I've read that the safety certificate doesn't insist on only 17k, it's just that to have more than 17k they need to do some extra safety planning and given the time and costs the club choose not to.

On the other board some people are saying the ground needs updating and the away section moving. I think we're getting ahead of ourselves there. Our attendances are much better but we still have thousands of empty seats most home games. Only a dozen or so clubs in the 92 have a more under-used stadium than us (MK Dons, Sheff Wed, Wigan for example). Also making the Family stand the away end would give the opposition a boost, having an end to kick towards. Don't think it will happen anyway for practical reasons.

One issue the club might want to look at though is the number of 'orphaned' single seats they end up having to try to sell. Some clubs' booking systems try to minimise this, so that people looking for 2 or more seats together aren't discouraged.

Good stuff @Sheffield Pie. Let's get to L1 and see how that goes

It was brilliant to see the stadium looking so full, it always is and that is my main takeaway.

I was among the volunteers that helped to get the KOP flag surfing, and I took every chance I could to take in the stands as I waited for the signal. Mark joined me to help, and I had hoped Jake would, but I can understand it was overwhelming.

Upon entering the ground, I yet again had issues with some very untrained stewards who grabbed me and then blocked me from walking even though her college had said we could go through after Jake showed our tickets. Such an irrating experience, especially to be forcefully held against the side wall.

After helping surf the KOP's flag, I helped to carry it out from pitch side even though Logan Bruce said I could go back to my seat. I noticed that the person in front of me was struggling, so I sorted my section and tried to sort his. Then helped it out, but upon trying to get back to my seat the same stewards stopped me. I can't help but feel the temporary fillers can be jobsworths.

They tried to stop me because Jake had my ticket, even though they waved Mark, who was rushing to get back to his seat. Whilst I genuinely felt tired and almost like my heart was going to expload. Only to have the same stewards try to stop me, though I explained that I had helped with the KOP flag pitch side, that they had already let me through and moments ago waved my friend through.

I get that they must see quite a lot of faces but it pisses me off, I just barged through them and went to my seat moaning like the soon to be old 39-year-old I am.

It took away from the occasion, made it frustrating when it needed not be and they did absolutely nothing to stop the pitch invaders. I said to one of the stewards that manhandled me, "see I didn't even go on the pitch, yet you did more to stop me even though I had "Look, I didn't even try to enter the pitch but I noticed you made more of an effort to prevent me from obtaining my rightful seat than any of the pitch invaders. You shouldn't put hands on people, call for support if you think it's needed and then use reasonable force but don't ever touch a fan who has a valid ticket."

Also, I noticed a senior steward throwing elbows and punches at an elderly fan. This caught the attention of the group of 10-12 fans near me, and he got mobbed by others who lashed back at him. Stupid idiots could have caused a riot, very poor stewarding I am afraid to say.

I doubt we'll end up in trouble, I think it happens more often at certain clubs. It's just chavvy behaviour we can do without.

I echo @theAnticlough's praise of Belshaw, he's been our key signing and without him I doubt we'd have reached the playoffs at all. He didn't have a lot to do yesterday, but like all good keepers he was there when we needed him with that low save in the second half!

That was tense, particularly that last 20 minutes I agree we could’ve probably managed that last period better, especially with the space Chesterfield left for us to exploit. I’m sure MP and the coaches will point this out in the debriefing.

Can’t fault any of the effort and the sheer determination when it came to defending our box though. We basically did what Wimbledon did to us last season in the play-offs. You can’t say we aren’t learning and it definitely worked.

Yeah the scenes at the end were embarrassing really, typical minority spoiling it for the majority. Don’t even think anyone should’ve been on the pitch, a bit tin-pot for me, we haven’t actually won anything yet!

Really don’t know how to feel about playing Salford at Wembley though, we are going to have to break a shocking winless streak to get into League 1.

On 16/05/2026 at 02:03, Sheffield Pie said:

Best vocal support over 90 minutes I've ever experienced at Meadow Lane.

