with joe searson being pushed and scott loach looking all the more likely to leave, would you prefer someone else to replace adam collin? i think if we aim for promotion he needs to go, he does not convince me and he never seems to be vocal enough. for me this should be one of the main positions we need to cover as early as possible because i think we will lose points with him in goal.

even if we tighten up the defence, i just dont we would see a difference.

Last night I was in the pub with some family members...all forest fans trying to rib me, unsuccessfully may I add. Which got me thinking, who does my fellow PON users family support? 

My family on my mum's side:

Grandad, Uncle Andy and Dave, Andy's daughter, all follow Forest, they tried to get me to follow Forest as a kid but it just wasn't for me, Notts always fascinated me.

Family on my Dad's side: Dad supports Forest, Uncle Raymond supports Notts and a few others on that side are Wolves but I don't know them that well.

11 year old brother is a Notts fan, you can thank me later..

My Nan's brother and his sons live(d) in Manchester and follow United (booo) and Bury.

So yesterday we were faced with the news that Colin Slater would be stepping down from doing Notts County match commentary on BBC Radio Nottingham.

As much of a bombshell as it is, the show must go on, and someone needs to step up to the plate and take over Magpie commentating duties starting next season.

In your opinion, who should it be? Let PON know.

Name: Juventus v Genoa - pre match
Category: Members Vault
Date Added: 2017-04-26
Submitter: weymouthPIE

The reading of the teams, where the fan shout the player's names, followed by the club anthem Storia Di Un Grande Amore ebfore kick off. The vdieo doesn't fully do it justice, it really was spine tingling!

Juventus v Genoa - pre match

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Name: Jon Stead: "We can match anyone"
Category: Official Notts Videos
Date Added: 2017-04-22
Submitter: Chris

The striker says the Notts team is capable of beating Luton Town at Kenilworth Road this weekend.

Jon Stead: "We can match anyone"

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From the official site:

Legendary former Notts striker Lee Hughes will be taking part in what is sure to be a fascinating Q&A evening at Meadow Lane on Tuesday 2 May (doors 7pm).

Sponsored by Nottingham Bierkeller, the evening will also see current first-team players Jon Stead, Shola Ameobi and Richard Duffy take to the stage in the 1862 Suite.

Hughes will be interviewed by the iconic Colin Slater, who recently announced he would be relinquishing his BBC Radio Nottingham commentary duties at the end of the season.

Tickets are priced £20, including a pie and peas supper.

To book, please call 0115 955 7241 or email [email protected].

Would this interest you? What would you ask Hughes and the others? Let PON know.

The official Notts County YouTube channel has uploaded a video of its eight Goal of the Season nominees.

Have a look at the strikes, decide which is your favourite and cast your vote in our poll.

Don't forget to also cast your vote on the official Notts site by clicking this here link.

It's quite commonly expressed to me now at games and during conversations, it would seem the interest in the lady pies is decreasing in interest from the majority of core Notts fans.

For me, I like following and keeping tabs on them.

I actually think it's a shame that this seasons politics allowed them to become substandard, with a lack of quality signings and then a panic transfer deadline - I do think they've suffered. Yet there's a good following that adapt both the men's team and ladies. I'm hoping that they can revive interest and opinion under Alan Hardy, as it's good for us that we have a ladies team IMO.

Where do you stand on the subject? Do you care?

Name: Luton 2-1 Notts
Category: Official Notts Videos
Date Added: 2017-04-24
Submitter: Chris

Elliott Hewitt's opener wasn't enough to prevent the Magpies from slipping to defeat at Kenilworth Road.

Luton 2-1 Notts

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Saturday's Fixtures:
Brentford v Queens Park Rangers
Burton Albion v Leeds United
Oldham Athletic v Rochdae
Swindon Town v Scunthorpe United
Blackpool v Cheltenham Town
Stevenage v Mansfield Town

I'm off to Turin to watch Juve this weekend so may not get around to updating the table till the start of next week, unless the hotel WIFI works!

Name: Kevin Nolan on O'Connor injury
Category: Official Notts Videos
Date Added: 2017-04-22
Submitter: Chris

The manager speaks to Leigh Curtis of the Nottingham Post about the serious injury suffered by captain Michael O'Connor in the 3-1 defeat against Portsmouth on Easter Monday.

Kevin Nolan on O'Connor injury

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Who was your man of the match for Notts County at Luton Town?

Game 44 - The Hatters (A)

Team: Luton Town

Date: 22/04/17

Where: Kenilworth Road

What line-up should Kevin Nolan 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.

Absolutely shocking news this morning, to hear that Notts County Ladies have folded.

After all the recent good news with Notts since Alan Hardy's arrival, I was optimistic that the Lady Pies pulling through would also be happening, but today's news has just been a crushing blow.

I hope the players will be able to find clubs as soon as possible and that their livelihood does not take a hit.

Please share your thoughts and, if you have any plans for anything along the lines of helping them out, don't hesitate to share them on here.

