• View of the Meadow Lane pitch as the players walk out

    County Complete 1-0 Win Over FC Halifax Town

    Rhys Thomas Notts County resumed their National League campaign with a comfortable though narrow 1-0 win against FC Halifax Town, nearly three weeks after their last league match. In fact, it had been over two months since Meadow Lane hosted a traditional Saturday 3pm kick off. On an overcast...
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    Halfway There: The Arsenal Renaissance

    Sixteen wins. Two draws. One Loss.  Premier League followers would typically identify the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool to be displaying this sort of form at the half-way stage of the season. However, this year has proved that it is not the standard two-horse race between Pep Guardiola...
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    Growing Up A Forest Fan Part 3: The Premier League Dream 

    This article is the final part of Dom Allin’s Forest trilogy. The first part detailed Forest fan life before 2022, and the second rode the wave of the 2022 Championship period. Finally, this assesses how Forest are doing in England’s topflight!...
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    Growing Up A Forest Fan Part 2: Riding The Championship Wave 

    For Nottingham Forest, 2022 started on January 9th, when they faced Arsenal in the FA Cup. As Dom Allin explains, the Gunners were firm favourites, supporting a wonderful charity ‘No More Red’ against knife crime in London. It was the start of what would prove to be a huge...
  • Photo of seats inside Nottingham Forest Stadium

    Growing Up A Forest Fan, Part 1: The Doldrums 

    A million articles have been written about Forest’s magical rise, from the bottom of the Championship in September 2021 to their high-water mark of tenth in the Premier League in 2022. It’s all well and good knowing the facts about Forest’s 2022 but it is only half the story....
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    Gareth Bale: Britain’s’ Greatest Footballer?

    Dreary January mornings are rarely the time for sentiment, yet the announcement of Gareth Bale's retirement this week got Henry Durand thinking: is he the greatest British player of all time?  ...
  • County Frustrated With Draw Against Boreham Wood 

    Matthew Gaskins Fresh from a dominant 3-0 victory away at Aldershot Town, Notts County returned to Meadow Lane hoping to extend their advantage at the National League summit to eight points. Having scored four goals in three of their last five league encounters, The Magpies’ Tuesday night clash with...