If anyone is wanting to delete the "@" part of the @Mention feature there is a way in doing so, it will just involve you editing your post after you have posted it.

I don't know if anyone is actually interested in doing so, but here is how if you would like to.

The @Mention feature is found on the user sidebar next to their post;

If you add someone into a post using this, all you need to do is click edit after you have posted your comment/reply.

Delete the @ part of the code (only the @, nothing else)

The link will still work fine, but the reply will read better than it does with the @ sign in it.

If this doesn't bother you, then just ignore this topic!

After a narrow win against Fleetwood Town in the Capital One cup, Notts will no doubt be wanting to leave an impression on Peterborough United. The suspension to Manny for his second bookable offense leaves a slight dilemma for Notts, especially with Liddle also being out after being red card at Sheffield United.

Now do we put Sheehan into a centre back position and allow young Tempest to play left back (my personal preference) or do we try to feature Hollis if he's anywhere near being ready after his injury?

I personally wouldn't risk putting an unfit Hollis into the mix, not even if he was near 100% because for myself I think it would be better to rest him to avoid further injuries.

We've also seen two forwards score, whilst the young McGregor seems quite capable of featuring in our squad and he is almost certain to start against Peterborough after his impressive debut.

My team would consist of;

Bart
Dumbuya - Leacock - Sheehan - Tempest
Campbell-Ryce - McGregor - Zoko (as a deep laying attacking midfielder) - Haworth
Haynes - Showunmi

I would like to see what Haworth offers and although this would mean dropping Labadie and Fotheringham, I feel it would allow us to throw them on as surprise.

Sadly I see the game being very tough and I am unsure I can Notts will win, I certainly can but my gut tells me it would be in their favour and so I won't be predicting the score. Thoughts?

I was really pleased to see so many people getting involved in round 1. Since then we've had quite a few more new members join the site so it'd be great to see some more of you getting involved

You can read the round 1 thread to get an idea of how it works but basically, I'll post six fixtures every week and you just have to post your predictions for each game on this thread.

Scoring system example:
My prediction: Notts County 3-1 Stevenage

Correct score (games ends 3-1 to Notts) - 3 points

Correct result (Notts win, but not by a score of 3-1) - 1 point

Incorrect result (Notts draw or lose) - 0 points

Most rounds will revolve around matches taking place on a Saturday and I will post the fixtures for the Saturdays on a Wednesday. Some rounds will revolve around games on a Tuesday night, I would imagine this to be the case around January/February when matches are being postponed left right and centre, and these fixtures will be posted on the Sunday.

Scores for Saturday rounds will be posted on the Saturday evenings on this thread, unless I've been away, in which case it could be on a Sunday. Tuesday night scores will be posted the following day on the Wednesday.

Hopefully I've made that clear enough, so lets get on to this Saturday's fixtures!

This Saturday's prediction games are:
Bolton Wanderers v Reading
Huddersfield Town v Queens Park Rangers
Brentford v Sheffield United
Oldham Athletic v Walsall
Bristol Rovers v Scunthorpe United
Oxford United v Bury

All matches are 3pm kick offs so predictions must be posted by 1:30pm on Saturday.

Good luck
 

Come on you lot I notice I am the only one posting on here in the early morning, you all seem to be night owls and probably sleeping in late next morning.

The first thing I do when I wake up is pick up my phone and check this forum while having a coffee in bed, it even comes before my own forum sometimes.

Well what a summer its been for English football. The Under 21s went out of the group stages of their European Champions, the Under 20s went out of their world cup in the group stages, and the Women have gone out of their European championships in the group stages.

All with barely a wimper.

When is the FA going to wake up and smell the coffee? Or should that be will the FA wake up and smell the coffee? Its blindingly obvious that we're stuck in the dark ages. I know people will point to the fact that we're ranked somewhere in the top 10 of the Fifa world rankings but the problem is we've stood still and all the other nations have not just caught up, they're overtaking us.

England's seniors, Under 21s, Under 20s and ladies all play the same boring style of football - hoof it and hope essentially. They cant keep the ball as well as the other nations and there's next to zero creativity going forwards. Even Iraq (no disrespect) completely outplayed our Under 20s at their world cup.

Big changes are needed from top to bottom in the England set-up. Its all well and good having expensive training facilities like St George's park but what use are they if we dont have the coaches to teach the game in the right way?

Germany has something like 70,000 UEFA A licenced coaches. We have less than 1,000. Thats not good enough. We need to get more coaches in there, managers who are upto date with the game and can get us keeping possesion and creating chances rather than hoofing the ball forwards hoping that one of our strikers gets to it first. And the strikers are no better, they're incapable of setting a goal up for themselves. They cant score unless its on a plate for them!

