Notts County v Derby County/York City
Official Matchday Programme of Notts County | Issue 01 Notts County vs Derby County/York City | Pre-Season Friendly Sunday 1st August, 2021 | KO 1pm | Meadow Lane Saturday 7th August, 2021 | KO 3pm | Meadow Lane
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Notts County vs Derby County/York City | Pre-Season Friendly
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07.08.2021 • KO 3PM<br />
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NOTTS COUNTY<br />
FOOTBALL CLUB<br />
Meadow Lane, Nottingham, NG2 3HJ<br />
Telephone: 0115 952 9000<br />
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PRE-SEASON<br />
NOTTS COUNTY v DERBY COUNTY<br />
SUNDAY 1 AUGUST 2021 ||| KICK-OFF 1PM<br />
NOTTS COUNTY v YORK CITY<br />
SATURDAY 7 AUGUST 2021 ||| KICK-OFF 3PM<br />
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:<br />
Chairman: Christoffer Reedtz<br />
Directors: Alexander Reedtz, Richard Montague,<br />
Jason Turner<br />
Honorary President: Derek Pavis (1930-2017)<br />
Honorary Vice-Presidents:<br />
John Mounteney (1935-2014),<br />
Jackie Sewell (1927-2016), Colin Slater MBE<br />
Associate Directors: Vivien Pavis and Ian Roberts<br />
STAFF DIRECTORY:<br />
Chief Executive: Jason Turner<br />
Head Coach: Ian Burchnall<br />
Assistant Head Coach: Michael Doyle<br />
Goalkeeper Coach: Jake Kean<br />
Head of Medical Services: Marco Ferreira<br />
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Ian Hutton<br />
Sports Therapist: Craig Heiden<br />
Analyst: Joao Alves<br />
Kit & Equipment Manager: Andy Reece<br />
Academy Manager: Dave Plant<br />
Media & Communications Manager:<br />
Nick Richardson<br />
Commercial Operations Manager:<br />
Jordan Worthington<br />
Stadium Operations Manager: Dave Langton<br />
Retail Manager & Lifeline Coordinator:<br />
Lynn Lawson<br />
Ticketing & E-Commerce Manager:<br />
Mike Townsend<br />
THE MAG:<br />
Editor: Nick Richardson<br />
Contributors: Neil Richardson<br />
Photography: John Sumpter, Ritchie Sumpter,<br />
Dan Westwell, Richard Davies, John Anderson<br />
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opinions expressed are the views of the contributor<br />
themselves and not those necessarily of <strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />
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The Club is a member of the Vanarama National League and<br />
is therefore subject to the League’s rules and regulations. The<br />
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Welcome to the Mag<br />
Following a short break we’re delighted to have you<br />
back with us for our pre-season friendlies against<br />
<strong>Derby</strong> <strong>County</strong> and <strong>York</strong> <strong>City</strong>, who we wish well for<br />
their respective league campaigns.<br />
Read on for the inside track on both clubs as well as a feature<br />
interview from our new signing, Kyle Cameron, who looks back on his<br />
loan spell at Bootham Crescent and discusses his excitement for the<br />
challenge ahead at Meadow Lane.<br />
We profile Cameron’s fellow new recruits and also take you behind<br />
the scenes at pre-season training.<br />
Enjoy the games and the Mag – and we’ll see you back at the Lane for<br />
what should be a brilliant first home match against Torquay United!<br />
NOTTS COUNTY FOOTBALL CLUB<br />
HONOURS LIST:<br />
DIVISION 1:<br />
Best Ever Season:<br />
Third: 1890-91, 1900-01<br />
DIVISION 2:<br />
Champions: 1896-97,<br />
1913-14, 1922-23<br />
Runners-Up: 1894-95,<br />
1980-81<br />
Play-Off Winners: 1990-91<br />
DIVISION 3 (SOUTH):<br />
Champions: 1930-31,<br />
1949-50<br />
Runners-Up: 1936-37<br />
DIVISION 3:<br />
Champions: 1997-98<br />
Runners-Up: 1972-73<br />
Play-off Winners: 1989-90<br />
DIVISION 4:<br />
Champions: 1970-71<br />
Runners-Up: 1959-60<br />
LEAGUE 2:<br />
Champions: 2009-10<br />
FA CUP:<br />
Winners: 1894<br />
Runners-Up: 1891<br />
FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP:<br />
Best Ever Season:<br />
Round 5, 1964, 1973, 1976<br />
ANGLO ITALIAN CUP:<br />
Winners: 1995<br />
Runners-Up: 1994<br />
As a professional football club, <strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong> is committed to the confrontation and elimination<br />
of discrimination whether by reason of sex, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin,<br />
colour or disability. Any enquiries relating to this can be directed to designated safeguarding and<br />
equalities officer Beverley Markland. Should you experience any issues on a matchday, please<br />
speak to a steward or member of staff.<br />
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HEAD COACH<br />
ian<br />
burchnall<br />
A very warm welcome to the representatives of <strong>Derby</strong> <strong>County</strong> and <strong>York</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong>, along with all supporters and guests, for what I expect will be two very<br />
challenging and enjoyable pre-season friendlies.<br />
e come into this doubleheader<br />
in a good place having<br />
W recruited really well over the<br />
summer. We knew how important it was<br />
to both retain and attract the right players<br />
after falling just short last season and I’m<br />
very confident that we have managed to<br />
assemble a strong and balanced squad.<br />
At the time of writing we are still<br />
contemplating one or two more additions<br />
and we’re continuing to run the rule over<br />
trialists Andre Wright, Lamine Kaba Sherif<br />
and William Hondermarck, who have all<br />
worked their socks off throughout preseason.<br />
One area we are certainly looking to<br />
strengthen is up front, where we feel we<br />
probably need an extra option who can<br />
give us something different. We of course<br />
haven’t been helped by the hamstring injury<br />
suffered by Lewis Knight at Boston, the<br />
extent of which we’re still waiting to find out,<br />
so we’re putting a lot of effort into weighing<br />
up potential options.<br />
But we feel that the bulk of our transfer<br />
work is done now, which is a healthy<br />
position to be in at this stage of pre-season,<br />
and I’m excited to see what the future holds<br />
for this squad.<br />
From the <strong>Derby</strong> match onwards you can<br />
expect to see players getting more minutes,<br />
with the games becoming less disjointed<br />
due to fewer substitutions. The time has<br />
come for us to establish more consistency in<br />
our play and work more on the finer details.<br />
We will, of course, be far from the finished<br />
article – especially when you take into<br />
account the quality of the opposition we’ll<br />
be facing in these two games – so I expect<br />
to see plenty of mistakes and areas for<br />
improvement.<br />
But that’s exactly what you want from<br />
pre-season – to establish your team’s<br />
weaknesses as well as its strengths before<br />
the meaningful action gets going at Barnet<br />
on 21 August.<br />
That trip to the Hive will be my very first with<br />
our away supporters present and, having<br />
been starved for so long, I’ve got no doubt<br />
you will travel in big numbers.<br />
We then return to Meadow Lane the<br />
following week for what will no doubt be<br />
a very competitive game against Torquay<br />
United in front of a big crowd. I can’t wait!<br />
Thank you for your support.<br />
Ian<br />
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THANK YOU RUBEN SCOOPS<br />
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FROM FANS’ AWARD<br />
