Tea has been taken.

Durham are 289 all out 

Notts require 89 runs from 40 overs to win the match.

A win for Nottinghamshire.

Couldn't have wished for a better start....bowling batting and fielding all a big improvement on last season......let's hope it continues until next September....Well done Notts...

Bristol City 2-1 Watford

Swansea City 0-1 Derby County

Leyton Orient 2-0 Wigan Athletic (joker)

Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Cambridge United

Bradford City 1-1 Crewe Alexandra

Fleetwood Town 2-1 Swindon Town

Altrincham 1-1 Yeovil Town

Sutton United 0-1 Southend United

Bristol City 1-0 Watford

Swansea City 1-1 Derby County

Leyton Orient 2-0 Wigan Athletic (Joker)

Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Cambridge United

Bradford City 1-0 Crewe Alexandra

Fleetwood Town 2-1 Swindon Town

Altrincham 1-0 Yeovil Town

Sutton United 0-1 Southend United

The results:

Bristol City 2-1 Watford
Swansea City 1-0 Derby County
Leyton Orient 0-0 Wigan Athletic
Shrewsbury Town 0-1 Cambridge United
Bradford City 2-0 Crewe Alexandra
Fleetwood Town 0-4 Swindon Town
Altrincham 2-1 Yeovil Town
Sutton United 1-1 Southend United

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This round's winner is @super_ram, with an honourable mention to @william1984!

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After a storming few rounds, @super_ram has overtaken @ARLukomski to reclaim the top spot...

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Saturday's fixtures will be posted on Wednesday night, so keep your eyes peeled. Thanks for playing!

I vote for @DangerousSausage to become the Pride of Nottingham's official April Fools planner. The good old days when PON used to create them were fantastic, especially the Jake Bugg prank, which Nottinghamshire Live picked up before realising it was an April Fools. 🤣

I nearly announced Steve Thompson as our new DoF @CliftonMagpie, but I was too afraid of the man himself getting wind of it!

On 04/04/2025 at 20:08, CliftonMagpie said:

I vote for @DangerousSausage to become the Pride of Nottingham's official April Fools planner. The good old days when PON used to create them were fantastic, especially the Jake Bugg prank, which Nottinghamshire Live picked up before realising it was an April Fools. 🤣

 

Please, don't bring that up. JJ managed to fool people twice, involving Jake Bugg. One where some fans actually bought into our story about him having signed a pro deal with the club. 🤣

Talk Sport also picked the story up, but they had a sense of humour about it.
 

On 04/04/2025 at 20:31, DangerousSausage said:

I nearly announced Steve Thompson as our new DoF @CliftonMagpie, but I was too afraid of the man himself getting wind of it!

We'll need to discuss things a week or so before the next April Fool's as this could have been a very funny one to have shared onto social media. 😆

This is an important topic. I think it is important to follow other members, who's posts one finds interesting.

There are so many great & interesting posts on PON. My advice would be to read as many as your time allows really.

I try to read as much content as I can if I have the time or if the site is a little slow, like today for instance 

As new members have joined since this topic was first posted, it's important for the newbies to know all this stuff too.

I'm going to try to start highlighting parts which will improve members and visitors time, just subtle reminders. This might become repetitive, but please understand that the more I mention it, the more likely new and older members will start using such features.

In fact, I am going to make sure that I do this myself.

Please look around the site at various points, whereby the "follow" feature might keep you better informed.

Desktop: The feature is usually found near the top, within a header.

On mobiles: It's further down underneath the main body.

Forums, sections, blogs etc. - will update you on new and existing content.

Articles, posts, topics, comments etc. - will alert you to new activity.

You can decide how you want your updates, by clicking follow, but also in your notification settings you can further tweak things to your liking.

Just to mention:

I have followed every article section, every forum, and every active blogger. I will make sure to follow key topics, which makes me feel when we upgrade to v5 that there could be room for improvements on managing the follow function.

Such as the ability to set a duration for keeping it active, which would be useful for topics like Match Discussions, Man of the Match, Prediction League rounds etc.

@Chris He was the bookies favourite, Maynard was the second favourite...

I'm pleased that Maynard was appointed. Stuart has done ok & Notts have improved since Stuart was given the job.

12 hours ago, Piethagoram said:

@Chris He was the bookies favourite, Maynard was the second favourite...

I must have been sleeping, or one of the many bangs to my head is to blame. 😅😆

It didn't work out well for Leicester when the got rid of Steve Cooper.

Yep, they should have stuck with Cooper, I think it was @Chris who said Van Nistelrooy would be a disaster for Leicester and he was right.

Van Noodles didn't really do a good enough job, he should have got behind the players and rallied them up with belief and confidence. Instead, he talks about "we" and some aspects which make him sound like he's behind them. Such as saying all the players are trying, so how do you go behind by so many goals by the 35th minute? If it's not the players, it's the manager. If it's both, then perhaps some of the players aren't good enough? In which case, you need to make sure the manager is someone who can get the best out of everyone. Ruud is clearly a nice enough person, but do you get a manager vibe from him when watching this post-match reaction?

