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Welcome to round 35! If you are Biff from Back to the Future, simply go to the relevant page of your Sports Almanac and enter the relevant scores below. Everyone else will just have to try predicting them. The deadline is Saturday at 3, and remember those jokers!

Birmingham City v Sheffield Wednesday

Charlton Athletic v Luton Town

Ipswich Town v Oxford United

Fleetwood Town v Portsmouth

Leyton Orient v Oldham Athletic

Carlisle United v Morecambe

Boreham Wood v Yeovil Town

Woking v Stockport County

Ex Notts forward Justin Fashanu, is to be inducted into the footballing Hall of Fame.

He played for us from 1982-85.

He was a gentleman and an excellent forward. Great movement and skill.

Sadly, committed suicide in 1998. He took his own life after struggling to balance the fame of being the first openly gay footballer and his life after the game.

He should be remembered as the First Black Million pound player. Signed for those over the river, where he struggled with his relationship with Clough. 
He ended up at the Lane and even though we were relegated a couple of times, he still shone through as a good player.

After he left football, he moved to America and it was there that he got tangled in an assault charge which he denied, but he couldn’t cope with the suspicion. He fled back to the UK and was unfortunately found dead after he hung himself. Even in the note he left he still denied the charges.

His case was famous for a couple of reasons. Firstly the way he came out. Relevant because for the last few days people have been discussing the role of trash newspapers such as the Scum. Caroline Flack, took her own life and the paper contributed to their stress she finally gave into.

When the paper paid Fash for the interview, they, as they always do, sensationalised his coming out and it ultimately left him a broken man. His brother, John Fashanu, known for his Wimbledon antics, ostracised his brother because of his sexual pretences and spoke badly of him on a regular basis.

Secondly, as the first openly gay footballer. Headlines may change, but we are still at the stage where it is so difficult for a player to live his life as he chooses and coming out in football is unheard of. The world has moved in a lot in the past 40 years, but in the same breath, it has hardly moved on at all.

A lovely guy who I met quite a few times as he was a friend of the family. Caring, generous and just a nice guy. But he struggled to be accepted for who he was in a closed culture of football.

He should be remembered for the goals he scored and the fact he was sold for a million pounds ( which back then was an unthinkable amount! ) not the tragic end to his life.

https://news.sky.com/story/justin-fashanu-britains-first-out-gay-footballer-to-be-inducted-into-hall-of-fame-11936867

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/2020/february/turner-20-enters-circulation

Some interesting comments made at the time. Have people changed their minds in what has followed since?

It's a good chance for Kristian Dennis to showcase more of what he can do when he starts, but will this force Neal Ardley's hands with regards to bring back Nathan Tyson or looking elsewhere?

He has spoken about looking in the loan market.

My favourite chocolate bar in the last couple of months is quite a controversial one but it's got to be a dark chocolate bounty. There isn't many chocolate bars I can have now but its definitely my go to. 

I wonder how many PON members use the PiesPlayer.

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Is it worth it? Will I get the live coverage in America? Is it available on a mobile?

Anyone got plans for this week?

I know a lot of older members might not have much to say, but I would assume it changes things for parents and even grandparents that might see their children more or have fun activities lined up.

I'll kick it off.

The 4th ref holding up the one sided board. 

On nine times out of ten, he forgets to turn it towards the Pavis stand. Why not have a double sided one like in the league?!?!

Not really new as such. More of a revisit to an old friend!

Hope all is well here on PoN and everyone is enjoying, what is now, an excellent resource for Notts fans.

I hope to drop in a little more in the future to add my voice to the conversations.

Site is looking good and forum seems to be ticking along nicely so praise goes to all of you. The team behind PoN at the moment and the regulars who drop in daily, and also to the not so regulars who still make valuable contributions.

Best wishes one and all.

Game 35 - The Cardinals (H)

Team: Woking

Date: 15/02/2020

Where: Meadow Lane

What line-up should Neal Ardley 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.

What's your favourite song associated about football?

Name the manager of Notts from the year you was born?

Name the manager of Notts when you started following them?

Mine would be..

