As it is the 11th of the 11th, I thought I would repost this poem, which is Notts County related so appropriate for this forum.

I will be taking a few moments of silent reflection today at 11am, its the least we can do for those that gave up their future for us.

This Poem Was Written By An Unknown Soldier During The First World War and Shows That Even In Those Dark Days Humour was Apparent, Besides Which Everyone Was Football Mad.

THE BURNING QUESTION

Three Tommies sat in a trench one day,
Discussing the war in the usual way,
They talked of the mud and they talked of the Hun,
Of what was to do and what had been done,
They talked about rum, and-tis hard to believe,
They even found time to speak about leave,
But the point which they argued from post back to pillar,
Was whether Notts County could beat Aston villa,

The night sped away and zero drew nigh,
Equipment made ready all lips getting dry,
And watches consulted with each passing minute
Till five more to go then twould find them all in it,
The word came along the line to get ready!
The sergeant admonishing all to keep steady,
But out rang a voice getting shriller and shriller,
I tell yer Notts County can beat Aston Villa!

The earth shook and swayed and the barrage was on
As they leapt o'er the top with a rush, and were gone
Away into Hun land through mud and though wire
Stabbing and dragging themselves though the mire
No time to heed those who are following en route
Till stopped by a strong point they lay down to shoot,
Then through the din came a voice " Say Jack Miller! "
"I tell yer Notts County can beat Aston Villa"

The strong point has gone, and forward they press
Towards their objective in number grown less
They reach it at last and prepare to resist
The counter_attack, which will come through the mist
Of the rain falling steadily, dig and hang on
The word for support back to H.Q has gone
The air charged with moment grows stiller and stiller---
" Notts County's no earthly against Aston Villa "

Two " Blighties ", a struggle through mud to get back
To the old A.D.S down a rough duck board track
A hasty field dressing a ride in a car
A wait in a C.C.S., then there they are
Packed side by side in a clean Red Cross train,
Happy in hopes to see Blighty again,
Still, through the bandages, muffled "Jack Miller,
I bet you Notts County can beat Aston Villa! "

Burton's search for a new manager continues, but one of those on the list is Jimmy "Keith" Floyd Hasselbaink.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9560028/sky-bet-league-two-jimmy-floyd-hasselbaink-in-talks-with-burton-over-managers-job

A warm PoN welcome to @pokerpie, I hope you enjoy being part of this great community. Please come and tell us about yourself if you have time, it's great to get to know new members.

Onwards and upwards.  Whilst a bit of gloom surrounded meadow lane on Sunday evening, and not all of it was post-bonfire-related, things could be worse...

Fans of the Sky Blues have been through the proverbial in recent seasons, and - despite being "sent to Coventry" having positive connotations since their return to the Ricoh - their FA Cup exit at home to Worcester must rank as a new recent low.

Was that their "Havant a clue" moment?

So - links between us two clubs, think there's a few, so I'll start with a trio;

- Brian Kilcline

- Leon Best

- Dele Adebola.

Over to you...

This is so cool.

Wonder what a Comet has to offer.

Anyone else interested?

The welcome to @DangerousSausage thread, has had me reminiscing about bygone days, and I have just relived a trip we often took on a weekend.

Starting off in Krefeld Germany, we used to go on a pub crawl to Dusseldorf. Some distance and not a drink driver in sight.

We would have a couple of scoops of beer before jumping on a tram bound for D-Dorf. Fortunately there were plenty of stops along the way, so the journey was to alight at each stop, and as luck would have it, there was always a bar or outlet within sight that sold beer.

Off we would go, have a beer, use the facilities and then keep an eye out for the approaching tram... this would continue all the way to the Altstadt in Dusseldorf, where the party would continue in earnest with a fine night on the town.

The only flaw tot he plan, there were plenty of sleeping squaddies on the Dusseldorf Station platforms waiting for the first zug back to Krefeld the following morning.

Those were the days indeed...

Does anybody have any other mammoth pub crawls they do, have done?

As it says, ex Pie Ben Burgess has qualified and become a teacher, some points in this article do him credit...
 
Walking away from a contract, rather than warming up the physio's couch... how many would have taken the money option?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29972022

Fair play to him, and I hope he does well.

Hello @Queensland Pie, Welcome to Pride of Nottingham!

Pleased to see another Aussie Magpie join the ranks here, there's a lot going on but I do think given the chance exiles will appreciate what we are trying to do here. That said, I just hope you enjoy it.

Care to share a bit about yourself?

Welcome @MagpieJohn, hope you enjoy and settle in around PoN. There's a lot to take in but there are ways where it becomes simpler, the view new content tab in the menu beneath the navigation is a great tool.

Thanks for taking the time to join us.