And I know they shouldn't have gone on the pitch but seeing literally thousands of YOUNG Notts fans having the time of their life is pretty amazing after all these years.

Great post.

I marvel at this, can't get my head around it. I spent many a game circa 2016 in the Pavis seeing only septuagenarians making up 4,000 crowds. It looked for all the world that the club was slowly dying.

What a turnaround in just a decade. Did Covid change things? Was it winning tonnes of games in the NL? Is it just the popularity of live football in general and we're a big city? Maybe a combination of all of those. But thanks to all those septuagegenarians and those who came before them for sowing the County seeds. Individual family folklore and stories past down is a large part of the reason we have new generations of fans in big numbers.

3 minutes ago, liampie said:

@Chris i cant post to the suggestions page it says "The suggestion could not be submitted. Please check the form and try again."

it looks great and i love all the new changes.

Thanks, @liampie.

I'll patch it up now and edit this when I have fixed the issue.

Fixed.

I would say PON is 70% optimised at additional resource level.

I have made good progress with new features; these are being built with the same mindset that they are performance-focused and efficient to the highest standard. I know things have been a little quiet, but I encourage you to keep creating content and supporting discussions; I will try to be a bit more active myself. There're some new features I haven't mentioned, some outside that are coming but I won't go into them. I'll leave you to find them!

There may be bugs, but I am actively fixing and working on the dev version of the site but sometimes the live environment behaves differently.

Please do report them, and don't be shy or afraid to reach out.

I love helping, and doing my best by Notts fans that it's honestly no bother at all. I would rather be told, so I can help, fix and make improvements. Subscribers will be noticing some additional changes geared towards offering value to them too, as it's very vital the site is supported.

None of this can happen without some engagement, support, or other kinds of help, not at all.

Thank you for your continued efforts.

I realise if I don't mention the changes most people won't know, therefore it is somewhat counter productive.

Our custom Catch Up app has had major updates to the way that the "What's New" page works. I will be updating it again sometime, to make the blocks more full, but I have saved some room for tweaking if I add more to it.

The Leaderboard now has a split between members and the PON team.

I have done this to help encourage the team, but also give a fairer acknowledgement to the members who are actively making a difference. PON News, which is our general account for posting news, and automated activity is omitted from the results.

* I am monitoring the leaderboard notifications, as I fixed an issue where the link from the notification was broken. These must be reliable, so I will check this and I would appreciate it if those named can let me know too. In addition to that, I am watching the changes in general to ensure no bugs occur.

From this date onwards, topics that reach over 10 replies will see a new "Topic Summary" next to the "Who Viewed this Content" at the very top. The basic version is available for all, but an enhanced version is available for subscribers and team members. This gives you a quick insight into the discussion, and reacts to match based ones depending on what stage of the conversation is at. So, pre-match, during and post-game. Very useful to see what stands out, what you might think to add and just a useful feature to gain a quick view of a topic.

You can now write a status via the + Create menu, why not tell the community what you are doing? or about your day? Much like you would on X or other social media sites.

The donate page is being actively updated, @BigNCFC has kindly donated and the subscription page/packages have been updated.

Subscribers/Team Members will re-gain access to a more advanced stats page, which shares interesting analytics about the site. This is coming soon, I have built it but it's in testing stages.

Previous discussed pending changes are also in testing or optimisation stages.

It's not far at all @Fan of Big Tone, I used the 0.5 option on my phone so it zooms out a bit. You get a nice panoramic pic but everything looks further away than it is!

Ah, that would explain it.

The regular league programme concluded last week. Alongside Schalke, the tiny SV Elversberg are promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time ever. I saw them play in the fourth division a few times and they certainly had good resources for that level. After reaching the Bundesliga playoff last season and subsequently losing their head coach to Werder Bremen, nobody really fancied them to do well this season, but they've actually gone one better.

