The Notts County Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
Zac Noon damages knee ligaments — 29 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 29 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Tyrese Hall, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 8.09
A mark of 8.09 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ollie Norburn in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Notts County this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Notts County
2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jacob Bedeau 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Notts County see off Grimsby Town
Three points for Notts County, 2‑1 the final word against Grimsby Town in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Tyrese Hall
At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market17 Aug 2026
Notts County promote Michael Hunter from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michael Hunter has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Edward Bailey steps up from the Notts County academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Edward Bailey has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad Jacob Bedeau gets it from the manager
- Player ratings Jodi Jones runs at them all day
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Notts County