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On Tuesday night we have one of our few remaining midweek rounds. Don't be an April fool - get your redictions in by 7.45pm on Tuesday and remember your joker!
Crawley Town v Peterborough United
Lincoln City v Huddersfield Town
Northampton Town v Rotherham United
Crewe Alexandra v Grimsby Town
Doncaster Rovers v Walsall
Harrogate Town v Tranmere Rovers
Aldershot v Fylde
Wealdstone v Boston United
Game 40 - The Dons (H)
Team: Milton Keynes Dons
Date: 01/04/2025
Where: Meadow Lane

What line-up should Stuart Maynard opt for? What will be the key areas for the Magpies to get a victory? What do you think the final score will be?
Have your say below, join in with the Pride of Nottingham match discussion.
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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.
Who's your Man of the Match v MK Dons? 52 members have voted
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1. Choose your Notts Player of the Match
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Sam Slocombe0%0
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Lewis Macari0%0
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Matty Platt0%0
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Jacob Bedeau1%1
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Nick Tsaroulla7%4
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George Abbott5%3
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Matt Palmer0%0
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Will Jarvis65%34
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Charlie Whittaker0%0
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David McGoldrick19%10
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Conor Grant0%0
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Poll closed on 03/04/25 at 21:00
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A fantastic win for Notts tonight with another great team performance.
I have chosen the players from the starting 11 for you to choose your Man of the Match from.
Slocombe , Macari, Platt, Bedeau, Tsaroulla, Abbott, Palmer, Jarvis, Whittaker, McGoldrick, Grant.
Can you choose your favourite then tell us why you chose that player.
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Will Jarvis MoTM.
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!
"The club posted an operating profit of £48.8m, having lost £16m the previous year, though that figure has already been spent on ground improvements at Kenilworth Road, upgrades to the training ground and new club office space."
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.
Overseas broadcasting income should be the first on the list for an Independent Football Regulator, to target for EFL
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.
Can we read anything in this?
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.
Fleetwood's £9.3m losses perhaps should be ringing alarm bells?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66287294
I do care about environmental matters, perhaps there should be a EFL directive to prevent excessive use of flying?
It would be nice to hear if @Dry Nelson Ray would be willing to consider a change in travel policy. London based teams in the NL would regularly travel up 1st class by train from St Pancras to Nottingham
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Always good to see @Dry Nelson Ray back on this board.
Perhaps he can update us on
"or another way "We’re looking into an environmentally friendly coach too."... so Phil Parkinson's job is at risk!!! "
The only thing I would say about this Wrexham story is that again, it is symptomatic about the current problem in our domestic football, the haves' and the have nots'
That's why there should be a Cap on turnover for each of the four top tier Leagues.
Farsley Celtic chairman resigns after abuse from supporters
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Nice lad, but I don't think he pushes himself enough and I think he's content to be just a professional. I think we have had far better players, and we seem to favour his height over his actual defensive abilities. The only game I think he stood out as having potential was against Colchester in our home game, but I do wonder now if it was because he knew the club were planning to loan him out?
I wish him well; personally I think Notts can do better, but I would always hope that a player under contract could prove themselves.
After all, he's not Richard Duffy.
Good for both parties
Key quote:
"One of the clubs who look set to claim one of the League One play-off spots Barnsley had been hoping for this season are newly-promoted Stockport County. They lost over £7m in 2023-24, but owner Mark Stott injected £11m in the form of new shares during their League Two-winning campaign.
Barnsley had an operating loss of 9.6 million last season, so there's still Championship spending going on there. Stockport's spending is huge, but at that time they were in L2 with a smaller slice of tv money.
It puts our own figures into perspective, but none of it is sustainable. Clubs are kidding themselves that the football regulator will be a silver bullet.
@DangerousSausage A Football Regulator may rule to allow PL overseas TV income to be allowed into the distribution pot! EFL 3 should replace the NL.'s top division, using a proportion of said money.
Maybe the only way is to have a financial points penalty for every £m of loss. With financial accounts working in arrears, the points penalty would be effective in the 2nd season, following the publication at Companies House. I would be in favour of EFL accepting management accounts from clubs during the season, so points deduction would happen that season, with severe penalties to Directors for signing off misinformation.
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A comprehensive fuller form of accounts. Carlisle return a profit last financial year, .... looks like they are heading downwards, just like Notts when they had one of the EFL2 largest budgets under Hardy. It's how wisely you spend the money!
So Donny losing circa 3x what #Notts are losing, financial year ended June 2024
To me, this is a strong financial performance, given that I believe they have £500k lease costs to pay each season
Who's your Man of the Match v Newport? 39 members have voted
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1. Choose your Notts Player of the Match
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Sam Slocombe0%0
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Jacob Bedeau0%0
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Matty Platt2%1
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Charlie Whittaker84%33
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David McGoldrick10%4
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Matt Palmer0%0
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Nick Tsaroulla0%0
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Lewis Macari0%0
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Alassana Jatta0%0
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George Abbott2%1
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Will Jarvis0%0
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Poll closed on 30/03/25 at 20:00
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A vital win today for Notts away to Newport County today.
A great team performance from the lads today.
I have chosen the starting 11 for you to choose your OON Man of the Match from. Those players are:-
Slocombe, Bedeau, Platt Whitaker, McGoldrick, Palmer, Tsaroulla, Macari, Jatta, Abbott, Jarvis.
Please choose your player & let us know why you chose him.
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@TheSkipper"It’s just a pity he didn’t get the hat-trick,"
Why oh why didn't Palmer allow Whitaker to take the free kick on the edge of the D?
well done to charlie whitaker, time to extend his deal. 👍
Time to dust off your crystal balls again. These matches all kick off at 3pm, and don't forget your joker!
Norwich City v West Bromwich Albion
Stoke City v QPR
Blackpool v Bolton Wanderers
Bristol Rovers v Mansfield Town
Barrow v Chesterfield
Walsall v AFC Wimbledon
Dagenham & Redbridge v Maidenhead United
Tamworth v Eastleigh
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Just to let everyone know, @Hi Humans ツ is my eldest daughter, Ellie.
Her predictions, I believe, are a joke for @super_ram. I don't know how seriously she's taking this competition, but she doesn't mean any harm.
The results:
Norwich City 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
Stoke City 3-1 QPR
Blackpool 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
Bristol Rovers 1-2 Mansfield Town
Barrow 0-1 Chesterfield
Walsall 1-1 AFC Wimbledon
Dagenham & Redbridge 1-0 Maidenhead United
Tamworth 2-0 Eastleigh
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@Megan_Elizax, @Robbie and @super_ram lead the way with 14 points each!
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This is the table overall. @ARLukomski is now five points ahead...
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So they were Saturday's points. We've got another round coming up on Tuesday (tomorrow) - send in your predictions now! Good luck
Especially for @Chris.... Duffy, Brisley, Dickinson all at Congleton Town...what could possibly go wrong?
I didn't mind Shaun Brisley, and always thought he was a model professional for us. It's just that he wasn't as good, or able to reproduce his form from other clubs. One day, I'll find out about the conversation between him and Harry Kewell, as to what was said about him being pushed into midfield. I already know Thierry Audel didn't rate or like a certain vampire manager who lasted a short time (not short enough).

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!