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Alan Hardy has released a statement where he heavily hints at having pulled out of a takeover bid for Notts County. The chief executive of the Paragon Group last week submitted a 'substantial' written offer, which is understood to have fallen short of owner Ray Trew's valuation. With Trew said to have completed a deal in principle with an American group, Hardy said he is prepared to step aside as 'an alternative buyer, who can provide a be
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Carl Dickinson has revealed that he would get so miserable during Notts County's 10-match losing run in League Two that he couldn't even speak to his family after games. The Magpies lost every single league fixture between November 12, a 4-0 defeat at Blackpool, until January 7, a 4-1 loss at Morecambe. The rot was stopped with a goalless home draw with Mansfield Town on January 14, and 10 weeks later, Notts are a different proposition entirely, on the brink of safety with a 13-point c
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Notts County have released their squad numbers for the 2017/18 League Two season. Adam Collin retains the number 1 shirt, while new signings Lewis Alessandra and Terry Hawkridge have claimed number 7 and number 11 respectively. In terms of other new signings, Elliot Hodge is number 12, Branislav Pindroch takes number 13, Shaun Brisley has number 16, Nicky Hunt takes number 19, Liam Walker is number 20, and Dan Jones claims number 23. Callum Saunders, meanwhile, takes number 26, Pi
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Kevin Nolan has provided an update on Shola Ameobi, revealing that the Notts County striker is touch and go in terms of his availability ahead of Saturday's League Two meeting with Luton Town. The veteran marksman sat out Saturday’s 3-2 win over Oxford City in the second round of the FA Cup with a suspected groin injury. Nolan insists that Ameobi is doing well but, due to having potentially aggravated a previous injury, the club's medical team are being cautious with him as they don't
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Another matchday, another disappointing result as Notts County let a one-goal lead slip en route to a 1-1 draw with Carlisle United. In Steve Chettle's last game in interim charge, the Magpies were once again poor, but held out in the first half to remain level with the travelling Cumbrians. Notts went on to take the lead just after the hour mark, however, as Noor Husin's effort was cleared off the line before Elliott Hewitt reacted to stab home. But is it much of a surprise that
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New Notts County chief executive officer Jason Turner has claimed that his priority is to instil some stability at the club and lay the foundations for promotion to League One. The 43-year-old, whose appointment was confirmed today, has worked at Cardiff City, Plymouth Argyle and Newport County. Turner, who replaces Julian Winter, will start at Meadow Lane on 4 April and will be responsible for overseeing the day to day running of the Magp
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Notts County forward Jon Stead has been named the Sky Bet League Two Player of the Month for September. The 33-year-old has bagged five goals in as many games to take his season’s tally to nine. Notts County manager John Sheridan told reporters: “He’s played a massive part for us so far this season. "To be fair to him, he’s made a lot of the goals himself. We know he’s got that ability - he’s played at a high level for most of his career and I’m very pleased to have him in my team
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Kevin Nolan has given a positive assessment of Michael O'Connor's rehabilitation from a serious knee injury. The midfielder, who recently turned 30, needed surgery to repair his cruciate ligaments and on his meniscus, an injury picked up against Portsmouth in April last season. Nolan says he has been happy with the progress made so far by the club captain and hasn’t ruled out a return by the player at the end of the season. “Occy is in a good place,” the manager told the Nottingha
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Jorge Grant has reiterated how much he is enjoying his time at Notts County after parent club Nottingham Forest confirmed they would not be recalling him in January. The 23-year-old, who played a big part in the Magpies surviving in League Two last season, has picked up where he left off in 2017-18, his 14 goals so far helping the club to the upper spots in the table and to the third round of the FA Cup. There had been concern over whether Grant's superb form would prompt Forest to rec
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Wrexham AFC has secured the National League title with a stunning come-from-behind victory over Boreham Wood at the Racecourse Ground. Co-chairmen Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney were present to witness Phil Parkinson’s men recover from an early setback and emerge as 3–1 winners in front of over 10,000 fans. After the game, the Hollywood duo paid tribute to the Reds fans, top goalscorer Paul Mullin, and title challengers Notts County in an interview with BT Sport. They were visibly moved a
