If you have a season ticket for this year you are on the bench and as such can get access to the exclusive twitter account for bench members, they've just added me @Fanofbigtone so if you want to get access all you have to do is click this link.

https://twitter.com/TheBench_NCFC

Welcome, welcome, welcome.

Welcome @Joshua, hope you enjoy the site and thanks for joining us here on the Pride of Nottingham.

Hello @SixFootTwo and welcome to the Pride of Nottingham. I have to say I love the username, I think you will be a promising capture by self and a weclome addition to the PON squad. I just hope you can work alongside our regular goalscorer @tonyhateley.

See you around the community and please do let us know a little bit about yourself.

The temperatures are rising, the sun is coming out, it looks like we are in for a settled spell of weather at last.

Summer to me means, lots of trips in our camper van, holidays, sitting in the garden relaxing with a cool drink, barbecuing, wearing summer clothes like shorts T-shirt etc.

I love summer.

What's your favourite thing about summer?

Having recently experienced IMAX for the first time I was wondering how other people felt about it.

For me, it is definitely something to be experienced. We saw San Andreas, which in a normal cinema would have been a no because, lets face it, the rock is fronting the film! But in IMAX it was unbelievable! Sound great, 3D wow. It made a disaster movie really have some ooomphhh!

Thoughts and opinions?

So, when I first logged in online the first thing which greeted me was Facebook informing me of another pre-season friendly. I thought it may be an home tie, however no, it's not. It's a tie with our former link-up side Arnold Town - where Notts had been using as a training base for both the first team and youth team.

I don't think it's a good idea, some of their players took the game way too seriously and of course it's where Jimmy became injured.

What do you folks think? Good idea? One off? Discuss...

Simple enough is there anyone out there that you think would fit into our style of play?

To start with I'll go with Dayle Southwell & Jeff Hughes. Anyone who can remember any of these style threads will know that I have wanted us to sign Dayle for a long long time, he scored 30 goals for Boston last season, he's only 21, very quick and a natural finisher. He would cost a bit but trust me he is well worth the money. I would love to see the quality of Jeff Hughes back at Notts, his natural ability would suit Ricardo's master plan I reckon.

So come on then who would you like to see wearing the b&w stripes next season.

Which do you use when buying goods. I use debit card a lot but when possible I use credit card which gives me points and cash back. I have a direct debit set up to pay the full amount every month so that I don't have any interest payments.

I rarely use cash these days.

What's your preference?

Did anyone see the final on Sunday?

Apparently the dog doing the trick walking on a tightrope wasn't actually Mattisse (the dog that won) but a look a like called Chase.

The show are claiming they knew nothing about it but I can't believe that, they surely have rehearsals?

What do you think? Have the public been hoodwinked? Should the £250,000 prize be taken away?

Thousands of love locks are being taken off a bridge in Paris because it is in danger of collapsing.

Apparently you put a padlock on a bridge and throw the key into the river to symbolise your undying love. I'd not heard of this craze until very recently, have you heard of it? Have you ever done it?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32955400

Well what a fun day I've had, I spent all morning trying to get through on the phone to renew my season ticket and kept getting through to some poor bloke in another department who tried to put me through to the ticket office only after a long time ringing out it went back to him again, he kept apologising and saying how busy they were etc. I felt sorry for him I bet he got lots of calls like that.

I vented my frustration on twitter to the Notts County and they suggested sending my phone number via email and someone would ring me back, I'm still waiting.

I've tried renewing on line, the first time I tried I put in my membership number and post code as requested and it didn't work, I tried again later and this time it found my seat, gave me a price and when I clicked continue everything vanished and the seat number and price had gone, so I've had to give up on that too.

Unless they extend the deadline it looks like I won't be getting a season ticket at the cheaper price! I know it's difficult for them but surely they could have laid on a few extra staff to cope with the demand on the last couple of days, they must know everyone leaves it until the last minute!

OK...Its time for my renewal of my contract (well at beg of August) so trying to sort out the best option.

Currently have a 2 yr with 3 on their old one plan (everything unlimited)

Dont need anywhere near that in real terms and basically I have been paying for the phone, not the plan, which is fiar enough.

Have now Galaxy S4. Battery is knackered and cant make it through the day now so I'm thinking about going for a newer phone.

