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.

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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

It’s an incredible story, Russell King was/is a very clever man, he even managed to dupe heads of government, he lived a lavish lifestyle on other people’s money ruining people’s lives along the way, the trail even went as far as North Korea when he took Sven with him to try and set up a minerals deal. The take over of Notts County was only a small part of what he was involved in.

It’s a shame he used his talents in such a nefarious way. It’s well worth a watch if you get chance.

The issue is that it's becoming almost as fictional as "Catch Me If You Can" and the whole Frank Abagnale, Jr, story.

I watched Panorama ages ago where they tracked down Russell King, but most of the stories on Munto are becoming quite fictional, and people are taking liberties to embellish what actually happened. I can't say Sky's is, but this is my general thought.

Such an exciting time. The club was dying a slow death then suddenly WTF! He did us a favour. Wouldn't go as far as to name a stand after him though.

Harrogate boss night be frustrated but he would be wouldn't he. He didn't seem to be frustrated about his side wasting time or the other fouls in the penalty area that Harrogate got away with.

Notts were worth their point for their 2nd half display, & if Notts has taken their chances, they would have won the match at a canter.

That was a bit of a hard watch. Even in the second half, when we showed more urgency, we barely tested their goalkeeper at all. It's always difficult when the opposition is as compact as Harrogate were, but of all the crosses we put into their box, we were first to very few of them. As for the penalty, I thought Jarvis played for it at first, but on viewing the replay the Harrogate player had his hand on his back (and must have been pushing, otherwise he wouldn't have gone down with him). I missed the big handball shout on PiesPlayer and they didn't show a replay, so i can't comment on that.

Jatta, Hall and Tsuroulla had a quiet day. I thought Bennetts did OK, but nobody was really attacking his crosses. If Grant had taken his early chance first time instead of taking an extra touch, it could have been a very different game.

Harrogate deserved to take something from that game simply because of the spirit they showed with their backs to the wall, but from our point of view that game was winnable. At least we rescued a point.

It was a very frustrating game, but that said, I don't think either team played badly. Harrogate might have been fortunate to capitalise on some horrific defending, and to concede from trying to defend is both ironic for us and a highlight of just how much more aware we should be in key stages of games. You can say it was a fluke deflection, or just that Notts were unlucky, but who was paying attention?

Kelle Roos couldn't do much more, considering it put Harrogate clean through, and all this, "Alex Bass" would have saved it. I am sorry, we need to move on and accept Roos is a totally different keeper.

Notts had chances to win the game, and I won't mention the number of appeals for a penalty.

I think Tyrese Hall had a good effort and should have done better in the first half, but shot straight at James Belshaw. We had 13 shots; only 3 of those were on target, and maybe on a different day we would have scored more, but we have to make the chances count for something. Harrogate wasn't all that great defensively; their time-wasting antics were as blatant as day is long.

Even Belshaw became a wind-up merchant, but that will be overlooked because he supports Notts.

Best news of the week - Robbo is a vital cog in the Notts wheel. We play better with him on the pitch, his return from injury has helped in the “consistency” department.

Great news to start the weekend, he's been really good since returning to the side. It's great to actually be in a position now where we are renewing contracts before the end of the season too, means we definitely won't lose him on a free as I'm pretty sure League 1 sides would've been interested in him.

I wonder if we in talks with any other players whose contract is up at the end of the season? 🤔 Tsaroulla and Platt will be out of contract next year...

It's hard to imagine Notts without Scott Robertson in the team, since he joined he really has become a permanent fixture in the squad, and although he has had spells out of the squad through injury and occasionally being rested or dropped.

There is no denying how important it is to get a player like him committed to the club for a longer period of time.

Obviously, it doesn't mean he will see out the contract as a Notts player, but it shows the importance the club sees in him to extend the deal beyond a year or two. The deal will give Robertson peace of mind and allow him to focus on his football.

Notts are the form team in the League so both have an excellent chance of getting these coveted award's. Good luck to both of them.

Just now, Robbie said:

Notts are the form team in the League so both have an excellent chance of getting these coveted award's. Good luck to both of them.

