The big day! I feel I will be saying this for sometime, although Saturday will the big promotion £10 adults and £1 for children. It's a shame the offer couldn't included away fans, it might have the away end full but I guess it makes sure we at least bring in some normal finance. Yet I do hope fans come down, even if it's a case of taking up the offer and meeting up old friends. It's a great deal!

Notts will have to put aside the disappointment of last Saturday against Carlisle, they need to be stronger at the back and on the break.

I honestly feel we would have won if these two areas had been spot on, it certainly wasn't a lack of effort on goal for me because Gillespie had a great game - Despite him showing a lack sportsmanship.

Crewe - Cannot be written off, they have a good system and for sure they can pass, although Mathias Pogba also is one to watch.

Notts - Will have to be stronger, I'm unsure about Leacock personally. Some have mentioned they would give Manny Smith a chance, even at the expense of Gary Liddle. It might be wise to remain unchanged, although I think a few a starting to notice that Deano isn't looking the same right now.

I can't say I see a win, part of me says a draw but I think Crewe will take the game.

Thoughts?

I've just noticed we have another new member, so welcome @connorpie I hope you like it here.

The home game against Oldham has now been rearranged to a Tuesday night 29th October. There will probably be 1,000 less people there than at a Saturday fixture but that is the price we pay for having internation players I suppose.

Done a little blog about my trip to watch Bristol Rovers v Fleetwood Town yeterday, so feel free to have a read if you get chance:

http://prideofnottingham.co.uk/community/blog/3/entry-49-my-trip-to-bristol-51013/

Would be nice to get a few new people joining in this week. You can have a look at the other threads for an example of how it all works but basically I post 6 fixtures every week and you just have to post your predictions in this thread. You get 3 points for a correct score and 1 point for a correct result. So for example:

my prediction: Notts County 2-0 Crewe Alexandra

Notts win 2-0 - 3 points

Notts win, but not by a score of 2-0 - 1 point

There aren't many big scores so it won't take any time to catch up if you start this weekend. One good score shoots you right up the table.

This weekend's fixtures:
Burnley v Reading

Derby County v Leeds United

Peterborough United v Preston North End

Walsall v Bradford City

Bury v Newport County

Oxford United v Southend United

Good luck everyone

I hope our old mate@liampie is ok, I've not seen him around lately.

If you read this Liam are you ok mate? We miss you.I

Today is the day that my 5 year old Grandson makes his first (I hope) visit to Meadow Lane.

It is something I have dreamt of for a long time our eldest Grandchildren lived away so I never got chance to introduce them to the highs and lows of being a 'Pie.

So this will be really special for me, it can go one of two ways, he will either hate it and after five minutes proclaim in a loud voice that "this is boring I want to go home" or he'll love every minute and when it's finished say "that was great Grandad, when can I come again".

I will bring some of his books, a packet of sweets and crisps but if you see a dejected old(ish) man dragging a screaming 5 year old out if the ground after 10 minutes you will know which option George took.

Wish me luck.

It's that time of the month again - Myself and Cheeky have been discussing, on a month which has seen quite a few people away (ourselves included) it's been a little slow but those who have posted have helped immensely.

Again I'd like to thank everyone for their contributions!

September Member of the Month - @Dripsey3

Since day one of his arrival back in August, Dripsey's been actively encouraging posts and helping out. His posts with the International forums have been quite popular and much appreciated - He's joined in and has really helped us. Not only on on the site but he's been very kind with commenting on a regular basis to PoN's Facebook wall - Someone who I look forward to reading his responses, as I do with many others now.

I'd like to thank Dripsey - Our Irish Magpie friend! Well Done!!

You Pies
 

Closest wins a pint paid by yours truely!

Payable on Saturday, or any other home/away game where both me and the winner are in attendance.



I'm going to go for 6,208!


 

This photo covers five members...



This is Tony, George and then we have Julie also with her family.



Here we have WeymouthPie who featured in #themag!