THE BOARD<br />
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Supporters voted Ruben Rodrigues as their 2020-21<br />
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Player of the Season.<br />
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We would like to place on record our<br />
immense gratitude to our fans for<br />
backing the club with such strong<br />
season ticket sales this summer.<br />
Over the weekend, 2021-22 sales<br />
surpassed our total figure for the 2019-<br />
20 campaign – including half-season<br />
tickets – which is fantastic, especially as<br />
there is more than a month to go before<br />
our first home match.<br />
We also understand that, for various<br />
reasons, a season ticket isn’t a viable<br />
purchase for everyone but we’re thrilled<br />
with how the entire fanbase continues<br />
to support us in every way possible.<br />
Shirt sales, for example, have been very<br />
strong and it’s been great to see so<br />
many of the new designs on show at our<br />
pre-season friendlies.<br />
Everyone at the club is working hard to<br />
prepare for the new campaign and we’re<br />
looking forward to welcoming you back<br />
to Meadow Lane for what we hope and<br />
believe will be an exciting and successful<br />
season.<br />
The Portuguese playmaker<br />
provided plenty of<br />
excitement in his debut<br />
campaign and scooped May’s<br />
Vanarama National League<br />
Player of the Month award<br />
after scoring seven goals and<br />
claiming a number of assists<br />
as we stormed towards the<br />
play-offs.<br />
Rodrigues was a crucial figure<br />
once again in our dramatic<br />
victory over Chesterfield<br />
before levelling up our semifinal<br />
tie at Torquay with an<br />
excellent header.<br />
And his overall contribution,<br />
which saw him finish the<br />
campaign on 13 goals, proved<br />
enough for him to scoop<br />
20.6% of the closely-contested<br />
vote – as well as the Young<br />
Pies’ Player of the Season<br />
award!<br />
Kyle Wootton, meanwhile,<br />
won the Players’ Player of<br />
the Season and Golden<br />
Boot awards for the second<br />
successive campaign.<br />
Having shared last year’s<br />
player-voted award with<br />
Connell Rawlinson, Wootton<br />
was a clear winner this<br />
time around thanks to his<br />
selfless work up front and his<br />
19-strong goal tally.<br />
Despite there being a number<br />
of strong candidates for Goal<br />
of the Season, Elisha Sam’s<br />
incredible effort against<br />
Oxford <strong>City</strong> – which many<br />
believe should be nominated<br />
for this year’s Puskas award<br />
– blew all other contenders<br />
out of the water, claiming a<br />
whopping 61.7% of supporters’<br />
votes.<br />
Finally, there was welldeserved<br />
recognition for<br />
Tyreace Palmer whose efforts<br />
as captain in our titlewinning<br />
Under 18s side, along<br />
with his rise to first-team<br />
prominence, were rewarded<br />
with our Official Supporters<br />
Association nominating him as<br />
the club’s Young Player of the<br />
Season.
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OSA LAUNCH<br />
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GOFUNDME FOR<br />
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Our Official Supporters Association have launched<br />
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Our Vanarama National League trip to<br />
Wrexham on Monday 30 August will<br />
kick off at a later time to accommodate<br />
live coverage on BT Sport.<br />
The match was initially scheduled to<br />
begin at 3pm but will now kick off at<br />
7.30pm.<br />
A very happy 70th birthday (1<br />
August) to a special dad/grandad!<br />
Lots of love, Natalie, Kelly, Teagan,<br />
Libby and Jenson x<br />
As we have now been<br />
playing outside the EFL for<br />
two seasons, we no longer<br />
receive grant funding to help<br />
cover the cost of academy<br />
operations.<br />
But, thanks to the generous<br />
support of our owners Chris<br />
and Alex Reedtz along with<br />
the committed work of the<br />
OSA, the academy’s future is<br />
secure.<br />
The OSA will nevertheless be<br />
increasing their attempts to<br />
generate funds to support<br />
Chris and Alex’s increased<br />
investment and are calling on<br />
supporters to engage with the<br />
various initiatives they’ll be<br />
running throughout the 2021-<br />
22 season.<br />
An OSA statement reads:<br />
“Firstly, we would like to<br />
place on record our sincere<br />
gratitude to Chris and Alex<br />
for securing the future of our<br />
academy. Clearly, without<br />
their commitment it would<br />
have been very difficult for it<br />
to continue and we have huge<br />
respect for what the owners<br />
have done.<br />
“We will be joining forces with<br />
our academy manager, Dave<br />
Plant, to raise even more funds<br />
this season to build on our<br />
dedicated work in previous<br />
years which has helped<br />
provide a variety of equipment<br />
and transport for our stars of<br />
the future.<br />
“Our fans and the club have<br />
always been incredibly<br />
supportive of our efforts and<br />
we know this will continue into<br />
what we all hope will be a very<br />
successful campaign for all our<br />
teams.<br />
“Many fans have already<br />
been in touch to ask if they<br />
can help by taking part in<br />
various sponsored events,<br />
which has led to us setting up<br />
a GoFundMe page. Money<br />
donated to this account will<br />
be transferred into our bank<br />
account which will in turn be<br />
passed on to the academy for<br />
whatever they need. One-off<br />
donations via GoFundMe are<br />
also welcome.<br />
“A number of fundraisers will<br />
follow throughout the season,<br />
including a collection on a<br />
designated matchday when<br />
Dave, his staff and players<br />
will be very grateful for your<br />
donations.<br />
“Our committee would like<br />
to thank everyone for their<br />
tremendous continued<br />
support!”<br />
You can donate to the page by visiting<br />
uk.gofundme.com/f/support-notts-county-fc-academy
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<strong>Derby</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
SUNDAY 1 AUGUST KICK-OFF 1PM<br />
Although these days <strong>Derby</strong> <strong>County</strong> consider<br />
our near neighbours Nottingham Forest as<br />
their fiercest rivals, we were the first of the<br />
Nottingham clubs to lock horns with the Rams as<br />
founder members of the Football League in 1888.<br />
Since then, the clubs have met in<br />
friendlies as well as many times<br />
in league and cup competitions,<br />
the majority of them between<br />
the formation of the league and<br />
the mid-1920s.<br />
However, perhaps one of the<br />
more memorable games was<br />
held in April 1969,<br />
when Meadow<br />
Lane hosted a<br />
testimonial match<br />
for our longserving<br />
player Alex<br />
Gibson between a<br />
combined <strong>Notts</strong>/<br />
Forest team of the<br />
past and a <strong>Notts</strong>/<br />
<strong>Derby</strong> team of the<br />
present.<br />
Famous <strong>Derby</strong> names<br />
taking part included Dave<br />
Mackay, Roy McFarland, Alan<br />
Hinton and Kevin Hector, but<br />
the shock inclusion in the <strong>Derby</strong><br />
side was legendary <strong>York</strong>shire<br />
and England cricketer Freddie<br />
Trueman.<br />
Perhaps that is not so surprising<br />
as history reveals that the<br />
