I can imagine it was quite exciting to see the results slowly reveal themselves one by one after the final whistle. 

But honestly, I wouldn’t want to be the person typing in the scores. I can imagine that back then, it was quite a nightmare to update everything, especially in a live environment.

11 hours ago, TheSkipper said:

But honestly, I wouldn’t want to be the person typing in the scores. I can imagine that back then, it was quite a nightmare to update everything, especially in a live environment.

Imagine typing the wrong result and disappointing  all those fans who thought they’d won 9-1 only to find it was a mistake and they actually lost 0-1. 
 

If I remember right they sometimes did give the wrong score and would type a correction.

I do miss watching the results come in, I remember when @super_ram used to do the Football pools, and he would be listening to the results to see if he had won anything. It's also some of the better parts of games like LMA Manager, where they replicated the teleprinter and scores being announced.

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Under a cloak of secrecy, the court papers claim they arranged for an anti-Marinakis website — nottinghamforestfire.co.uk — to be set up, as well as a social media account, a YouTube channel and two mobile billboards that were driven around Nottingham before home games.

Court documents seen by The Athletic allege that in a series of articles, posts and videos about his ownership of Greek club Olympiacos, Marinakis was accused of being “the leader of a criminal organisation known as ‘The System’, through which he and others engaged in criminal and corrupt practices to gain control over national football in Greece, including fraud, attempted extortion, bribery, intimidation”.

The lawsuit alleges there were also plans to fly a plane over the City Ground, Forest’s stadium, with another anti-Marinakis message aimed at turning fans against him.

I've encountered various accounts regarding his alleged spitting on a match official, which resulted in a stadium ban. Whilst away, I heard Forest fans blindly supporting him and all sorts of things from he had a cough, to he was getting rid of phlegm. It wouldn't surprise me, he seems like that sort of person in my opinion who would overreact and do something stupid in the process. I am not sure if he has any case to stand on though.

I really hope so, that’d be a great boost. ???? 

Not surprised. It was surprising that he was given the captaincy in the first place. 

Hopefully being released from the burden of captaincy will help improve his game 

Losing 2 captaincies in a calendar year!

When I get some free time later, I will watch the video @Fan of Big Tone - as I am not sure I have heard about this story before.

Good luck to the lad! They've made a mistake showing us our shirt without the sponsor on though, where can I get one like that!?

Good luck to the lad. Good move for him. Hope he can make it big as a professional footballer.

Nicky Law...feeling old now!

I feel like a lot of our youngsters over the years have ended up at Alfreton due to how close it is. I'll pick one of them...  Pierce Bird

Nick Fenton played for Notts 13 times in the 1999/2000 season, & played for Alfreton in the 2013/14 season 32 times.

"I've got seven months to prove to these people that I am who I think I am." Ian Holloway 

Head Coaches have input with the type of players that they want & the positions that need filling. Head Coaches & recruiters rightly take the plaudits when things go right, & the players that have been recruited settle well, & play to the standard expected, & the team is performing well as a result.

But alternatively, if things don't go to plan & players either haven't been brought in, or players that should have been let go but were mistakingly retained, or players that were brought in but haven't performed, & as a result the team performs poorly, then it is right that the Head Coach & recruiters should be admonished or possibly lose their jobs, if the team doesn't improve.

Recruitment is the one of the most important parts of football and if you get it badly wrong in the summer, you’re basically fighting against the tide all season.

We made the wrong decision to not strengthen our defence when we went up, was that the head coaches decision or recruitment? Our recruitment this summer has accounted for that now though. We are quite lucky as ever since the Bros came in it’s something that has massively improved, you are never going to get every signing right but we seem to get a lot more good players than bad.

I would not be surprised if Mansfield came back with an offer for Crowley come January. Could Callum play that Dan Crowley role for Notts?

Cal Robert's departure came at the right time for us, and him. Even though I felt gutted that he was leaving, Aberdeen was such a huge step-up for him and the fee we obtained no matter how much would have helped Notts. It's great to see him playing so well, plus scoring.