In Bundesliga 2 the relegation scrap went down to the final kick, with just two goals on goal difference separating the last safe spot (Eintracht Braunschweig), the relegation playoff (Fürth) and automatic relegation (Fortuna Düsseldorf). Düsseldorf, seen as a promotion contender, went into the last game at Fürth needing to avoid a three-goal defeat to stay up. They lost 3-0.

We are here

Morocco does not know what is happening now two Pies have landed. Happy Sunday everyone. 🤠🥳

I'm of the old-fashioned way of settling draws in Cup matches and playoff finals by having replays to decide drawn matches. This will probably never happen because the modern way is to have a quick fix to settle those drawn matches.

Alassana Jatta, Jodi Jones, Nick Tsaroulla, Ollie Norburn and Scott Robertson would be my preferred choices to start. I get nervous when defenders take penalties, but I do think Jacob Bedeau and Rod McDonald would feel confident and able to smash the ball into the net.

I know Matt Palmer can be tidy with his penalties, but I would still feel nervous all the same.

@allardyces tash I can see the David Batty penalty there

Dunnett voted through that clubs could keep 100% of home receipts

Has to be L1 in my opinion. We will do well to make the automatics this year given some really tough fixtures remaining. And then it will be the playoff lottery. So anything could happen. I just hope that the Brothers keep the faith with MP as I feel he has the attributes to be a successful manager at this level.

If he can't make it this year then, maybe next or even the year after. It won't be easy as some wild investors will come in again to another club and try to do a Wrexham or MK.

i would fear growing too quick, too soon could see us end up like blackpool, luton town, portsmouth and many other teams who had to focus less on sustinability. i would rather notts do it right, grow a reputation and sell on assets, make a real structure in place place that would more than likely see us establish ourselves properly upon each step. i am happy to see us grow for the better in league one, but i would not risk this for instance promotion to the championship.

It's up to you of course, but the memories from a day at Wembley will still be there long after the tiredness has faded. I understand it's all a bit stressful though, especially the older you get.

Do not sit on the fence. Go and have a day you will remember, and make the most of it.

Take your grandchildren so they can feel what it is like to see Notts play at the home of football. Wembley is a rare treat, and if you can go, you should.

Well @Fan of Big Tone decisions, decisions and a big one at that. Trust me when I say the experience itself is phenomenal. We took our grand children to the play off against Chesterfield and the memories made were irreplaceable, buying flags and scarves, walking down Wembley Way with both sets of fans, each trying to out sing each other, giving the kids time to take it all in, The excitement on their faces will stick with us forever. The only thing i will say is if it's a match like the Chesterfield one prepare to be totally exhausted, that much so I couldn't drive home so we had a second night in the hotel. 😵‍💫

I would say the match was pretty much similar to the first leg in that there was wasn't much quality on show for either side in the final third. Defensively we were very good again. My vote therefore goes to Lucas Ness. Not just for the headers won but what I particularly like is his reading of the game. He so often nips in to win the ball before the attacker has received the pass. We need to get him tied down to a longer contract!

I think the back 3 are most deserving here, not much between them all really. Bedeau had to deal with Markanday who was Chesterfield's most lively player and McDonald has really stepped up again after Platt's injury. I went for Ness too though, I thought he'd be the player who could be 'got-at' but to be fair he was excellent.

The Poll has now closed. Thanks to all who voted.

I'm pleased to announce that Lucas Ness has been voted the Pride of Nottingham's Man of the Match against Chesterfield in the playoff 2nd leg.

12 hours ago, liampie said:

i think martin paterson has won most fans over and it would be a shame to see him leave. until we know for sure, i wont worry because there is a chance someone else will be hired first. job security in football is hard, and i wonder how the reedtz will see how patto has done in comparison to stuart maynard. there could be the argument that promotion is the only way to secure is job.

will they sak him if we fail? i hope not, because i think patto has what is needed to be a very good manager.

