There's a big weekend coming up at the top of the Premier League so I thought it'd be interesting to get your thoughts - who will be lifting the trophy come May?

I think we all WANT Leicester to do it. It would certainly be the most surprising triumph of my lifetime, made all the more thrilling by the prevelance of serious money at the top of the game. They have a settled, confident team, the league's top scorer, no matches against fellow challengers after Arsenal and no cup distractions. But do they have the depth and experience? One or two injuries could seriously derail them. Can they handle the pressure?

Man City are the only team at the top with real experience in a title race, and they have European football and an upcoming change at the top to contend with. Arsenal could close to within two points if they win on Sunday, but they're serial bottlers. Spurs are well-positioned to capitalise if Leicester stutter, but they haven't won a title in donkey's years - will they choke with the finish line in sight? I put United in for a laugh.

What do you all think?

Hope Ray takes his cheque book with him!

Name: Meet the Fans 15/16 - Cambridge United (23/04/2016)
Category: Meet the Fans
Date Added: 2016-04-26
Submitter: notts-joe

Ahead of the Cambridge United game at Meadow Lane on the 23/04/2016 - Notts-Joe and Joe Jones interviewed two Notts fans, this video also includes JJ answering the hot topics of the week, all in aid of Pride of Nottingham's 'Meet the Fans'.

Key matters such as should Mark Cooper remain permanently, what fans hopes are for next season, score prediction #Notts v #Cambridge and much, much more.

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Meet the Fans 15/16 - Cambridge United (23/04/2016)

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You know it's going to be a bad season when you are out 2nd ball of the season "Handled the Ball" as happened yesterday to Sean Dickson of Kent vs. Leicestershire. See the video here:

http://www.canterburytimes.co.uk/WATCH-Kent-batsman-Sean-Dickson-handled-ball/story-29171670-detail/story.html

According to Wisden (what fun I had trawling through the Yellow Bible!):

This was only the 61st occasion in First Class cricket ever.

This was the first time in Cahmpionship cricket since Cheteshwar Pujara also against Leicestershire in 2014 at Derby.

The first Kent player to be out this way since G. Bennett vs. Sussex at Hove in 1872.

The most common place for this to happen is Bloemfontein where 5 batsmen have been out this way - perhaps it's the altitude!!

For terminally sad here's the full list:

J. Grundy               MCC v Kent at Lord's      1857

G. Bennett              Kent v Sussex at Hove   1872

W.H. Scotton         Smokers v Non-Smokers at East Melbourne        1886-87

C.W. Wright           Nottinghamshire v Gloucestershire at Bristol  1893

E. Jones                South Australia v Victoria at Melbourne    1894-95

A.W. Nourse          South Africans v Sussex at Hove      1907

E.T. Benson            MCC v Auckland at Auckland     1929-30

A.W. Gilbertson      Otago v Auckland at Auckland     1952-53

W.R. Endean           South Africa v England at Cape Town       1956-57

P.J. Burge               Queensland v New South Wales at Sydney        1958-59

Dildar Awan           Services v Lahore at Lahore  1959-60

M. Mehra               Railways v Delhi at Delhi        1959-60

Mahmood-ul-Hasan  Karachi University v Railways-Quetta at Karachi      1960-61

Ali Raza                 Karachi Greens v Hyderabad at Karachi    1961-62

Mohammad Yusuf    Rawalpindi v Peshawar at Peshawar    1962-63

A. Rees                  Glamorgan v Middlesex at Lord's    1965

Pervez Akhtar        Multan v Karachi Greens at Sahiwal    1971-72

Javed Mirza           Railways v Punjab at Lahore    1972-73

R.G. Pollock            Eastern Province v Western Province at Cape Town    1973-74

C.I. Dey                 Northern Transvaal v Orange Free State at Bloemfontein    1973-74

Nasir Valika           Karachi Whites v National Bank at Karachi        1974-75

Haji Yousuf            National Bank v Railways at Lahore           1974-75

Masood-ul-Hasan    PIA v National Bank B at Lyallpur             1975-76

Hanif Solangi         Hyderabad v Karachi B at Hyderabad        1977-78

D.K. Pearse             Natal v Western Province at Cape Town      1978-79

A.M.J. Hilditch       Australia v Pakistan at Perth.       1978-79

Musleh-ud-Din        Railways v Lahore at Lahore       1979-80

Jalal-ud-Din           IDBP v Habib Bank at Bahawalpur     1981-82

Mohsin Khan           Pakistan v Australia at Karachi         1982-83

D.L. Haynes            West Indies v India at Bombay           1983-84

K. Azad                  Delhi v Punjab at Amritsar           1983-84

Athar A. Khan        Allied Bank v HBFC at Sialkot     1983-84

A.N. Pandya           Saurashtra v Baroda at Baroda     1984-85

G.L. Linton              Barbados v Windward Islands at Bridgetown        1985-86

R.B. Gartrell           Tasmania v Victoria at Melbourne      1986-87

R. Nayyar               Himachal Pradesh v Punjab at Una         1988-89

R. Weerawardene    Moratuwa v Nomads SC at Colombo      1988-89

A.M. Kane              Vidarbha v Railways at Nagpur       1989-90

P. Bali                    Jammu and Kashmir v Services at Delhi     1991-92

M.J.G. Davis           Northern Transvaal B v OFS B at Bloemfontein     1991-92

J.T.C. Vaughan       Emerging Players v England XI at Hamilton       1991-92

G.A. Gooch             England v Australia at Manchester     1993

A.C. Waller            Mashonaland CD v Mashonaland Under-24 at Harare     1994-95