I still believe he could play EFL football, but with his injuries and being 27-years-old. I think Notts would want to find someone a bit younger, and less likely to suffer setbacks.

We already have a fair few on our books, so it wouldn't be a wise thing in my opinion. Despite this, I would welcome Roberts back in a heartbeat - I just don't believe he fits what we would be seeking now though.

It’s great to see he his doing well again, albeit kind of back where he started before he joined us.

I still think Cal is a good player but where would he play in our team? Wasn’t this the issue we had before we eventually sold him… We don't play wingers and I'm pretty sure we tried him at wingback against Kings Lynn or Altrincham away and it just didn't work.

It was great to see us play in a way that allowed Notts to create good chances. The only real difference was the excellent saves from James Belshaw. I thought we could have scored more, but the performance was what we needed, and the result showed that.

Belshaw was Harrogate's best player, by a mile. I wonder if he'll have any regrets about not getting to ever play for us though as I'm 99% sure he also supports us! At 34 and with Bass looking like he could be our No.1 for a good few seasons now I think the chance might have just passed him.

@menzinhoBelshaw's dad is a Notts season ticket holder. Bass with Belshaw as back up would be ideal. Sorry Sam, your time is up

Oh, this just sounds like something that people in science speculated on as a joke to see if anyone would buy into it. It has that conspiracy theory feeling, just like the idea that the Earth is flat, the Moon is occupied by aliens, and the Earth is hollow.

Ah, the multiverse. It's like a never-ending Marvel movie marathon. And let's be real, who doesn't love a good superhero flick? I mean, you've got Iron Man with his snarky one-liners and fancy suit. Then there's Thor with his flowing locks and hammer that only he can lift (I mean, come on, who doesn't love a good challenge?). And let's not forget about Spider-Man and his web-slinging abilities. But let's be real, the real MVP is Deadpool. I mean, have you seen those movies? Pure gold. Oh, there are so many more superheroes in the Marvel universe. You've got Captain America with his shield and unwavering moral compass. Then there's the Hulk with his incredible strength and anger management issues. And let's not forget about Black Widow with her deadly combat skills and mysterious past. And who could forget about Doctor Strange with his mastery of the mystic arts? The list goes on and on. It's like a never-ending buffet of superhero goodness. Wrong multiverse? Oh no, my friend. There’s only one multiverse and it’s chock-full of Marvel goodness. The real world? Pfft, that’s just a figment of our imagination. A place where we have to pay taxes and wear pants. No thank you. I’ll stick to the multiverse where I can fly and shoot lasers from my eyes. Now that’s living.

A very interesting subject & thread @TheSkipper

I believed that there is just one Universe with no end to it, with countless galaxies that together make up the Universe.

Well that's what I've been taught when I was at school & until reading this article, I have never really gave it much thought.

We saw on programmes like Star Trek that a possibility of a positive & negative universe could exist or even a universe in another dimension that we can see but is all around us.

But going back to the Universe, what would be a Universe to the smallest living organism, the microbe Nanoarchaeum equitans, which is 200 to 500 nanometers (billionth of a metre) in diameter.

So the possibility of a entire space within a space is entirely possible I suppose we can't rule anything out when it comes to science. New things are being discovered all the time.

All this happened long before I was allowed to drink @Chris, which might indicate how long ago it was! I've had a virtual walk around on Google Maps and I'm fairly certain it was Smith's. The picture on Google is exactly how I remember it and it's down the road from the caravan park. Is it still there?

On 22/10/2024 at 19:34, DangerousSausage said:

All this happened long before I was allowed to drink @Chris, which might indicate how long ago it was! I've had a virtual walk around on Google Maps and I'm fairly certain it was Smith's. The picture on Google is exactly how I remember it and it's down the road from the caravan park. Is it still there?

Yes, it’s still there.