football club was formed as an<br />
offshoot of <strong>Derby</strong>shire <strong>County</strong><br />
Cricket Club in 1884, but it is<br />
highly unlikely any cricketers<br />
will figure in manager Wayne<br />
Rooney’s squad today!<br />
And as the Rams finalise<br />
preparations for their opening<br />
Championship game of the<br />
season against Huddersfield on<br />
Saturday, this match is certain to<br />
provide a stern test of our skill<br />
and character, especially with<br />
our season opener some way off<br />
meaning the visitors will have<br />
the edge on fitness.<br />
Rooney’s arrival<br />
as a player at<br />
Pride Park caused<br />
quite a stir, and<br />
his promotion<br />
to manager now<br />
sees him tasked<br />
with restoring<br />
<strong>Derby</strong> to the<br />
powerhouse<br />
they were back<br />
in the 1970s<br />
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Colin Kazim-Richards celebrates with<br />
teammates after scoring their first goal in<br />
their recent friendly against Manchester<br />
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Tom Lawrence had been given the captain’s<br />
armband for the forthcoming season<br />
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opposition<br />
insider<br />
TOM LOAKES, who grew up as a Meadow Lane season ticket<br />
holder and worked in our media department before leaving in<br />
2009 to join <strong>Derby</strong> <strong>County</strong>, where he is Senior Communications<br />
Officer, answers our question about the Rams...<br />
Rooney’s arrival as a player<br />
at Pride Park caused quite<br />
a stir, and his promotion to<br />
manager now sees him tasked<br />
with restoring <strong>Derby</strong> to the<br />
powerhouse they were back in<br />
the 1970s, when they won two<br />
First Division titles and reached a<br />
European Cup semi-final.<br />
Having escaped relegation<br />
to League One by the skin of<br />
their teeth last season, Rams<br />
fans will be looking for a swift<br />
improvement in fortunes this<br />
coming campaign and the club<br />
have put their faith in Rooney to<br />
lead the revival.<br />
It will be no easy task as<br />
the Championship is widely<br />
recognised as one of the most<br />
competitive leagues in the world<br />
and is littered with great names<br />
of the past desperate to bring<br />
back the glory years.<br />
It is a situation which is familiar<br />
to our fans, as we face a similarly<br />
daunting challenge to fight<br />
our way out of an increasingly<br />
competitive Vanarama National<br />
League and back into the EFL,<br />
where everyone at the club<br />
believes we belong.<br />
Hopefully by the end of the<br />
season both sets of supporters<br />
will have reason to celebrate.<br />
Q <strong>Derby</strong> fans are used to renewing<br />
their annual rivalry with our near<br />
neighbours across the Trent, so will<br />
it be strange for up to 2,000 of them<br />
to be heading for the world’s oldest<br />
professional football club instead of<br />
the <strong>City</strong> Ground?<br />
A I’m sure it will be strange in some<br />
way, as <strong>Derby</strong> and Forest have both<br />
been in the same league for well over<br />
a decade, but <strong>Derby</strong> have made a<br />
couple of visits to Meadow Lane in<br />
recent years for pre-season and that<br />
will bring an element of familiarity.<br />
With the game being so local, it’s<br />
certainly one the supporters can look<br />
forward to. I’m sure <strong>Notts</strong>, as they<br />
look for another push for promotion<br />
this season in the National League, will<br />
provide a good test for <strong>Derby</strong> ahead<br />
of next weekend’s season-opener<br />
against Huddersfield Town.<br />
Q What are the main influences<br />
Wayne Rooney has had at the club<br />
since his arrival last year?<br />
A One thing Wayne has been very<br />
clear about since he took over as<br />
manager is delivering a simplified<br />
message to the players and staff.<br />
Everyone knows what is expected of<br />
them, there are no grey areas, and<br />
that approach was hugely beneficial<br />
during December and January of<br />
last year as <strong>Derby</strong> picked up some<br />
important victories which went a long<br />
way to retaining their Championship<br />
status. Understandably his presence<br />
and standing in the game means the<br />
media spotlight is regularly cast in his<br />
direction, but that is something he’s<br />
more than accustomed to and from<br />
my dealings with him he has handled<br />
the transition from player to manager<br />
seamlessly.<br />
Q Which <strong>Derby</strong> player, or players,<br />
including any new signings, are likely<br />
to catch the eye?<br />
A <strong>Derby</strong> have had several players<br />
training with the squad as free agents<br />
over the course of the summer, so<br />
there have been plenty of players<br />
striving to impress. In terms of players<br />
that could catch the eye, Wales<br />
international forward Tom Lawrence<br />
has been named the side’s captain<br />
this season. He ended last season very<br />
strongly after returning from injury<br />
and will be looking to carry on where<br />
he left off. Elsewhere, <strong>Notts</strong> fans<br />
may be aware of David Marshall and<br />
Kamil Jozwiak after they played at the<br />
recent European Championships with<br />
Scotland and Poland respectively.<br />
Q After narrowly avoiding<br />
relegation to League One last<br />
season, what are the club’s<br />
ambitions for the forthcoming<br />
season?<br />
A It’s important to not look too<br />
far ahead, but I am sure the first<br />
targets for the manager are to start<br />
the season well and have the squad<br />
finalised by the close of the transfer<br />
window at the end of August, then<br />
take things from there. Everyone<br />
is looking forward to the season<br />
ahead, especially with crowds back in<br />
stadiums.<br />
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york city<br />
SATURDAY 7 AUGUST KICK-OFF 3PM<br />
In many ways, the<br />
fortunes of <strong>York</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
and <strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
mirror each other.<br />
Both clubs have a proud record<br />
of having graced the Football<br />
League, while their exploits in<br />
the FA Cup, albeit now well in<br />
the past, have written them into<br />
the history books of that famous<br />
old competition.<br />
Currently both find themselves<br />
outside the EFL, but they share<br />
a steely determination to return<br />
there at the earliest opportunity.<br />
<strong>York</strong> have further to go, as<br />
they will begin the new season<br />
bidding for promotion from<br />
Vanarama National League<br />
North, but with manager Steve<br />
Watson and his team having<br />
enjoyed a successful preseason<br />
so far, with victory over<br />
Newcastle United and a draw<br />
with Sunderland the highlights,<br />
hopes are high of a successful<br />
campaign.<br />
The fact that the Minstermen<br />
were showing promotionchasing<br />
form when last season’s<br />
league programme was brought<br />
to a sudden end by Covid-19,<br />
and the boost of the club<br />
moving to an impressive new<br />
home, the LNER Community<br />
Stadium, mean that there are<br />
plenty of reasons for <strong>City</strong> fans to<br />
be optimistic about a brighter<br />
future.<br />
Many times in the past they have<br />
bounced back from relegations<br />
Below:<br />
