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Notts County have moved quickly to replace recalled Nottingham Forest midfielder Ryan Yates by signing Liverpool Under-23s captain Matty Virtue on loan. Here is some information about the player's identity, career, achievements and style of play. Full name: Matthew Joseph Virtue-Thick Date of birth: May 2, 1997 Place of birth: Epsom Age: 20 Height: Unknown Nationality: English Position: Midfield / Defensive Midfield Preferred foot: Right Last clu
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Notts County have completed the signing of veteran defender Nicky Hunt. Here is some information about the player's identity, career, achievements and style of play. Full name: Nicholas Brett Hunt Date of birth: September 3, 1983 Place of birth: Westhoughton Age: 33 Height: 1,85m Nationality: English Position: Defender Preferred foot: Right Last club: Leyton Orient Came through the ranks at: Bolton Wanderers Other clubs he has played fo
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Notts County have announced the permanent signing of Crystal Palace midfielder Noor Husin on a one-and-a-half-year deal. Here is some information about the player's identity, career, achievements and style of play. Full name: Noor Husin Date of birth: March 3, 1997 Place of birth: Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan Age: 20 Height: 1,77m Nationality: Afghan and English Position: Central Midfield Preferred foot: Right Last club: Crystal Palace Came t
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Notts County have signed goalkeeper Ross Fitzsimons following a successful trial with the Magpies. Here is some information about the player's identity, career, achievements and style of play. Full name: Ross Alan Richard Frank Fitzsimons Date of birth: May 28, 1994 Place of birth: London, England Age: 23 Height: 1,85 m Nationality: English Position: Goalkeeper Preferred foot: Right Last club: Chelmsford City Came through the ranks at: Cr
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Notts County have completed the signing of Nottingham Forest midfielder Ryan Yates on a season-long loan. Here is some information about the player's identity, career, achievements and style of play. Full name: Ryan Yates Date of birth: November 21, 1997 Place of birth: Nottingham Age: 19 Height: 1,90m Nationality: English Position: Midfielder, defender Preferred foot: Right Last club: Shrewsbury Town (loan) Came through the ranks at: Forest
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Notts County have signed defender Shaun Brisley on a two-year contract after his deal with League Two rivals Carlisle United was cancelled. Here is some information about the player's identity, career, achievements and style of play. Full name: Shaun Richard Brisley Date of birth: May 6, 1990 Place of birth: Macclesfield, England Age: 27 Height: 1,88 m Nationality: English Position: Defence - Centre-Back Preferred foot: Right Last club: Carlis
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We at Pride of Nottingham are delighted to announce the winner of our Draw PON Magpie competition. The winner is 7-year-old Caitlyn Marie Elston who's mother Claire Knight submitted the winning artwork to our Facebook page. Well done to the winner and thank you to every junior magpie who took part by sending in your images of PON Magpie, the Pride of Nottingham mascot. We will be in contact with the winners parent shortly, who will have the opportunity to claim a Notts County penn
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Which club holds the dubious distinction of scoring the fewest goals and conceding the most goals in the Premier League – unfortunately in the same 38-game season? Dan: I think that was Derby. Dave: Thats easy (sorry super_ram) - Derby County Which three English players have each scored five goals in a Premier League game? Dan: Andy Cole did it for Man U v Ipswich I believe. Shearer must've done & a guess at Robbie Fowler. Dave: Andy Cole, Alan Shearer, D Burbatov (? not sure on spelli
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Pride of Nottingham returns with their 'PoN on One' feature. We take one community member and find a fan from any of the English leagues, asking both a series of 6 questions. The original trial went down very well, which saw Dan vs 2Piesonmyshirt. This time we've asked Daz who's main side is Nottingham Forest, we put him against our very own MuddyPatchPie. We hope you enjoy reading this feature, if you would like to take part please get in touch. Now let's find out who our winner of the P
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In this edition of "PoN on One", Pride of Nottingham has taken time to ask two members to battle out for the crown. At some point, we will face the winners together if this interests them and we can also see a return for the unlucky contestants too. As a community it's always nice to have a fun way of interacting with each other, so it's nice to see two friends and two members compete for their pride. TonyHateley takes on Magpiejul, lets find out who has won the third edition of this feat
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We see the return of the PoN on One! In this edition we see a little twist as we turn it into a special feature for our Capital One cup tie against Liverpool. I've taken the time to ask two American based fans questions ahead of the tie, whilst throwing in the traditional quiz at the end. We will be following up with an Opposition View tomorrow but if you ever wondered how fans from another country get around timezones etc. We have this covered in this addition! I very much hope you'll en