It remains exactly the same as it was when I was younger, except the pub attached to it burned down a few years ago. You might remember a small gift shop that stood opposite. It always had knick-knacks, but the elderly lady who owned it sold up and retired. The Smiths purchased it, along with the Derbyshire Miners' Welfare building and the lifeguard watchtower that the shop was part of. It’s now a fancy pub, with fancy prices, fancy chairs, and even fancier clientele. The café that used to be behind the shop is now the outdoor seating area for that posh pub, complete with glass windbreaks for an even more upscale effect. There’s even a stylish outdoor bar, which they’re too pretentious to use, but it looks good nonetheless.

Unfortunately, with the Dunes pub having burned down, one of the owners has been forced back into working in the arcade. She sits at the change booth, looking quite miserable and rather stuck-up. If you politely ask her for change, and manage to avoid any fuss, she tells you to use one of the many change machines, which rarely work. She even once frog-marched Jake to one, only to eat humble pie when it wouldn’t function, despite her trying twenty times.

I used to love the arcade; I hold it dear to my heart and have so many childhood memories associated with it. The old attendants were like friends, and one still remains. He used to look a lot like the actor who voiced the character in "Bill and Ben, the Flowerpot Men." I think he was also in "Cold Feet," though I can’t recall the actor's name, but he still resembles him. Working with the owner, he’s bound to see some changes over the years.

@DangerousSausage: I took some pictures this past Saturday, as we went to Winthorpe to escape a busy Skegness. Yet we planned to visit some of GP's favourite locations, which my eldest daughter finally managed to walk under one of the underpasses in the area.

One of the last times she did, she was sat on my mum's knee - whilst Super pushed her into a deep pool of water.

We had a storm, where the drains filled, and it left one end with a large body of water. For some reason, Super thought it would be a great idea to push her electric wheelchair through it. Obviously, the electric side had been disengaged but remarkably silly considering it could have caused issues for the battery. I can still hear my mum shouting "Barry" and "stop". ????

Poor Ellie lost one of her trainers as Kate focused on walking through it - so Jake and Ellie didn't get wet.

Whilst I just pushed my mum completely through the water, without giving much thought to me getting soaked. I remember it reaching just above my socks, and thankfully mum's battery wasn't damaged. This gave us all a good laugh over the years, despite Super sometimes not showing much of a funny bone. Since GP's passing, we have tried to walk through it, but it's always been flooded. The last time we tried, it was more flooded than the time I have just shared. I could imagine, @Fan of Big Tone laughing his head off at this story. He might even find himself wet from all the laughter. ????????????

Imagine Barrow v Notts being played on a Tuesday night in Newfoundland?

Barrow: The EFL outpost and their unlikely partnership with Canadian province Newfoundland and Labrador

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With an unconventional shirt sponsor, Barrow go into their EFL Cup tie with Chelsea hoping to promote themselves and a Canadian province.

It would be bad move for Notts & any other club that would even think of wanting to play league games abroad. I would be totally against it & so would the vast majority of fans 

This cannot be allowed, it's a slap in the face for the loyal supporters of both clubs.

Just imagine if we do a Bournemouth, we're in the Premier League and then our owners start pushing to play league games halfway across the world...

A much better second half by the Notts ladies, but it ends in defeat today 

Table after the latest set of matches.Notts in 6th place.

Last word from the Manager.

Nick Tsaroulla played exceptionally well, and it's wonderful to see him showing such confidence at the moment. He looked like a great signing when he arrived, so it's pleasing to see him settle in and start to earn our applause.

I think Allasana Jatta's talent and importance are being somewhat overlooked, so I am voting for him.

The Poll has now closed.

Thank you to all of you that voted.

Eight of the Nine Players on the shortlist were given at least a vote by PON members reflecting the great performance by the Notts team on Saturday.

I am delighted to announce that Nick Tsaroulla has been chosen as your Pride of Nottingham Man of the Match for his excellent performance against Harrogate. This win makes it two consecutive PON Man of the Match wins for Nick.

"The club also declared a strategic plan based on the pillars of financial consolidation, strengthening the academy, innovation and infrastructure and a "love for this city and its values"...." Very much what is happening now at #Notts

Good morning all.

Have a nice time away @Fan of Big Tone. Don't forget to vote on the man of the match at the weekend????

