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01/02/2012.......The name of the guest of honour at this year’s

 NCFPA Annual Dinner is being kept a closely guarded

 secret, but we can now officially announce the date of the

2012 event.

The dinner will be held at Meadow Lane on the evening of Saturday May 12^th, with costs being

 kept at the 2011 price of £25.

 All former players will be receiving an invite in due course.

Hopefully we will be in a position to reveal the name of the 2012 in the very near future.

However, one name which has been confirmed is that of Liverpudlian comedian Denny Waters, pictured right, who is already a big favourite at sportsman’s dinners and corporate events.

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY GREETINGS 

Many congratulations to all our former players celebrating birthdays during the month of February. They include:

                  2^nd Tony Flower, pictured (67)

                 5^th Darren Davis (45) 

7th Eddie Kelly (61)                       

                                                                                                    

Pictured above: Tony Bircumshaw and Tony Flower - former colleagues with February birthdays.                                                                                                                               

                                       8^th Tony Bircumshaw, pictured (67), Brian Stubbs (62)

  11^th Charlie Crickmore (70), Lloyd Richards (54)

12^th Phil Turner, pictured right (50)

14^th Ken Simcoe (75)

23^rd Mark Goodwin, pictured left (52)

26^th Ralph Brown (68)

28^th Trevor Christie (53), Meindert Dijkstra (45), Michael Simpson (38).

                

 We also remember our friends Bert Loxley, who would have been 78 on February 3rd and Eric  Probert who would have been 60 on February 17th.

GOOD NEWS - JOHN IS ON THE MEND 

30/01/2012......... The NCFPA is delighted to learn that  popular club Honorary Lifetime Vice President John Mounteney is on the mend after his recent illness.

 We are certain that all former players and many long-term supporters would like to send John all the very best for a full and speedy recovery.

                    

      

SUDDEN DEATH OF 'SUPER FAN' IAN 

25/01/2012...Members of the Notts County Former Players’ Association will be saddened to hear of the sudden death of the football club’s popular statistician and long-time supporter, Ian Mills.

Ian (61), who collapsed after the game against Preston at Meadow Lane, died later at the Queen’s Medical Centre.

    

NCFPA President Colin Slater has described Notts County as Ian’s 'passion'. “He never missed a match, whether it be pre-season friendlies or whatever there was.”

    

Ian has also previously helped the NCFPA with statistical details for this website.

          

                We send our sincere condolences to his family.    

22/01/2012.......Members of the Notts County Former Players’ Association and their families were special guests at the Elite League Ice Hockey match between the GMB Nottingham Panthers and Fife Flyers.

It further strengthens the bond between the two Nottingham clubs, after manager Martin Allen and striker Lee Hughes had been guests at matches earlier in the season.

Jackie Sewell - two days ahead of his 85th birthday - received a great ovation from the crowd, who were also introduced to: Brian Bates, Bob Tait, Dick Edwards, Mick Vinter, John Sheridan, Brian Stubbs, Gerry Carver, Pat Groome, Mike Rose, Peter Butler, John Newton, Phil Turner, Gary Lund and Tony Flower, along with former manager Ron Fenton.

 To cap a good evening, Panthers followed up their 3-2 victory at leaders Belfast on Saturday night by winning 4-1 to maintain their push for honours on all fronts.

The NCFPA would like to thank Panthers’ General Manager Gary Moran for his kind invitation.

See www.panthers.co.uk 

Action picture: Unique Images

Former players picture: Ryan Tait. 

22/01/2012........A former Notts County goalkeeper has passed away at his home in Wales.

Dick Twigg, who moved to Meadow Lane after more than 100 appearances for Barry Town, died on Saturday January 7^th at the

 age of 72.

A minute’s silence was observed at Barry’s match against Ton Pentre. 

 A former Welsh Schoolboys and Welsh Youth international, Dick made his first team debut for Notts at the age of 19 in a friendly at Manchester United on January 24^th 1959.

 He made his league debut on March 7^th in a 2-1 defeat at Doncaster Rovers, going on to play in a total of three matches in Division Three as Notts failed to stave off relegation. 

 

20/01/2012.........Members of the Notts County Former Players’ Association as well as the current management and squad were amongst the guests of honour at a civic reception in the Council House, at the invitation of  the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, Councillor Michael Wildgust.

    The club's present chairman Ray Trew, former chairman Jack Dunnett, Sir David Bernstein, chairman of the Football Association, and Lord Mawhinney, former chairman and honorary president of the Football League were also present in the second major event marking the club’s 150^th anniversary celebrations.

Pictured above, Brian Stubbs, Bob Worthington, Gerry Carver, Les Bradd and Phil Turner enjoy the civic reception.

19/01/2012.......The widow of a former Notts County and England footballer has said The FA has never accepted how the game contributed to her husband's death.

Jeff Astle, who also played for West Bromwich Albion during the 1960s and 1970s, died 10 years ago.

RICHARD BUTCHER REMEMBERED

16/01/2012........A memorial plaque for  the former Notts midfielder Richard Butcher and Keith Alexander has been unveiled at Lincoln City’s Sincil Bank ground.

     

The memorial is the result of numerous fundraising efforts through the Richard Butcher Memorial Fund which was set up following Richard’s tragic death last January.

   

Pictured, Richard’s wife Sarah and Keith's wife Helen unveil the plaque at the Trust Suite at Sincil Bank.