I think the interviewer after the game who spoke to Stuart Maynard got it right. The timing of our form couldn’t have been better, and the start was really exciting to see. That bright response at the beginning might not always be repeated, but it’s something Notts needs to do more often.

Things are coming together, and the goals shook Gillingham. They had no response until it was too late. I wish them well, but I’m happy for the three points.

Any win on the road is a good outcome for me. Notts played exceptionally well in the first half. There were some brilliant pieces of play, and it's unlucky that some of those chances didn't pay off. The through ball to David McGoldrick for his piece of magic was perfect. Not only was it a display of his clinical nature, but the ball was played to perfection.

Notts are growing with confidence, even when the performances, like the previous Tuesday, weren't the best. The squad is pulling together right now. Credit to Stuart Maynard for the current form. If he gets blamed when things go wrong, it's only fair he gets credit when they go right.

newport county are signing more ex notts players. 

new county will be my reference to them now, but i wont support them even if they change to wearing black & white.

So sad to read this. Still remembered and never forgotten, Big Tone! I bet he's delighted to know he still has fans.

Having heard stories from my grandfather Ray and Granny Pie about Tony Hateley, I can certainly see why Notts fans took to him. In all the research I have done, I know he's loved by clubs like Liverpool too. His legacy inspired his son and grandson to take up the game too. All three were very good players, but Big Tony Hateley no doubt deserves the title of legend, not just at Notts but within football.

we will always remember tony hateley and pon will preserve his legacy with the alumni written. brilliant player, its a shame we did not have footage of football back then as we do now.  

Looking at the stoke buying and selling totals.

I think the Notts model of buying players cheaply, developing them, then selling them for a profit is a much better way of doing things.

On 01/02/2025 at 08:04, Robbie said:

I think the Notts model of buying players cheaply, developing them, then selling them for a profit is a much better way of doing things.

most of our signings are players who just need to be played in the right environment, but we are good at developing players. we gave kyle wootton the platform to succeed and in comparison we capitalised on how much macaulay langstaff was on fire with gateshead. signed him, then figured out how to change our play slightly to maximise the amount of chances he would get.

I think the difference between a club like Lincoln & Notts is that Notts have owners that will ensure that the club remains on a secure financial footing.

If this means having to sell some of their best players to keep on an even keel, I am sure the Notts owners won't hesitate so long that it is at the right price.

this is what annoys me about some notts fans who complain too much that we have sold players, its keeping us in existence and ensuring we have the funds to move forward. their owner is playing a risky game, because once those debts start to catch up with him. all the blame will go onto him and the football league by their fans. its clear they are spending money and have been doing well to establish themselves in league one but refusing to sell players is not always a sign of an ambitious club.

I hadn't realised the owners link to the now defunct Worcester Warriors Rugby Club

The way things are going at Morecambe,we might be going toward an eventual formation of another phoenix club.

That is something that the supporters of Morecambe & the wider football World wouldn't want to happen. 

There just doesn't seem to be an end to Morecambe going from one crisis to another. I do hope that a solution can be found that will avoid the club going out of business.

i do wonder how much of these is a result of overspending when they were in league one, you dont just inherit debt that cripples you and i do feel sorry for morecambe. i just wonder how many of their fans encouraged the club to build their stadium and to sign players, when they should have been encouraging other supporters to get the club to live within its means. i do hope they survive but a phoenix club usually sees history not repeated.

a lot of effort has gone into researching and documenting it. 👍

We stopped off at Yorkshire Sculpture Park on the way to York, a nice leg stretch and a few weird sculptures.

Morning all, it’s dry here in York but no sign of the sun yet. I managed to do the park run yesterday which is literally five minutes walk from where we are staying on the York Racecourse, luckily they didn’t make us jump over the hurdles. 

It’s a very popular run with nearly 800 runners/joggers/walkers, it took a while after the starting whistle before I could actually break into a run because of the sheer number of people. I’m aching a bit this morning.

Afterwards I managed to watch part of the Notts match on my iPad after missing the two Notts goals, apparently it doesn’t work on laptops which is annoying. I did see the goals on the highlights however what a great dink over the keeper for Didzy’s goal.

Today we are having a walk into York. Have a great day folks.

I am happy about the result, I realise I did focus a lot on the negatives (but there was more bad than good in my eyes!)

