The Notts County Courier
Squad12 May 2031
The knee: Macaulay Langstaff out for 97 days
97 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Notts County lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad12 May 2031
Tempers go at Notts County
Jordan Storey was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad12 May 2031
Words at Notts County training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Michael Keane is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match10 May 2031
Notts County come up short against Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad12 May 2031
100 appearances for Enso González
100 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.
The dugout12 May 2031
Simon Wood faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Simon Wood after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
The dugout12 May 2031
Jordan Storey 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.
The dugout12 May 2031
The manager makes an example of Santiago López
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout12 May 2031
Alassana Jatta has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Notts County will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- Market Macaulay Langstaff linked with a move away
- Looking ahead A reunion for Alex Murphy
- Market Christopher Edwards told to find a new club