Yet another new member to welcome. Hello @Mansfieldpie glad you have found us and hope you enjoy your stay. We are a friendly lot so why not jump in and introduce yourself.

Alan Johnson Won't Run For Labour Leader

The former Home Secretary says he will not challenge Ed Miliband, who insists there is no crisis over his leadership.

Alan Johnson says he won't fight for the Labour leadership

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Labour MP Alan Johnson has ruled himself out of any bid for the leadership of the Labour Party.

The former Home Secretary used a column in The Guardian to explain why he would not challenge under-fire Ed Miliband.

"I have never stood for the leadership of my party - and for the avoidance of doubt, regardless of the circumstances, I never will," he wrote.

"Ed Miliband is entitled to expect our loyalty.

"I believe that he is the only party leader who can promise real and lasting change, rather than a return to business as usual. He is the only political leader who can stop a retreat from the consensus of decency that has traditionally characterised Britain’s role in the world."

 

Oh Dear. Not sure Ed is up to the job. In fact I don't think I ever was. Another stint for David C then...

The young 'Pies went out of the FA Youth Cup at the first round away at London Road 2-0.

Due to injury and illness Notts were without four second year scholars so the team had a young and lightweight look to it with four first year scholars in the team and two players brought in from the under-16 team.

The usual team captain, Jordan Richards was strangely replaced by a youngster from the under-16 team - named Jordan Richards!

Colby Bishop took on the role of captain for this game.

Posh took the lead after only five minutes and looked like they might score a few more as they dominated the first half.  Since Paul Hart joined Notts have favoured a diamond formation in midfield with Colby at the front point but means he is sitting deeper than when in his more traditional 'centre-forward' role.

The second half saw an improved Notts performance culminating in a 25 yard shot from Jordan Richards which crashed against the top of the post.  But Posh weren't to be denied and an even better shot from 30 yards by substitute Da-Silva-Lopes deserved to win the game.

Harry Anderson, the Posh right-back was clearly the Man of the Match with an outstanding display including numerous surging runs and clever close control.

I saw this has been discussed on PoN facebook page but for those of us who don't frequent facebook. What did you think of the booing at the end of Accrington game?

Do you think booing the team off is justified in view of the performance.

Or do you think you should clap and support the team no matter what.

Personally I did neither, I would never boo (except the referee) either during or after a match but neither did I think that the performance warranted by applause. For those who went did you boo or applaud at the end and why? For those who didn't go would you have booed or would you have applauded or neither?

Our Mike scored yesterday for Canada in their match against England U21

>http://youtu.be/Nt81EqNBt-I

Hello @positivepie, welcome to Pride of Nottingham. I think you will like your time here, you will find that the majority are very positive here and we do enjoy a good discussion.

Care to tell us a little about yourself?

Enjoy the site.

Seeing as this site is getting much more popular, I was wondering if any of you would be interested in a friendly 5-a-side game of football once a fortnight/month. Gives a chance to play football... and, maybe talk football at the pub afterwards

Although, judging by all your ages, I'd understand if you wasn't up for it - "Reverse Pyschology"    

According to Radio Red, the twitter feed etc...

lets start the wish list...

who should we have?

Hi @the don 1957 and welcome to our friendly community. It's great to see you on here

I think I can guess who your favourite player is and how old you are so we know two things about you, why not fill in the gaps and let us know a bit more.

As MAD seems to be going towards a £2 per month subscription for ad-free viewing, we might have an influx of members in the next few weeks. I don't expect many to seriously pay to view MAD, but the other side of the coin is the mods on here need to keep tight control as I would really hate to see the debates we have here descend into intolerance and disrespect like they do on there.

have just been browsing Youtube and came across this artist... WOW is about all I can say...
 
There are several videos on here, but they are great....https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4ILNcSavsUS5gJb8oJKLgw

Some might have seen her or them before, but I thought I would share...

So, it's the first round of the F.A Cup and for once we're the home team!

I have no idea whatsoever about Stanley, I really don't know much about them but I do expect a good game. One which I would be disappointed in seeing us lose, we need a solid performance and our fans to really impact the game. If we play like we can, I see no reason why we couldn't score a couple.

No disrespect to our opposition but any League Two team should be ours for the taking.

That said I am sure we all remember what happened when we met Rotherham at Meadow Lane a few seasons back, well before they gain promotion. I bet you do @BradtheMiller

Score predictions? Thoughts?

Morocco have been disqualified from entering the next African cup of Nations, over their requesting a postponement due to the ebola outbreak...
 
Because of this the C.A.F. have banned them from the tournament...

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/11/morocco-disqualified-africa-cup-of-nations

thoughts?

http://vidmax.com/video/91442-A-World-Series-Celebration-For-The-Ages

        1000th post.

@fulci welcome to P o N, hope you find the site interesting and join in posting. Have fun