<strong>York</strong> <strong>City</strong> players celebrate winning the FA<br />
Trophy final against Macclesfield Town at<br />
Wembley Stadium<br />
Page 11:<br />
Clayton Donaldson has joined the <strong>York</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
strike force this season<br />
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opposition<br />
insider<br />
DAN SIMMONITE, <strong>York</strong> <strong>City</strong>’s Media Officer, answers our<br />
questions about how the Minstermen are gearing up for what<br />
looks to be an exciting season.<br />
and they have also upset some<br />
big fish in the FA Cup.<br />
<strong>City</strong> achieved their highest ever<br />
League position in October<br />
1974, when they reached the<br />
dizzy heights of fifth in Division<br />
Two, while their FA Cup exploits<br />
include becoming the first thirdtier<br />
club to reach the semi-finals,<br />
taking Newcastle United to a<br />
replay in 1955 before bowing out,<br />
while in later years they claimed<br />
the scalp of Arsenal and, twice<br />
in consecutive seasons, took<br />
a Liverpool team then feared<br />
throughout Europe to replays,<br />
both of which they lost.<br />
They find themselves in their<br />
current position following<br />
consecutive relegations,<br />
dropping out of the Football<br />
League in 2016 and losing<br />
their National League status<br />
the following season, with<br />
victory over Macclesfield in<br />
the FA Trophy final at Wembley<br />
providing scant consolation.<br />
But now, like <strong>Notts</strong>, they are<br />
a club looking forwards, and<br />
the over 8,000 all-seater new<br />
stadium they moved into in<br />
January is the perfect base from<br />
which to launch themselves up<br />
the pyramid.<br />
While for many leaving Bootham<br />
Crescent, the club’s home since<br />
1932, was a wrench, the stateof-the-art<br />
facilities, which the<br />
club share with the city’s rugby<br />
league team, should allow them<br />
to maximise opportunities both<br />
on and off the pitch.<br />
Q <strong>York</strong> were in a promising position<br />
to bid for promotion from Vanarama<br />
National League North when last<br />
season was brought to a premature<br />
close due to the pandemic. What are<br />
the club’s aspirations for the coming<br />
campaign?<br />
A Last season was a bit of a write-off<br />
due to the stop-start nature of the<br />
campaign. At one point we didn’t<br />
know until the morning before a<br />
game that we weren’t playing as other<br />
teams didn’t want to participate due<br />
to the absence of crowds and lack of<br />
funding. It prevented us from getting<br />
a run of games and that no doubt<br />
affected our ability on the pitch. This<br />
season, like any other, we make no<br />
secret that our goal is promotion and<br />
this feels like our year following some<br />
exciting new signings and the move to<br />
our new stadium!<br />
Q You have had an encouraging<br />
pre-season so far, including<br />
wins over Newcastle United and<br />
Middlesbrough and a draw with<br />
Sunderland, so can <strong>Notts</strong> expect a<br />
tough work-out at Meadow Lane?<br />
A It’s been a very good pre-season so<br />
far. Both Newcastle and Sunderland<br />
played full-strength sides and we<br />
didn’t look four or five leagues apart,<br />
as we are, and that is testament to the<br />
effort and quality the team put into<br />
both performances. Last season <strong>York</strong><br />
beat <strong>Notts</strong> in a pre-season friendly<br />
but this year I would expect both sides<br />
to be even stronger and it should be a<br />
good game.<br />
Q What style of play can <strong>Notts</strong><br />
fans expect to see from <strong>City</strong> under<br />
manager Steve Watson?<br />
A Steve likes to build from the back,<br />
so you can expect a strong core to the<br />
squad. With the fire power we now<br />
have up front you should expect a<br />
very attacking team – maybe similar<br />
in style to what Watson was used to<br />
when playing under Kevin Keegan at<br />
Newcastle.<br />
Q Have any players left the club<br />
who you will miss, and which of your<br />
exciting signings could figure in this<br />
game?<br />
A In the summer we had a few<br />
switch arounds in terms of playing<br />
personnel, with notable players<br />
like Jack Redshaw being released.<br />
However, Steve Watson has brought<br />
in a whole new strike force, including<br />
some real big hitters like Clayton<br />
Donaldson and, most recently,<br />
Mark Beck, who joins on loan from<br />
Harrogate. Add in Kurt Willoughby<br />
and Jason Gilchrist and you could say<br />
we have one of the best front lines in<br />
the league, which is a very exciting<br />
prospect for the upcoming season.<br />
Q You had not long moved<br />
into your new home, the LNER<br />
Community Stadium, before last<br />
season was halted. How much of a<br />
boost will playing there give to the<br />
development of all your squads,<br />
not just the first team, and also<br />
in terms of commercial and other<br />
opportunities?<br />
A The boost is massive. The whole<br />
feeling around the club is different<br />
and very positive moving into a new<br />
facility which is fitting for a club of<br />
our size. It was very sad to be leaving<br />
Bootham Crescent but this new<br />
stadium should provide the impetus<br />
the club needs to climb back up the<br />
leagues.<br />
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player interview<br />
kyle<br />
Cameron<br />
Kyle Cameron is a man on a<br />
mission to write himself into<br />
folklore as part of the team which<br />
regained our EFL status.<br />
But while he claims it will be “massive” to<br />
achieve promotion, his ambitions for both<br />
himself and the club do not end there.<br />
“I came here for the project the owners and<br />
management have set in stone, that they<br />
want to move up through the leagues,” said<br />
Cameron, who arrived at Meadow Lane<br />
from Torquay United earlier this summer.<br />
“I said when I arrived that I think a league<br />
and cup double is what we have to aim for<br />
and, if we fall short, hopefully we win the<br />
league, or at least get promoted.<br />
“But I’m a winner, and winning things is what<br />
we want to do as a squad, so I think we can<br />
set our standards really high with the quality<br />
of the signings we have brought in. That<br />
shows the draw Ian Burchnall has, along with<br />
the club and the facilities.<br />
“A lot of players want to be here and with<br />
well over 3,000 season tickets having been<br />
sold with a month to go before the start of<br />
the season, that is really impressive. I think<br />
the fans are going to enjoy what they see<br />
this season!<br />
“Off the pitch we are already set up like<br />
a League One club, so it’s just about<br />
producing performances on the pitch to get<br />
us out of this league.<br />
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“Every day<br />
you come in,<br />
have your<br />
breakfast,<br />
do your prep<br />
in the gym<br />
sessions<br />
before<br />
training,<br />
which is very<br />
technical,<br />
very tactical...<br />
“If we do that there is no reason why we<br />
can’t achieve back-to-back promotions,<br />
especially with three automatic promotion<br />
places and a play-off spot up for grabs in<br />
League Two.<br />
“I think this is the hardest league to get<br />
out of, so that is the first target, but then<br />
