Leon Robinson

Central Defender - Notts County
17 Sep 2026
Thursday
Process

Marked for Leon Robinson

7 Edition

The Notts County Courier

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

27 days out for Maï Traoré after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Notts County will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Match

No end in sight to Notts County's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Notts County has to find a result from somewhere.

Transfer targets

Notts County rebuffed over Joe Buršík

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Portsmouth have kept their man, and Notts County go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

Notts County and Harry Clifton are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad

A falling-out at Notts County

Harry Griffiths and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout

Leon Robinson asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Matthew Dennis falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Samuel Bell chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.

Player ratings

Jodi Jones runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

Back issues
6 Edition

The Notts County Courier

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Maï Traoré breaks a bone — 34 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 34 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Jodi Jones asks to leave Notts County

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Boardroom

Window shuts: 10 in, 12 out at Notts County

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 10 arrived, 12 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Transfer targets

No deal for Thomas O'Connor at that price

Notts County offered $700.0K; Wrexham said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Squad

Leon Robinson falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets

Sheffield United tell Notts County: Mark McGuinness is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

Leon Robinson has outgrown this division

There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Notts County know it, and so does everybody who watches him.

Market

Talks stall between Notts County and Leon Robinson

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad

9 new faces, and Notts County are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

In brief