League One 2026/2027

[spacemunky]

4 minutes ago, Stadt said:

I thought you were in your 30s 

That's just my I.Q.

[StanSP]

1 hour ago, James and his giant peach said:

I don't mean to be rude at all but why is a Notts County fan always on our forum? Have you been banned from your own, or is it really boring? 

Does it matter? It's not like he's talking off topic. 

[Thefox81]

2 hours ago, spacemunky said:

I've only been here for 10 years! 

 

I guess with being in the same league I am posting more outside of the 'General Discussion' section, although I have often posted in your match day threads. 

 

Since this is a League One thread, I figured posting about our signings is relevant.

 

And yes, the Notts County forum I post on is pretty boring. Most of them think I'm young, and I'm 56! 

 

I am not the only supporter of another club here at this forum. 

 

 

Like ive said before keep posting mate. I enjoy hearing about other clubs. That goes for our resident wolves and watford fans

[Thefox81]

3 hours ago, James and his giant peach said:

I don't mean to be rude at all but why is a Notts County fan always on our forum? Have you been banned from your own, or is it really boring? 

Clues in the thread title 

[copunk]

2 hours ago, spacemunky said:

I've only been here for 10 years! 

 

I guess with being in the same league I am posting more outside of the 'General Discussion' section, although I have often posted in your match day threads. 

 

Since this is a League One thread, I figured posting about our signings is relevant.

 

And yes, the Notts County forum I post on is pretty boring. Most of them think I'm young, and I'm 56! 

 

I am not the only supporter of another club here at this forum. 

 

 

Always hold your comments in well regard mate, all the best for the season (aside from when we play you of course) 😂

[spacemunky]

1 hour ago, copunk said:

Always hold your comments in well regard mate, all the best for the season (aside from when we play you of course) 😂

Thank ya!

 

I am excited for the season opener against you guys.

[Long Eaton Fox]

5 hours ago, Corky said:

No, it is confirmed.

Good because I've now booked my cut price train tickets. Thanks.

[Long Eaton Fox]

Is anyone buying tickets direct from notts county for the season opener

[CosbehFox]

On 24/07/2026 at 13:25, slymunn said:

I've just looked at last season and hardly any are played on a Sunday actually. 

 

This doesn’t make sense. They wouldn’t be three games on the last day of the season because they are have to be at the same time. 
 

I suspect the only time Sunday games occur is for venue clashes like sometimes Cardiff can’t play same time as Six Nations games 

[Corky]

18 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

This doesn’t make sense. They wouldn’t be three games on the last day of the season because they are have to be at the same time. 
 

I suspect the only time Sunday games occur is for venue clashes like sometimes Cardiff can’t play same time as Six Nations games 

And there were no matches on the 28th because it was a full fixture list on the 29th (Monday).

 

There is one scheduled this season in early November (Sheffield Wednesday v Blackpool) due to a clash with Sheffield United.

[LCFCJohn]

7 hours ago, spacemunky said:

Thank ya!

 

I am excited for the season opener against you guys.

Personally I’m just pleased for you that you won’t have to talk to yourself on the League 1 thread on match days over on the General and other sports forum this season.

 

Big leagues now my friend, main forum, busy thread. This is what it’s about 

[FosseSpark]

Team for Notts County:

 

Stolarzcyk

Aluko Souttar Okoli Thomas

Choudhury Skipp

Alves Chaplin Mavididi

Otchere

 

Subs: McCarthy, Nelson, Page, Evans, Braybrooke Hutchinson, Joseph, Carr, Gray

 

An eye opening loss likely

Edited 9 hours ago by FosseSpark

[1972 Fox]

7 minutes ago, FosseSpark said:

Team for Notts County:

 

Stolarzcyk

Aluko Souttar Okoli Thomas

Choudhury Skipp

Alves Chaplin Mavididi

Otchere

 

Subs: McCarthy, Nelson, Page, Evans, Hutchinson, Joseph, Carr, Gray

 

An eye opening loss likely

Braybrooke doesn't even make the bench? 

[LCFCJohn]

10 minutes ago, 1972 Fox said:

Braybrooke doesn't even make the bench? 

And obviously has Nelson still here (unlikely anyway) but on the bench not starting 

[FosseSpark]

Edited. But i doubt he starts over Choudhury and Skipp in current squad. Particularly given inexperience elsewhere.

[spacemunky]

1 hour ago, LCFCJohn said:

Personally I’m just pleased for you that you won’t have to talk to yourself on the League 1 thread on match days over on the General and other sports forum this season.

 

Big leagues now my friend, main forum, busy thread. This is what it’s about 

It was always the dream 

[LCFCJohn]

6 minutes ago, FosseSpark said:

Edited. But i doubt he starts over Choudhury and Skipp in current squad. Particularly given inexperience elsewhere.

And so our decline will continue.

 

Any other team in this league would look at a young player who stood out in L2 and see it as an obvious signing and yet he is ours and you advocate benching him? 
 

Might as well flog the youngsters to cover a few weeks of the ‘experienced’ players wages if we aren’t going to use them. That said, Braybrooke only has a year left so will be off to a club higher up the chain by next summer at the latest anyway so you might have a point!

[FosseSpark]

Just now, LCFCJohn said:

And so our decline will continue.

 

Any other team in this league would look at a young player who stood out in L2 and see it as an obvious signing and yet he is ours and you advocate benching him? 
 