the aim is to get to League One. Once you<br />
get there you are going to attract more<br />
high-calibre players due to playing at a<br />
higher standard, the size of the club and the<br />
facilities, which are developing all the time.<br />
“If we get there, hopefully two years down<br />
the line there will have been even more
guides to how the team is gelling as the<br />
National League kick-off looms.<br />
“<strong>Derby</strong> start their Championship campaign<br />
at Huddersfield next weekend so I think<br />
they will play a very strong starting eleven,”<br />
he said.<br />
“It’s a good opportunity to see where we<br />
are as a team and how our fitness compares<br />
with a team from a higher league.<br />
“But really it’s about getting fit, looking at<br />
that Barnet game as the main target and just<br />
ticking off the days until then.<br />
“We are still a new team trying to gel and<br />
learn each others’ games so I think whatever<br />
the outcome against <strong>Derby</strong> we are going to<br />
learn something.”<br />
Cameron is also looking forward to facing<br />
<strong>York</strong> <strong>City</strong>, though he has mixed emotions<br />
about his time six years ago.<br />
improvements off the pitch and then<br />
anything can happen.<br />
“When I spoke to the gaffer and CEO Jason<br />
Turner, what they explained to me was a real<br />
draw. I want to be part of promotions and a<br />
winning culture.<br />
“If you are in a team that gets promoted<br />
you are always going to be remembered,<br />
no matter what level you are at. But this is<br />
the hardest league to get out of in English<br />
football, so to achieve that would be<br />
special.”<br />
The 24-year-old centre half, a product of<br />
Newcastle United’s academy, where he<br />
played in the same teams as our striker Cal<br />
Roberts, said everything at Meadow Lane<br />
had surpassed his expectations on arrival.<br />
“The set up, the way the gaffer works, the<br />
tactics, it’s everything I hoped for and more.<br />
“Every day you come in, have your<br />
breakfast, do your prep in the gym sessions<br />
before training, which is very technical,<br />
very tactical. You are always taking in<br />
information about how we want to play,<br />
in and out of possession, so the full<br />
package is there, all the things you<br />
need if you want to take your game to<br />
the next level.”<br />
Cameron was utilised in various<br />
positions by Torquay manager Gary<br />
Johnson but is now relishing his role<br />
on the left of a back three.<br />
“Ian wants me getting on the ball and<br />
starting attacks from the back, which is<br />
something I’ve always wanted to do as a<br />
modern defender.”<br />
Cameron expects our friendlies against<br />
<strong>Derby</strong> <strong>County</strong> and <strong>York</strong> <strong>City</strong> to be good<br />
...You are always<br />
taking in information<br />
about how we want<br />
to play, in and out of<br />
possession, so the full<br />
package is there, all<br />
the things you need<br />
if you want to take<br />
your game to the<br />
next level”<br />
“I was on loan there the year<br />
they were relegated from<br />
League Two, when I was just 18,”<br />
he recalled.<br />
“They are a good club with a good<br />
following and I enjoyed my time there, it’s<br />
just a shame things didn’t work out better<br />
on the field.<br />
“They have had good pre-season results<br />
against Newcastle and Sunderland and will<br />
provide a really difficult test.”<br />
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pre-season<br />
action<br />
Coalville 0<br />
<strong>Notts</strong> 2<br />
(McCRORY, BENNETT)<br />
FIRST HALF XI: Brooks;<br />
Chicksen, Cameron, Aves (Y);<br />
McGregor (Y), Kelly-Evans; Kaba<br />
Sherif (T), Hondermarck (T),<br />
O’Brien; Wright (T), Knight<br />
SECOND HALF XI: Slocombe;<br />
McCrory (T), Rawlinson,<br />
Brindley; Taylor, Geeves<br />
(Y), Doyle, Bennett (T),<br />
Hondermarck (T), Smith (Y),<br />
Wootton<br />
Telford 0<br />
<strong>Notts</strong> 1<br />
(ROBERTS)<br />
LINE-UP: Brooks (Slocombe<br />
61’); Chicksen (Cameron 61’),<br />
McCrory (Rawlinson 61’),<br />
Brindley (Kaba Sherif 61’); Taylor<br />
(McGregor 61’), Kelly-Evans<br />
(Knight 61’), Francis (Palmer<br />
45’), O’Brien (Hondermarck<br />
61’), Bennett (Roberts 61’),<br />
Sam (Rodrigues 45’), Wright<br />
(Wootton 61’)<br />
Boston 1<br />
<strong>Notts</strong> 3<br />
LINE-UP: Slocombe (Brooks<br />
67’); Cameron (Chicksen 62’),<br />
Rawlinson (McCrory 62’),<br />
Brindley (Kelly-Evans 67’); Taylor<br />
(McGregor 67’), Knight (O’Brien<br />
25’), Kaba-Sherif, Hondermarck,<br />
Palmer (Francis 45’), Wright,<br />
Wootton (Sam 62’)<br />
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The New Recruits<br />
Get the lowdown on<br />
our six recent arrivals<br />
#17<br />
Frank<br />
Vincent<br />
#4<br />
Kyle<br />
Cameron<br />
First through the door was Torquay<br />
United’s commanding defender Kyle<br />
Cameron, fresh from a frustrating<br />
play-off final in which he had two<br />
legitimate-looking goals ruled out<br />
as Hartlepool went on to secure<br />
promotion to the EFL.<br />
Cameron was born and raised in<br />
Northumberland and played alongside<br />
fellow Geordie Cal Roberts in the<br />
youth ranks at Newcastle United.<br />
He had to get over the disappointment<br />
of being released by his boyhood club<br />
in 2018 and made the brave move<br />
down to Torquay, who had just been<br />
relegated to the National League South,<br />
in a bid to kick-start his senior career.<br />
Cameron hit the ground running<br />
at Plainmoor, quickly earning an<br />
extension to his contract as Gulls boss<br />
Gary Johnson hailed him ‘one of the<br />
best centre-halves I’ve worked with’.<br />
And he barely missed a kick as Torquay<br />
secured an immediate return to the<br />
National League and established<br />
themselves back in the top tier, often<br />
filling in as skipper in the absence of<br />
Asa Hall.<br />
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AFC Bournemouth midfielder Frank<br />
Vincent soon followed Cameron,<br />
signing for us in early July.<br />
And Ian Burchnall believes Vincent,<br />
who has had loan spells in the EFL with<br />
Scunthorpe and Walsall as well as a<br />
promotion-winning stint with Torquay<br />
alongside Cameron, will prove an<br />
excellent addition to our midfield.<br />
“Frank can play either as a holding<br />
midfielder or as a number eight,” he<br />
said. “He covers ground well, he’s leftfooted<br />
and a good passer of the ball.<br />
“He suits the way we want to play and<br />
has been given a good education in<br />
that style at Bournemouth.”<br />
Vincent has spent the early part of<br />
pre-season rehabilitating from injury<br />
but is making positive progress.<br />
#3<br />
Joel<br />
Taylor<br />
We paid an undisclosed fee<br />
to secure the services of<br />
Chesterfield wing-back Joel<br />
Taylor.<br />
The 25-year-old Stoke <strong>City</strong><br />
academy graduate, who joined<br />
the Spireites from Chester<br />
last summer, is described by<br />
Burchnall as a player who can<br />
‘offer a threat one-against-one.’<br />
The head coach added: “Joel’s<br />
pace in the wide areas and<br />
his ability to attack in those<br />
moments is really important.<br />
“We have to look at the whole<br />
package, including his age and<br />
potential. He’s got the capacity<br />
to develop his game further<br />
and we feel we can help him do<br />
that in this environment.”
