The Notts County Courier
Squad21 Aug 2028
A fracture rules Alfie Rice out for 93 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Notts County will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Real improvement from Kaelan Casey at Notts County
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Kaelan Casey is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Match19 Aug 2028
4 matches without a win for Notts County
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Notts County are no longer polite ones.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Thomas Ince 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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Matthew Dennis has improved at 26, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 4 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Notts County
5 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.
Match19 Aug 2028
The goals have deserted Notts County
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Notts County can tell you which week it ends in.
Match19 Aug 2028
Colchester United take the points off Notts County
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market21 Aug 2028
Notts County promote Thomas Hawkins from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thomas Hawkins 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.
In brief
- Market Charles Davis steps up from the Notts County academy
- Market Michael Scott steps up from the Notts County academy
- Market Steven Taylor steps up from the Notts County academy