

I’ve had a very very authentic sounding call from o2 offering me 40% off my current bill, I actually fell for it at the beginning. They seemed knew my email address and sent a text message with a code, they then asked me to tell them the code which stupidly I told them then they sent an email with a link to reset my password this is where I got suspicious and terminated the call. I switched my phone off and back on again to make sure they weren’t still on the line and immediately phoned o2 who checked my account and advised me to change my password, they also said they’d never ask for a code number they’d sent in a text which I should have known.

Luckily they didn’t get into my account but if I’d gone ahead and changed my password from their link they would have been able to access the account and buy phones etc.

I think because they knew my email they were able to try to access my account which sends an official text with a code to my phone which because it was definitely from o2 I was happy to give them. Thankfully the warning bells sounded when they asked me to click a link to change my password.

I am normally very wary of calls like this but this was very clever and very believable so please beware if you are an o2 customer.

Some good news to report to begin the week.

On Saturday Notts travel to Grimsby, how many links can we find between the two clubs.

My offering is Gary Lund one of my favourite all time players. He started his career at Grimsby and played for them between 1983-1986, he arrived at Notts in 1987 via Lincoln and stayed until 1995 making 248 appearances scoring 62 goals.

How many more can we find? Over to you.

Game 27 - The Mariners (A)

Team:  Grimsby Town

Date: 13/01/2024

Where: Blundell Park

What line-up should we 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.

A warm welcome to @magpiemad I hope you enjoy being a member of our friendly community.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67678165

Ok folks the weekend is here, who’s got some exciting plans? Whose plans are not so exciting? Let’s talk in general about what you are up to or have been up to this weekend.

Tonight Mrs. T is cooking one of her famous curries a lovely chicken Passanda then we will watch the latest edition of The Traitors on BBC 1. 

Tomorrow it’s the Park Run my son is volunteering to be a bar code scanner this week so it means he’ll have to go early so I won’t get my usual lift and have to drive myself. ☹️ I’m usually inackered afterwards so it’ll be a slow drive back. 

In the afternoon I’ll be listening to Radio Nottingham on the Notts match at Grimsby hoping Big Jim can rally the team and get a win.

Sunday to be confirmed.

What are you up to this weekend?

Just like to wish everyone on PON a Happy New Year.

Our boss is super excited and has asked me to make sure if our members are subscribed. If not, are they okay with me manually adding their emails to our brand new newsletter database?

We’re really eager to include most of the active members of our community. Of course, we wouldn’t dream of adding anyone’s email without their permission. If you’re okay with it, just leave a comment below to let us know. No need to share your email address here - if it’s different from the one you use for Pride of Nottingham, just mention it and I’ll send you a private message. This way, we can avoid any unwanted spam.

Please be aware that this doesn’t cover the mass emails sent through the system with updates or alerts. It also doesn’t include the occasional in-house email that our gaffer sends out. This is strictly for members who love PON, want to hear from former players, and look forward to receiving a monthly newsletter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Robertson_(footballer,_born_2001)

When do you take yours down?

I don’t go with all this twelfth night business, I’m not superstitious, we took ours down today as we hate to have them around in the new year so they are now banished back to the loft.

Welcome to Pride of Nottingham @samantha louise

Hello, @Laura Cameron. Welcome to Pride of Nottingham. You’re not related to Kyle by any chance, are you?

A big PoN welcome to @Samuel Morris I hope you enjoy being part of our friendly community.

hello, @Strawb66. welcome to the pon site.  

A big PoN welcome to @TT1970 it’s great to have you here on our friendly football community. Please take time to introduce yourself we’d love to  hear about you.