1-0 to VfB at half time!!

Surprised by Holt though. I though he had potential and with hard work might have made the grade, but SD knows best.

Notts County Football Club can confirm that development squad duo Jordan Holt and Callum Bennett have departed Meadow Lane.

Read more at http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/bennett-and-holt-depart-1292381.aspx#QF2y16sAdPCmWSrr.99

I was searching for a picture of Tony Hateley via google and this page came up.

The chap in the second video looks vaguely familiar.

http://www.mashpedia.com/Tony_Hateley

Rams are at home to yeovil tonight.A repeat of the early season reverse fixture would be nice.Why not listen on Radio Derby.Ed Dawes does the commentary aided by ex-Ram and ex-Magpie Craig Ramage.See how they compare to Uncle Colin.

I expect Notts to lose especially when not doing all that well, perfect example would be this season. Sometimes teams will play a lot better and exploit a team, though it bugs me that 'sorry' and 'apologies' come rather freely. I've read (and heard) enough to last me for the next 5 seasons. Whilst it's nice to know SD feels bad about it, I don't really want to hear something which means as much to me as a naughty child saying it for the sake of it.

Does anyone else expect to see them or want to hear it?

It could be me being grumpy I suppose, though words mean little in football and it's what you do on the pitch that ultimately matters. So we lost 1-5 or 1-6 depending where you look (even the official highlights have it as 1-6) LOL

Only time I would want to hear 'sorry' is if a player seriously let us down, you calling the fans - walking off the pitch etc. It's not like they stopped playing but they just didn't respond to Walsall's goals.

Thoughts?

I should apologise for not letting everyone know in the last round but this next round is taking place this Tuesday 26th January. It is a full programme of Football League fixtures, and there is a round for every full programme. We were meant to play Gillingham on Tuesday but it was moved forward to a Saturday before Christmas as we were both out of the FA Cup.

This Tuesday's fixtures:
AFC Bournemouth v Huddersfield Town

Millwall v Sheffield Wednesday

Bradford City v Preston North End

Colchester United v Shrewsbury Town

Torquay United v Burton Albion

York City v Chesterfield

Premiership;

Liverpool vs Everton

Championship;

Birmingham vs Leicester
Derby vs Yeovil (@super_ram will want the away result correcting or an apology from the club)
Leeds vs Ipswich
Reading vs Blackpool (Life after Ince)

League One;

Two games postponed - Port Vale vs Crawley and Stevenage vs Crewe

Leyton Orient vs Coventry
Colchester vs Shrewsbury
Walsall vs Swindon
Brentford vs Bristol City

League Two;

Three games postponed - Mansfield vs Bury, Newport vs Plymouth and Northampton vs Rochdale

Torquay vs Burton
York vs Chesterfield

I'm surprised so many games have been called off, I'm going to watch the Merseyside derby. It's on BT Sports

I think this has been covered before but does anyone have any particular superstition or ritual that they follow before going to the match or listening to the match.

I would have said I didn't until last Saturday, when I leave the house for the match Mrs. H. usually says "I hope they win" (mainly because she know's if they don't I will be in a foul mood when I get back) but this Saturday she didn't, I got in the car and realised she hadn't said it so I had to go back and tell her to say it in case it brought bad luck.

Not that it did much good, perhaps the reason they lost was because she didn't say it without being prompted.

I hope she says it next time.

What superstitions or rituals do you have?

Notts County can confirm that midfielder David Bell has left the club by mutual consent.

Read more at http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/david-bell-departs-by-mutual-consent-1313309.aspx#C5X5Tyt5TR5UYaMx.99

Looks like Derry is making the appropriate changes to be able to bring people in (hopefully), or at least steady the finances for Ray

http://www.nottinghampost.com/Nottingham-Forest-boss-Billy-Davies-makes-fresh/story-20434759-detail/story.html

Is this anything Forest fan's should be worried about? We all know Billy doesn't like the media, so why is he now using them to plea to the owners?

FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has confirmed that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will not be held in June or July.

He suggested it may be held "between November 15 and January 15 at the latest" according to Sky Sports News.

What do you guys make of this development?

Personally I believe FIFA well and truly shot themselves in the foot. The World Cup has ALWAYS been held in the summer. They blindly went for the Gulf state several years ago without even considering the basic consequences of having a tournament in a country which reaches 50C in June (why did they even need to confirm the venue for 2022 at the same time as the 2018 one?), and now they're paying the price. What an absolute farce.

http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/world-cup/news/fifa-rules-out-summer-world-cup-in-qatar_129033.html

Any worth taking on? http://www.thepfa.com/transferlist/listedplayers/sortbydate/-1/-1/-1/-1/-1/1/

After Brandy's today. Who was last player on a opposing team to score a hat-trick against us. I can remember Parkin for Macclesfield doing it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25849959

am i the only one that thinks chelsea are mad for selling him specially to some as crap as united he could do alot better.

Chelsea fans duped into discussing players that don't exist

Goole FC have told player Karl Colley he will never play for them again after he assaulted a supporter during today's game, exacly 19 years after Eric Cantona's famous kung-fu kick at Selhurst Park.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/10597543/Goole-FC-player-does-a-Cantona-on-a-visiting-supporter-exactly-19-years-after-the-Frenchmans-king-fu-kick.html

You do wonder what was said to provoke such a reaction, but you can't do that and he should know a lot better.

Both teams to score with Notts as eventual winners 11/2.

Here is my £4.00, thank you very much.

Just got back from a couple of days in York, it was a treat from our son he paid for the hotel.

York is a great place for us wrinklies, the Castle museum is full of things I remember from my childhood and the National Railway Museum is full of nostalgia with steam trains and the like.

Lots of lovely old pubs selling real ale too @super_ram

>http://youtu.be/vEnX3RKVe_k

This cannot be our Mark Fotheringham, surely! I swear some clever person's morphed his face into the video! haha. Seriously, I think he's improved a bit recently and would rather see him in the side, playing a more offensive role (either that or give Boucaud a rest)

Please vote for January's Member of the Month!

@liampie's sent me his nominations, which leaves me to appeal to the community to join in and vote.

One Vote - Please choose who you feel is the most deserving, if you're in the running please vote for someone else and hopefully this will be fun for all involved! Voting ends on the 29th at 7:30pm, not long after the winner will be announced. It's been nice to see the site growing, so your support and contributions are greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the site and best of luck to the nominations! Good Luck everyone!

Thank you to everyone for your contributions!

Do any one you have penpals? I have had them on and off since I was at school. I'm now trying to find new ones as a few of my older ones haven't written in a while and I need something fresh.

I love snail mail and would never send emails etc as it looses some of its charm I feel. I do have my penpals on facebook, where we do chat and keep up with each other. But we always send each other letters.

I was wondering if anyone else has any or had penpals when they were younger?

This Saturday's Fixtures:
Blackburn Rovers v Derby County
Blackpool v Doncaster Rovers
Rotherham United v Crawley Town
Tranmere Rovers v Crewe Alexandra

Bristol Rovers v Newport County

Mansfield Town v Wycombe Wanderers

Work could soon begin on a £5m eco-house in Wollaton for two lottery winners.

The house, to be built at Adams Hill, in Derby Road, is the dream home of £45m lottery winners Matt and Cassey Topham.

Planning permission was given in July for the development but was subject to a report about badgers on the site. That report has now been completed.

The building, which has been likened to the Teletubbies house, would be partly powered by solar panels.
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Nice idea but I can't help but feel it's sort of 'showing off' and I can remember watching them on eastmidland's news saying things like they won't let the money change them and nothing will come between them as a couple. So much for the modest house they purchased not long after, I wish them the best but this is going to end with them being unhappy and broke.