Year I was born: Mick Walker

When I started following Notts: Gudjon Thordason

McDonnell 6 - Did well on corners to combat the physical threat and made a good save 2nd half

Brindley 5 - If you want a sunbed to lay on for 90 minutes tell me. On occasions the guy is on it but games like today he isn't

Rawlinson 6 - Did alright to battle Alex Wall and showed a bit of urgency in the 2nd half. Nobody gave him an option to pass to

Bird 7 - Comfortable on the ball. Always trying to get us going and provided an option when playing out from the back. A really solid game. 

Kelly-Evans 5 - Not on it today. Lethargic first half and didn't get forward enough 

Roberts 9 - Best player on the pitch by a country mile. Everything went through him. A delight to watch

Rose 5 - Poor passes and not effective enough. Made one good pass for the penalty that should have been but on the whole nothing startling

O'Brien 5 - Good link up play first 15 minutes then just got lost

Boldewijn 5 - Not much of note until he started to run at players in the 2nd half. Shouldn't have taken him 70 minutes to do so though 

Dennis 7 - Always looked to make a run, linked up the play well and got the equaliser 

Wootton 5 - Not a great game for Kyle. Poor first touch and should have easily scored after like 10 minutes

We all do it, there's some classic or cheesy song that we sing but don't actually know the full words. I remember seeing the Peter Kay sketch, it reminded me - as I have been listening to the Corrs a lot lately.

Breathless....

I always heard as "So go on, go on
Come on leave me Bradley."

It's actually,

So go on, go on
Come on leave me breathless. ????

Saw this on the 11 Freunde Facebook page, and thought it was time to revive the lookalikes thread.

WW and assistant                                                                                                                        WW and assistant

(One WW is Wolfgang Wolf, manager of Lokomotive Leipzig. But which one? )

It is already round 34, so we're slowly but surely reaching the business end of the season. Are Notts going straight back up? Will Liverpool go the season unbeaten? Can Florist at least stay out of the Premier League, for heaven's sake? And, more importantly, who will win the prediction league? There are still 378 points up for grabs, so it's all to play for

As usual, write your scores and a joker below by Saturday at 3. In the event of disputes, the Sausage's decision is final.

Middlesbrough v Luton Town

Preston v Millwall

Gillingham v Doncaster Rovers

Bristol Rovers v Blackpool

Plymouth v Crewe Alexandra

Cambridge United v Bradford City

Solihull Moors v Hartlepool United

Wrexham v Torquay United

https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/match-info/match-centre/1-4488275

https://sbvexcelsior.nl/excelsior-beeindigt-samenwerking-met-ricardo-moniz/

Excelsior Rotterdam has decided to terminate the contract with head coach Ricardo Moniz immediately. A nasty decision, but the club believes that something else is needed to turn the tide.

The club has decided to put an end to the collaboration because of the disappointing results and the large backlog of direct promotion. That is why we now want to focus on achieving the play-offs.

We want to thank Ricardo for his passion, drive and commitment.

https://www.tremr.com/1862kb-/is-there-a-curse-on-england-goalkeepers

I wrote the above article months ago and following recent criticisms of Pickford and who should be number one for England, i thought it'd be relevant to bring it up.

Me personally, Pickford does good for England but clearly lacking confidence so would you want a low confidence keeper in a major tournament when Henderson and Pope are in good form?

On the news a second ago, was a segment where Doddie Wier, Rob Burrow and Stephen Darby (who played on loan at Notts in 2010/2011) spoke about their battle with MND (Motor neurone disease).

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-7995207/Doddie-Weir-Rob-Burrow-Stephen-Darby-unite-discuss-living-motor-neurone-disease.html

Motor neurone diesase is a rare condition that attacks the brain and it nerves. It slowly kills the person from the inside, taking away their speech and bodily functions. It's a saddening illness, which I have witnessed during my time working in a specialist care home for people with brain injuries.

It's good to see the three sufferers teaming up to promote awareness.

https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/from-glasgow-to-nottingham-via-coventry-leeds-sheffield-and-portsmouth-how-michael-doyle-reached-797-not-out-38937469.html