I'm actively seeking further additions - I hope those above don't mind, I thought this was pretty cool.

As I am working nights this weekend & the Millers are away at Brentford, the local games don't interest me, & Notts are kindly putting on a cheapie, I thought i'd grace ML with my presence for the second time this season. Looking forward to it, & i'll give my opinion of the game afterwards.

Asda and Tesco withdraw 'psycho' patient outfits

Asda offered its "sincere apologies" for the offence it caused

Supermarket chains Tesco and Asda have withdrawn Halloween outfits from sale after widespread criticism.

Asda's "mental patient fancy dress costume" is no longer available while Tesco followed suit by removing its "psycho ward" offering.

Following criticism, including from one "stunned" mental health charity, both stores have apologised.

Asda said it would be making a "very sizeable donation" to mental health charity Mind as a result.

The £20 Asda outfit included clothing, fake blood, a mask and a fake meat cleaver while Tesco's orange boiler suit offered to "complete the look" with a machete.

A Tesco spokesperson said: "We're really sorry for any offence this has caused and we are removing this product from sale."

In a statement on Wednesday evening, Asda, which is owned by US retail giant Walmart, said the sale had been a "completely unacceptable error".
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Katie Dalton Mental health charity Gofal

"[The costume] should never have been sold and it was withdrawn as soon as it was brought to our attention."

Asda added: "We're deeply sorry one of our fancy dress costumes has upset people."

It is understood the costume had been on sale through Asda's clothing outlet George for two days, before being withdrawn from sale on Wednesday morning following a complaint from a customer.

Asda said the product had been removed from the website in the afternoon but the relevant page remained visible for a few hours.

It disappeared after the criticism on Twitter started to emerge.

Former Downing Street director of communications Alastair Campbell, who has written about his experiences with mental health issues, branded their sale by established companies as "unacceptable".

Speaking to BBC London, he said: "We are trying to change attitudes towards mental illness so people do not stigmatise it and something like this comes along and it just reminds you we are basically still in the dark ages.

"We are still in the dark ages if some of the biggest companies in this country, Tesco, Asda and Amazon think that it's acceptable to sell something like this."

"It's unacceptable on every level," he added.

Elsewhere, Katie Dalton, of Welsh mental health charity Gofal, wrote on Twitter: "Dear @asda, how on earth did you come to the conclusion that this is an appropriate fancy dress costume? Disgraceful."

Former footballer Stan Collymore, who has had a well-documented battle with depression, also criticised Asda for using a "stereotype".

"Do you actually realise how many people are hanging themselves because of being frightened of the stigma?" he tweeted.

The charity Rethink Mental Illness also took to Twitter to say it was "stunned" by the costume's description, but later thanked Asda "for responding" to the "concerns".
'Terrifying Halloween option'

Sue Baker from Mind told BBC Radio 5 live that the worst thing about the costume was it reinforced outdated stigmas about people with mental health illness.

"Some of the worst myths that fuel this stigma is the assumption that we're going to be dangerous, knife-wielding maniacs and that is simply not the case."

She added: "The stigma can be life limiting and life threatening because people don't think they can talk to anybody and sadly for some people they take the option of not being with us anymore."

The internet link to the website page where the costume was being sold used the words "zombie fancy dress costume".

But the product was titled "mental patient fancy dress costume" on the page itself.

The product details read: "Everyone will be running away from you in fear in this mental patient fancy dress costume.... it's a terrifying Halloween option."

Ms Baker had called for retail giants Tesco and Amazon to withdraw from their websites a Halloween outfit of an orange boiler suit with "Psycho Ward" written across the front and back, along with a "committed" stamp below. It also has a plastic low jaw restraint.

(No problem with the sign in Joey)

Hi all,

Another old git seeking a bit of refuge from MAD

Nottingham lad, born Bilsthorpe, grew up in Bulwell Hall mainly with the odd dash of Southwell/Radford/West Bridgford/Edwalton/Meadows (Them bailiffs never could catch me old Mum).