We are a lot more organised and defensively sound and I get this isn’t to be scoffed at, but my frustration came from when we won the ball, we struggled to get at Carlisle and in the second half at times there was a ton of space for us to potentially exploit. That game, for me, didn’t need to become so edgy during the last 15 minutes.

We did restrict Carlisle but their style of play was like a poor version of ours, they were comfortable on the ball but when they got into the final third they didn’t have a lot of creativity or incision and McDonald, Platt, Bedeau and then Johnson did defend our box very well. Luckily we have the quality and that ultimately won us the game.

Not the best performance but 3 points in the bag. We are in a good place right now. We need to hold onto AJ. 

Things seem to have gone a little quiet on the Reindorf front. Hope we get some news on the transfer front by the end of the week.

Interesting that it states the medical is happening over the weekend, with the game today, it leaves this to be carried out tomorrow (Sunday). I know there were rumours about him failing, plus that we wouldn't be signing him due to other interested parties. Tomorrow could be a day to keep an eye on the official channels.

Then again, it could end up being announced on Monday... Or not. 👀

yeah i would not bother dealing with any of that @Chris. stick to watching the copy channel even if they are taking the script of the main channel, least that way you dont have to deal with the bs.

I find this can happen when the owner isn't involved directly and that rules are laid out like law. You will get people who try to bend things, but clearly you were trying to help and it seems very excessive. I would have just left the Discord channel; it wasn't worth your time trying to help them.

Yeah, that is heavy-handed moderation where the people doing those roles seem more intent on alienating people than helping them understand the rules. I would certainly keep away from the discord channel, it sounds like it's run by people who like finding fault. You were probably better off ignoring the video that criticised them.

good luck to him, basford should be a nice introduction to mens football. i hope he does well and settles quickly.

When Macca left, it hinted he had quadrupled his salary. Would an EFL1 club be able to match such salaries? A Millwall fire sale to reduce their wage bill?

Just one goal in twenty seven matches for Macca demonstrates to me that the Millwall style of playing Football doesn't particularly suit him regrettably.

Coupled with a loss of confidence I think the only solution would be a loan move. His wages may be a put off for the majority of League one & maybe all league 2 clubs with the exception of MK Dons.

I'm surprised Wrexham don't seem to have shown any interest as far as we know. What we can say with a lot of certainty is that sadly, he won't be coming back to Notts.

It was very predictable what happened to Macca at Millwall. Jumped at the first offer, despite the club not being a good fit. Has his agent to thank for that one. 

Charlton Athletic 2-2 Bristol Rovers

Lincoln City 1-0 Blackpool

Peterborough United 0-2 Wigan Athletic (Joker)

Accrington Stanley 2-1 Cheltenham Town

Chesterfield 0-0 Bromley

Crewe Alexandra 2-2 AFC Wimbledon

Barnet 1-1 Hartlepool United

Southend United 2-0 AFC Fylde

Thanks for your predictions! Unfortunately I probably won't have time to count these before Friday, so I'll lock the thread until then and post the next round.

The results:

Charlton Athletic 2-0 Bristol Rovers
Lincoln City 0-2 Blackpool
Peterborough United 1-0 Wigan Athletic
Accrington Stanley 0-0 Cheltenham Town
Chesterfield 3-0 Bromley
Crewe Alexandra 1-1 AFC Wimbledon
Barnet 2-0 Hartlepool United
Southend United 2-0 AFC Fylde

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No fewer than six of you made double figures, with @ARLukomski and @super_ram leading the way!

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So @ARLukomski stays top by just two points. Could it be a two-horse race?

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The next round is tomorrow (Saturday) - click here to enter your predictions! See you over there...

It seems they haven’t gone to Wealdstone because Neil Gibson has been appointed there.

Rumour has it they didn’t leave by their choice, something happened in the tunnel against Walsall and they were dismissed, anyone know any more?

i think the decision for the pair to leave is silly on their part, but i do wonder where they will end up next? i dont think its bad thing for us, i personally dont think either had what we needed and i think stuart maynard could get better support from an assistant. are they trying to leverage their time here to become a first team manager and assistant together? i dont know, just seems odd on their part.

On 28/01/2025 at 08:39, Fan of Big Tone said:

Rumour has it they didn’t leave by their choice, something happened in the tunnel against Walsall and they were dismissed, anyone know any more?