#14<br />
Ed Francis<br />
21-year-old holding midfielder Ed<br />
Francis, who skippered the likes of<br />
Phil Foden and Jadon Sancho during<br />
an 11-year rise through Manchester<br />
<strong>City</strong>’s academy, arrived at Meadow<br />
Lane earlier this month to Burchnall’s<br />
delight.<br />
“Ed’s time at <strong>City</strong> gave him a<br />
tremendous education,” said the<br />
head coach. “He has great pedigree<br />
and experience of playing with some<br />
outstanding talent for both <strong>City</strong> and<br />
England.<br />
“In the role we want Ed to play, you’re<br />
the pivot of the whole team. You have<br />
to understand space, where to position<br />
yourself to receive the ball and the<br />
defensive areas to cover. You’re also<br />
responsible for dictating the play, so it’s<br />
a hugely important position.<br />
“We feel Ed ticks all the boxes to do a<br />
great job for us. Positionally he’s very,<br />
very good, he’s comfortable on the<br />
ball and has a lovely left foot – as well<br />
as a good physical presence.”<br />
#11<br />
Aaron<br />
Nemane<br />
Former Manchester <strong>City</strong> wide<br />
man Aaron Nemane became<br />
our second summer signing<br />
from Torquay.<br />
Born in France and raised in<br />
Manchester, the pacey 23-yearold<br />
joined the Devon outfit<br />
following his release from <strong>City</strong><br />
in 2019 but, despite the offer<br />
of a new deal at Plainmoor,<br />
he followed in Cameron’s<br />
footsteps by making the<br />
move north after we agreed<br />
compensation with the Gulls.<br />
“Aaron is one of the quickest<br />
players in the league,” said<br />
Burchnall. “He’s very good<br />
one-against-one and can play<br />
as a winger in a 3-4-3, as a wing<br />
back or even as a number 10.<br />
“He’s a different type of wide<br />
player to what we’ve got at<br />
the moment. Aaron is direct in<br />
his running and likes to get in<br />
behind to stretch the play.<br />
“He’ll add something different<br />
to our attacking patterns and<br />
will be particularly useful when<br />
we’re up against teams who are<br />
defending with a low block as<br />
we’ll need players with pace<br />
and skill to open them up.”<br />
Nemane missed the end of last<br />
season through injury and has<br />
been gradually building his<br />
fitness since arriving.<br />
#18<br />
Matt Palmer<br />
We further bolstered our midfield<br />
with the acquisition of experienced<br />
EFL campaigner Matt Palmer.<br />
The 26-year-old has racked up more<br />
than 200 EFL appearances – most<br />
recently in Sky Bet League One last<br />
season - and has won promotion with<br />
Burton Albion, Rotherham United and<br />
Swindon Town.<br />
“We’ve brought in two very talented<br />
young midfielders in Ed Francis and<br />
Frank Vincent this summer, so adding<br />
someone of Matt’s experience will give<br />
us great balance in the central area,”<br />
said the head coach.<br />
“We’re looking at him playing a similar<br />
role to Jake Reeves towards the end<br />
of last season. He could play deep,<br />
but we see him more as a box-to-box<br />
midfielder who can contribute to the<br />
attacking side of the game.<br />
“Matt’s got a great eye for a forward<br />
pass and will also contribute a lot when<br />
we’re looking to retain possession as<br />
he’s really comfortable with the ball<br />
and very competent technically.”<br />
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MIKE<br />
TOWNSEND<br />
gives us the inside track<br />
following a busy few weeks<br />
in the ticket office…<br />
As many of you will have<br />
read, a week or so ago we<br />
passed our total 2019-20<br />
season ticket sales figure with<br />
more than a month to go before<br />
our home curtain-raiser against<br />
Torquay United.<br />
While plenty of hard work has<br />
gone on behind the scenes – and<br />
as much as my colleagues and I<br />
would love to take all the credit –<br />
based on conversations I’ve had<br />
with supporters I think there are a<br />
number of other key factors which<br />
have contributed to such strong<br />
sales.<br />
Clearly, having not been able to<br />
watch us for the best part of 18<br />
months, there is a huge appetite<br />
from fans to be with us every step<br />
of the way this season.<br />
Add to that the attractive brand<br />
of football Ian Burchnall has<br />
implemented, as well as the<br />
happy memories of our dramatic<br />
play-off victory over Chesterfield<br />
and comprehensive win against<br />
Weymouth, and it’s probably<br />
unsurprising that we’ve seen such<br />
strong interest.<br />
I must pay tribute to my hardworking<br />
team of ticket office<br />
staff who have managed an<br />
extremely busy period brilliantly<br />
and it’s also been great to work<br />
closely with our media team to<br />
ensure important messaging was<br />
communicated promptly and<br />
professionally.<br />
A tremendous team effort<br />
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ticketing platform, which has<br />
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supporters has been excellent and<br />
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Go behind the scenes at<br />
Holme Road to see what<br />
the lads have been getting<br />
up to in pre-season so far!
young<br />
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anagrams<br />
Can you unscramble the letters to<br />
identify our new signings?<br />
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Can you find all of the first team players hidden<br />
in the word search above?<br />
Slocombe<br />
Chicksen<br />
Rawlinson<br />
McCrory<br />
Brindley<br />
Francis<br />
McGregor<br />
Knight<br />
Kelly-Evans<br />
Kaba-Sherif<br />
Hondermarck<br />
O’Brien<br />
Wright<br />
Wootton<br />
Sam<br />
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guess who<br />
Do you recognise the player in the<br />
photo above?<br />
Details of our 2021-22 Young Pies membership will be<br />
shared ahead of the season. If you have any questions in<br />
the meantime, please email alice.kelk@nottscountyfc.co.uk<br />
or call 0115 955 7241.<br />
Answers: Anagrams: Joel Taylor, Ed Francis, Aaron Nemane, Kyle Cameron, Matt Palmer, Frank Vincent. uess Who: Callum Roberts<br />
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NOTTS<br />
COUNTY<br />
FOUNDATION<br />
FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE<br />
RAFT OF NEW HIRES<br />
<strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong> Foundation has announced the appointment of 13 new<br />
members of staff to support the charity’s growing presence across<br />
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.<br />
Based from <strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong> Foundation’s<br />
Portland Centre facility in the Meadows,<br />
Megan Collins, Nicolas Victory and Gemma<br />
Stapleton have joined as multipurpose<br />
attendants, Emma Shiels, Mia Humphreys,<br />
Maddie Knowles and Stefan Furgala have<br />
become the charity’s newest coaches<br />
and swim school teachers, and Kyle<br />
Beekman plus an incoming receptionist<br />
will be responsible for the day-to-day<br />
management and maintenance of the<br />