He’s certainly won me over, if we don’t go up I wouldn’t like to see him sacked, I think he’s done a great job within the parameters in which he’s had to work. If he’s tempted by a job in a higher division at a bigger club then I would t blame him, who isn’t ambitious? He obviously wants the best for himself and his family, we’ve seen good managers leave before it’s part of football.

@Fan of Big Tone i could see the temptation buy for a newish manager surely it makes more sense to stick with a club where things work, he knows what to expect and will be supported. burnley might offer him more money, buy the position is a high risk move. i really hope there is not much in it because we have a manager that is focused, knows the squad and makes most the right decisions in games.

He definitely won't be joining Barnsley as they appointed their former boss Daniel Stendel today.

For me, it was between Rod McDonald and Jayden Luker and I think at different times upon reflection I might be tempted to choose differently. McDonald was brilliant at the back, I think all were but maybe Lucas Ness was a bit clumby and the player Chesterfield caused more trouble with. Jacob Bedau deserves a shout out, as does Nick Tsaroulla.

However, I went with Luker because I remember saying how I failed to see where he fit in upon his return and whilst he's done okay. Excelled at times, and otherwise been invisible in spells, there's no denying he's a work horse.

I felt sorry for him that the Sky pundits seemed to single him out all the time, very rarely saying anything positive and focusing too much praise on Tom Iorpenda (who was good) and Jodi Jones (acceptable but not his best). The female commenator got on my nerves describing the Chesterfield keeper as "There was absolutely nothing he could have done there". Except for using his hand? Or kick the ball?

Weak keeping, poor positioning... Then saying that Luker was "lucky" to be where he was, whilst the shot wasn't exactly difficult it still went in. If you praise the keeper, and call the scorer lucky, you undermine your whole point. Luker did exceptionally well to get on to the ball, and strike it towards goal even if it was straight at the Chesterfield keeper. Who probably should have wore different "boots". I am going to have a field day with some of their players names come Friday. 😀

Good to see Luker with a couple of votes.

I didn't hold out any great hopes when he came back from injury, it's a tough and gradual thing to do, generally. But he's exceeded everyone's expectations I think and it's clear the season would have been different had he been fit and he'd be sitting on a double figure goal haul. Remember the breakaway goal he got with Hall early on?

What I like is what a good watch he is. A six footer with a low centre of gravity - the turn that got the C'field player booked is from his power and balance. With that low centre of gravity, he's a poor man's Zidane, Barnes, Le Tissier type. He pops up in very awkward places for the opposition. I'm really looking forward to seeing what he'll do Friday night. He might be the player Chesterfield are worrying about the most.

Just a bit late this week to declare a winner. Apologies for that.

I'm pleased to announce that Rod McDonald is the Pride of Nottingham's Man of the Match v Chesterfield. Well done Rod.

Thank you for keeping the site moving forward. It is great to see how much effort and care goes into the community. Everything is coming along well, and I hope that with Notts being a happier club to talk about, more fans will join in.

PON deserves the support, so keep up the hard work.

Top Man @Chris the amount of work and care you have dedicated to the site is personally mind blowing. Your thoughtfulness and consideration dovetailing with family time and County time is admirable and commendable. Thank you for all you do for all of us to enjoy, participate and keep in touch over anything and everything. Live Long and Prosper my friend. 🤠 ⚽️

@Chris

It's "topics" which is on "My activity streams".

It would be great if "topics' were an option.

Superb result but I can't help feeling that we could have buried them with a bit more composure. Having said that, the pressure is on them now, they have to come out and play. That will suit us just fine.

7 hours ago, Dripsey3 said:

Superb result but I can't help feeling that we could have buried them with a bit more composure. Having said that, the pressure is on them now, they have to come out and play. That will suit us just fine.

And the psychology of being a goal up might help us out too. Maybe this team gets anxious starting home games at 0-0. Starting ahead could be liberating for them. You're attacking to extend your advantage not establish it. Concede, and it's just a normal game with home advantage.