The appointment falls onto the Leicester City board, they need to be very mindful about who comes in next as it could cause them more issues in the Championship, if they appoint a manager not good enough for the Premier League, and is out of his depth in the second tier of English football.

I think the fact Jarvis gets up so quickly probably didn’t help us. I don’t like it but I remember when George Abbott scored against Barrow their players just protested until the ref basically folded. I wonder if Will had stayed on the ground and the rest of the team made a scene it might have been overturned?

Equally I think the fact he doesn't protest tells you it probably wasn't a foul, he could’ve done more to hold the Colchester player off and just knocked the ball out for a throw. He’ll learn from it though and we still played 90 minutes of football and didn’t score… We’ve got to find a way to create some decent chances when teams do just sit back and let us have the ball.

I thought Notts made a very bright start, and early on created some decent chances. There are times when we look like we're moments away from scoring, and if we just took a bit more care, that might have been the case. Colchester United didn't look like a team trying to push for the playoffs, I thought they were quite dirty and were fortunate to have the officials largely giving them advantage but this is another matter.

There are chances created where it's easy for me to say at the time, and in hindsight, that Notts should have slowed down or even taken a shot earlier. The players are always thinking, have energy and adrenaline pumping amongst a host of other things, and it does mean times there will be wasted opportunities.

As I say, I felt Notts played quite well until Colchester took the lead. At the time, I had suspicions of offside and a foul.

Colchester always looked happy with a point, even more so to just sit on their lead. To be fair, I think they defended very well, and ignoring all the heavy shirt pulling, dangerous challenges and other antics, I think this is the main reason why Notts started to struggle. I noticed visible signs of frustration, which I don't really like to see from players like David McGoldrick But again, it's the heat of the moment. I would just like to add, there were times he made very poor decisions and nobody got onto his back. Notably, a very poor cross, where he started to hit himself in the head. Whereas he did complain, and get in the face of some of the players at times, which just doesn't sit well with me for a player of his experience.

I thought Nick Tsaroulla was superb, by far the best player in terms of performance on the pitch in my eyes. I felt Stuart Maynard should have switched him to the left when bringing on Jodi Jones. I felt unimpressed with the changes, not to go as far as calling Mai Traore a headless goat (like a fan said behind me), but Traore clearly isn't settled yet. I feel had Maynard made at least one change earlier, around the 55th minute we might have been a bit more composed.

Notts did very well to maintain possession and create chances, what they lacked is that ability to get back into the game. I made the point about rushing earlier, but there were times when we should have taken the time to carefully choose where to shoot, and then times where time mattered. Another day, things might have been different, but I thought the decision-making was very poor on our behalf at times. So many times we needlessly made passes, or passed into crowded areas.

I wouldn't single anyone out as having a particularly poor game, but defensively I thought Matty Platt was by far the most consistent defender. Nick Tsaroulla impressed me, I thought David McGoldrick worked hard and played well. Matt Palmer pulled a lot of strings, and has recently started making longer, pinpoint passes which mixed things up. Will Jarvis did okay, but in an average way. Charlie Whitaker should have stayed on, I thought he gave us a lot of heart and made some nice runs/passes. Some of the comments directed to Sam Slocombe during games shows the level of bias some of our fans have towards him, and I would discourage these remarks. Slocombe did well enough, despite several players putting him in danger with poor decisions. There's zero fault on him for the goal, Jacob Bedeau was out of position and the defending at this point wasn't good enough.

Oddly, it was once changes had been made by Maynard that I stopped believing we could get a point or more from the game. Now, the pitch was poor, but you have to play on what is presented. The officials made the game difficult, and this is very frustrating. The management of the referee was very poor, inconsistent and very biased towards Colchester. Not once did he allow us to play to our advantage, instead repeatedly calling it back. On the other hand, Colchester were allowed several challenges by the U's and should have been punished.

The melee between players is just a further sign that he lost control of the game, very poor officiating, but truth be said, you can't help but feel Notts should have been better.

Southampton have been relegated from the Premier League.

The gap between the Premiership and Championship is seemingly getting bigger and that's not a good thing. It's looking like this season all the teams that got promoted will be relegated. Same thing happened last season with Sheffield United, Burnley and Luton... What's the point of going up to just come straight back down?

Latest Premier League table.

Good morning all and happy Sunday, or not so happy for us Notts (and Derby) fans. 😒

It looks like it’s going to be a nice day weather wise, so we’ll have a walk this morning then this afternoon we are going to see the family and stay for the evening to keep our grandchildren company while their mum and dad go out, Mrs. T is going to cook Fajitas for tea, I don’t expect we’ll see much of Fred as he seems to spend a lot of time out with his mates till it gets dark  and Chloe will likely be in her room with headphones on. 

Have a lovely day whatever you are doing.

Good Morning.

It's a lovely start to the day here once again.

Dissapointing result yesterday, but we move on. Still lots to look forward to. Five games to go. Two wins & a draw should secure a playoff place, then anything can happen. We could see Doncaster, Notts, Walsall & Grimsby in the playoffs. 

