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WELCOME TO THE NOTTS COUNTY FORMER PLAYERS' ASSOCIATION

OFFICIAL WEBSITE

This official website of the Notts County Former Players' Association (NCFPA) is designed to keep you informed about regular activities and encourage you to get involved.

If you have made one or more League appearances for Notts County, you automatically qualify as a member of the Association.

And as one of the distinguished band, we hope you will want to renew friendships with former colleagues on a regular basis by attending the annual dinner, golf competition and any other functions.

Please register your interest by contacting Jon Nixon at: jonnixon@gmx.co.uk. Apart from your personal details – name, address, telephone number and email address – please supply brief information what you are doing now, so that we can add it alongside your career details in the Members Section of this site.

NEXT MEETING - Please note that the next meeting of the Notts County Former Players' Association committee will be on Monday, April 12th, 2010 (7.45pm). We would welcome any input from former players. Please send any queries, comments or items to be included in the agenda to the secretary, Brian Bates, e-mail: bashandval@talktalk.net

SVEN WELCOMES FORMER PLAYERS

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Photos by kind permission of John Sumpter

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PAST FAVOURITES ARE SPECIAL GUESTS

Eight former Notts players, all past winners of the Player of the Year award, were among the club's guests for the game against Barnet on Saturday, 30 January.

They included two three-times winners, Don Masson (1969, 1974 and 1981) and Ian Richardson (1999, 2004 and 2005).

Early winners who joined the party were Brian Stubbs (1971) and, from a year later, Les Bradd.

The award was inaugurated in 1965 and others present from later years were Mick Vinter (1978), Iain McCulloch (1982), Dean Yates (1987) and Mark Stallard (2001).

Representing the forties and fifties was a former player who remains one of the biggest names in the club's history, Jackie Sewell, who had celebrated his 83rd birthday just a few days earlier.

The contingent was completed by Gerry Carver and Jon Nixon from the Association committee.

The former players in attendance enjoyed their reunion over a carvery meal in the 1862 Suite before being introduced to other patrons by Colin Slater, being joined and welcomed by club chairman Peter Trembling and director of football Sven- Goran Eriksson and, finally, being announced onto the pitch, when they were given a great reception.

Notts intend to hold a similar day in future seasons. Saturday was chosen for the successful inaugural event as Barnet are managed by Ian Hendon, the former Notts skipper, who came for a short while for his own reunion with old team-mates.

But it was, of course, Notts County’s day all round, with the 2-0 win rounding things off nicely!

Pictured above, Sven in conversation with Colin Slater and Don Masson, while Jackie Sewell and Gerry Carver are all smiles on the pitch.

OUR FORMER PLAYERS WITH FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

Many congratulations to all former Notts County players celebrating birthdays during the month of February:

2^nd Tony Flower (65)

5^th Darren Davis (43)

7^th Eddie Kelly (59)

8^th Tony Bircumshaw (65), Brian Stubbs (60)

11^th Charlie Crickmore (68), Lloyd Richards (52)

12^th Phil Turner (48)

14^th Ken Simcoe (73)

23^rd Mark Goodwin (50)

26^th Ralph Brown (66)

28^th Trevor Christie (51), Meindert Dijkstra (43), Michael Simpson (36)

We also remember our friends Bert Loxley who would have been 76 on February 3^rd and Eric Probert who would have been 58 on February 17^th.

BENEVOLENT FUND LAUNCHED

Generous fans have ensured a tremendous launch to the new Notts County Former Players' Association Benevolent Fund.

The football club granted permission for a bucket collection at the game against Aldershot, which raised in excess of £2,000 - a fabulous effort which has been added to by a donation from a long-time sponsor and supporter of £250.

Joy Sharpe has kindly made the donation on behalf of Hillside Medical Supplies, taking the sum banked so far to £2,500.

A sub-committee of Don Masson, Les Bradd and Terry Bowles has been set up to administer the Benevolent Fund, and Les said: “We believe it is a long overdue development for the Association.

“Our main activities are the Annual Dinner and Golf Competition, which bring people together from all sorts of far flung places to relive some great days at Meadow Lane, but the feeling among committee members is that we need to look beyond that.