My word ,how time flies.It only seems like a couple of weeks since our christmas decorations were taken down but here we are at Easter.Did any member think  that between Xmas and Easter things would improve so dramatically at Notts.Happy Easter all

Name: Kevin Nolan on attracting players
Category: Official Notts Videos
Date Added: 2017-04-20
Submitter: Chris

The manager talks about how he plans to sell the club to potential transfer targets in the summer.

Kevin Nolan on attracting players

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It made me sick and jealous to see Pompey celebrating on our pitch, that's our pitch and only we should be celebrating on it, it's a pride thing.. 

Fair play to Pompey, they deserve to go up and there fans were superb from start to finish and as much as the pride took a dent the scenes were brilliant.

Now onto my point, it made me so jealous, I want that to be us celebrating on our pitch or someone else's and there is no reason this can't be us next year, what KN has done with a very limited squad has been nothing short of fantastic, I'm very interested and hopeful to see what he can do with his own team in a full season.

I'm well aware we won't be getting rid of as much of this squad as everyone thinks (the sooner some of our fans realise this the better), the core of a promotion candidate is there, we just need two more cb, a lb and competition for places in midfield, two more wingers to add competition although I do have a feeling Campbell will be kept and if thats the case only 1 more wingers will be needed and I'm assuming Yeates would be kept as he should be starting every game, two strikers one in the same stature of Ameobi to hold the ball up for when he's not there and someone who's different to Stead and Ameobi, a poacher/quick striker.. 

In terms of competition well I don't fear any of the teams coming down, 3 of the biggest teams have now left the league we should open the door for us to shoot up the league. Luton could also disappear into league 1 which would be brilliant for our promotion chances.

Here's to hoping it's our year next year..

Game 43 - Pompey (H)

Team: Portsmouth

Date: 17/04/17

Where: Meadow Lane

What line-up should Kevin Nolan 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.

Name: Meet the Fans 16/17 - Portsmouth FC (17/04/2017)
Category: Meet the Fans
Date Added: 2017-04-20
Submitter: Chris

Notts County fans before the game against Portsmouth on Monday 17th April 2017.

Be sure to let PON know your thoughts on 'Meet the Fans' below, the best comments will be published on our popular social media and of course our thriving web site.

Our questions include thoughts on Haydn Hollis performances over the 2016/17 campaign and if he deserves another contract, how many fans would be at the game, if Notts could do a Pompey next season and gain promotion, and of course the score prediction.

If you would like to feature, get in touch! Feel free to submit potential questions below and we will look into asking them.

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Meet the Fans 16/17 - Portsmouth FC (17/04/2017)

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Name: Jorge Grant's goal vs Portsmouth
Category: Official Notts Videos
Date Added: 2017-04-18
Submitter: Chris

The midfielder finds the back of the net with a superb strike.

Jorge Grant's goal vs Portsmouth

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Name: Highlights: Notts 1-3 Portsmouth
Category: Match Highlights
Date Added: 2017-04-18
Submitter: Chris

The best of the action from Meadow Lane as Notts County hosted Portsmouth in Sky Bet League Two.

Highlights: Notts 1-3 Portsmouth

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Collin - 7 - generally good, one cracking save second half, maybe a bit slow to react to their second.
Tootle - 5.5 - not sure whether he was poor or left exposed, but all of their threat (and goals) came down our right.
Hollis - 6 - fairly solid against a potent attack.
Duffy - 5 - loses a mark for gifting them the penalty. Not one of his better games.
Bola - 6.5 - didn't get the chance to get forward too often, but pretty sound defensively.
Hewitt - 6.5 - competed well, better in the wide role than moving more central to replace O'Connor.
O'Connor - 5.5 - needs to use his brain a bit more. I love his competitive attitude, but there are limits.
Campbell 6.5 - tracked back well, goal saving tackle early on, needs to do more in a creative sense.
Milsom - 6 - stuck at it, but struggled to maintain his recent standard.
Grant - 7* - our only real attacking threat. Another class finish for his goal.
Stead - 5.5 - tried hard, but his touch was mostly poor and needed Ameobi to take the pressure off.

Subs :

Yeates - 6 - got into a few good wide positions but didn't have a lot to aim at.
T. Campbell - 5 - ineffective.

KN - 6 - I think we started with a formation that was far too negative and handed them the initiative. The tactical changes at half time improved things and opened the game up a bit. Good summary of things after the game in his interview with Colin, it's a refreshing change to have a manager who watched the same game I did.

Easter Monday Fixtures:
Birmingham City v Burton Albion
Blackburn Rovers v Bristol City
Charlton Athletic v Gillingham
Fleetwood Town v Millwall
Mansfield Town v Luton Town
Plymouth Argyle v Newport County

Who was your man of the match for Notts County against Portsmouth today?

We had this topic aaaages ago, but as we've had a lot of new users in the meantime, it's worth asking again: who is your favourite "other" team and why? Who do you have a soft spot for?

Mine are my local team Waldhof Mannheim (see the European Leagues forum for more evidence) in the German Regionalliga Südwest and Retford United in the Northern Counties East League. Plus I have a soft spot for Coventry City as I used to live very close to Highfield Road and have fond memories of the place. That's a set of fans that deserves success.