Notts County fans travelling to Mansfield Town for Neal Ardley’s first league match in charge will do so with little optimism, and mostly an expectation that they’ll leave Field Mill pointless once again. It didn’t used to be this way.… Continue Reading
So after plenty of interviews, at least half a dozen different bookies favourites, strong links with three ex Notts managers and clocking hundreds of miles on the country’s rail network, Magpies owner Alan Hardy’s third manager is the man who… Continue Reading
The macroeconomic concept of guns versus butter is meant to demonstrate the relationship between a nation’s investment in its defence versus civilian goods and, perhaps unsurprisingly, rises to prominence in moments of national crisis. William Jennings Bryson’s resignation speech before… Continue Reading
That ‘performance’ against Oldham, if I can call it that, was nothing short of woeful. The best phrase to describe whatever it was to the wise souls who stayed at home would probably be Conference fodder. Or, alternatively, ‘Fullarton-esque’ would… Continue Reading
And it was all going so well. Horrible place that, full of horrible memories and it was always likely to create another bad one given the contrasting form of Notts and MK Dons. But, actually, we deserved more this time.… Continue Reading
Identity is football’s currency. Everything from the badge, the shirt, the ground to the community it represents is valued and weighed against the opposition and used to measure each other’s worthiness.