“The Benevolent Fund will give us the chance to reach out a helping hand to those former players who need one."

Anybody willing to make a further donation is asked to write a cheque made payable to the NCFPA Benevolent Fund, and send it to Terry Bowles,c/o Bowles Associates, TBI Courtyard, Notts CCC, Trent Bridge, Nottingham NG2 6AG.

DAVID'S MEMORIES OF 1963 AND ALL THAT !

I am a founder member of Moorgreen Colts FC and in my time with the club we regularly had Notts County players at our awards evenings. On the first occasion I had to meet Neil Warnock on the pitch after a league match and he informed me that Geoff Pike would be our very first guest personality!

I can also remember over the years that we were also visited by Dean Yates, Phil Turner, Mark Draper, Mick Leonard, Iain McCulloch, Paul Cox, Paul Mitchell , Ben Marshall and latterly Paul Riley before him being released by Gary Mills.

The main reason I am contacting you is that I have seen for sale a 1963/64 reserve game programme for Saturday 31st August, 1963 for the Football Combination game between Arsenal and Notts County Reserves at Highbury Stadium.

ARSENAL: Wilson, Bacuzzi, Clarke, Sneddon, Ferry, Groves, Armstrong, Court, Bloomfield, Sammels, Anderson.

NOTTS: P. Butler, Hampton, Agnew, Woodfield, Holder, Carver, Fry, Brown, Jones, Flower and B.Bates. Brian Bates of course was still an amateur at that time. I also recall that Terry Woodfield made a handful of appearances for the first team.

I used to attend a lot of reserve games in addition to the first team fixtures and remember getting autographs at Midland station when teams were returning home by train. In particular I remember getting Terry Neill, John Radford, Sammy Nelson and Jon Sammels’ autographs among others after a reserve game at Meadow Lane. I also saw Mick Chanon playing for Southampton Reserves as a 15 year old.

The funniest thing I saw was when Notts Reserves played Cardiff City Reserves one Easter Monday afternoon. A supporter in the crowd was abusing Mel Charles who was playing centre half for Cardiff. Mel obviously took exception to the comments and vaulted the wall adjacent to the dug outs and chased the supporter along the main stand terracing before disappearing behind the main stand. Fortunately for the supporter Charles did not catch him and the amusing part about it all was that the ref merely waved him back on to the pitch without admonishment or caution !

I saw my first Notts match in 1959/60 when I went with my dad and grandad to see them play Crewe Alexandra. I know that Bob Forrest and Roy Horobin were playing at the time and I believe Notts scored 4 times and the final score was 4-1.

The Notts v Manchester City FA Cup tie in 1961 was also memorable with the game being in doubt because of heavy snow which had been cleared by volunteers in order that the match could be played. Notts were unlucky to be beaten by a 25-yarder from Neil Young and I recall that Joe Hayes, Peter Dobing, Alan Oakes and George Hannah - who later played for Notts - were in the team.

The real point of my contacting you was to ask what would have been the Notts first team on that date I mentioned earlier of 31/08/1963?

Regards,

David Gibson.

Thanks for the email, David: To answer your query – 31/08/63 was a 1-0 home defeat against Shrewsbury. Notts: Smith, Edwards, A.Bircumshaw, Sheridan, Gibson, Loxley, Povey, Astle, Bly, Tait, Barber.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Saturday 22nd May, 2010 - the Annual Former Players' Dinner at which David Needham will receive a Lifetime Award.

Wednesday 29th September, 2010 - the Annual NCFPA Golf Day, which will take place at Chilwell Manor Golf Club.

You are strongly urged to book all these dates through Brian Bates: Telephone: 0115 9257274 or email: bashandval@talktalk.net

PROMOTED HEROES WELCOMED BACK

Ten of the players who helped Notts to promotion from the Fourth Division 50 years ago were reunited at Meadow Lane on Saturday 21st November, as the club's special guests (see pictures below).

They agreed afterwards they had enjoyed a terrific day, exchanging memories from 1959-60, catching up on each other's news and meeting players from later eras.

They were also in demand from fans for photographs and autographs and were given a huge reception when introduced on to the pitch shortly before kick-off.

