Game 45 - The Exiles (A)

Team: Newport County

Date: 30/04/16

Where: Rodney Parade

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.

After @Altin Lala joined the board I got thinking. Lala was a real-life footballer who played for Hannover 96 a few years ago and happens to share his name with a teletubby.

Can you think of any footballers with brilliant, unusual and amusing names?

I'll start off with Waldhof Mannheim's new signing Freddy Mombongo, who really does come from the Congo and will spark memories of a certain soft drink in many of us.

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Following the decision by the Argentinian side, Tigres, to offer micro-chipping of fans instead of season tickets......I think it would be a great idea to offer this facility to Notts fans.

There are literally stacks of benefits, of which I will put forward just a sample.

No more losing your season ticket (or "loaning" your OAPs card to your 17 year-old nephew, Bert, and not getting it back)....just a simple chip placed under the skin.

Obviously if you lose your arm whilst trying to steal that "left-over" suitcase in Brussels Airport....it's your fault!

No more wandering around aimlessly on Match Days in Forest Fields, pretending to ask 19 year-old girls for "directions".....the Club are alerted to your absence and a Black Van sent to collect you and bring you to the ground.

This facility could be extended to non-Match Days where families could track the whereabouts of Uncle Cedric, who, smelling strongly of pee, was last seen "escorting a young man home" from the Plumtree Arms on Sunday night!

When you apply for your chip, you complete a questionnaire, giving various details that the Club can use to improve your Matchday Experience.

Using that info...my day would proceed like this:

Scan your arm at the turnstile....first attempt reveals that I am a tin of Aldi beans, circa 1963 and priced at 7 pence in proper money.....a young girl races over and politely shaves my inner arm, wipes away the perspiration and dabs the skin with Old Spice.

On the second attempt I am correctly identified as Lord Tarquin of Netherfield, a bottle of chilled Chablis is brought over to the VIP area and a spotty youth scuttles away to polish my chair (a preference I put on my application form, following a visit to Camden Yards in Baltimore)

My chip has automatically triggered these events, behind the scenes a Chef is lightly poaching my quails eggs and the fridges are being checked to ensure my 8 pints of bottled Old Thumper are cool enough.

I am given a copy of the team-sheet, and notice my suggestion of playing 2-2-6 has been taken on-board, and my Ladbrokes receipt for a Scorecast of 9-5 is attached.

The whole day is literally perfect and I smile contentedly as I enter the taxi awaiting me outside the Lawton Bar.

"Netherfield please" I say......................................."but make a brief detour to Forest Fields!!"

As the title says: who should be our player of the season?

2016 has seen some sad loses to the entertainment world, no doubt the biggest surprises came from the recent news that Prince had passed a way.

It may come across as morbid.

I wonder which shocked PON members the most? All pictured above deeply saddened me but I was shocked to learn about Prince

Magpies Fans,

We are holding our next Football in the Community fundraiser next week, Thursday 28th April, and we'd love you to attend and help support our work and have a great evening.

Hosted at Castle Rock's Poppy & Pint pub in Lady Bay, Colin Slater & Les Bradd will compere an evening with Wembley Winners Tommy Johnson, Kevin Bartlett & Mark Draper 

as we take a trip down memory lane to relive some of the best times from the 1989/1990 and 1990/1991 back to back promotions.  The player will share stories from these seasons

and answer a Q and A with fans in an informal evening with the stars.  The evening will also include live music from local act Steve McGill and a raffle to win a replica shirt signed by 

many of the promotion teams 25 years on.  Doors open at 19:30 and the evening will run until around 22:00.

Proceeds go towards supporting FITC's working-age dementia project within the local community and tickets are only £10 (+£1 booking fee).

We hope to see you there for this memorable and historic evening.  Tickets can be purchased online here: https://www.gigantic.com/an-evening-with-the-wembley-winners-notts-county-poppy-and-pint-2016-04-28-19-00

Or please call 0115 955 7215 if you'd rather pay on the night.

Thanks for your support and to those who wished us well at Mansfield on Saturday after our sponsored walk.  

Been reading about the behaviour of a few of the fans at the game , they need to be identified and punished for bringing the name of our club , a family club , into a bad light ,  seems to be doubts if they were notts fans at all , or maybe just yobs our for a fight , identify and ban if they are , we don't need that behaviour with everything else going on as well . Thoughts 

The DHSS are said to be looking at prosecuting Raheem Sterling tonight after the man nicknamed "Sick-Note" was called upon by Man City to run around aimlessly for 15 minutes v Real Madrid.

Raheem has apparently been injured for 52 years.....and been successfully claiming Disability Living Allowance for all that time.

When interviewed by the DHSS after the game a shocked Raheem made this statement...."I am as shocked as you that Pellegrini told me to strip off and pretend to be fit.......... Everyone knows I'm permanently sick or injured.....in fact I've made a very successful career out of being bed-bound. ................My solicitors are looking into the case"

Nice to see that Colby grabbed both goals today for the reserves in their win over Gateshead. Hopefully he has benefitted from his loan spell at Gloucester and can make the move up to challenging for the first XI.

Also, if the reserves win their last game of the season, they will be champs of their division, which will be at least one piece of good news in what has been a dismal season!

Luther Wildin has been given a pro contract by the club, I've heard good things about him in the reserves! Anyone seen him play ?

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2016/apr/26/hillsborough-disaster-inquest-jury-returns-verdict-live-updates

This confirms what most of us already knew but finally the 96 have been exonerated. They were just ordinary people like you or me. No one should go to a football game and lose their life. I remember that day clearly. Those TV images will stay with me forever. The system failed these fans, it's not about blame, it's about justice and finally the football community and most importantly the families have their justice. We'll move on now but we'll never forget. 

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?