Portland Centre.<br />
Operating out of <strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong> Foundation’s<br />
Meadow Lane headquarters, Sufyaan Ali<br />
has been appointed as a finance assistant,<br />
Steven Grocock has joined as NCS (National<br />
Citizen Service) officer and Lauren Cotton<br />
has become the charity’s new sport and<br />
inclusion manager.<br />
Sam Crawford, Head of Business<br />
Development at <strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong> Foundation,<br />
said: “Everyone at <strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
Foundation is delighted and couldn’t be<br />
prouder to welcome all of the new starters.<br />
Adding experienced, motivated and<br />
professional personnel to <strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
Foundation is something that’s very<br />
important in order to continue to support<br />
and serve the local community as best<br />
as possible. I very much look forward to<br />
working alongside everyone.”<br />
Lauren Cotton, Sport & Inclusion<br />
Manager at <strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong> Foundation,<br />
said: “I am really pleased to have joined<br />
<strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong> Foundation at what is<br />
proving to be a really exciting period of<br />
growth and development for the charity.<br />
Using the benefits of sport to improve<br />
people’s lives is something that I am<br />
incredibly passionate about, so it’s great<br />
to be working alongside other people who<br />
are equally as invested in supporting the<br />
local community.”<br />
<strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong> Foundation delivers a<br />
range of innovative programmes that<br />
make a positive difference to people in<br />
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, raising<br />
aspirations and supporting some of the<br />
most disadvantaged, marginalised and<br />
talented people across the city and county.<br />
Sufyaan Ali, Finance Assistant at <strong>Notts</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> Foundation, said: “<strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
Foundation is a forward-thinking charity<br />
that puts the community’s needs and wants<br />
at the heart of everything it does and<br />
offers. Having the opportunity to join such<br />
a people-focused organisation that aims<br />
to genuinely change people’s lives for the<br />
better was something that I couldn’t pass<br />
up and I look forward to working with the<br />
rest of the team to make a real difference.”<br />
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2021-22<br />
Player Sponsors<br />
hc<br />
IAN<br />
BURCHNALL<br />
01<br />
SAM<br />
SLOCOMBE<br />
05<br />
CONNELL<br />
RAWLINSON<br />
NOTTS COUNTY<br />
SUPPORTERS CLUB<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
VIVIEN PAVIS<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
LIFELINE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
ahc<br />
MICHAEL<br />
DOYLE<br />
02<br />
RICHARD<br />
BRINDLEY<br />
06<br />
JIM<br />
O’BRIEN<br />
NOTTS COUNTY<br />
OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS<br />
ASSOCIATION<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
GEORGE WHITEHEAD<br />
MACESPORT<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
NOTTS COUNTY<br />
SUPPORTERS CLUB<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
03<br />
JOEL<br />
TAYLOR<br />
09<br />
KYLE<br />
WOOTTON<br />
TWELVE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
DEAN & GEORGE<br />
ROBSON<br />
JÜRGEN HALLIGAN<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
04<br />
KYLE<br />
CAMERON<br />
10<br />
CALLUM<br />
ROBERTS<br />
THE BIG PICTURE<br />
LEARNING LTD<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
BETVICTOR<br />
RILEY HANSON<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
24
11<br />
AARON<br />
NEMANE<br />
DEXTER & DELPHI<br />
NAYLOR<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
16<br />
DION<br />
KELLY-<br />
EVANS<br />
JAMES EDWARDS<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
DAVID GREENWOOD<br />
20<br />
RUBEN<br />
RODRIGUES<br />
GEOFF & ELLIOT<br />
GIBBS<br />
JAMES EDWARDS<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
12<br />
TIERNAN<br />
BROOKS<br />
17<br />
FRANK<br />
VINCENT<br />
21<br />
TYREACE<br />
PALMER<br />
KEVIN DUSKA<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
CREATIVE<br />
APOSTROPHE LTD<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
14<br />
ED<br />
FRANCIS<br />
18<br />
MATT<br />
PALMER<br />
23<br />
ADAM<br />
CHICKSEN<br />
CADBURY<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
DIANNE JACKSON<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
RICHARD GILL<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
15<br />
LEWIS<br />
KNIGHT<br />
THE MAGPIE CIRCLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
19<br />
ELISHA<br />
SAM<br />
PAUL, LYNDSEY,<br />
NICK & BEN LYNCH<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
PAUL, LYNDSEY,<br />
NICK & BEN LYNCH<br />
24<br />
ALEX<br />
LACEY<br />
IAN ROBERTS<br />
GEO HANSON &<br />
SONS LTD<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
25
SEASONAL HOSPITALITY<br />
2021-22<br />
Benefits include<br />
- Use of our Directors’ Suite for all 22 home league fixtures<br />
- Delicious meals including three-course carveries, two-course theme<br />
nights for evening fixtures and a brunch buffet for early kick-offs<br />
- A club gift presented at the first game of the season<br />
- Exclusive padded seating in the Derek Pavis Stand<br />
- Priority access to in-demand cup and play-off tickets, plus the<br />
chance to secure seats for friends and family<br />
- Pre-match interview or entertainment with a former/current player<br />
- Half-time and full-time tea, coffee, and biscuits<br />
- Post-match interview with the Man of the Match<br />
- Complimentary matchday programme and teamsheet<br />
- Sky Sports and BT Sports TV available in the lounge<br />
- Exclusive retail discount days<br />
- 10% discount on perimeter board advertising<br />
New member £950 inc VAT<br />
Renewal price £900 inc VAT<br />
To book, please email commercial@nottscountyfc.co.uk or call 0115 955 7241
AN UPDATE FROM<br />
OUR COMMERCIAL<br />
OPERATIONS MANAGER<br />
JORDAN<br />
WORTHINGTON<br />
It’s been an excellent summer<br />
so far from a commercial<br />
perspective, perhaps best<br />
underlined by supporters’<br />
fantastic response to our kit<br />
launch.<br />
The away kit has in fact been so popular<br />
that we’ve already had to place an<br />
additional order of shirts, which we<br />
expect to arrive in November, and I’d<br />
like to thank our retail manager Lynn<br />
Lawson and her staff for their tireless<br />
and diligent work in executing the<br />
launch in a Covid-safe manner.<br />
We’ve also seen tremendous season<br />
ticket sales, with more than 3,100 having<br />
being sold with over a month to go<br />
before our first home match of the new<br />
campaign. That figure exceeds the total<br />
number we sold for 2019-20, including<br />
half season tickets, which is a great<br />
achievement.<br />