The biggest minefield for me is the provider. I talked to 3 and their deal is ok, but I think changing to ee might be a good idea with the integrated wifi calling. (on 3 it is a seperate app)

The stumbling block is ...carphone warehouse. Their deals are obviously better than the provider, BUT

when I play devils advocate with the actual provider they give me the big speill about check the terms and conditions. 3 even said they stopped working with cpwh because cpwh had the power to put the prices up themslves above the provider during the contract. When I questioned the 3 guy on why then 3 were going into partnership network with cpwh on their new provider id, they clammed up.

So...

Anyone had dealings with carphone warehouse good or bad?

Anyone recommend a better battery phone from the latest crop S6 or HTC1m9?

Adice more on the network provider if poss please.

Thanks all

A warm PoN welcome to two new members, @David Burkey and Yoop_eyes.Please join in and enjoy your time with us.

Hi all and welcome to the fifth episode of Pride of Nottingham’s PONcast.

In today’s instalment we begin by discussing Notts County’s first new signing of the close season – Exeter City captain Scot Bennett. Is he the right fit for the Magpies? We then move onto rumours relating a link-up between Notts and Liverpool – how did the speculation come about, and what do people think of this potential twinning?

The PONcast also touches on the recent departure of the commercial executive Damian Irvine.

Finally we interview an inspirational Notts fan who is to take part in a charity bike ride in aid of Prostrate Cancer UK.

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Yet another new member to welcome.Hello @Donna ,please make yourself comfortable,join in and enjoy your time with us,

http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/notts-county-scot-bennett-exeter-city-2471893.aspx

Scot Bennett. Versatile player hoping to help us get promotion back to League One. 

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@Canadian, @Cobby, @Dan-Pie, @DangerousSausage, @Dripsey3, @hissingdwarf, @Northants Pie, @PTID1862, @Super_Danny_Allsopp, @super_ram, @tonyhateley

Myself and the wife went to see this at Manchester a few nights ago and it was superb. I would recommend it to anyone. Not the old fashioned clown etc...much more based on skill. The guys and lasses were amazing and some of the things must have took years of practise!

Not long to go now and I'll be settling in front of the telly to enjoy a bottle of whisky and the cream of the continent's musical talent ( )! Is anyone else looking forward to it? For some reason everyone seems to hate it but has an opinion on it all the same!

I've got to admit I quite like it. Yes the voting is annoying but a lot of it is due to migrants phoning in and voting for their home country. As I always vote for the UK, I can't really talk ...

It's top notch entertainment (especially in combination with alcohol) and some of the songs are pretty decent too, especially when you look at the last few winners. Our problem is that we just dismiss the whole thing as a bit of fluff and send in some tacky rubbish, thinking "well, it'll do for Eurovision". With our musical tradition, it's just embarrasing that we send 80-year-olds to be laughed at all over Europe. Let's at least try.

The Germans, on the other hand, have taken it all extremely seriously ever since Lena won it and I always have a good laugh at the look of shock, surprise and disappointment in the presenters' faces when they finish 20th again! It almost compensates for seeing Lena's annoying face on TV again.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-fAe7SwdqE

The site that ran the World Cup Prediction Competition are running an FA Cup prediction competition. Anyone interested? Website is: 

https://facup.predictthefootball.com

If there is enough interest, I'll create a league. 

Attempt number 2 from a different browser to link and share to facebook!

What would be helpful (he says ironically) if for someone to say if they can see this post shared on facebook so I know if thats the issue rather than not posting at all!!!

I watched an interesting documentary the other night which exploded a few myths about the war time leader. Did you know that his "fight on the beaches" speech was never actually broadcast during the war? It was a speech he made in parliament during the war and was only recorded for the radio 9 years after the war from his sickbed.

The programme was all about how he lost the election to a Labour landslide immediately after the war when everyone assumed he would get in comfortably.

If anyone is interested it was on BBC2 and can be watched on iplayer.

Today is @Canadian's birthday,please join me in wishing him a all the best on his special day.Have you got anything planned @Canadian ?

We've had a great Bank Holiday weekend, our eldest grandchildren have been for a couple of nights stay, Saturday we went to Twin Lakes theme park and came home to have a great family BBQ with both sets of Grandchildren getting together, they don't see each other much and it was lovely to see them playing together.

Sunday we took them for a long bike ride, me and Mrs. H. just about managed to keep up with them along a canal tow path, luckily no one fell in the cut. Stopped off at the pub for a half way break and they just happened to have a real ale festival on so I treated myself to a pint of Shipstones which I haven't had for ages, Mrs. H. had a half of Magpie (YOUPIES) and said it was very nice. The kids had pop of course, then we set off (rather wobbly in my case) on the second half of the journey, luckily it wasn't on a canal towpath this time.

What a great weekend, how was yours?