If nothing changes, I honestly think English teams will do well to even qualify for tournaments in a few years time.

I was talking to a friend of mine last night, and he really summed it all up for me with this:

Up front - Columbia have Falcao; Italy have Balotelli and Giovinco; Spain have David Villa and Fernando Torres; Germany have Mario Gomez, Kruse and Klose; Holland have Robin Van Persie and Arjen Robben; Uruguay have Luis Suarez, Edison Cavani and Deigo Forlan, Argentina have Lional Messi and Sergio Aguero. England? We have a fat, overrated Rooney and a donkey called Andy Carrol.

Sorry, rant over

What does everyone else think?

Amazing game at Sixfields today, Coventry beat Bristol City 5-4 in their first "home game" of the season.

Coventry led 3-0 at half time but Bristol City pulled it back to 3-3; equalising on 74 minutes, but Coventry went straight up the other end and went 4-3 up. Bristol City again equalised on 85 minutes but just two minutes later, the Sky Blues won it and it ended 5-4 after 8 minutes of added time! Amazing game by the sounds of it!

The match was watched by just 2,204 people of which around 1200 were Bristol City fans.

Coventry fans certainly cant complain about not getting value for money. They've already seen 19 goals in their opening 3 games!

Fair play to those Coventry fans who did travel to this game, thats dedication of the highest order but I can completely understand those who refuse to go. Sad to see such a big club in such a mess

Good morning fellow 'Pies, I hope you are all well. The sun is shining and I am off on another jaunt in my camper for a couple of days taking the grand kids camping. I'll be back for Saturdays match which I am really looking forward to.

I hope to be able to visit the site while I am away to get my fix of PoN.

What has this world come to?

I just loaded my browser up which is set to show me news, along with bookmarked links for easy access. To the side of this very site there was the headline "Man allegedly kills wife, puts photo of her body online".
 

A horrifying crime scene hit Facebook Thursday after Derek Medina posted an image of his dead wife – and a blunt confession about why had killed

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/08/derek-medina-facebook_n_3728077.html

I am shocked, I do not know what to say but why Facebook???

I'm trying to be creative on PoN's social streams, so when I'm bored or have a little free time I plan to do more like this.



It didn't do that bad on Facebook and was shared once on Twitter (not counting my own retweet)

Whoop Whoop.

Been down to get my season ticket this morning. I did consider moving back to the kop, I miss the atmosphere a bit but I am not one for jumping up and down and singing myself so I think the DP stand suits me better so I stuck with my present seat.

Can't wait for the season to start.

Who will be our highest goal scorer? Yet... Let's break this down to try and make it fun, as I asked on Facebook - Re Strikers.

Highest Goal Scoring - Striker;
Highest Goal Scoring - Midfielder;

Highest Goal Scoring - Defender;

---------- I say --------------

Highest Goal Scoring - Striker; Haynes
Highest Goal Scoring - Midfielder; Campbell-Ryce
Highest Goal Scoring - Defender; Dumbuya

Come on everyone, let us know yours?

I've been putting this off, mainly because I'd everyone to be around.

I didn't want to do it whilst Tony or Weymouth were on holiday. I also think it will be best to 'discuss' this between ourselves because the last time I did something like this we had to plan around many time zones and it was good fun. Yet here, we are quiet at times and so we need to see when people will be free and open to taking part.

Personally, I think the weekend would be a better time. (obviously a none match day - hopefully soon)

Also groups/teams rather than single, yet this would depend on the interest.

Thoughts? (Let us know below if your happy to take part)

@2piesonmyshirt, @Andy Black, @andyb, @anonypie, @BenBlyth, @cheeky~k8, @Harrys_Mummy, @Italian Magpies, @Joe Jones, @joecrow, @jurgenpie, @liampie, @MagBri, @magpiejue, @Mark Kerr, @miffy, @MuddyPatchPie, @mugger, @natsward, @ncfcdrapes, @NcFcHarry, @negus1991, @nottsnutter, @paolo, @Pete Dennis, @Rodwell, @sadlad, @shrewswill, @SlockNCFC1991, @steve negus, @SteveMUP, @stewartpot, @super_pie @super_ram, @THewitt44, @tonyhateley, @TynePie1862, @UniPie, @Vicarofdibley, @vicki, @weymouthPIE, @william1984

Ps. I didn't tag everyone in, just those who I notice visit every now or then. Just imagine if we could get a small percent of our community online at the same time, enjoying a bit of fun.

Good evening Beautiful people. 

Nice to be  a part of some thing new.

