Paul Bolland recalls a turbulent and eventful six year stint at Notts County. In the latest Magpie Circle podcast, Paul charts his time in Nottingham after being signed by manager Sam Allardyce for £75,000. He went on to make 194 appearances around the turn of the Millennium. And says Bolland: “I certainly grew up during…
Iain McCulloch remains one of Notts County’s all-time favourite players. He was a core component of Jimmy Sirrel and Howard Wilkinson’s famous team of the early 80s. His 54 goals in 263 games helped Notts line up alongside Nottingham Forest in the top flight of English football from 1981. In a new edition of the…
Balint Bajner has issued a remarkable come and get me plea to rejoin Notts County. The former Borussia Dortmund striker insists he has ‘unfinished business’ at Meadow Lane and is desperate to fire the club back into the Football League. Money is not an issue, the six feet five inch Hungarian insists, and says he…
Brian Stubbs, a true icon and legend of Notts County, takes a wonderful journey back in time. And he delivers a great exclusive story about how Jimmy Sirrel resigned after Jack Dunnett quizzed him over his team selection in the seventies. Never told before, Stubbs recounts how Dunnett queried Mick Vinter’s name on the subs…
Saul Deeney won’t forget his 22nd birthday celebrations in a hurry while with Notts County. In this week’s Magpie Circle podcast, Saul recalls how his family had all flown over from Ireland to watch him in League Two action against Kidderminster at Meadow Lane in 2005. A big night out was planned … and Saul…
Enoch Showunmi charts his footballing career from Notts County centre forward to working for a hedge fund company. In the newest live edition of the Magpie Circle podcast, Enoch reveals how he got the better of England captain Harry Maguire as Notts opened the 2013 campaign at Sheffield United. And why Jack Grealish was the…
Wes Morgan, Jermaine Pennant, David McGoldrick and Leon Best all came through Notts County’s youth ranks… And the man behind nurturing and developing a generation of young talent at Meadow Lane was Brian Bates. A former flying winger with over 140 appearances for Notts in the 60s, Bates returned to Meadow Lane to set up the…
Jason Lee played for both Nottingham clubs as well as Mansfield Town … but, surprisingly to many, netted more goals with Notts County than he did with Nottingham Forest. Now he is bidding to become the new Chief Executive of the Professional Footballers Association in succession to Gordon Taylor. And Lee took time off from…
Life was never dull playing for Notts County, recalls Northern Ireland manager Ian Baraclough. In a special 90 minute Magpie Circle podcast interview, Baraclough looks back with fond affection during his 250 appearances and two stints with the Magpies either side of the Millennium. “I spent the best part of seven seasons at Notts and…
In this Magpie Circle exclusive podcast, Fabian Spiess tells his own story of intense highs and the lowest of lows during his goalkeeping career at Notts County. Spiess made his first team debut in League One at the tender age of 18 in a 4-1 win over Colchester nine years ago. He was linked with…
Nottingham-born Greg Tempest gives a searingly honest insight into the ultimate highs and lows of becoming a professional footballer. The former Northern Ireland under 21 international charts the fulfilment of his dream of lining up for Notts County in League One., in this week’s episode of the Magpie Circle podcast. And the mental health challenges…
As a current National League club, it’s hard to fully appreciate that 40 years ago Notts County were a top flight side beating Nottingham Forest (regularly), rubbing shoulders with Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal and holding their own in the old Division One with relative ease. The Magpies’ first return to English football’s top flight…
Former Notts County striker Mark Stallard is equally as comfortable in the commentary box as he was in the six yard box at Meadow Lane. With 79 goals in 227 appearances at the turn of the millennium, Stallard is the joint 10th highest scorer in the club’s illustrious history. Nowadays he’s swapped his goalscoring boots…
Ricky Ravenhill was a serial winner – not just with Notts County but with Bradford City, Doncaster Rovers and in New Zealand under former Notts man Mick Waitt too. But undoubtedly it was the League Two championship success in 2009 with the Magpies which the midfielder lists as his most surreal and bizarre, in the…
Notts County and Newcastle United both share a black and white playing strip and a nickname of the Magpies. In the current era, it’s there that the similarities end. But for Geordie-born teenager Tommy Johnson there was only one choice to be made. And he duly turned Newcastle down, packed his bags from his Gateshead…
Did Notts County commit a faux-pas by not wearing black and white striped shirts in the play-off final at Wembley last year? Clifton-born Harrogate Town goalkeeper James Belshaw reveals how it certainly helped him put aside his Magpies’ allegiances to shut out Notts in a 3-1 success for the Yorkshire club. Belshaw – a lifelong…
Calverton-born Steve Cherry became one of Notts County’s all-time goalkeeping greats. But he could quite easily have followed in his family’s footsteps and worked in one of Nottinghamshire’s many coal mines. Cherry was initially rejected as a young lad by the Magpies. But after a detour via Derby and Plymouth, Cherry became Neil Warnock’s very…
Graduating through a professional football club academy can be a defining experience in life. In this week’s Magpie Circle podcast, three Nottinghamshire likely lads take us through their journey from being a YT at Notts County and into the professional ranks. Former Mansfield boss Paul Cox, Ravenshead’s Paul Sherlock and Sutton in Ashfield’s Jimmy Walker…
It’s a case of Boyz II Men for Basford-born Shaun Derry in the new episode of The Magpie Circle. Derry holds the unique distinction of being the only man to have grown up as a boy supporting Notts County, played for the club and managed the club. Now in his first-ever in-depth interview about his…
Beth Curzon has blazed a trail from Nottingham to Bulgaria … as one of Notts County’s most successful European football exports. It’s been a long and rewarding journey for Beth (23) who came through the Magpies’ female Academy squad to earn a contract with the home-town club of former Manchester United star Dimitar Berbatov. She’s…
