• Swansea vs Notts County FA Cup Replay Preview

    Notts County travel to south Wales for their FA Cup 4th round replay against Swansea City. New boss Carlos Carvalhal has turned Swansea’s season around, as they have only lost one game since his appointment, and two of their wins have been against Liverpool and Arsenal. Notts County have also...
  • Nolan ‘fears no one’ as Notts prepare to face Swans in Cup

    Being second place in League Two, the Magpies have had a cracking season so far. Swansea, however, find themselves stuck to the bottom of the Premier League. Whilst two whole divisions of football separate these two sides, their contrasting fortunes makes for an intriguing cup tie. To form a...
  • Missed opportunities: sentimentalism and cold hard rationality in the Arsene Wenger debate

    Many predicted that the FA Cup final would be Arsene Wenger’s last game in charge of the club he has managed since 1996. Yet just days afterwards he signed a new two year contract. The Wenger reign is set to continue, despite the club missing out on Champions League...
  • No Christmas Cheer for County

    It was a very poor November for John Sheridan and his Notts County players, as four straight league defeats saw them slip from a promising playoff position to 18th, now only four points  above the relegation places. Sheridan’s strong remark on how his team would struggle to beat a...
  • FA Cup progression only positive in poor week for County

    On the back of their stirring fightback at non-league side Boreham Wood, County have had a busy week, including a replay victory to secure a home tie against Peterborough United in the second round. Goals from Jonathan Forte, and a late screamer from loanee Aaron Collins were enough to...
  • Campbell’s brace spares County blushes

    Adam Campbell came off the bench to score two goals as Notts County came back from 2-0 down against Boreham Wood in the first round of the FA Cup. The Magpies’ non-league opposition had taken the lead in the 31st minute through striker Morgan Ferrier’s brilliant finish from an...
  • Forest Watch: Forest 0 – 1 Watford

    Nottingham Forest were sent crashing out of the Emirates FA Cup after Odion Ighalo’s late 89th– minute strike ended the home side’s hopes of winning a competition they have not won since 1959. The hosts came close at the end of the first half when winger Jamie Ward was...