The visit had started with lunch in the 1862 Suite, hosted by our president, Colin Slater, during which the club presented each of them with a Notts scarf and there were welcome visits from the chairman, Peter Trembling, from former players Don Masson, Les Bradd and Mick Vinter and the former long-time vice-chairman John Mounteney.

For the record, those attending were Oliver Beeby, Gerry Carver, Frank Cruickshank, Dick Edwards, Tony Hateley, Roy Horobin, John Newton, Don Roby, John Sheridan and Alan Withers.

They were delighted to be joined by two widows of players from the same year, Enid Newsham and Sheila Gibson.

Now the Association looks forward to working with the club for a special day on January 30th, when Barnet visit Meadow Lane for a game which is to be dedicated to former players.

Let's hope for a better outcome than the goalless draw against Aldershot - unfortunately for all concerned not as good as the result achieved 50 years ago to the day when Notts beat Gillingham 3-1.

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THE TEAM OF 1959/60 – PROMOTED FROM DIVISION FOUR

ALAN WITHERS

Although he was born in Bulwell, Alan arrived at Meadow Lane via Blackpool (for whom he scored a hat-trick on his debut alongside Stanley Matthews), and Lincoln City.

During the promotion season Alan – who was 79 in October – contributed 8 goals from 31 league appearances, eventually moving on to Wisbech Town.

ROY HOROBIN

An inside forward signed from West Bromwich Albion, Roy was seen primarily as a provider of chances – but still netted 37 goals in his 123 league outings for the club.

Now aged 74, he contributed seven goals from 25 league matches in 1959/60, going on to serve Peterborough United with distinction in their early years as a Football League club.

Helped get County's promotion season off on the right foot by scoring the winner against Chester on the opening day.

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DICK EDWARDS

Dick made his debut for Notts in the 1959/60 promotion campaign, with the first of his 221 league appearances coming against Rochdale on Boxing Day. A superb athlete and versatile player who also went on to play for Mansfield Town, Aston Villa, Torquay United – and once for Manchester United (the circumstances of which he will be only too glad to tell you about!).

Way before the days of Rory Delap, Dick’s long throw-in was a useful weapon in County’s armoury.

JOHN NEWTON

John made his mark in midfield at the end of the promotion season after missing much of the action through injury.

Born in Edinburgh, John is 70 on January 19^th, and joined Notts from Craiglea Thistle.

He later played for York City and is a keen supporter of Notts County Former Players’ Association events.

TONY HATELEY

‘Big Tone’ became a regular up front 50 seasons ago when he was drafted in for the final ten games, scoring eight times.

Now aged 68, he featured in high-profile moves to Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Coventry City, Birmingham City, back for a second spell at Notts and then on to Oldham Athletic.

County’s second-highest scorer, Tony completed a promotion ‘double’ with the club, when his goals helped steer them to the Fourth Division title in 1970/71 season.

JOHN SHERIDAN

Still a regular when it comes to watching Notts at Meadow Lane, John was plucked from local non-league football after impressing for Linby Colliery.

Normally a wing half, he was adaptable enough to be used in a number of other positions – even wearing the number 9 shirt on a few occasions.

John (71) played 287 league games for Notts scoring nine goals in that time, before moving on to start an association with Brian Clough – initially at Hartlepool United. Maintains a link with football by coaching students in Nottingham.

DON ROBY

Born in Wigan, Don was originally on the ground staff but soon became a well-established first team winger. He played in 42 of the 46 league games in season 1959/60, scoring 11 times as Notts chalked up 107 goals in finishing runners-up to Walsall.

In all, he went on to make 226 league appearances for Notts, scoring 37 times before moving to Derby County.

Recently turned 76, Don lives in West Bridgford.

GERRY CARVER

Former Notts captain, Gerry was a one-club man who made nearly 300 appearances for the club between 1953 and 1966.

During the promotion season of 1959/60 he was restricted to 31 league appearances through injury, scoring twice.

Now aged 74, Gerry is a prominent member of the Notts County Former Players’ Association committee and was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.