I just hope it doesn’t put a curse on us as these awards often do, how many times have we seen manager of the month lost the next few games.

Nominations like this, it's always a sign of progress and promise. I am pleased for both Martin Paterson, and Alassana Jatta.

On 13/11/2025 at 09:14, Fan of Big Tone said:

I just hope it doesn’t put a curse on us as these awards often do, how many times have we seen manager of the month lost the next few games.

I think Martin Paterson is the type of person that would scare off any potential voodoo or curse, I mean, just his stir alone is enough to know he's not to be messed with.

5 hours ago, Fan of Big Tone said:

Denmark had a player sent off for a second yellow

This was an absolute joke of a decision by the referee. The Danes will rightfully be fuming

3 hours ago, Piethagoram said:

This was an absolute joke of a decision by the referee. The Danes will rightfully be fuming

Yes it was, I think it’s time VAR was allowed to intervene on a second yellow card, it was never a foul and that of course had a huge bearing on the game.

Notts have been on the end of some horrendous refereeing decisions & they continue to happen., but unfortunately that's a part of football.

Even though we have to put up with these questionable decisions I still wouldn't like to see VAR being introduced to League 2 matches.

VAR makes mistakes too because at the end of the day, VAR still has to rely on officials making the final decision & we have seen terrible decisions made in spite of VAR .

Scotland deserved their victory & I'm pleased that they will be going to the World Cup.

Wales have a great chance of qualifying too, & they will play at home in their playoff semi final against either Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo or Republic of Ireland.

That isn't good news - apart from the smell of the unwashed masses in their tacky red shirts, there's a risk of aggro with the new fan zone and the Nest being so close together. Right in front of our club offices and the Jimmy statue.

I assume the new fan zone will be used by home fans, and the Nest by away fans?

I’m surprised the police haven’t objected about this proposed fan zone it seems crazy two opposing fans tanked up on alcohol making their way to the match over Trent Bridge at the same time, it’s a recipe for disaster.

I totally agree @Fan of Big Tone I was asking the same question when I got to know about this. I think that it is an absolutely crazy situation, & poor decision making by the Club across the Trent.

The youth team and B squad have some good players, and I think they will benefit from playing with some of the senior players.

A Notts County B team lost to Derby County under 21 side today.

@super_ram

B Team are through to the next round of the Notts Senior Cup after a 3-2 win against N&S.

2 Goals for Iwunze and 1 for Emmanuel.

https://x.com/NCFC_Academy/status/1990910098458181676?t=sqLNFlZEG4eFW5v_K04IjQ&s=19

My early season form has disappeared.

Just like league 2, this league is very competitive. Anyone from the top 17 still has a good chance of challenging with a good two or three weeks. It's back to the drawing board from a few of us.

22 minutes ago, super_ram said:

My early season form has disappeared.

You’re lucky my early season form never started.

I agree @Robbie subs can get a man of of the match. We have seen it with England recently. The likes of Jarvis coming on when defenders are tired can make a massive difference. I think in the modern game it's not about the starting eleven any more. The strategy to win a game involves the whole eighteen and the coach shows his skill in knowing when to make the changes. Martin Paterson is doing just that for me.

Hard one to call, the defence wasn’t really that tested, they were so high up the pitch second half you would’ve mistaken them for midfielders. And then attack wise we struggled to break them down even though we were camped in their final third for the last 30 minutes of the match.

The subs did make a difference, Palmer did what he does, he even had a shot that went just over (he's going to score this season, I can feel it). Jarvis won us the penalty he looked a tad lacking in confidence in times and he's not played regularly either but it was the right match and time for him for come on.

The Poll has now closed.

We have a tie for the Pride of Nottingham's Man of the Match between Scott Robertson & Will Jarvis. Congratulations to both.

19 minutes ago, Piethagoram said:

On Magpie Circle podcast, Paul Mace offered the explanation that it was to be the 3rd kit this season but the EFL enforced an obscure ruling that shirts cannot have 2 different club emblems on them. I must admit this seems a tad harsh... and maybe Puma should have been aware of such rules? Hence the shirt being marketed as a Fans shirt.

So a 3rd kit may still be coming?

