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Thanks to all who voted.

By popular choice & for his outstanding performance, I am pleased to announce that George Abbott has been chosen as the Pride of Nottingham's Man of the Match v Carlisle.

If any Spurs fans read this, you have a star in the making with George Abbott. He deserves this, and so many before now.

well deserved due to his solid performance, the amount of man of the matches george abbott is picking up shows his class and importance.

Not much time for Notts before the January transfer window closes. With just two senior goalkeepers at the Club it does leave Notts at risk if one or both their goalkeepers become injured.

Notts could of course, bring in a goalkeeper in an emergency loan deal if they did lose a goalkeeper to injury, but they won't have much control in who they may get in.

i think we can rely on sam slocombe until the end of the season, no point signing another keeper imo.

i would have rather seen stone kept as our back, because i think he could have shown improvements with our defence now. not that is dislike slocombe but hes at the end of his career now.

The top six clubs in English Football always seem to be untouchable from any possible sanctions that may be considered for possible wrongdoings.

Any other club that steps out of line or even inadvertently breaks the rules, always seem to get almost instant justice, either by a points deduction or a large fine.

I don't think that even a football regulator would be able to touch the untouchables.

why did they not do something about it when they froze his money due to the war against ukraine?

@liampie

UEFA fined Chelsea €10million (£8.6m, $11m) for historical breaches of its Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations. The organisation added that the fine settled the matter and Chelsea would not face any sporting sanctions.15 Jan 2025

The FA are yet to charge Chelsea for breaking FFP rules despite the above fine from UEFA.

(Source Google)

Nice to see that Notts have moved on.

Awful defending, but we have to be mindful that he could be going through a difficult spell in his career. I wish him nothing but well wishes. We have moved on, and he will leave permanently at the end of the season. Still, I don't wish to see him struggle with poor form or anything mentally.

poor start but especially bad defending from kyle cameron. barrow should have started by getting the ball out wide, rather than passing back and cameron might not have been expecting it but he should have done much better.

Joke of the day.

i think there is a real danger with some around my age and younger, who create rumours like this most likely to see who believes them but also to get money from it. i tend not to trust anything that has not gained or earned my trust.

its obviously fake news, i dont know why some are wishing its true.

his wages would be a problem for us, he left forest because they could not agree on it. why would he accept lower here? a championship club may, but we wont and cant afford him.

I can’t imagine how anyone can believe that. 

I’ve been a member on here since 2012, I did take a sabbatical where I didn’t post for a few years but I won’t go into that. After returning to the fold I was made welcome again and haven’t looked back.

I have been a member since January 2017, so 8 years now. The community has always been welcoming, supportive, and focused on healthy discussion. In my early teens, I decided I would like to write about sports. I have found PON to be very influential in my development, and I look back on my university years, seeing this site thrive.

People might not always agree, but we need to remember that we want the best for each other and not at the expense of the site itself. I am passionate about the community, just as much as I am about writing.

I joined on the 22nd of August 2023. I have been a long-time reader of the content published by the Pride of Nottingham, which I find excellent. I do not get involved much with the forum side of things, but I enjoy talking about Notts and reading discussions. Any area where I can provide a detailed and worthwhile comment inspires me to contribute. I do not like adding a comment if I feel I cannot add to the context or points. From time to time, I visit the forum, and I see something where I feel a comment would be worth adding.

Although I have not been a member for very long, I have read the site for as long as some of you have been members. I understand that it is difficult to maintain something like this, but I miss the content and articles put out on the home page.

i plan to join when i get chance, i wont be ditching x but as i said before i only really look at notts, pon and other pon members.

Twitter was my go to social media platform but due to the toxic feel of the platform I decided to leave a while ago. I have been tempted to go back on it but then I realise why I left it in the first place. Just like @liampie said, there are people on there just looking for reactions and it seems like that's all they're on there for rather than discussing, debating or having conversation. Also like @Chris said, people used the platform just to gain a following and often looked down on people with lesser followers which led to them mocking them just because of the lack of followers they had. 