OLIVER BEEBY

A left back who joined Notts from Leicester City, Oliver made 13 league appearances for the Magpies – all during the promotion campaign of 50 seasons ago.

Made his debut in October 1959, helping Notts to an impressive 4-0 victory over Hartlepool United.

FRANK CRUICKSHANK

Born in Falkirk, Frank signed as a full back from Nuneaton Borough, making his Notts debut at Swansea in season 1953/54.

After 151 league appearances – scoring five goals – he featured in the first five matches of the 1959/60 promotion season, before eventually moving on to play for Cheltenham Town.

Photographs courtesy of John Sumpter.

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RADDY STILL HOPING

Our ever-popular former goalkeeper Raddy Avramovich still has hopes of qualifying for the prestigious 2011 AFC Asian Cup in his role of coach of the Singapore national team - despite a setback at home to Iran.

Iran went to Singapore's national stadium and came away with a 3-1 victory.

It means that Raddy's side needs to avoid defeat when they travel to Jordan on March 3rd, while hoping that Bryan Robson's Thailand fail to take anything out of their final game against Iran.

We wish Raddy well and will continue to follow his progress with interest.

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MEMORIES OF REG AND 1946

The Notts County Former Players Association has been able to help with a request from the grand daughter of one of our team from season 1946/47, when we finished 12^th in Division Three (South).

Amy Beresford, the grand daughter of Reginald Beresford – who made nine league appearances scoring one goal in that season – is putting together something special for his Christmas present and has been trying to trace a team picture.

We’ve been able to find a picture and send it off to Amy, with Reg the second player from the left on the middle row – immediately in front of a certain Jackie Sewell.

Season’s greetings to Reg (who also played 28 league matches the previous season during the second world war, scoring 10 times) and all our former players.

SAD LOSS OF TERRY BLY

The Notts County Former Players’ Association is sad to report the death of Terry Bly following a heart attack.

Terry, who played for Notts during 1963-64 season, was dogged by injuries during his time at Meadow Lane, and after being a prolific scorer with previous clubs, Norwich City, Peterborough United and Coventry City, managed only four league goals from 29 appearances.

He went on, however, to enjoy considerable success both as player and manager of Grantham Town.

Terry would have been 74 on October 22.

For full details of Terry Bly's playing career, please go to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Bly

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LES WINS GOLF DAY - AGAIN!

NCFPA committee member Les Bradd has joined Charlie Crickmore in winning the Former Players' Golf Day on two occasions - and was clearly thrilled to do so.

Les was the first-ever winner of the Arthur Mann Memorial Trophy in 1999 when it was competed for at Ruddington Grange. He has now repeated the feat on the Springwater course at Calverton, the venue for the third year running.

At dinner in the clubhouse after the tournament, Les received the Trophy from Arthur's widow, Sandra, who was joined by son Neil and daughter Georgina. They were warmly welcomed - as were Roy Brown, who travelled from Littlehampton, near Brighton; Frank Cruickshank, who was marking exactly 60 years since he signed for Notts as an 18-year-old; and Darren Ward, competing for the first time; and all other guests.

In second place behind Les was Terry Bowles who did a great job in organising the day.In third and fourth places respectively were two former players from the successful Neil Warnock era in the early Nineties, Dean Yates and Tommy Johnson.

Once again the event was favoured by excellent weather, as it has for all eleven years.

The 2010 NCFPA Golf Day will take place on Wednesday 29th September - at Chilwell Manor Golf Club.

More details nearer the date - but please make a note so that you can take part in what is always a great event.

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FORMER COUNTY DEFENDERS COME FACE TO FACE AT NOTTS FA ANNUAL AWARDS NIGHT

Two former Notts County defenders came face to face at Nottinghamshire FA’s Annual Awards night, held at Nottingham Trent University Clifton Campus.

Ex-Notts and England centre-half Dave Watson was making the presentations and took the opportunity afterwards to catch up with our former player-coach Mike Whitlow, who these days is head of youth development at Mansfield Town.

As is traditional for this kind of event, Master of Ceremonies was the NCFPA President, Colin Slater MBE.