The club is also fortunate to benefit<br />
from the support of a number of key<br />
partners who’ll be with us every step of<br />
the way this season:<br />
• Cadbury: Our front of home shirt<br />
sponsor, who have donated their<br />
inventory to Sharpes of Nottingham<br />
for the second season running<br />
• Jake Bugg: Our front of away shirt<br />
sponsor. If you’d like to learn more<br />
about Jake’s <strong>Notts</strong> story, search<br />
‘Jake Bugg x Jamal Edwards’ in<br />
YouTube<br />
• Light Source: Our back of shorts<br />
and back of away shirt sponsor<br />
• Pukka Pies: Official pies suppliers<br />
here at Meadow Lane<br />
Player Kit Sponsorship<br />
Player kit sponsorship is available once again for the 2021-22 season! This season gold, silver and bronze packages<br />
are available for every player in the first-team squad.<br />
Benefit GOLD SILIVER BRONZE<br />
Watch a training session and meet the team <br />
Logo or name in the Mag and on chosen player’s Twitter goal artwork <br />
Personal certificate from chosen player <br />
Exclusive invite to sponsors’ lunch and shirt presentation <br />
Thank you video from chosen player <br />
GOLD: £325 + VAT<br />
(renewals - £280 + VAT)<br />
SILVER: £200 + VAT<br />
(renewals - £175 + VAT)<br />
For more information, please email alice.kelk@nottscounty.co.uk or call 0115 955 7241.<br />
BRONZE: £40 + VAT<br />
(renewals - £35 + VAT)<br />
27
2021-22 fixtures<br />
and results<br />
AUGUST<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
OCTOBER<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
DECEMBER<br />
JANUARY<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
MARCH<br />
APRIL<br />
MAY<br />
DATE OPPOSITION H/A COMP F/A ATT STARTING XI<br />
SAT 21 BARNET A VNL<br />
SAT 28 TORQUAY UNITED H VNL<br />
MON 30 WREXHAM A VNL<br />
SAT 4 ALDERSHOT TOWN H VNL<br />
SAT 11 WEYMOUTH A VNL<br />
TUE 14 WEALDSTONE H VNL<br />
SAT 18 MAIDENHEAD UNITED H VNL<br />
SAT 18<br />
FAC 2Q<br />
SAT 25 ALTRINCHAM A VNL<br />
SAT 2 WOKING H VNL<br />
SAT 2<br />
FAC 3Q<br />
TUE 5 FC HALIFAX TOWN A VNL<br />
SAT 9 YEOVIL TOWN A VNL<br />
SAT 16<br />
FAC 4Q<br />
SAT 23 STOCKPORT COUNTY H VNL<br />
TUE 26 BROMLEY H VNL<br />
SAT 30 GRIMSBY TOWN A VNL<br />
SAT 6 FAC 1<br />
SAT 13 SOLIHULL MOORS H VNL<br />
SAT 20 EASTLEIGH A VNL<br />
TUE 23 BOREHAM WOOD A VNL<br />
SAT 27 DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE H VNL<br />
SAT 27 FAT 2<br />
SAT 4 CHESTERFIELD A FAC 2<br />
SAT 11 SOUTHEND UNITED H VNL<br />
SAT 18 FAT 3<br />
SUN 26 KING'S LYNN TOWN A VNL<br />
SUN 2 WREXHAM H VNL<br />
SAT 8 DOVER ATHLETIC A VNL<br />
SAT 8 FAC 3<br />
SAT 15 FAT 4<br />
SAT 22 BARNET H VNL<br />
TUE 25 WEALDSTONE A VNL<br />
SAT 29 BROMLEY A VNL<br />
SAT 5 GRIMSBY TOWN H VNL<br />
SAT 5 FAC 4<br />
SAT 12 SOLIHULL MOORS A VNL<br />
SAT 12 FAT 5<br />
SAT 19 EASTLEIGH H VNL<br />
TUE 22 FC HALIFAX TOWN H VNL<br />
SAT 26 WOKING A VNL<br />
WED 2 FAC 5<br />
SAT 5 YEOVIL TOWN H VNL<br />
SAT 12 STOCKPORT COUNTY A VNL<br />
SAT 12 FAT 6<br />
SAT 19 DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE A VNL<br />
SAT 19<br />
FAC QF<br />
TUE 22 BOREHAM WOOD H VNL<br />
SAT 26 CHESTERFIELD H VNL<br />
SAT 2 SOUTHEND UNITED A VNL<br />
SAT 2<br />
FAT SF<br />
SAT 9 TORQUAY UNITED A VNL<br />
FRI 15 KING'S LYNN TOWN H VNL<br />
SAT 16<br />
FAC SF<br />
SAT 23 WEYMOUTH H VNL<br />
SAT 30 ALDERSHOT TOWN A VNL<br />
MON 2 DOVER ATHLETIC H VNL<br />
SAT 7 ALTRINCHAM H VNL<br />
SAT 14<br />
FAC F<br />
SUN 15 MAIDENHEAD UNITED A VNL<br />
SUN 22<br />
FAT F<br />
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29
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The Lifeline committee are all<br />
excited for what promises to be<br />
another brilliant season for our<br />
membership, with lots of events<br />
in the pipeline now we can all be<br />
together once more.<br />
Two dates for your diary are Thursday 30<br />
September, when we’ll be hosting our big<br />
draw dinner, and 17 December when our<br />
ever-popular Christmas party makes a<br />
welcome return!<br />
We will also be re-launching our quarterly<br />
newsletter to keep members informed of<br />
all things Lifeline, so please email lifeline@<br />
nottscountyfc.co.uk or call 0115 955 7200<br />
to ensure we have your latest email address.<br />
Thanks to our members, more than<br />
£90,000 was donated to the club this<br />
summer to help fund essential pitch works<br />
at Meadow Lane and our training ground,<br />
ongoing scoreboard maintenance and<br />
network cabling around the stadium.<br />
If you’d like to sign up and help us help the<br />
club, please use the contact details above<br />
and we’ll add you to our waiting list.<br />
COYP!<br />
latest<br />
winners<br />
£1,000<br />
0447<br />
Andrew Thomas<br />
Rise Park<br />
£100<br />
0634<br />
Michael Bostock<br />
Hucknall<br />
£100<br />
1270<br />
Darren Smart<br />
Long Eaton<br />
£100<br />
0492<br />
Nick Raine<br />
Sherwood<br />
£50<br />
1319<br />
Mark Whyler<br />
Selston<br />
£50<br />
2185<br />
Annabelle<br />
Howard<br />
Northampton<br />
£50<br />
2468<br />
Mr S Jayes<br />
Calverton<br />
£70<br />
(50/50 draw)<br />
1399<br />
Stephen James<br />
Beeston<br />
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team sheet<br />
notts<br />
county<br />
1 Sam Slocombe GK<br />
2 Richard Brindley<br />
3 Joel Taylor<br />
4 Kyle Cameron<br />
5 Connell Rawlinson<br />
6 Jim O’Brien<br />
8 Michael Doyle<br />
9 Kyle Wootton<br />
10 Cal Roberts<br />
11 Aaron Nemane<br />
12 Tiernan Brooks GK<br />
13 Jake Kean GK<br />
14 Ed Francis<br />
derby<br />
county<br />
David Marshall GK<br />
Kelle Roos GK<br />
Ryan Allsop T<br />
Nathan Byrne<br />
Craig Forsyth<br />
Lee Buchanan<br />
Kornell McDonald<br />
Festy Ebosele<br />
Phil Jagielka T<br />
Curtis Davies T<br />
Andre Wisdom T<br />
Richard Stearman T<br />
Krystian Bielik<br />
york<br />
city<br />
Maison Campbell GK<br />
Pete Jameson GK<br />
Ryan Whitley GK<br />
Scott Barrow<br />
Matty Brown<br />
Michael Duckworth<br />
Jonny Haase<br />
Josh King<br />
Sean Newton<br />
Jack Degruchy<br />
Olly Dyson<br />
Mackenzie Heaney<br />
Paddy McLaughlin<br />
15 Lewis Knight<br />
Graeme Shinnie<br />
Archie Whitfield<br />
16 Dion Kelly-Evans<br />
Jason Knight<br />
Michael Woods<br />
17 Frank Vincent<br />
Max Bird<br />
Akil Wright<br />
18 Matt Palmer<br />
Louie Sibley<br />
Mark Beck<br />
19 Elisha Sam<br />
Louie Watson<br />
Clayton Donaldson<br />
20 Ruben Rodrigues<br />
Isaac Hutchinson<br />
Jason Gilchrist<br />
21 Tyreace Palmer<br />
Tom Carroll T<br />
Luke Jones<br />
23 Adam Chicksen<br />
Ravel Morrison T<br />
Reon Potts<br />
24 Alex Lacey<br />
Tom Lawrence<br />
Kurt Willoughby<br />
Brad McGregor Y<br />
Colin Kazim-Richards<br />
Lamine Kaba Sherif T<br />
Jack Stretton<br />
William Hondermarck T<br />
Kamil Jozwiak<br />
Andre Wright T<br />
Sam Baldock T<br />
Sone Aluko T<br />
T<br />
= trialist Y = youth player<br />
MATCH OFFICIALS<br />
Referee<br />
GARRETH RHODES<br />
Assistant Referee 1<br />
OLLIE BICKLE<br />
Assistant Referee 2<br />
JAMIE O’CONNOR<br />
MATCH OFFICIALS<br />
Referee<br />
MARTYN FRYER<br />
Assistant Referee 1<br />
RYAN HAYNES<br />
Assistant Referee 2<br />
BEN STOTT