There's a world where we get the first two goals and that'd be pretty much it.

We saw a typical Martin Paterson inspired Notts County in the first leg. We need more of the same at ML on Saturday.

Martin Paterson’s style of play focuses on aggressive, high-tempo, and attacking football, characterized by quick, direct transitions, intelligent pressing, and high-intensity work off the ball. His teams are noted for being well-organized, disciplined, and hard-working, often employing a flexible, high-pressing approach

(Source Google)

He also won Kidderminster's Players Player of the Season award!

This is from their official site:

While all players relish and enjoy the adulation of supporters, there’s something to be said about having the respect of your peers.

In that respect, massive kudos and congratulations go to Ryley Reynolds, who was voted by the Harriers squad as Players Player of the Season.

What a fantastic second season in Red for Ryley. So much energy and heart from midfield, and 12 goals to boot! Congratulations to Ryley, and thank you so much for your contributions during your stay here.

Ryley Reynold's loan club Kidderminster has won promotion to the National League after beating South Shields 2:0 in the National League North playoff final.

Ryley has played 42 games for Kidderminster this season. Great that he has a promotion to his name.

Delighted for Riley and Kidderminster. I think he'd benefit from another season on loan there next season. He's obviously thriving there.

its a good step up and i think hes a good player, i hope he transitions well. he should get more time to play he way he likes in league one.

It's a good opportunity for Ed. He had a great season for Gateshead & the Gateshead supporters were sorry to see him go.

It's a big step up but I'm sure Ed will excel at his new Club & I wish him luck for the new season.

https://rochdaleafc.co.uk/ed-francis/

I had missed this transfer. Congrats to Ed on achieving promotion with Rochdale

Morning all, it’s a big day today, I guess I know what we’ll all be doing today, either watching live, on the telly, listening on radio or pies player or keeping up via the internet. However you are keeping up with the score let’s hope for a positive outcome.

I’ll be watching on the telly with he family who are coming to ours for a meal first, I’m looking forward to it. I’m also looking forward to handing the reins back to our son and DIL after staying with our teenage grandkids for three nights. I’m getting too old to deal with troublesome teenagers.

I have one of those round barbecues, but yesterday a wheel fell off. Could it be a sign?

And today I did my back in moving it. Is this also a sign? Either way I'll definitely be watching tonight!

Well @Fan of Big Tone today will be a third towards promotion to the third tier. The fate of that journey is with Martin and his squad, all we can do is hope, as I know they will, that every player gives their all.

@super_ram looks like a lovely pint of my favourite Guinness, cheers to you and yours, hope you enjoyed it.

@StarkMallard obviously the Gods of football are with us today, a wheel falling off is a good omen. COYP 🥳👍⚽️

Hmmm. The problem with Salford is that they have Graydon!

They demolished MKD’s a few weeks ago and they looked strong, sharp and clinical when it mattered against both them & us. Yes, we chucked it away after seemingly salvaging a point - but that was the difference. In a one off with Salford we’d have to improve, considerably, and they’d have to, effectively, “not turn up”. I don’t feel optimistic about beating any of these 3 tbh but I reckon Grimsby would suit us the best.

If, and it remains a very big if, we beat Chesterfield then it’s “game on” at Wembley. Personally, I’d prefer the fishy folk tbh.

Fair enough,

It's such an evenly matched play-off line up.

I'll be in a minority here, but I have very modest ambitions for these play-offs. Like 80pts was an improvement on 72pts, and 5th place on 6th, I'll take the below in these play-offs, which we didn't have last year...

• a goal in 3 hours of play

• some fight and showing that you care

Above that will be a bonus. But on our day, we can get past Chesterfield and beat the other two. So all to play for.

