Colin Slater MBE, the BBC Radio Nottingham Sports Broadcaster who spent over half a century covering the fortunes of Notts County...
Sophie Bradley started her career at Forest, moved to Leeds and is now Defender and Captain for Notts County Ladies FC. In between all that, she’s played for England at the 2011 Women’s World Cup and at the 2012 Olympic Games. We chatted to the local lass about representing her country and team banter...
Born and bred in Nottingham, Shaun Derry cut his teeth at Notts County before setting off on a career that took in Sheffield United, QPR, Crystal Palace – a few times – and Leeds United. An aggressive, defensive midfielder in his day, he’s come home to sort out the Magpies as player-manager. We spent some time with him to see what his game plan is…
Club skipper during the iconic Jimmy Sirrel era that propelled the club from the bottom to the top. Part of the QPR team that lost the league by one point in 1976. A key component of the doomed Scotland '78 World Cup squad. A prodigal son who finished his career helping his beloved 'Pies into the top flight. There's been 150 years of Notts County football, and - according to those who saw him in action - no-one has played it better than Don Masson...
A potted history of the last century and a half in the life of world football's oldest league club...
"There's every reason to be optimistic, so mid-table obscurity beckons"
The scar on Brian Clough’s career. The most disastrous non-Italian transfer in Forest’s history. The rampant fantasist who claimed affairs with sexually experimental Tory MPs and Bet Lynch. The scorer of one of the most famous goals in English football. The only Tricky Tree to knock about with Peter Tatchell. Is it time to reassess the life of Justin Fashanu? Yes, says biographer Jim Read…
Some see Martin ‘Mad Dog’ Allen as the epitome of the eccentric, geezerish football manager. But Notts County fans will testify that there is method in the madness, after he saved them from relegation last season. We caught up with him for a chat about Nottingham, posh hotels and a certain League Cup tie...
The good news: the Pies reached some kind of stability in 2011. The bad news: it was in the shape of a record-breaking losing streak. Can Martin Allen keep them up, or is it back to the basement?
"The appearance of a red Nike tick would be an aberration had we not concluded amongst ourselves that it’s actually crimson"
" I’ll follow Notts forever, always look for their results and come back and visit a few times"
"All we want as Notts fans is not be patronised any more by the team we still see as our biggest rivals"
When I walk my dog on the local park every day I try not to become too disheartened by the number of kids wearing Chelsea, Arsenal, Man Utd and Liverpool shirts
"Nottingham’s football rivalry is probably the weakest in the country, which is pretty strange when you consider it's also the oldest"
Legendary Notts County manager Jimmy Sirrel has died. Here's an interview we did with him last year...
"The Baddiel and Skinner Pineapple thing didn’t kill my career but it had a negative effect"
"People are born and bred as Notts supporters. There's a certain animosity towards Forest, but not like in certain cities where it’s life or death"
We have a chat with Notts County's signing from Gedling Town about how he wants to become a local hero...