I hope that the Club will survive, possibly as a phoenix club. I hope that something can be worked out very quickly, so that the people of Salford can continue to have a leading Rugby League Club to support.

I’m not into rugby but you’ve got to feel sorry for the fans of any club that goes under like this, they are a big part of the community. The ripples are far reaching because creditors will probably get next to nothing which obviously affects their businesses too.

The running of a League club costs lots money. The amount of money required is increasing season by season.

Exeter have done very well to compete as a professional league club whilst being owned by it's supporters

Already questions are being asked of whether Exeter can survive in League One by being Trust-owned and whether the time has come to seek investment from elsewhere.

Trying to balance the finances by selling players for profit, & relying on revenue raised from Cup runs can be a risky business.

I think that it is inevitable that Exeter will probably need a large cash injection from an investor or a number of investors to survive as an EFL Club.

Whether the club can then continue with the Supporters Trust having a majority shareholding, will be another matter that will need to be considered if an independent benefactor comes in.

Millwall 1-2 Southampton

West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Swansea City

Burton Albion 0-2 Leyton Orient

Huddersfield Town 2-0 AFC Wimbledon

Chesterfield 1-1 Swindon Town

Walsall 1-0 Bromley

Forest Green Rovers 3-1 Southend United 🃏

Yeovil Town 1-0 Boston United

Millwall 1-2 Southampton

West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Swansea City

Burton Albion 0-0 Leyton Orient

Huddersfield Town 3-1 AFC Wimbledon

Chesterfield 1-0 Swindon Town

Walsall 2-0 Bromley Joker

Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Southend United

Yeovil Town 3-1 Boston United

The results:

Millwall 3-2 Southampton
West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Swansea City
Burton Albion 0-4 Leyton Orient
Huddersfield Town 3-3 AFC Wimbledon
Chesterfield 1-2 Swindon Town
Walsall 3-1 Bromley
Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Southend United
Yeovil Town 2-1 Boston United

Well done to @4everapie and @magpiejue, who both hit double figures this round!

Overall, @4everapie has now moved into a five-point lead at the top while yours truly surges into a glorious 18th place.

There's no prediction league on Saturday as Leagues One and Two are taking part in a new-fangled competition called "the second round of the FA Cup" (no, I haven't heard of it either). But there will be a round the Tuesday after, so keep your eyes peeled for the fixtures here at the weekend. Thanks for playing everyone 🙂

Morning all, what a beautiful morning, who woke up happy after yesterdays results, well most of us I suspect but maybe @super_ram wasn't so happy about his teams result but I know he’ll be happy for us.

In other news Mrs. T is laid up with a bad back, she was bending down to fill the dishwasher when something went, possibly a trapped nerve or pulled muscle but very painful, so yours truly will be doing all that needs doing today while she recovers.

11 hours ago, Fan of Big Tone said:

Morning all, what a beautiful morning, who woke up happy after yesterdays results, well most of us I suspect but maybe @super_ram wasn't so happy about his teams result but I know he’ll be happy for us.

In other news Mrs. T is laid up with a bad back, she was bending down to fill the dishwasher when something went, possibly a trapped nerve or pulled muscle but very painful, so yours truly will be doing all that needs doing today while she recovers.

I hope Mrs.T recovers asap.I know from experience how painful a simple bend down can be but don't overdo it yourself.

I didn't expect my team to win yesterday but am disappointed they couldn't hang on for at least a draw.I was very pleasantly surprised to learn at full time that Notts had won as I knew they had a player sent off a I was expecting the worst.

Pity we have no Notts report on the match on the Notts website although we do have the result.

Oh wow, yeah a quick google search tells you that it probably is Jaiden Campbell-Ryce, the son of Jamal. He was at Forest Academy’s and then Doncaster’s.

Also Darren Fletcher the commentator, his son signed for the academy this year so that’s him in the side from the Wrexham match too.

I know there’s probably a bit to do with safe-guarding in terms of posting tons of content about under 18’s, but at the same time other clubs do provide updates so it clearly can be done. It would be nice to know a bit more and report on the potential next generation of Notts players.

Comment by Poppy on BBC website

"A game we had no right to win, second best all over the park, saying Duckworth isn't fit to ref a Subbuteo game let alone pro football. Defended resolutely and took our chance well., for those old enough to remember the 1990 Freight Rover Second Leg game and Phil Stant's perfect goal disallowed, and then Gerry Francis dancing on the pitch, it makes the result so much sweeter. #COYP"

I think if we notched up the tempo and the quickness of our passing and not press so high up the pitch, we might be able to get some balls behind their defense. Otherwise it's quite tedious build up play that gets to the 25 yard area, no one shoots, we play it out wide, we either cross it or call foul and if we do cross it, Jatta's not getting their first. Rinse and repeat.