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August is over and done with, Notts County's first month of the season is now just a memory, and we move on to September's fixtures with the Magpies nicely nestled in seventh place in League Two. However, much like any other job where its employees are routinely recognised and rewarded, it's worth recognising the players who have impressed in the black and white in August. Jorge Grant has already been named the player of the month by Notts County, the fans picking him head and shoulder
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September 2017 is now over, but as foundations go, Notts County have laid some great ones over the month, with a huge six wins from their seven games. So who have been the standout Magpies players in September and how do they line up? Pride of Nottingham, alongside a selection of Notts County fans, have come together and, following much deliberations, drawn up a September starting XI. So to all those picked, well done and keep up the good work going into October and for the rest o
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We are now at Episode 3 with the Pride of Nottingham PONcast and we are delighted with the progress made so far. These early shows have helped us to get to grips with the production, allowing us to work on the principles we set outright when we began Pride of Nottingham many moons ago. Joe Jones and I have been enjoying discussing Notts, as we have throughout our involvement with doing the Pride of Nottingham website, and we are delighted to bring yet another feat
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The Pride of Nottingham PONcast is back! In this week's episode, number 42, we touch upon Notts County's 3-3 draw with Stevenage along with analysis of the goals, defence, weaknesses and all the best bits. We also discuss the current issues at back with first-choice Notts goalkeeper Ross Fitzsimons - is he of Football League quality? Has he got enough experience to be number 1? In addition we delve into the players who are currently in form, touching upon which of the players we c
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Hello and welcome to episode 43 of the Pride of Nottingham PONcast, presented by Chris and Sam. In this week's episode we discuss Notts County's 0-0 draw at the Sixfields stadium against Northampton Town. We talk about the fighting spirit shown by the Magpies in claiming just their third point of the season, plus analysis of the overall performance along with the effect on confidence in the County camp. In addition we touch upon the club's injury list, how we foresee those players
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Hello and welcome to episode 44 of the Pride of Nottingham PONcast. In this week's episode, Chris and Sam discuss and analyse Notts County's first League Two win of the 2018/19 season. Not that you need reminding, but the Magpies are up and running after running out 2-1 winners over Crewe Alexandra at Meadow Lane on Saturday - we look at how the club can kick on from here. We also talk about the loyalty in the modern game - is there such a thing these days? In addition, we wi
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Hello and welcome to episode 45 of the Pride of Nottingham PONcast. In this week's episode we discuss Notts' second back-to-back victory in a 3-1 home win at Meadow Lane against Crawley Town. We talk about how Notts have improved as of late and whilst under Harry Kewell's management. In addition we speculate who may replace the suspended Rob Milsom in this weekend's fixture, along with a League Two round-up. To round up, Chris and Magic Magpie also cast their eyes on the upco
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Hello and welcome to episode 46 of the Pride of Nottingham PONcast, as presented by Chris and Sam. In this week's episode we discuss Notts County's 1-0 win away at Macclesfield Town - how was the performance? Who impressed? And so on. Then we move on to talking about about the EFL Trophy - aka the Checkatrade Trophy - and whether or not we agree with the competition in its current format, the controversial inclusion of Premier League academy teams. In addition we debate Alan Hardy
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Hello and welcome to Episode 47 of the Pride of Nottingham PONcast, presented by regulars Chris and Sam. In this week's episode we preview the weekend's upcoming game against Bury away at Gigg Lane, a return to action for Notts County after 10 days without a game. We also discuss whether Notts fans should get excited about the recent performances and results, or whether it's best to stay cool for the time being. Also, we talk about players released by the club at the end of last s
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Hello and welcome to Episode 48 of the Pride of Nottingham PONcast, brought to you as always by Chris and Sam. In this week's episode we preview Notts County's upcoming game against Morecambe away at the Globe Arena. We also discuss the sacking of Harry Kewell from the manager's role and debate whether the decision was right. Also, we share our thoughts on who might be our next manager and why its important to get the right manager in. In addition we discuss how we as fans ne