Chesterfield, like ourselves, have a recent record of underperforming and even self-destructing when the pressure is on and the expectation is high. Their home defeat to Shrewsbury in March is a recent example of this. There are others. You can see why they are bookmakers' favourites for the playoffs but that might just suit us perfectly. If we can play without fear we have every chance of giving them two very difficult games.

A lot of complaints about various problems, a few asked me if I could tell the club but I don't involve myself in that side any more. It's not appreciated, and nothing ever gets done about it. I wish those that had valid concerns, and it's not for me to suggest which are but they should be contacting the club because the more that do, the more things will get resolved.

Every ticketing site that Notts has used has been poor. I don't know if we are still using Ticket Master but they are notoiously known for being awful.

@Chris yes it’s Ticket Master, to be fair I always get my tickets online and print them at home I’ve very rarely had any problems until yesterday but I assume it was due to the amount of people trying to buy tickets at the same time.

It seems a lot of season ticket holders seats have now been released which is annoying I could have got a lot better seats nearer the centre half line in the Pavis stand almost every seat was greyed out when I got our tickets now they are available.

What is even more insane is that they are at £14.6m at losses, £10m of that being covered by their owner. Now, didn't the Reedtz write-off a large amount of debt from us? Yes, but some of that was historical debts and investments.

Silly money for a club that could easily re-find themselves back in trouble at the wrong end of League Two.

I don't wish it, I hope for their fans the owner starts to play it smarter but when you think of all the money involved. You have to ask, is it worth it? Can they sustain the large amount of losses without losing momentum and what will the future look like? You spend a lot, and sooner or later, owners will reduce their expenses. Fans become disillusioned and the club could very well be at risk.

Fair enough @Piethagoram, on PiesPlayer (filmed from the Main Stand) my initial reaction was that he'd gone down too easily. But looking at that it's a stonewall penalty, the defender was nowhere near the ball. Good job it counted for nothing in the end.

I was sitting in the Sirrel stand quite close to the incident I honestly couldn’t believe it wasn’t given it’s a definite stone wall penalty.

Not that it mattered as it happens because Cambridge got the point they needed.

'Looking for a penalty' is a very misleading phrase. Of course the attacking team is looking for penalties - goals or fouls made against them

Why not run at players? Unless they tackle you cleanly, you either beat them or win a free kick. Get into the penalty box, and the reward is a penalty. For sure, by the laws of the game one of the incentives of getting the ball in the box is to win a penalty.

Maybe one of the main things Tsaroulla had in his mind was to win a penalty. I hope it was. That's the way it should be and there's nothing wrong with that. The problem is with officials being more reluctant to call fouls in the penalty area than out of it.

I think it's great we're having this discussion at all - it's not so long ago that we were struggling to fill 25% of the ground.

The capacity is adequate for our needs right now, everyone who wanted a ticket against the cider quaffers got one. All the same, I'd like to see our existing seats filled (and not covered by adverts or tarpaulin) before there are any thoughts about filling in corners.

Standing could be one way of doing it. It's possible to have two or three fans per seat in standing areas, so that could add a few thousand to capacity (while hopefully allowing us to offer cheaper tickets). To do that, the club would need to add smaller steps between the existing steps, and I don't know if you can do that for structural reasons.

One other issue is the concourses. There might be scope fo expand them behind the Kop, but the Sirrel stand is difficult because it backs onto the street. Even if it can be done, some seats will always be unavailable due to the away block.

Our lack of a proper dedicated away end creates all kinds of problems. It's a shame we couldn't use the Meadow Lane end for it as the stand is a perfect size; unfortunately, that's a non-starter due to its location.

its hell when we are over 12k and it does become uncomfortable the higher it gets. i love seeing meadow lane filled, but the ground was redesigned in the 90s and even then it was kept traditional. that is not a bad thing, there are loads of quirks and its what makes it a great stadium but everyone feels on top of each other when the kop is busy.

toilets become far worse than they would be otherwise, you are lucky to be served at half time so you have to leave early to just get a drink without queuing for ages. even the use of cards only has not sped things up all that much.

some people said the navi made a mistake by creating its fan venue, but the nest has showed that there is still the demand for fans to have somewhere to go before and after. this last saturday, there was huge amounts of fans just standing near the main gates, and lots walking around. again its a good thing, but if you dont time your entrance well, it is a swarm of hell.