There should be changes for the next game. Griffiths and Platt for Roos and Ness. Jones for Bennetts hopefully.

Jatta would merit dropping on Saturday's performance alone, with the most glaring fault being not challenging whole-heartedly to win possession for us. Dennis was L2 player of the month and bombing along in those early games, but as a substitute he's been really poor.

Both on the bench and Grant up top might give them the jolt they need.

We need to be stronger in our shape at the back. Pushing men forward to try and break the opposition down should not mean we fall apart defensively.

Colchester showed where we are weak and other teams are beginning to notice it too. The real issue is poor decision making, which takes away control of the game and destroys the momentum we are trying to build.

https://gasheads.org/thread/4089/anybody-loathe-notts-county

Bristol Rovers site pointing to Stallard scoring the goal when the Rovers player was "injured"😉

09 Sep 2000 1-1 Stallard 89th min equaliser

I'm making my first ever visit to Bristol Rovers on Saturday - so a new ground - really looking forward to it.

All that controversy seems a eon ago, but I still hate them (more fun that way) never let go of football grudge, they're precious.

1 hour ago, Piethagoram said:

https://gasheads.org/thread/4089/anybody-loathe-notts-county

Bristol Rovers site pointing to Stallard scoring the goal when the Rovers player was "injured"😉

09 Sep 2000 1-1 Stallard 89th min equaliser

Yes that might be the one I remember, when our their player was injured the goalie threw the ball out of play and Rammage I think took the throw in and didn’t give them the ball back and Stallard scored. I think Notts players were accusing them of time wasting.

i might not have liked what i may have posted if i had done it sooner, but i left frustrated and disappointed.

we are our own worst enemies when it comes to games like this.

if only we could be tighter at the back and more alert, with less jumping in before making a decision on balance. i know football is a quick game, but its costing us and its not just roos, but the defending is not acceptable at times. we manage games unbalanced when the pressure is on.

all the good we did in attacking the play, was left undone by the state of the goals we conceded and in a game really notts should have won. i am not being biased saying this, because we were in control and looking good until colchester equalised. we looked destined to draw, until martin paterson decides to go all in and i do think the choice was right. i just think we could have been a bit more balanced at the back, i wished he had kept nick tsaroulla on.

keanan bennetts was great running at players, but tsaroulla offered more at the back. only to see bennetts come off, with two fresh wingers even though will jarvis and maziar kouhyar did well. which of those were defensive? neither, both seem to be more switched on at attacking.

colchester was better than harrogate town in terms of performance, but they were just as bad with the time wasiting, theatrics and all that ugly stuff cheap teams do to get the upper hand when being out footballed.

13 hours ago, theAnticlough said:

I defended Kelle Roos on here. I thought he deserved the chance to overcome a poor start and show what he can do. The goalkeeping style I can live with it. And he did stabilise and overcome what we thought were early nerves to start playing better.

But to regress like he did against Colchester? To go right back to those first early games, after a few months of training and a chance to work on your weaknesses and get your mind right? Yes, December is a scary prospect.

hes too eccentric, i dont think he puts much thought into some of his decisions. very rash at thinking, i mean he made a good save late on by punching the ball out for a corner, but his first decision was woeful. these decision can prove costly, and he needs to be reigned in. why punch a cross in as if you are superman in the direction of attacking players? especially after choosing to slide into a defender earlier on in the game and being lobbed. its just madness. its nothing personal, but i dont think hes good enough or smart enough to realise.

On 23/11/2025 at 15:44, Robbie said:

@menzinho

You only have to look at the problems we had last season against the top sides, then realise that 8 of the 10 outfield players playing for Notts yesterday were in Maynard's squad last season. Where's the physicality we were promised?

I think the issue could be more how the safe passing patterns are still ingrained in a lot of our players, like you said the majority of that team played last season. I've not been overly concerned with our physicality this season we stood up to the barrage from Barnet and competed really well against Bromley early this season at home and they are about as physical as you get in this league, so we can do it.

We were promised more physically at the start of the season but we are still being bullied somewhat by these physical sides. Notts simply have to start holding their own against these sides to have any chance of getting success this season.

A very interesting read thanks @Piethagoram

Growing up, a childhood friend opposite, parents had a couple of newsagents..so Santa delivered to him some Waddington board games that weren't sold at Christmas. Mine a Million, Buccaneer, Railroader...

A very interesting read.Thanks for posting @Piethagoram

I think that Notts have to improve the communication. Having to rely on an opponent for a B Team match report is a poor show.