Been supporting NCFC since a young lad (1959 was my first game!). Ex Army (22 years) and missed all the div 1 years bar a couple of games.

Followed the Pies via newspapers in Germany for 20 years. Came back to the UK and live in Chester. Stayed in the habit of supporting from a distance  until the Munto thing gave me a kick up the backside (bandwagon?), anyway walking down the Lane for the first time in 30 odd years and whooooosh right back where I belonged. Thank heavens for Munto.

I get in about 15 - 18 games home and away depending on my work commitments and enjoy every one, well perhaps not enjoy every one but you know what I mean. Those I can't get to I spend listening to Uncle Colin and in whichever chatroom is being used. See some familiar names from other boards on here and looking forward to some good, constructive chat here.

Youpiessssss

Glad to have you with us ,Eyepie.Please tell us a bit about yourself.Enjoy the site!

Welcome aboard North Notts Magpie, don't hesitate to join in with the discussions, we're a friendly bunch

Hello and welcome Scottpie.I hope you enjoy your time with us.Why not tell us a bit about yourself.

Welcome aboard pies4u, enjoy the site mate. Don't hesitate to join in the banter and discussions, or the prediction league. We're a friendly bunch

Hello @C_J

Welcome to Pride of Nottingham, thanks for taking the time to join us. If you get chance, why not tell us a little about yourself? I hope you enjoy being apart of our site and we look forward to see your comments.

See you around buddy

Notts County's match versus Oldham on October 12th has been postponed.

Full story here http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/oldham-game-postponed-1089425.aspx

Notts County have forged links with The Mercure Hotel in Nottingham, the Hotel formerly the George was were discussions first took place which resulted in the formation of the club.

The George also holds fond memories for me as when I was an apprentice in the Printing Trade many moons ago our firm always used to have their Christmas Dinner and Dance there.

Full story on partnership with Notts here http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/notts-secure-mercure-partnership-1088128.aspx

Have money on this game so thought I'd listen via MP as I do from time to time with other teams, sounds like an utterly toxic atmosphere, but Coco and Gudjon are nowhere in sight! 

LBG

Today was the last induction day for my new job, and sadly I didn't finish it till half 4. Weymouth were at home and the ground is barely 5 minutes away from the offices where I did the induction, so this afternoon killed me, not being able to go.

Finally, I finished at half 4 and ran down to the ground. My mate had been texting me updates. We had dominated the first half but failed to score, and typically, the visitors - Bognor Regis Town had scored two quickfire goals midway through the second half. I didn't expect to see much but nevertheless I went in to watch the final 10 minutes.

Upon entering the stadium, I heard the Bognor fans singing away to my right, while the Weymouth fans were voicing their frustrations. Many were heading for the exits.

As I walked round the corner heading towars my spot behind the goal, I heard a cry of "go on!" - I looked up just to see the ball rolling into an unguarded net. Stewart Yetton had stolen it from Bognor's keeper and pulled us back into it.

I had just got to my spot when the ball was when on the edge of the area. The ball broke for Ben Joyce to fire past a dispearing keeper into the bottom corner to equalise for Weymouth. Out of nothing, we had pulled it out of the fire.

It ended 2-2, and we had sparred our blushes. We earned an FA Cup 2nd qualifying round replay with a side from two leagues below us. Sure, before the game a replay would have been a dissapointment but given the circumstances, it felt like a win!

I saw ten minutes but saw the best part! Someone had to save the day I guess

Have to say I didn't feel sorry for those who I saw leaving as I went in though. Just goes to show - stick by your team till the bitter end, never lose faith. You never know what might happen!

UP THE TERRAS

According to Chippers on twitter.

It may only be the FA Cup 2nd qualifying round but St Neots Town's Rene Steer came up with an early contender for goal of the season in their replay with Canvey Island on Tuesday night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh-2eGezFeI&feature=youtu.be

Imagine how many times Sky Sports News would replay this if it was Garath Bale