Blue Sky has caught my interest about joining but when I first heard about it, I thought it was Twitter 2.0 but after reading some of the comments on this post, I might be tempted to join.

Is it still worth joining? It would be great to have a social media platform once again where you can engage with people without having the issues you quite often experience on twitter when it comes to commenting or posting. 

It's good to see you, @KB1862. I haven't committed to BlueSky, but I think it's much better than X. People are more willing to discuss and be part of the community. There are a lot fewer cliques or people who think they are above others, that's for sure.

As much as I agree with Jimmy over lots of things football wise, @Piethagoram @Fan of Big Tone there are just two many variables in football to say that learning something from every game will stop a team losing.

All you can do is reduce the variables, but there always be an element of chance too.

3 minutes ago, Robbie said:

As much as I agree with Jimmy over lots of things football wise, @Piethagoram @Fan of Big Tone there are just two many variables in football to say that learning something from every game will stop a team losing.

All you can do is reduce the variables, but there always be an element of chance too.

@Robbie How dare you question the word of The Messiah! 

Stuart Maynard's biggest downfall is not knowing how to make in-game changes to put Notts on the front foot. He's slow at adapting, and sometimes it gets too late to get anything from games. We can dominate teams at home, but when they change things, we fall off. Even though we get good results, it sometimes costs us points.

He needs to be braver at times, and at other times he needs to take off players who aren't performing well enough. If a player continues to struggle after 45 minutes, and other teams exploit this, it makes no sense to hang on and avoid making changes. Football is about taking your chances. We focus too much on control. Possession isn't always the best tactic; creating and scoring chances is.

I’ve gone for Jodie Jones scored the pen and hit the bar with a curling shot, it’s great to have him back.

i thought jack hincy put in his best notts performance and looked good throughout, otherwise i would have gone for jatta.

The poll has closed.

Thanks to all who voted 

I'm pleased to announce that Jack Hinchy has been voted the Pride of Nottingham's Man of the Match for his performance against Bromley..

League table after today's matches. Notts secure in seventh place.

A happy Manager after that result.

The scores:

Bristol City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Cardiff City 2-1 Derby County
Exeter City 1-3 Blackpool
Leyton Orient 2-0 Reading
Chesterfield 1-1 Port Vale
Tranmere Rovers 1-1 Gillingham
Aldershot Town 2-2 Tamworth
AFC Fylde 2-0 Wealdstone

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@ARLukomski and @4everapie knocked it out of the park this round with impressive scores!

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Looking at our league table, @ARLukomski has wiped out @super_ram's seemingly comfortable ten-point lead to take top spot! @4everapie jumps into the top five, while @Fan of Big Tone is now in the top half of the table.

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But don't get too used to that table - round 29 is coming up on Tuesday night and the fixtures are online now! Go on, give it your best shot. Thanks for playing!

The only time I'll ever thank Chesterfield. Now back to booing them. BOOOOOOOOOOO. Special shout out to Bristol City and Blackburn

Highlights of the match.

Notts County 1-1 Bromley | Football News | Sky Sports

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Jodi Jones’ second-half penalty was cancelled out by the brilliance of...

I agree with a lot that’s already been said, think we file that one under “frustrating”. We had the chances but just didn’t take them. It was unfortunately for us a “classic Bromley” performance, they just wanted that one chance and they got it (we gave it to them), they didn’t really trouble us for large parts of the match.

The fact so many teams visit Meadow Lane and think we can’t go toe-to-toe with these is a massive compliment, but at the same time we’ve got to make sure we punish teams that do just sit back and basically hope for the best. Whenever a well organised team has come to Meadow Lane this season we have struggled to break them down, we were much better than against the likes of Port Vale and Gillingham but we’ve got to be more ruthless in the future.

I’ve seen the Jatta chance back now, my initial reaction was that he should’ve had a shot, I’m even more convinced now! He actually had the ball under control, all he had to do was toe-poke it towards goal and it would’ve gone in. And then right at the end Whitaker had a chance to make himself an instant hero, a Bromley player would’ve buried that header…

Good morning, we’ve got gusty winds here, a front fascia board has blown off the shed but so far no other damage and I’m pleased to report the hedgehog gutter gadgets are still in situ. Phew!
 