I've tried to find out what the Notts line up was but it's still not available on the website except the score. I think it's important to know what the team sheet was for the match, & to be able to read a brief match report from a Notts perspective.

It's a great result for the tiny nation, & I'm sure the players chosen to represent it during the World Cup Finals will never forget the experience,

I read in the report that most of the squad were born in the Netherlands & some have played in Europe & the football league, which does put the achievement of qualifying into context somewhat.

Isn't that what they put in caipirinha?

Caipirinha and Advocaat...needs to egg on! @DangerousSausage 🙃

nick tsaroulla for me.

i felt disappointed when martin paterson took him off, but i can understand that keanan bennetts looked good attacking. i just thought tsaroulla was superb all over the pitch.

The Poll has now closed. Thanks to all who voted.

I'm delighted to announce that Nick Tsaroulla is the Pride of Nottingham's Man of the Match against Colchester.

Tsaroulla a definite worthy winner. Having watched the full match replay, my choice Bennetts wasn’t the man of the match. It’s amazing how different a game is when you watch it at the ground and then watch a video replay.

Derby County 1-0 Watford

Ipswich Town 2-1 Wrexham

Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Bradford City

Mansfield Town 1-1 Huddersfield Town

Crawley Town 1-0 Accrington Stanley Joker

Crewe Alexandra 2-2 Chesterfield

Eastleigh 0-1 Hartlepool United

Morecambe 0-0 Yeovil Town

Derby County 1 - 1 Watford

Ipswich Town 2 - 1 Wrexham

Bolton 2 - 0 Bradford

Mansfield 1 - 1 Huddersfield

Crawley Town 2 - 1 Accrington Joker

Crewe 0 - 1 Chesterfield

Eastleigh 0 - 1 Hartlepool

Morecambe 1 - 1 Yeovil

The results:

Derby County 2-3 Watford
Ipswich Town 0-0 Wrexham
Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Bradford City
Mansfield Town 1-3 Huddersfield Town
Crawley Town 1-1 Accrington Stanley
Crewe Alexandra 3-3 Chesterfield
Eastleigh 0-2 Hartlepool United
Morecambe 0-0 Yeovil Town

In a tricky round, well done to our winner @super_ram, who nailed his joker. Incidentally, it was his team who messed up my joker by failing to hold on to a two-goal lead. There is truly no justice in this world 😉

In our leaderboard, @4everapie remains top, with all the top four staying unchanged and @super_ram the big mover this week...

That's us done for another week, I'll post next Saturday's fixtures on Wednesday as usual. Thanks for playing and have a good week!

Yes, he was good for them. Also, Tovide always looks decent when he plays against us, he's not really a goal-scorer just more of a battering ram but he causes problems and brings his team mates into play.

Yes he was good for them, but unfortunately Notts made him look good. Our star man Jatta wasn't so good on the day because, Colchester prevented him from being good for us.

If Clubs don't give young players an opportunity to show what they can do at a higher level they can easily miss out on something special.

Alex Ferguson was a big proponent for giving young players a chance & the rest as they say is history.

It's been raining all day here,but it's a little bit milder of late. The England Cricket team lost their first Test match against Australia in Perth in just two days after dominating the match for until after lunch on the 2nd day.

Then Notts put in a poor performance today so the sports news is matching the Weather. Things can & will get better first thing tomorrow morning.

It was raining most of the night here & it is still very overcast and heavy.

There was a some brightness at the end of the day with our local sport when Nottingham Panthers beat their arch rivals, Sheffield Steelers 4-3 in a top of the table Elite League match. Panthers are top of the table.

My local Football team AFC Mansfield beat Newark Town 5-1

Last night around dusk we were lucky enough to spot a barn owl hunting in the fields we overlook, an awesome sight, it got quite close to the cottage so we had a great view.

It rained very heavy during the night and early this morning here in Flamborough but by mid morning it had stopped and the skies cleared.

We’ve been a walk around Bridlington, we parked on the front and the walked along the promenade to the harbour, obviously most things are shut and consequently it’s very quiet, on the way back to our cottage we stopped off at Tesco and got some lamb shanks for dinner tonight. Yum.

I don't think that Macca will ever return to Notts apart from being an interested spectator. I'm actually happy with what we have & Notts now play a little different to accommodate Jatta.

Changing mid season to accommodate Langstaff would be a backward step in my opinion. I think we would be getting a tall strong striker in January to back up Jatta & Dennis.

I think we may see Macaulay Langstaff back at Notts, but I think he will still have a few seasons trying to establish himself at Championship/League One level. It might be worth it for him to find the right League One team to achieve this, as gaining promotion with a team would make it easier for him to settle back into the challenge of playing at his highest level.