I've not been able to find anything out but it wouldn't surprise me, as departing mid-way through the season, except for personal circumstances is odd. It's also both their first full time coaching job in football too. I'd find it strange you'd walk away from it unless you have something else lined up, which at the minute they seemingly don't.

ian sounds like a right nutter! great advert for him to start selling those pork pies i think. 😆

i hope with his stand he at least contributes in some way to the club.

This is pure genius! The idea is a nice way to watch a game from the comfort of your own garden. I can't imagine all clubs would like this, but it's non-league level. I am sure he supports them financially through merch, etc.

eagle eyed as always @Piethagoram.

good interview, i like what stuart maynard said. he was wise to say that he never felt pressure from the board but you could see that there have been times when it has come from fans. it would be nice to think we can secure promotion and really crack on with maynard next season.

This is a sad story. Kettlewell had done a good job for Motherwell & just a small run of poor results resulted in him leaving due to the personal abuse he was getting.

It's a sad indictment of the modern game & the growth and power of social media, that sadly, this won't be the only time this type of instance will occur.

would it not be productive for awareness to include what abuse he was getting, am i being blind that both linked articles dont actually provide any references. it is very sad but i just think if you are going to go on public record, both stuart kettlewell and the club could address the issue directly by revealing the actual abuse. otherwise it could be that fans were just unhappy with the results and i am sure some went too far, that is not acceptable but imagine what it was like for jamie fullerton when he was here?

i did not like him but there was a large amount of unacceptable abuse, i remember reading a fan saying he would hang him if he did not leave on facebook. 🤬

I wholeheartedly support this petition. If the Government can help fund one of the richest clubs in the World to build a new stadium, how about the government help fund smaller clubs down the football pyramid, that are on the brink of extinction?

Of course the government would never do that. Clubs like Man U should finance their own improvements. NOT the taxpayer.

what about other clubs? i know there are local grants to help, i recall reading that with wrexham but just how much as the uk government spent on helping spurs, everton and the likes? manchester united should build it out of their owners money.

i think its wrong to spend tax payers money on this type of stuff.

A very brave man who went through so much to let the World know what was happening in this Nazi death camp.

Ironically, He ultimately lost his life not by the enemy's hands, but by the hands of his own Countrymen after the War had ended.

@Robbie witold pilecki?

also this is a sad but interesting read. 

Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps

ANDREAWARREN.COM

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William Allen White Award Winner Overview: Jack Mandelbaum was 12 years old when the Nazis invaded his native Poland in 1939. Though Jack was Jewish, his family was not particularly religious...

such a sad time in history that did so much damage to the world.

nice goal, good awareness and skill to pull it off.

Nice piece of skill and awareness. I wonder if his team mate behind called him?

looking at wiki he was their director of football, before that the assistant manager at cheltenham. before that a fairly decent managerial cv, so i dont think he would find issue if he wanted to get back involved as a manager or dof.

i forgot to say, his experience could be useful to stuart maynard and with his past history of playing for us.

with him having already played there and his experience in the efl, it makes perfect sense for him to become chesters captain. i am delighted for him. i hope hes enjoying his time there and managing to get back into wales more frequently than he did when he was here. it must be nice for him to be closer to his family.

Seems I can't upload videos but I've vlogged today's game for my YouTube channel @oldmangroundhopping. Please give it a watch, perhaps a like & double perhaps a subscribe.

I have a fairly comprehensive 24/25 playlist, all my videos are 15 minutes or less long so hopefully you won't lose interest half way through, here's hoping!!

Hi @BradtheMiller I think this is your video. 

@BradtheMiller: you can copy and paste your video url into the post area like tone did. its good to see you back at meadow lane and its nice to see your vlog on the match day against us and bromley.

if you look before meadow lane becomes busy, straight at the kop you will see @Chris and @super_pie sat within the lower part o of county.

The poll is now closed.

Thanks to all who voted.

By popular choice & for his outstanding performance, I am pleased to announce that George Abbott has been chosen as the Pride of Nottingham's Man of the Match v Carlisle.

If any Spurs fans read this, you have a star in the making with George Abbott. He deserves this, and so many before now.

well deserved due to his solid performance, the amount of man of the matches george abbott is picking up shows his class and importance.