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A Tribute To Colin Slater MBE 1934-2022

Colin Slater MBE, the BBC Radio Nottingham Sports Broadcaster who spent over half a century covering the fortunes of Notts County...

LeftLion Football Podcast Episode 10: End of the Season

04 August 20

LeftLion Football Podcast Episode 6: Tom Head (@wiggumcharm)

07 February 20

LeftLion Football Podcast Episode 5: Jim McRae on the Managerial Change at Mansfield

03 January 20

Leftlion Football Podcast Episode 4: Kevin George of LGBT Trickies

30 November 19

The LeftLion Football Podcast #3: Lyndsey Harkin & Precious Hamilton

19 October 19

The LeftLion Football Podcast - Episode 2: August Review

02 September 19

The LeftLion Football Podcast - Episode 1

22 August 19

Interview: Sophie Bradley, Notts County Ladies

25 February 15

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...

Interview: Shaun Derry

20 August 14

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…

Interview: Don Masson

15 November 12

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...

Notts County: 150 Years of History

01 November 12

A potted history of the last century and a half in the life of world football's oldest league club...

Notts County Season Preview: 2012/13

15 August 12

"There's every reason to be optimistic, so mid-table obscurity beckons"

Justin Fashanu: The Biography

27 July 12

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…

Interview: Martin Allen

19 February 12

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...

Left Magpie: 2011-12 Notts County Season Preview

05 August 11

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?

Left Pie-On: Notts County Season 2010-11 preview

03 August 10

"The appearance of a red Nike tick would be an aberration had we not concluded amongst ourselves that it’s actually crimson"

Interview: Kasper Schmeichel

01 June 10

" I’ll follow Notts forever, always look for their results and come back and visit a few times"

The Fifteen Year Itch

01 August 09

"All we want as Notts fans is not be patronised any more by the team we still see as our biggest rivals"

Why I Became A Magpie

01 December 08

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