However, I don't think Peterborough United are the right team.

I don't think Luke Williams will have it all that easy, and his position may quickly come under fire. Swansea fans didn't really rate him, and when this type of success comes from a manager who only has experience with a team like us, well, it quickly becomes a case of "he's not good enough."

I wish Williams well; Peterborough are massively underachieving, but they have some major issues which are embedded deep within the team. I don't think Williams will be able to do it alone; he will need the fans support too.

Can't recall where I saw it, but Peterborough's requirements in a striker means that he's too old as much as Williams wants him there. Might be the same for JJ as well. Peterborough are known for their approach to transfers and have to tick a large upsell metric to their purchase in the first instance.

Langstaff needs to drop down and then underperform to ever come back to Notts. Given he's 28, he's in his prime years and really needs to hit it running with another club or be at risk of becoming nomadic.

Thanks for this info about Jack Hinchy's situation @theAnticlough . I think Notts should be looking to bring him back, but I suppose he couldn't be included in the squad because Notts have already named their squad. For me, he's as good as it not better than Norburn in the central midfield role.

Jack has made 25 appearances for Notts in a season where Notts made the playoffs. Sitting on a bench or not even making the bench for Altrincham is not a good look.

Yeah, the loan was the right idea, just hasn't worked out. Hinchy is quite a cultured player and we know how frantic the NL can be. A club has to have patience with a player like that because when he finds his feet he'll add control to your play. Obviously, Alty didn't have patience but Hinchy is more likely to be an EFL player than whoever they're playing ahead of him.

Merit might be in favour of JH coming back and taking Norburn's spot on the bench, but in terms of contracts or politically it might not be something MP wants to do. We might be getting into the reasons RobGag left there

I hope they can both force their way into their starting line up and do well.

Edit - Turns out Kettering aren’t in the National League North, their google profile says they are but it’s wrong, they are one level below in Southern Prem. Bit of shame, the standard is lower but I guess the trade off will be that they should be guaranteed more minutes.

In 2014, Kwesi Appiah arrived on loan from Crystal Palace, a promising talent who came from the Non-League only to end up playing back in the Non-League, mostly due to his lack of application. A very, very talented player, but stubborn as a striker and never pushed his true potential.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwesi_Appiah

@Chris and Appiah had also played for Brackley Town too

Elliott Hewitt, doesn't feel like he played 135 league matches for us but he did!

Introducing PON's Lightweight Fluid theme.

This is designed to help members, with the navigation moving from the top to the left side. The theme will see some tweaks to improve the UI as we go along, but I am pleased to say all members have the option to choose it.

With the side navigation, it gives a clearer look into the pages that the Pride of Nottingham has to offer.

To accompany the alternative means of finding content, such as our dashboard, topicfeed, all activity, and various content streams, which you can even customise to your desire.

The community index page becomes a beautiful, fluid design, which brings all the content into a single location. Much like the dashboard, items are spotlighted and featured, but in the right sidebar, you have the power to toggle off various forums. This means you can personalise your experience and focus on what really gets you communicating.

However, I strongly encourage members to browse and go outside of their habits; please don't cut off a section, never to read the topics inside, because you never know what they might miss. We are a community that thrives when people feel at home to share things, and despite us being a Notts County fan site, we are foremost a community.

How do you use the fluid theme?

Scroll to the bottom, look for "Theme" in the footer, and press it.

Now, please get posting. I mean, enjoy!

Thank you Chris for all your hard work, it really is much appreciated. 👍👌👏

Looks like some more exciting developments in the pipeline, & a thank you @Chris for your hard work behind the scenes.

Will Jarvis gave it a good go and showed some promise, but he’ll need more time to earn regular minutes ahead of Keanan Bennetts and Nick Tsaroulla when they’re playing well. They’ve got the edge when they’re in form.

It was nice to see Jarvis back in action. His biggest challenge seems to be lasting the full 90 minutes. That might sound a bit harsh, and I know some people rate him, but he’s a different kind of player when he comes off the bench. He brings more energy in short bursts.

Notts did most things right against Harrogate. It was a tense game and you could see how easily someone might have been sent off out of frustration. Matthew Dennis was lucky not to be punished for that push after his penalty. The Harrogate player did barge into him and looked like he said something, but Dennis still took a risk.

My take is that I hope Saturday’s performance is the kick up the backside the team needed. Let’s face it, we should have won that game easily. Hopefully now, they will be back on it this weekend as Colchester will make it even more difficult than Harrogate did.

I hope for more energy and urgency right from kick off and all the way through 90 plus minutes