Well it's been raining again overnight here & it's been on and off this morning. Pleased I got a lot of garden work done when I had the opportunity.

We have moles that lives under a few gardens on my close. Every now and then they make a few Mole hills on my lawn. 

This mole family & their generations have been doing their thing under the soil for as long as we've been here, 

Thanks @Robbie we got here safely and enjoyed a night of eating a lovely curry made by Mrs. T and drinking some nice beer from Magpie brewery, our son brought a keg with him.

I’m not sure how I can vote for tomorrows man of the match when I won’t have seen the game or listened to it. 

Morning all, I did a different parkrun today with my son and daughter in law, it was a tough course with hills so I’ll feel that tomorrow.

The rented house we are staying in is very comfortable and can sleep 8 people so it’s perfect for the six of us. We are off the a wander round the town later, then tonight we are going to play some games, the house has “Guitar Hero” on play station (whatever that is) and grandson Fred is keen to try it.

He could achieve great things if he took charge of a lower Premier League team, but I wouldn’t expect miracles. I doubt he could replicate what Claudio Ranieri did at Leicester City. A mid-table finish is possible, with improvements over the years, but he would need to spend money. However, I can’t see him or Pep doing that.

I don't think either option would work. 

Players might be more open to signing, but they would have wage limitations and other factors to consider. Managers like Jose would find this quite difficult.

There's a bit of an assumption that top managers have had gilded careers. But Mourinho played in the fifth tier of Portuguese football and was a PE teacher before joining Bobby Robson's staff at Sporting Lisbon. All the same, he'll have better options than Carlisle...

Plenty of managers from the top flight have ended up falling down the leagues though, mainly due to a lack of success. That orange bloke who took Hull to the Premier League (edit: Phil Brown) is one of them, he's now the manager of Kidderminster. Brian Little managed Aston Villa in the UEFA Cup, but ended up at Gainsborough Trinity. And more recently Mark Hughes, once an established Premier League manager, got the sack from Bradford. And former internationals like Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Sol Campbell and Edgar Davids have got their hands dirty in charge of small clubs with mixed results. Even Harry Kewell ????

So it does happen!

One thing I’ve particularly noticed about Stuart Maynard’s tenure is the sense of unity within the squad. The players seem more cohesive, and there's a noticeable uptick in morale. Each match feels like a fresh opportunity, and the boys are genuinely playing for each other. It's a stark contrast to the disarray from last season. Maynard's tactical flexibility, especially with our backline, has brought a real sense of assurance. I believe he's creating a solid blueprint that will serve us well in the long run. And it's not just about this season; Maynard seems focused on laying the groundwork for sustained success. It's been a pleasure seeing this transformation unfold, and there's hope for even more improvements.

Stuart Maynard has shown significant growth in his management style. Initially met with scepticism, his strategic decisions have proved pivotal in transforming the team’s dynamics. By focusing on building a robust defence and fostering squad depth, he’s created a foundation for sustainable success. The ability to adapt and introduce different styles of play, depending on opponents, shows he's learning quickly. Maynard's management of young talents, alongside veteran players, paints a promising picture for the club's future. It's this balance of innovation and tradition that’s making a real difference on the pitch.

Stuart Maynard’s approach to management has brought a refreshing change to Notts. His adaptability and courage in making tough decisions have been evident. The emphasis on strong defensive play, combined with giving young talents a chance, is a strategy that can take the club far. The initial scepticism around his appointment has faded, thanks to the solid foundation he’s building. Like any good manager, he’s learning from past mistakes and implementing changes that benefit the team. Injuries are always a concern, and while they've affected us, Maynard’s handling of these challenges has been impressive. As we move ahead, the focus will be on maintaining momentum. With continued support from the fans and management, the sky’s the limit for Notts.

It's the stuff of dreams. You'd never expect them to do well, but credit to them.

Fiorentina are a good team, not as good as they were in the 90s but still to only win by 2 goals, that alone for The New Saints is a great achievement. You would expect them to be thrashed, but the defeat is very respectable.

Fantastic result for TNS. They win their first ever game in the UEFA Conference League.