COYP  

So who's going on Tuesday then? I'm looking forward to seeing my first live competitive match this season.

Will Chris make any changes as it is a cup match? Maybe bring a few of the youngsters in and fringe players, I remember a few years ago Steve Thompson was manager and he played an almost completely different team for the League Cup to the team for the league matches and we were quite successful that year, can't remember how far we got but did quite well.

Last night, I was woken up when something heavy landed on my head. It was pretty heavy, and even when I'd opened my eyes I couldnt see anything (I usually can as my window is right near a street light). You know what your like when your startled awake, well I actually started panicking, I didnt know what to think. Then I came to my senses and realised something was lying on my face. Turned out a picture had fallen from my wall and landed on my face!  

I now have a cut by the side of my eye and its got a bit of a bruise coming out of it too! Never happened before, certainly surprised me!

Funnily enough the picture in question is an old County team photo. I assume it was something my Dad had, as we just found it in amongst a load of stuff when we moved. Its signed by the entire team and managment on the back, and from the very few signatures I've managed to work out, I've made a guess that its from the early 1970s, but I dont know for sure.

Anyway, I hope my miss-fortune gave you a bit of a laugh

Been a pretty entertaining night in front of Soccer Special. There's been some very interesting ties and a few standout results:

Monday Night
Preston North End 1-0 Blackpool

Tuesday Night
Barnsley 0-0 Scunthorpe AET (Barnsley won 5-4 on penalties)
Birmingham City 3-2 Plymouth Argyle AET
AFC Bournemouth 1-0 Portsmouth

Brentford 3-2 Dagenham & Redbridge
Brighton 1-3 Newport County AET
Bristol Rovers 1-3 Watford
Bury 3-2 Crewe Alexandra
Charlton Athletic 4-0 Oxford United
Cheltenham Town 4-3 Crawley Town AET (Cheltenham had trailed 3-1 with 15 minutes left!)
Colchester United 1-5 Peterborough United
Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Rochdale
Exeter City 0-2 QPR
Gillingham 0-2 Bristol City
Huddersfield Town 2-1 Bradford City
Leyton Orient 3-2 Coventry City
Middlesbrough 1-2 Accrington Stanley
Millwall 2-1 AFC Wimbledon
Morecambe 1-0 Wolves
Northampton Town 1-2 Milton Keynes
That lot 3-1 Hartlepool
Oldham 0-1 Derby County
Port Vale 1-2 Walsall
Rotherham Utd 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United 1-2 Burton Albion
Shrewsbury Town 1-3 Bolton Wanderers
Southend Utd 0-1 Yeovil Town
Stevenage 2-0 Ipswich Town
Swindon Town 1-0 Torquay
Tranmere 2-0 Mansfield
Wycombe 1-2 Leicester City
York City 0-4 Burnley

Obviously a lot of teams will field very different sides in this competition but still some surprises - particularly Newport's win at Brighton and Accy Stanley's win at Boro.

IF Notts get through we've got a good chance of a big tie, with most premiership sides coming into the competition and we could also play that lot, The Rams or Leicester. But let's just get through our tie first lol!





 

Welcome to Pride of Nottingham @Super_Danny_Allsopp
I was a big fan of your chosen player, I thought he was an amazing talent and I was disappointed when we sold him. I hope you enjoy visiting us and even taking part, come tell us about yourself briefly.

Ps. Weymouth does a prediction league which is great fun, I'd have a look at it buddy!

Here's the preview of the shirt I shared on Facebook.



When we dropped Nike, I was concerned that we was moving to Fila. Mainly because I consider Nike to be of good quality and it's a brand I really like, it's also one which is popular. I'm not really fussed about brands, if they're quality items that's all that matters to me but I was concerned also about how Fila brand their products.

The first season's shirt I really disliked the stitching and the badge, I also wasn't keen on the position of the Fila labels.

They've actually grown on me a lot and last years was much nicer + better stitching. For anyone who wonders why I'm going on about stitching @GrannyPie is an expert at this and she drummed it into me to look/watch out for 'good' stitching, so I'm a little fussy.

Personally the teaser looks nice, the bad is shinny and looks nice. Previously I felt they bordered tacky, especially the first season which just looked dreadful to me.

I'm picky I know

I see our neighbours got off to a bad start to their league campaign. How well do you think they will do this year? I know a lot Notts fans don't like them but try and put your biased to one side and tell us below how you think they will fare and where they will finish.

I personally think they will have a difficult time in the league and may struggle to stay up, personally I hope they do but I fear that they may not get the best of starts and their manager Paul Cox (ex Notts player and Eastwood Town manager) may get the chop early on in this campaign.