There are plenty of home tickets left for the Chesterfield game - maybe 1,500 - especially in the family stand, I guess due to the kick-off time. So we've sold 'only' 13k to home fans. That's a pretty good effort in a few days and we'll probably sell out, but they've not been snapped up which suggests a 20k stadium is still more than enough. As everyone has said it's just the configuration. If they could upgrade the Sirrel somehow so that more seats could be used and there was a large segregated away end, and maybe the corner nearest the Kop filled in, that would be great.

I'd like the safe standing expanded to more rows in the Kop. I know some people who like to sit would be displaced but it would enhance the atmosphere even more I think.

sad, sad, sad by the rolling stones. @Fan of Big Tone

i used to hear this song a lot as the weekend approached when i was younger, my dad would be singing it and even the opening make me know that it is this song. i hope everyone is okay.

@liampie your dad has very good taste, that’s my favourite band.

@liampie Keeping on a Rolling Stones theme, here is a song based on your mood, for you and your Dad. Happy - Rolling Stones.

Tsaroulla for me too

I think some of the criticism of Jatta is a little harsh. Harbottle, like when he played for Wimbledon last season, had Jatta in his pocket. Dennis coming on weakened the team as did Palmer for Norburn

out of all the starting 11 for me it is nick tsaroulla and jodi jones.

i think jones played his best match for us for awhile, he looked like he used to do before he got injured. some of his crosses just needed better attacking, which is part of where my criticism for jatta would come in. he never positioned himself all that well, and wasted what he did control. i though lucas ness and rod mcdonald did very well. ollie norburn made some poor passes, but worked hard to keep notts on the front foot. if our attack was a little more focused i think we could have been more up before bristol rovers scored. this is not solely aimed at jatta, but grant, luker and others when it comes to shooting on goal.

The poll has now closed.

I'm pleased to announce that Nick Tsaroulla is the pride of Nottingham's Man of the Match v Bristol R. Well done Nick.

On 30/04/2026 at 16:56, Fan of Big Tone said:

Would be worth you approaching the club for a match worn shirt or other merchandise?

I don't know, I am doubtful they would support it. I might have a better chance speaking to the players, but then I wouldn't want to bother them. I am unsure if this is likely to happen (the raffles), I'll see tomorrow and see what support there is from the wider community. It might not be viable because of the cost of living. I don't know how impacted our fan base is, but even football is expensive, so I fully understand that this might not work.

I don't think this would be a good usage of my time, so I have conceded the idea.

There is an amazing amount of support which I know is there, but I think focusing on subscriptions and donations might be a better means. Plenty of people offered interest in this; however, I do feel it would be a case of obtaining worthwhile prizes and the first might just break even. I don't think for a second that nobody cares, or that there's not that support there. It is solely down to the cost up front, and the time involved being big issues.

maybe in time it could return but the cost does seem to outweigh the point at the beginning, no doubt to put people off but i am sure people will support you in other means. i need to make more donations regularly, i am not against subscribing but you know my feelings on wanting to be a regular member that helps out.

That could easily have turned out as an utter disaster at the back.

On 30/04/2026 at 23:36, Robbie said:

That could easily have turned out as an utter disaster at the back.

If it was Notts, it would have but that's the difference between us and Arsenal.

I wish we could rely on a few bodies to put away crosses, we tend to have that many it becomes a bit like pin ball as to who might strike the ball. I wished Martin Paterson would tell some to hang back at the edge of the D, and then make runs to split the defence.

and people are calling arsenal for scoring set pieces and from corners, they are one of the best teams to watch on their day. i find some clubs like man city to be boring.