Amongst those present was the Notts FA's Women's and Girls' Football Development Officer, Trevor Powell, father of former Notts YTS player, Darren, who has just been awarded an extension to his contract as head coach at Elon University in North Carolina, who he led to their first league title last season.

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WHEN BOBBY'S GOAL LIT UP MEADOW LANE

A familiar face at Meadow Lane on match days is that of Bobby Tait, who joined Notts from Aberdeen in 1962 and made 60 league appearances over two seasons, scoring 11 league goals.

These days he serves the local community as Conservative Councillor for St Mary’s Ward on Gedling Borough Council.

Bobby can claim to be the scorer of a special goal for Notts County (pictured left).

On October 11, 1962, midst great publicity, the club’s new floodlights were unveiled in a league fixture against Port Vale. With a crowd of 14,320 at Meadow Lane, Bobby scored the only goal of the game – his first for the club.

At the end of the season in Division Three, Notts finished seventh and Port Vale third.

Tony Hateley was top scorer for the Magpies that season with 22 goals from 32 league fixtures, while Jeff Astle notched 16 goals from 44 appearances.

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EXCITING TIMES FOR COACH IAN

A former Notts favourite admits to will keeping a close contact with the club through his friendship with some of the other ex-players.

Ian Baraclough gets to watch the current Magpies team whilst scouting for Scunthorpe United, where he is first team coach.

“I still have lots of great memories of my time at Meadow Lane,” he says. “I’ve been part of the management set-up at Scunthorpe for almost three years now. First of all I combined this with playing, but officially hung up my boots this summer, at the age of 38 – so I suppose I haven’t done too badly since starting as a 16-year-old with Leicester City. Where has the time gone?!

“I still have some good friends at Meadow Lane who are connected to the club in some capacity and It was good to meet up and play with other former Notts players at the Central Masters Tournament at the Trent FM Arena.

"We always have a good laugh with plenty of stories of the 'old times' but we still have the passion to succeed and win for the club and its supporters. That never dies.”

For full details of Ian Baraclough’s career, please click on: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Baraclough

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FORMER 'KEEPER ROY BROWN REMAINS MUCH IN DEMAND

It’s proving hard to keep one of our best-ever former goalkeepers down!

Roy Brown, who joined Notts from Reading and made 113 league appearances between 1970 and 1975, went into leisure management with Newark District Council after retiring from football.

Having worked at the Grove Sports Centre as Recreation Manager, he then spent 10 years as manager of the Watford Leisure Complex. Roy then moved on to open the Rivermead Leisure Complex in Reading, and ended up as Head of Leisure for the Council, with no fewer than eight sports centres to manage!

“After that, I took early retirement and went to work at the Reading Golf Club as secretary,” he says. “I moved on after five years to be secretary of the Ham Manor Golf Club on the south coast near Littlehampton. This job meant we could move back to the coast – as we came originally from Hove.

“I retired in May 2008 at the age of 62 but went back to work at Ham Manor in September of that year as my replacement did not last long, until a new secretary was found in February this year. I went back into retirement – but only for a month, as I was asked to cover the Crowborough Beacon Golf Club secretary’s maternity leave. I hope to finally retire completely soon!”

We all wish him well and a very happy retirement - whenever it might be!

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DAVID NEEDHAM TO RECEIVE 2010 NCFPA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

It has been announced that the club’s former long-serving defender, David Needham, will be the recipient of the 2010 NCFPA Achievement Award.

David was called upon to hand over the 2009 award to his ex-Notts team mate Brian Stubbs, but will now be honoured himself at the Association’s Annual Dinner, which will be held at Meadow Lane on Saturday 22 May, 2010.

Former Notts captain and NCFPA committee member, Don Masson, says that David is somebody who is held in the highest esteem. “He is one of the reasons Bob Worthington and I joined Notts in September 1968. We looked at the side and our first impressions were that David and Les Bradd were the two players a team could be built around.

“I also played alongside him at Queen’s Park Rangers and had he not had the misfortune to play in an era when there was a surplus of good central defenders, he would have been capped at the very highest level.

“Of course he went on to gain European honours with Forest and I think it is a sign of his personality that nobody held it against him when he went to play across Trent Bridge!”