K.M. Krikken         Derbyshire v Indians at Derby     1996

A. Badenhorst       Eastern Province B v North West at Fochville   1998-99

S.R. Waugh            Australia v India at Chennai     2000-01

M.P. Vaughan         England v India at Bangalore        2001-02

Tushar Imran        Bangladesh A v Jamaica at Spanish Town         2001-02

Al Sahariar            Dhaka v Chittagong at Dhaka         2003-04

Junaid Zia              Rawalpindi v Lahore at Lahore        2003-04

D.J. Watson           Dolphins v Eagles at Bloemfontein         2004-05

M. Zondecki           Cape Cobras v Eagles at Bloemfontein      2006-07

L.N. Mosena           Free State v Limpopo at Bloemfontein      2007-08

W.S.A. Williams     Canterbury v Otago at Dunedin      2012-13

E. Lewis                 Trinidad & Tobago v Leeward Islands at Trinidad     2013-14

C.A. Pujara             Derbyshire v Leicestershire at Derby       2014

S.R. Dickson           Kent v Leicestershire at Leicester         2016

Liam Noble sent off again today ends his season at Notts , what about his career at the club ? Would you miss him if it was over ?  

Now that HMRC have been paid ..............the next rumour is that Cooper has walked out this morning!!

Honestly....you couldn't even make this **** up.......please can someone confirm that he is at the ground before I start screaming?

http://www.bostontarget.co.uk/Notts-County-recall-loan-star-Jordan-Richards/story-28586090-detail/story.html

I thought Jamie was giving everyone a chance to impress? Whether Pedro's son could fit the right back, Centre Half or defensive midfield positions sometime this season, I am expressing extreme disappointment. Especially as Boston have given him some rave reviews. 

Saturday's Fixtures:
Hull City v Leeds United
QPR v Reading
Bradford City v Walsall
Fleetwood Town v Blackpool
AFC Wimbledon v Leyton Orient
Yeovil Town v Northampton Town

Happy Birthday to our very own @Cobby, from all of Pride of Nottingham. I hope you have a great day mate!

Who wants some PON birthday cake?
 

Game 44 - The U's (H)

Team: Cambridge United

Date: 23/04/16

Where: Meadow Lane

What line-up should Mark Cooper 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 word would the PON community use? On a slow Thursday, join in and see what difference it makes.

Evening all

A bit of pre-match reading looking over the month just passed:

http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/title/left-pie-on--april-/id/8196

A large portion of it was written post-Mansfield, hence the ranting and raving!

Every time I have gone to Germany I have had one of these 

My question is where do you think has the best curry wurst?

I would like to see what PON members have to say to the questions beneath.

Best six a side squad in the past ten years. Which players would you name? Formation?

Best all time six a side team, as above.

Okay, a little earlier as planned but none the less - please take time to add up-to three nominations per category.

Newpie of the Month (must have joined in the last 3 months).

Team Member of the Month (Please don't nominate me, lets focus on the team).

Member of the Month (Who's deserves this title the most?)

Please add yours by the 25th, I'll then conduct the voting stage to see who wins! Good luck and thanks

I just searched, couldn't find anything on this but if it has been already done then I apologise.

Why your username?

Some will be self explanatory but what is behind yours?

Tuesday night's Fixtures:
Burnley v Middlesbrough
Rotherham United v Huddersfield Town
Burton Albion v Wigan Athletic
Chesterfield v Doncaster Rovers
Hartlepool United v Accrington Stanley
Newport County x Oxford United

I've seen a few people talk about it here and there, complaining that people want to sit where their ticket says, for a game like today I think this is a necessary evil, if a games sold out then you surely sit where you are allocated rather than cause trouble down the line right?

Game 43 - The Bees (A)

Team: Barnet FC

Date: 19/04/16

Where: The Hive

What line-up should Mark Cooper 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.

On the community index page, within the sidebar - PON has a 'Popular Contributors' block.

Now, this isn't something I take personally seriously for myself, much like why I don't run for the Member of the Month but I do enjoy seeing who does climb into the top five list of popular contributors.

Have you seem it, and do you ever have a glance at who is listed?

Murray, Carroll, Edwards, Audel, Thompson, Hollis, Banton, Noble, Valencic, Sarpong (Apparently), Hayhurst, Adams, Atkinson, Bishop, Pilkington and Smith

Who would you keep?

Source: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/league-two/endendevertraege/wettbewerb/GB4

Click on this link, he's going to do well to come back from this.

If you look at the first picture it took you can see that his leg has clearly snapped both bones and is facing completely the wrong way.

I hope it's not the end of his career but fear it might be.

Time to stop blaming the manager, the players are totally to blame for this debacle which sums up our season, don't like to say it but the majority are showing no pride in wearing the famous shirt and need shipping out of the club, massive job for Mark Cooper but we have got to be ruthless if we are going to move forward, fair play to Mansfield  they have taken the piss out of us this season.

Evenly balanced at lunch on Day 2. Slightly worrying for England are the bowling figures of Broad and Anderson. Jimmy took 0 for 40 off 16 overs in Notts innings and Broady currently stands on 11-5-22-0 (economic at least, even if the overall Lancashire progress makes Chris Tavare look like a T20 specialist)