Notting Helles, well recommended

I wasn’t at the game but listened on the radio. I’ve watched the game’s footage today and think Will Jarvis is a good choice for Man of the Match.

i voted and i am surprised to learn i am the only one who did for that player. 😛

The poll is now closed. Thanks to all of you who voted l.

I am pleased to announce that Nick Tsaroulla has been voted the Pride of Nottingham's Man of the Match against Colchester.

Well done Nick.

Update 

Loughborough add a fourth 

Full time.

A spirited performance by the Pies against a professional outfit, but it ends in defeat.

Latest WPL Nat League Div 1 Table

It doesn’t say a cost but it mentions breakfast and asks about dietary needs, so I assume breakfast is free?

On most models it seems that 73 points might be enough for a playoff place. 75 to be a little more comfortable.

My prediction table is:

Bradford 82
Walsall 81
Wimbledon 80
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Port Vale 80
Doncaster 78
Notts 76
Grimsby 72
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Colchester 71

I really do think it’ll be close, there's still a possibility one team suddenly ends the season strongly and goes clear at the top, who knows?! I also wouldn’t be surprised if Walsall slipped out the automatics, I think their saving grace might just be their remaining fixtures against the poorer teams but their current form is awful.

As far as Notts are concerned, I think I had us down to draw with Salford and Doncaster at home and lose at both Bradford and Colchester… Maybe a touch pessimistic but it does mean even if we don’t have a great end to the season we should still make the play-offs.

I've done an up to date model after today's defeat to Colchester.

I've put Notts down for two wins, two draws & one loss from their last five matches.

Notts finish in 5th place & get a play off place.

I worked at Simon,May & co Ltd at Weekday Cross from 1963 to 1997.There were caves there that extended below the cellars.Myself and a couple of mates entered one but we only had cigarette lighters to light the way.From what I was told at the time they were made available as air raid shelters during the war but think that was just for employees .

Crawley Town 2-0 Peterborough United

Lincoln City 3-2 Huddersfield Town

Northampton Town 1-0 Rotherham United

Crewe Alexandra 4-2 Grimsby Town

Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Walsall

Harrogate Town 2-3 Tranmere Rovers(joker)

Aldershot 1-2 Fylde

Wealdstone 2-2 Boston United

Crawley Town 0-1 Peterborough United
Lincoln City 2-0 Huddersfield Town Joker
Northampton Town 0-3 Rotherham United
Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Grimsby Town
Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Walsall
Harrogate Town 2-1 Tranmere Rovers
Aldershot 1-0 Fylde
Wealdstone 0-0 Boston United

For some reason the text I wrote bragging about my magnificant victory this round has just vanished, although you can see the table and standings above. So here's your reminder that I won, and I suppose I'd better post Tuesday's scores for you too:

Thanks for playing and don't forget to enter your predictions for Saturday's games!

On 03/04/2025 at 17:58, Chris said:

Did Dan Crowley receive boos?

Not sure, but the scoreboard seemed to be malfunctioning as the Notts fans were repeatedly forced to ask Dan Crowley what the score was.

Will Jarvis MoTM.

The Poll has now closed. Thanks to all who cast their vote. 

i am pleased to announce that for his outstanding performance against MK Dons, the winner of the Pride of Nottingham's Man of the Match is Will Jarvis. Well done Will

I wished I had seen his performance live, as his goal and David McGoldrick's were both very classy finishes.

Congratulations to Will Jarvis on a job well done!

Indeed a tragic story. 😢

I noticed while reading the article that the club's turnover increased from £18.4m to £132.3m thanks to their return to the top flight after more than 30 years away, but operating costs also jumped from £39.5m to nearly £85 m as a result of winning the Championship play-off final against Coventry City.

The Premier League is certainly a different Football World when it comes to financing a Club. 

I assume that the increase in turnover was due to primarily an increase in players wages. And what happened to the parachute payment this season?

Luton look as though they may be relegated this season from the Championship so the parachute payment looks like it hasn't given Luton an advantage.

It's hard to believe that it is possible that Notts could be playing them next season.

This may be a controversial opinion but I believe English football would be served much better if the Premier League & EFL Companies were forced to amalgamate to form one company that looks after the interests all four league clubs.

I believe that this could result in more money for the lower league clubs when it comes to television rights, which could result in less lower league clubs getting into financial trouble.

When you consider that the revenue generated for just one league is £3.64 billion compared to the revenue for 3 lower leagues being just £206 million, there is a massive disparity there.

Some may say that this might make a European super league much more certain, but I say let the big six Clubs  go if they wish. There needs to be a fresh realignment in English football.

If we get promoted, Notts should put in a bid for him. He clearly loves coming back here. It's like his second home 

Notts will not be able to match the quadrupling of Macca's salary when he signed for Millwall 

If we got promoted, would Millwall release him for free and we settle with Macca on say a doubling of his previous salary at Notts?

I’d love to see Macca back with us, never say never.