That sounds logical @Piethagoram if that is the case then I think we can forgive them, it’s certainly sounds like they might have been stuck with a load of shirts that couldn’t be used then some bright spark had the idea of selling them asa “fans shirt”, fair enough.

I’ve never heard of a fans shirt before maybe if lots of fans buy them they’ll do one every season.

Agreed @Piethagoram, that's probably what happened. The shirt certainly looks like it was intended to be worn during matches, with the current badge and sponsor on it.

It looks like this will join the 2009-10 Vandanel shirt (the one Munto ditched for Nike) in the ranks of "Notts shirts that never were". Not one I find appealing, but maybe a curiosity in years to come.

I think this fan shirt is fund-raising for the club one step too far. I am happy to support the the club and buy merchandise to raise funds, but there is a limit to what you can buy and at £50 a shirt and more for families you begin to feel a little bit exploited, especially for something that is not really needed.

Anyone watching the Albania v England match it starts at 5pm. Can they make it 8 wins on the spin?

Thanks @Robbie i didn’t know it was on.

I tend to agree with @Robbie taking on Belshaw at his age would be short term, we need to find a youngish goalkeeper we can develop, I don’t think Griffiths is the answer from what I’ve seen of him.

The issue is really neither Notts keepers are of the quality needed to help ensure automatic promotion this season

Best Harrogate Town player for me was:

Ellis Taylor, 22. He looked like a very good winger and had good delivery on him, both from crosses and set pieces.

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

It was something I noticed, just how their wider players gave them something when we were tight in midfield. Early on, we gave them little space, and it was a case of both teams winning and losing the ball. Harrogate did well to get the ball out wide, and that opened up the play.

Levi Sutton also stood out to me.

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

16 hours ago, Piethagoram said:

Still think James Belshaw could do a job for us

Very disappointed with just how much of a wind-up merchant he played, he's never been like that in previous games or for previous clubs when we have played against him, but I wouldn't take him.

Scott Robertson is quickly becoming as important to the squad as Matt Palmer is; yesterday, for example, we desperately missed Palmer in the first half. Robertson is a brilliant player; he works so hard, and in time he should be exactly what Palmer is to us. Right now, they are the midfield pairing that we need to win games. These two work so well together; it seems unlikely that they wouldn't be starting together at the beginning of the season, especially with the arrival of Ollie Norburn.

Norburn should be pushing his experience as a contender to be starting, and I think he's okay, but for me, he's more of a rotational player. Tom Iorpenda, for me, is the more exciting option, who could come in for either Palmer or Robertson.

Conor Grant moves brilliantly; he's intelligent on the field and wins the ball back in situations where it could create a lively encounter. He does struggle at times to pick his pass, and yes, his finishing could do with work, but he's one of those unappreciated players that can move between the channels and into attacking positions in front of the opposition's D, and it just takes someone else to make the run for him to assist.

The main thing is we have options and players who can do different things. I overheard a fan say, "Grant is exactly the same as Sam Austin," and to some degree I can see the similarities.

@Chris said: Conor Grant moves brilliantly; he's intelligent on the field and wins the ball back in situations where it could create a lively encounter. He does struggle at times to pick his pass, and yes, his finishing could do with work, but he's one of those unappreciated players that can move between the channels and into attacking positions in front of the opposition's D, and it just takes someone else to make the run for him to assist.

I agree. He's so unappreciated & always seems to get the criticism from some Notts fans. The thing is, the Head Coach rates him or he wouldn't pick him. Grant is one of those unsung players who's work never seems to get noticed, but he is a vital member of the squad in my opinion.

I'm one of the detractors in the everyone vs Grant case. I think with this formation and its iterations over the last couple of years, I've been spoiled in Ruben and more-so Crowley. Ruben was brave and clinical - almost a second striker. Crowley was very technically gifted with decision making and vision alongside being brave. That said I have just re-watched quite a lot of Crowley and Ruben's goals/assists and see closer similarities in Kouhyar than I see in Grant. With the way we play, we put so much stock in this position and when the AM's fail, we fail given that Jatta is not a big brutish bastard and he plays better when stuff is played in front of him.