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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<br />

FOOTBALL CLUB<br />

Meadow Lane, Nottingham, NG2 3HJ<br />

Telephone: 0115 952 9000<br />

Email: office@nottscountyfc.co.uk<br />

Website: www.nottscountyfc.co.uk<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 />

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may<br />

be reproduced by any means without the written<br />

permission of the copyright owners. Although every<br />

effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the<br />

contents of this publication, the publishers cannot<br />

accept responsibility for any errors or omissions. Any<br />

opinions expressed are the views of the contributor<br />

themselves and not those necessarily of <strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />

The Mag is designed and produced on behalf<br />

of <strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong> by Ignition Sports Media.<br />

www.ignitionsportsmedia.com<br />

Printed by Stephens & George Print Group<br />

The Club operates and carries out its activities through the<br />

following commercial entity: <strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong> Football Club<br />

Limited, Meadow Lane Stadium, Meadow Lane, Nottingham,<br />

NG2 3HJ<br />

Company Number: 04789632 | VAT Number: 828477978<br />

The Club is a member of the Vanarama National League and<br />

is therefore subject to the League’s rules and regulations. The<br />

following individuals own a significant interest in <strong>Notts</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

Football Club Limited, as defined in National League Rule 2.13:<br />

Christoffer Reedtz, Alexander Reedtz<br />

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 />

Our board of directors<br />

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 />

ACADEMY<br />

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Our Official Supporters Association have launched<br />

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a GoFundMe page to aid their fantastic fundraising<br />

efforts for our academy.<br />

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MANY<br />

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RETURNS!<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 />

United<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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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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As many of you will have<br />

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While plenty of hard work has<br />

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I must pay tribute to my hardworking<br />

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20<br />

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!


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Can you unscramble the letters to<br />

identify our new signings?<br />

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word search<br />

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N A Y S N G P I K W B X<br />

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 />

Metal Tramp<br />

Far Neck Inn Tv<br />

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 />

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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 />

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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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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

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