NOTTS COUNTY FORMER PLAYERS’ ASSOCIATION ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Honours Board

1999 Jack Wheeler

2000 no award

2001 Peter Thompson

2002 Colin Slater

2003 Alex Gibson

2004 Les Bradd

2005 Dean Yates

2006 Don Masson

2007 Gerry Carver

2008 Phil Turner

2009 Brian Stubbs

2010 David Needham

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ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR LEGEND BRIAN STUBBS

The 11th Annual Dinner of the Notts County Former Players' Association, held at Meadow Lane, was a huge success and there has been no more popular recipient over the years of the Achievement Award than long-serving, one-club man Brian Stubbs.

The big defender - who received the award from former defensive partner David Needham - chalked up 426 League appearances, plus 21 in the FA Cup and 23 in the League Cup between 1968 and 1980 and figured in the teams that gained promotion as Fourth Division champions in 1971 and from the Third Division in 1973.

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JACKIE SEWELL BOOK AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER

Notts County legend Jackie Sewell is to be the subject of a new book which is bound to bring back memories of his wonderful partnership with Tommy Lawton - and much more.

Publication date has now been put back to April 2010 - but it promises to be well worth the wait.

Having notched 97 league goals for Notts in 179 matches, Jackie became the most expensive signing in English football when he joined Sheffield Wednesday for £34,500 in 1951. He then moved to Aston Villa, with whom he won an FA Cup winner's medal.

Jackie was capped six times by England, netting three times - including a goal in the famous 6-3 defeat at Wembley in 1953 by Hungary. For the record, Stan Mortensen and Alf Ramsey scored the other England goals that day. A bond was struck between the two sets of players and there have been several reunions over the years - with a sadly dwindling number of former stars.

To pre-order a copy of ‘Jackie Sewell’ by Keith Dixon, please click on:

www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails-Jackie+Sewell+-9781859837313.html

Jackie Sewell made his first appearance at an ice hockey match in more than 50 years recently when he was taken to watch Nottingham Panthers v Coventry Blaze.

“Tommy Lawton and I – along with some of the other players – used to be given tickets to go to watch the team in the old Ice Stadium when the home games were played on a Friday.”

Jackie says that he thoroughly enjoyed the experience and will hopefully go to watch the team again soon.

Pictured with Brian Tansley from the NCFPA committee, Jackie brought the Panthers good luck – watching them win a dramatic game 2-1 thanks to a late winner.

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PLANS IN HAND TO MARK CLUB'S 150th ANNIVERSARY

Founded in 1862 and the oldest Football League club in the world, Notts County will be celebrating their 150th year in 2012.

The Former Players' Association committee has been invited to consider being represented on a small working party already considering a programme of events to mark this great achievement.

We know that some of our members will recall the club's centenary in 1962 - the highlight of which was a game on May 2nd against an England X1.

Of the Notts players that night, Bob Forrest and Alex Gibson are, sadly, no longer with us, but it's a nice thought that the others could all be joining the celebrations in 2012: Peter Butler, Dick Edwards, Peter and Tony Bircumshaw, John Sheridan, Gerry Carver, Keith Fry, Roy Horobin and Tony Hateley.

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BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES - AND SO MUCH MORE...

Ever wondered about the number of different kits Notts County have worn over the years? There's a historical kits website which illustrates the vast number of strips Notts have played in dating right back to 1872.

From yellow and black hoops to chocolate and blue - they're all there if you click on: www.historicalkits.co.uk/Notts_County/Notts_County.htm

NCFPA committee member, Gerry Carver, is pictured modelling the little-remembered strip from the early 1970s which consisted of blue shirt and matching tie! The pink knickerbockers were a little bit drastic, but at least they were very smart and ensured you didn't dare stand still for long.....

SUPPORT NOTTS - SUPPORT LIFELINE

Full details from Lynn Lawson on 0115 955 7200

email: lynnlawson@nottscountyfc.co.uk

More details below on website

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NEW CAREER FOR RECORD MARKSMAN LES BRADD

Notts County's all-time record goalscorer is enjoying life in a totally new career.