However we will see, what's your views.

I was quite proud of this, I can recall being nervous about handing them out and even more so when news was going around that Lee Hughes would be leaving.
 

I started promoting the site a few weeks earlier and they didn't get a great reception, I found that holding them out and asking people to take one to have a read on the way home or inside the match worked well. I was delighted one night, as Jake and Ellie actually encouraged me to do it when I wasn't really keen on the idea.

It was on the back of The Millers defeat and I thought it would generate hassle, as some fans had been very unfriendly prior but that's just people.

We cleared the whole lot, Jake and Ellie had the biggest smiles on their faces and I was even more proud of them than I already was. It grew into an obsession and I started really enjoying it, as I would bond with the children and they liked it also. Then I went and did my knee! So it took the sail off. I can remember one time, I can't remember who we played but I stood near the main gate on crutches. Jake was encouraging me to have a go, I didn't want to disappoint him or seem weak to him (I know what your thinking). He took flyers, walked up to people approaching and handed them one over.

Ellie then started walking up to others who were trying to get around Jake, she pointed them to my direction and I think the majority felt sorry for me because they came over.

I've had some really fun memories sharing these flyers out.

You Pies!!

Hi @shepshedpie,

Welcome to Pride of Nottingham, It's nice to see you've joined us here. We're a pretty small community but I sincerely hope your visits are enjoyable.

You will find there's quite a few things we cover and of course some funny banter takes place.

Whilst I think about, @weymouthPIE's running a prediction league. It's good fun and you never know, you might also enjoy it! I didn't do too badly in the trial but I think someone else will win it (not that it matters), just a bit of harmless fun really.

Say Hello sometime, You Pies!

I'm going to watch Derby v Blackburn this afternoon on Sky (might as well get my money's worth while I've got it), so good luck to the Rams and I hope you get off to a winning start. I'll be interested to see if Alan Judge plays and what sort of a game he has.

I know @super_ram will be either at the match, in a pub watching and having a pint of real ale, or listening on the radio, enjoy the game Super.

Just got back from a pleasant little jaunt in our camper van, we went to Wells Next the Sea. We stayed at a temporary holiday site organised by the Camping and Caravanning Club which was on the sports field of a Junior School right in the middle of Wells, £9 per night.

A short walk took us down to the harbour and on the hottest day of the year yesterday we did a ten mile walk along a nature reserve to Holkham and back along the beach paddling in the sea to get our feet cooled off.  I didn't think I would be doing that a week ago when I had a bad back.

When we got back to the harbour we visited a pub (as you do) and had a pint (and a half for Mrs. H) of Adnams Ghost Ship, it was very pleasant but I noticed that it was cloudy and assumed that the cloudiness was deliberate to give it a ghostly appearance, however on returning home I have checked the internet with my friend Mr. Google and found out it should be clear. Oh well, as I say it was a pleasant enough drink with a definite strong hoppy flavour. I can only assume the cloudiness was due to the hot weather.

I would like to know if Notts will play the Johnstone's Paint Trophy this season. 

Can somebody explain how does it work?

I want Notts win a trophy this season

The fund raising committee held a meeting last Wednesday 24th July 2013.

At that meeting it was unanimously decided that we would take the giant step and move the process on to the final level.

To that end we gave the go ahead to our sculptor, Andrew Edwards

http://www.cornoviiedwards.com/#!jimmy-&-jack 

to commence the making of the statue at his Wedgwood Studio in Stoke-On Trent.

On Friday I was contacted by Andrew and he informed me that he had began work on the statue on Thursday 25th July, all was well and it was processing along nicely, the beginning of a major stage in the quest to have the statue in place at our Meadow Lane Stadium has begun.

We also decided that we would like to connect our younger fan base and get that section of our supporters interested and aware of just how important Jimmy Sirrel and Jack Wheeler were, and indeed, still are, to Notts County Football Club.

We intend, during the school holidays to take a party of 12-16 year olds over to the studio where the statue is being built, there they will have a hands on experience in the moulding of the clay that will be in the finished result, we are sure that it would be a life remembering experience for them.They will also receive a small souvenir to keep.

On the same day we hope, in conjunction with Stoke CityFC, take them on a tour of the Britannia Stadium with a little hospitality thrown in.

Numbers will be limited as it will be a mini bus, we will announce final details then invite all our supporters between the age of 12-16 years of age to apply and a draw will be made  and the lucky ones will go. We intend to repeat this process for the future school holidays.

There is still a fair bit of work and fundraising to do, but we are confident, with your support, that we can achieve the goal in 2014. 

J&J Statue Fund