It’s not as bad here as further north of the country. I hope everyone stays safe wherever you are

Good morning cold and bright here, it’s matchday! I know I’m a whimp but I’m staying at home and listening, it’s going to be 5 degrees max, so probably -2 in the Pavis stand, I get chilled very easily these days, I’ll be glad when the weather gets warmer.

In other news we drove all the way out to junction 28 for Wagamama’s last night to celebrate grandson Fred’s birthday but there was an enormous queue outside so we went back home and had a Chinese takeaway and watched the final of Traitors. We don’t normally have Chinese food we prefer Indian but I was impressed it was very nice, especially that prawn sesame toast thing.

Why don’t Wagamama’s let you book a table? Ridiculous!

Anyway have a great day and COME ON YOU PIES!

Good evening..

It's been a pleasant day here with plenty of sunshine. Pity about the result today, but our rivals for a promotion space, apart from Doncaster & Bradford who won, either drew or lost, so Notts didn't lose any ground today.

Update.

Update 

The worse storm for 25 years to hit the UK 

Update.

@gtownjohnno £6m banked by Plymouth.... Plymouth come back with offer £1.5m... Does it become difficult to turn down?

1 hour ago, Piethagoram said:

@gtownjohnno £6m banked by Plymouth.... Plymouth come back with offer £1.5m... Does it become difficult to turn down?

It certainty would be but iam quietly confident he'll stay to the end of the season....but who knows what will happen then??

This is a test of the Notts owner's commitment to promotion this season.

I think they'll pick the chance of promotion before profit, I hope I'm not wrong.

The last time I remember Nottingham Forest being in the nose bleed area of the Premier League, with Liverpool doing well, was when Blackburn Rovers won the title. Manchester United were enjoying better days back then.

I still can't get over them being 14th in the table now. It makes you realise just how far they have fallen behind so many other teams. Newcastle United are only doing well because of their takeover. Still, I'd much rather see them doing well.

Fair play to the likes of Bournemouth, Fulham, and Aston Villa.

All the top four won this weekend 18,19/01/25, apart from Arsenal.

Man City have recovered from their poor form & are now challenging for a Champions League place.

Forest win again. That's 8 games without defeat now. Can they continue their excellent form?

League table.

Premier league fixtures for Saturday & Sunday 25/26/02/25

Saturday

Bournemouth v Nottm Forest (15:00)

Brighton v Everton (15:00)

Liverpool v Ipswich (15:00)

Southampton v Newcastle  (15:00)

Wolves v Arsenal (15:00)

Man City v Chelsea (17:30)

Sunday

Crystal Palace v Brentford (14:00)

Tottenham v Leicester City (14:00)

Aston Villa v West Ham (16:30)

Fulham v Manchester United (19:00)

Are Companies checked for money laundering risks in the UK?

"Yes, companies in the UK are checked for money laundering risks, with regulations requiring businesses to perform "Customer Due Diligence" (CDD) checks, which involve verifying customer identities and assessing potential risks of money laundering activities, particularly for businesses dealing with high-value transactions or cash-intensive operations; this is overseen by HMRC who can conduct inspections to ensure compliance with Money Laundering Regulations". 

Key points about money laundering checks for UK companies:

CDD checks:

"Essential part of anti-money laundering compliance, involving background checks and verifying customer identities to mitigate money laundering risks". 

Risk assessment:

"Companies need to assess their own money laundering risks and implement appropriate controls based on their business activities". 

Suspicious Activity Reporting:

"Businesses must report any suspicious transactions to the National Crime Agency". 

Regulatory body:

"HMRC is responsible for enforcing money laundering regulations and can conduct inspections on businesses". 

Via Google.