Gone are the days of the trainer running on with smelling salts and the faithful old sponge and bucket of cold water - as Les Bradd knows only too well as he helps to educate local sportsmen and sportswomen with the very latest in medical supplies.

Les, who left the Magpies last year after completing 42 years in football, has moved into the healthcare industry with a Newark-based company called Hillside Medical Supplies.

“I got to know Joy Sharpe, the managing director, quite well during my time with Notts when she sponsored the club’s medical and consumable requirements, as well as supporting many of their commercial activities,” he says. “Joy invited me to work for the company in a new position of developing the business in the sporting sector.

“I am now looking to meet with representatives of sports organisations to discuss our products and offer services to meet their requirements. The company supplies products from small plasters to the complete installation of a medical suite and are a one-stop business in supplying servicing and PAT testing for customers. "

For further information to benefit your club, please either telephone Les Bradd on 01636 707079 or email: les@hillsidemedical.co.uk

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OLD FRIENDS REMEMBER JACK

A memorial service to the Association's President, Jack Wheeler, took place at St Mary's Church in Nottingham on Thursday 19 March, 2009.

More than 200 people attended the service, with tributes from Colin Slater, Richie Barker, Don Masson, Howard Wilkinson and John Mounteney.

Many former Notts players were in attendance, including Les Bradd, Mick Vinter, Dean Thomas, Paul Hooks, Brian Stubbs, David McVay, Don Roby, Gerry Carver, John Sheridan, Ian McParland and Mick Leonard, along with Jack's wife of 66 years, Olga, and members of his immediate family.

PLEASE SUPPORT NOTTS BY JOINING LIFELINE

Lots of former Notts County players still support the club by becoming members of Lifeline.

This was launched as the result of a meeting on September 15, 1986, when more than 1,500 supporters packed into the Astoria Ballroom to hear of the financial crisis that threatened the future of the club.

Since then, Lifeline has been exactly that, raising in excess of £1million for Notts and providing a social and sporting organisation for all its members. With the problems facing the club since administration, membership of Lifeline has dropped from a capacity of 2,500 to somewhere around the 1,500 mark.

It means that this is the perfect time for former players to consider joining for just £2 per week to help ensure the future of the club.

For further information on Notts County Lifeline, please contact Lynn Lawson on 0115 9557200.

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Notts County club records

Highest Attendance 47,310 vs York City, FA Cup 6th Round, 1955-03-12

Highest Gate Receipts £124,539 vs Manchester City, FA Cup 6th Round, 1991-02-16

Record League Victory 11-1 vs Newport County, Division Three South, 1949-01-15

Record Cup Victory 15-0 vs Rotherham Town, FA Cup 1st Round, 1885-10-24

Most League Points (2 for a win) 69, Division Four 1970–71

Most League Points (3 for a win) 99, Division Three 1997–98

Most League Goals 107, Division Four 1959–60

Highest Scorer in One Season Tom Keetley, 39, Division Three South1930–31

All Time Top Scorer (League) Les Bradd, 124, 1967–78

All Time Most Appearances (League) Albert Iremonger, 564, 1904–26

Youngest player (League) Tony Bircumshaw, 16 years and 54 days, April 3 1961

Most appearances

	Name	Career	Appearances
1	Albert Iremonger	1904–26	601
2	Brian Stubbs	1968–80	486
3	Pedro Richards	1974–86	485
4	David Needham	1965–77	471
5	Don Masson	1968–82	455
6	Les Bradd	1967–78	442
7	Percy Mills	1927–39	434
8=	Billy Flint	1908–26	408
8=	David Hunt	1977–87	408
10	Dean Yates	1985–95	394

Most goals

	Name	Career	Goals
1	Les Bradd	1967–78	137
2	Tony Hateley	1958–63, 1970–72	114
3	Jackie Sewell	1946–51	104
4	Tommy Lawton	1947–52	103
5	Tom Keetley	1929–33	98
6	Don Masson	1968–82	97
7	Tom Johnston	1948–57	92
8	Ian McParland	1980–89	90
9	Harry Daft	1885–95	81
10=	Mark Stallard	1999–2004, 2005	79
10=	Trevor Christie	1979–84	79
10=	Gary Lund	1987–95	79

Notable former players

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