Are The Wheels Falling Off The Notts Wagon?
Munto Finance have put Notts County up for sale. Most Notts supporters still seem to regard Chief Executive Peter Trembling as some sort of hero, but they should probably be...
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Motor Racing Passes Its Judgement Upon Qadbak
The more anybody digs, the murkier it all gets. Rumours currently doing the rounds in motor racing circles seem to be confirming that the proposed QADBAK Investments take-over of the...
The Football League Fails The Fit & Proper Test
The Football League's confirmation that Notts County's new owners are "fit & proper" appears to be a cause for celebration for the club, but Mark Murphy is wondering exactly why...
Supporters Direct Arrive At The Crossroads
The annual Supporters Direct conference was held at the NEC in Birmingham on the 16th October. There was the usual informed debate about issues relating to supporter empowerment and a...
The “Fit & Proper Persons Test” Sting
Mark Murphy thinks that he might have discovered that the recent rash of football club takeovers may be a sting concocted by the News Of The World to show up...
The Fall & Rise Of The Football Collection Tin
The collection tin rattling outside a football ground was, for some years, the clarion call of the truly desperate club. They were at their loudest at Notts County in 2004,...
The Ongoing Failure Of The Fit & Proper Persons Test
The "Fit & Proper Persons" test is supposed to weed undesirable types out from owning football clubs. Mark Murphy is less than convinced that it is doing its job properly,...
Sol Campbell – Sigh – Leaves Notts County
Neither Sol Campbell nor Notts County have done themselves or each other any favours with their short dalliance. Can either of them salvage their reputations after this debacle? ...
Notts Fit Or Proper Yet
We're more than one month into the new season, and Notts County's new owners still won't reveal who they are and still haven't been declared fit or proper. Mark Murphy...
Sol Campbell & Notts County – A Match Made In Mammon
The rumours had been circulating for a couple of days, but few people had been brave enough to give it much credibility. But then it happened. Sol Campbell joins Notts...
Patronising The Lower Divisions
Whatever one might think about the current goings-on at Meadow Lane, it’s difficult to not feel come degree of sympathy for their supporters over the media reactions to their appointment...
Notts County Start, Presumably, As They Mean To Go On
The summer is traditionally known as “the silly season” in the press, but Notts County have pushed the silliness up by at least a few notches with the news that...
Tied Up In Notts
“The Oldest Football League Club In The World” is the proud boast of Notts County, and this fact is one of those that gets lodged in the head of every...
In Praise Of… “The Beautiful Game? Searching For The Soul Of Football”, by David Conn
In November 2001, I (as was my wont at the time) made the short journey from my flat in the centre of St Albans to Clarence Park to watch The...