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Former Notts County striker Craig Westcarr has described Mark Cooper’s new role at Meadow Lane as one of the most daunting challenges of his managerial career. The 31-year-old, now plying his trade at Mansfield Town, was part of Cooper’s Kettering side which won the Conference North title in 2008 before they embarked on a memorable FA Cup run to the fourth round. Cooper’s first game in charge of the Magpies is on Good Friday against Portsm
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Notts County manager Kevin Nolan has spoken of how happy he is working at a club on an upward trajectory and with a supportive chairman. One of Alan Hardy's first major moves since taking over the Magpies was to replace John Sheridan with Nolan, whose only previous managerial experience came at Leyton Orient. The decision to bring Nolan in has paid dividends as he has masterminded a complete turnaround in form at Meadow Lane, taking the club from the brink of relegation to almost-confi
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Notts County manager Kevin Nolan has confirmed that Richard Duffy will captain the team this coming season. With skipper Michael O’Connor out until next year, the Magpies boss has given the armband to the Welsh defender, who penned a new contract in the summer after originally agreeing to write off a clause in his contract guaranteeing him a year’s deal. “Duffer stepped in as captain when Michael got injured last season and he was a great deputy,” Nolan told the Nottingham Post. “He le
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Carl Dickinson has compared Notts County manager Kevin Nolan to Tony Pulis due to their emphasis on organisational play and set pieces. The 30-year-old won promotion to the Premier League under Pulis with Stoke City in 2008, where the club has remained since. Now at West Bromwich Albion, Pulis continues to impress, having turned a yo-yo team into an established top-tier side. “A lot of things the manager has done reminds me of Tony Pulis, especially the organisational part,” Dicki
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Keith Curle has claimed that Carlisle United “did enough to get something out of the game” despite being beaten 2-1 by Notts County in midweek. The Magpies, who were desperate to get back on track following defeat to Swansea City in the FA Cup and League Two bottom side Barnet, raced into a two-goal lead by half time through Jon Stead. Although Jamie Devitt halved the deficit on 75 minutes, the Cumbrians couldn't make the most of the remainder of the game, plus seven minutes of injury
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Neal Ardley has commented on the history that Notts County have in "getting through managers left, right and centre" as he gets his tenure under way. The former AFC Wimbledon manager is the third permanent manager to take a place in the Magpies dugout this season. Kevin Nolan got the season under way, before being sacked in place of Harry Kewell, who was then in turn dismissed to eventually make room for Ardley. Indeed, the 46-year-old is the club’s 24th manager in 20 years on Wed
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In their 5-2 victory over Maidstone, Notts County midfielder Jim O’Brien scored his second hat-trick for the club. Despite a second-half scare when George Elokobi’s side scored two goals in two minutes to reduce the lead to one, Notts County’s superior first-half performance made the difference. O’Brien doubled Luke Williams’ side’s lead in the 15th minute after Cedwyn Scott opened the scoring following a mistake by the Stones defence. O’Brien scored his second on the hour mark when
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Notts County's latest signing, Conor Grant, has expressed his delight and eagerness to hit the ground running at Meadow Lane following his move from MK Dons. Grant's transfer was finalised just one day before the club's League Two season opener against Tranmere Rovers, with the young midfielder joining as part of a deal that saw Aaron Nemane head in the opposite direction for an undisclosed fee. Grant, who is expected to add creativity and dynamism to Notts County's midfield, was introduced
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Saturdays game for the Youth Team provided them with their first opportunity to right a few wrongs from the disappointment of the FA Cup tie against Peterborough. The team standing between them and what would be the perfect remedy were the league leaders Hull Tigers, who earlier on in the season, had comfortably beaten us 3-0. Hull Tigers started the game brightly, despite this they couldn't make their dominance count and after s
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Notts County Ladies defender Laura Bassett has admitted her side are ‘raring to go’ ahead of the new FA Women’s Super League season. Last year the Lady Pies made headlines by reaching both the FA Women’s Cup final and the Continental Cup final. Ahead of Wednesday's game at Manchester City, Bassett told The Offside Rule: “Every season it has to be about getting more points and finishing higher in the league. We gain
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Kevin Nolan has suggested that Notts County's transfer dealings this summer are not yet finished and may still add a few more players before deadline day if they're good enough. Following a slow start to the transfer window this off-season, the Magpies have made a spate of signings, both permanent and on loan. Whilst it would seem that the Notts squad is now big enough, Nolan pointed back to last January, when more additions were brought in on deadline day. “I am sure we will be d
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