I have long advocated that UEFA and FIFA should not be allowed to hide behind Swiss secrecy laws

i think we can move on from both players and i thank them, but really despite the fact i would have kept martin. will javis sounds to be more impressive. its just a case of wishing both players all the best.

jevani brown could have been used more, martins might have secured a first team place but they are not notts players now.

In some ways, think we should have kept Josh Martin

Allowing Scott, & Martin to leave, knowing that there could be offers coming in for Jatta, might come back to bite the Club. I hope this isn't the case.

it could be anything, they might be moving into management themselves and used their move to notts to attract interest from clubs. they could have been at the wealdstone game scouting, maynard might have asked them to watch the game. they could have had a falling out, or own owners may believe they are not suitable for our level. there are many ways we could speculate on this, but until notts confirms any news i personally dont see the fuss.

STATEMENT: MATT TAYLOR DEPARTS

WWW.WEALDSTONE-FC.COM

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Wealdstone FC can confirm that First Team Manager Matt Taylor has left the club to take up the Head Coach role at Solihull Moors. This follows the activation of the release clause in Matt’s contract...

An interesting development today... Could be purely coincidental, but it would perhaps give a reason as to why the Saunders Brothers were there last Saturday.

Still nothing from Notts this week though and I don't think any probing questions about the situation were asked in Stuart's pre-match press conference.

1 hour ago, menzinho said:

STATEMENT: MATT TAYLOR DEPARTS

WWW.WEALDSTONE-FC.COM

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Wealdstone FC can confirm that First Team Manager Matt Taylor has left the club to take up the Head Coach role at Solihull Moors. This follows the activation of the release clause in Matt’s contract...

An interesting development today... Could be purely coincidental, but it would perhaps give a reason as to why the Saunders Brothers were there last Saturday.

Still nothing from Notts this week though and I don't think any probing questions about the situation were asked in Stuart's pre-match press conference.

Hmm, the plot thickens, it’s seems too much of a coincidence in my opinion but we will see.

I am sure that there are Plan B's in place. Current squad, Bass is the one that is irreplaceable.

With season ticket sales part of the financial equation, Notts need to keep hold of the best players now... selling Jata now would impact on next season ticket sales, so I don't think the Board will take that risk

Every club should sell players. We are not at the level where we can afford to miss out on transfer fees. As long as we re-invest well, I am happy with it.

Bialkowski went to Ipswich for free but with a clause that if Ipswich had got promoted to the Prem we would've got some money. So basically we gambled and lost there. We barely had players move up the leagues pre-Reedtz brothers, that's how shocking our recruitment was!

We are sadly going to be a victim of our own success in terms of recruitment, assuming it keeps being as good as it has been. The reality is if a player is really good he'll move on and up as we can't compete with what clubs higher up can offer wage wise. We will at least be compensated with a large fee which can than be used on a replacement.

I think we do have to strike a balance though, because losing too many key players at once will inevitably have knock on effect on the pitch. For me I think losing 2 key players in one season is the limit and in Langstaff and Crowley that has happened. If Jatta is to move on, it will be a lot easier to replace him and integrate his replacement over the summer. Losing him and getting a firing replacement in about a week is a massive challenge, probs even one that's a step to far for us.

That interview doesn’t exactly instill me with confidence that Jatta will still be here when the window closes.

I would love Jatta to stay but maybe these comments along with the rumour of a "former Notts" striker coming in on loan could mean that there is something is in the works for Jatta to depart. 

4 hours ago, Fan of Big Tone said:

That interview doesn’t exactly instill me with confidence that Jatta will still be here when the window closes.

Don't worry Tony Hateley man.

He's been well briefed by the press office to give nothing away 😉

I don't shed a tear. Wasps used to play in Sunbury, then moved to Loftus Road, then Adams Park, High Wycombe and then to Coventry..... So their core London support had to travel up the M1 for miles. Coventry RFC were for years, before the professional era, considered one of the top clubs in the country, didnt take too kindly to a "franchise" club turning up on their own doorstep

Worcester Warriors, London Irish too are recent casualties of the professional era. Yet over in France, their professional game is booming.