Might as well flog the youngsters to cover a few weeks of the ‘experienced’ players wages if we aren’t going to use them. That said, Braybrooke only has a year left so will be off to a club higher up the chain by next summer at the latest anyway so you might have a point!

My thinking is with inexperience on the wing, at full back and up front. Martin might well be tempted to go for older heads at centre back and centre mid. If we have a spine of Nelson, Braybrooke, Otchere then we will be very very fragile. As unpalatable as that may be.

[Ric Flair]

7 minutes ago, FosseSpark said:

My thinking is with inexperience on the wing, at full back and up front. Martin might well be tempted to go for older heads at centre back and centre mid. If we have a spine of Nelson, Braybrooke, Otchere then we will be very very fragile. As unpalatable as that may be.

I think Braybrooke starts. Page is likely to be used from the bench to start with. I'd not be surprised if Bobby Reid is the false 9 which is a hideous thought.

 

McCarthy

 

Joseph (I prefer Aluko on pre-season showing)

Okoli

Nelson

Thomas

 

Hamza/Skipp

Braybrooke

 

Alves

Chaplin

Mavididi

 

Reid

[LCFCJohn]

5 minutes ago, FosseSpark said:

My thinking is with inexperience on the wing, at full back and up front. Martin might well be tempted to go for older heads at centre back and centre mid. If we have a spine of Nelson, Braybrooke, Otchere then we will be very very fragile. As unpalatable as that may be.

Nelson’s going anyway so irrelevant. But he is still plenty experienced to play in L1 if he was staying.

 

You don’t need a full midfield of experience. You sound like Steve Cooper! 
 

If your defence was

 

Aluko - new experienced CB - Nelson - Thomas

 

That would be a fine balance.

 

Similarly, if you have a midfield of

 

Skipp - Braybrooke

    Chaplin

 

I don’t get why you think having one player aged like 22, with a guy who is 25 in Skipp and 29 in Chaplin is too inexperienced.

 

Having a team of players in their late 20’s and 30’s is how we got into this mess!

[Ric Flair]

7 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

Nelson’s going anyway so irrelevant. But he is still plenty experienced to play in L1 if he was staying.

 

You don’t need a full midfield of experience. You sound like Steve Cooper! 
 

If your defence was

 

Aluko - new experienced CB - Nelson - Thomas

 

That would be a fine balance.

 

Similarly, if you have a midfield of

 

Skipp - Braybrooke

    Chaplin

 

I don’t get why you think having one player aged like 22, with a guy who is 25 in Skipp and 29 in Chaplin is too inexperienced.

 

Having a team of players in their late 20’s and 30’s is how we got into this mess!

I don't think that's his preference, he's merely stating what is likely to happen based on previous coward managers.

[ClaphamFox]

18 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

I think Braybrooke starts. Page is likely to be used from the bench to start with. I'd not be surprised if Bobby Reid is the false 9 which is a hideous thought.

 

McCarthy

 

Joseph (I prefer Aluko on pre-season showing)

Okoli

Nelson

Thomas

 

Hamza/Skipp

Braybrooke

 

Alves

Chaplin

Mavididi

 

Reid

Chaplin has played as a 9 a lot more often in his career than Reid. If Russell doesn’t trust Otchere, I think he’ll stick Chaplin up there, which would make room for Page.

[LCFCJohn]

6 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

I don't think that's his preference, he's merely stating what is likely to happen based on previous coward managers.

Fair enough if that’s the case. Whether preference or not though, still sounds Cooper esk!

 

The way I see it is, a spine isn’t 

 

CB

CM

St

 

It’s

 

CB - CB

CM - CM

AM - set up pending

St

 

So it’s about pairings. I get the experience balance. I said myself recently I wouldn’t be sure about Braybrooke and Page as a 2 in the middle for example. This is why I was wondering how Braybrooke, Page and Alves fit. But Braybrooke alongside an experienced partner is absolutely fine. I’d be more concerned about Skipp or Choudhury than Braybrooke!

 

Same at centre back. As I say, I think the Nelson thing is a moot point anyway as if he is here by the opening game, he certainly won’t be by the end of the window. But this was my point when people are saying we should get £10 mill for him (with a year left) yet others won’t even put him in the starting 11 because apparently he isn’t experienced enough! If he was on a long contact and looked committed to staying, he’d be first choice centre back but ideally you’d want the partnership to be him and someone who is probably late 20’s/30 who has been around the level a few years.

[FosseSpark]

Looking at our squad we only have 10 players currently who arent academy products. 8 outfield players.

 

McCarthy, Vieites, Coulibaly, Faes, Okoli, Souttar, Skipp, Chaplin, D-Reid, Mavididi

 

At LEAST 4 of those are actively for sale to protect the clubs finances. So we will probably end the transfer window with only 4 fully contractrd players who arent from the academy. Any others youd imagine will be loans.

 

Im note sure everyone understands how threadbare we are and how many hammerings we are going to take due to inexperience and lack of squad quality and cohesion. 

If you add to that we have the most 1 dimensional manager in history, who.is so PTSDd from the Rangers job id be surprised if he lasts 12 games....

 

 

[ClaphamFox]

1 minute ago, FosseSpark said:

Looking at our squad we only have 10 players currently who arent academy products. 8 outfield players.

 

McCarthy, Vieites, Coulibaly, Faes, Okoli, Souttar, Skipp, Chaplin, D-Reid, Mavididi

 

At LEAST 4 of those are actively for sale to protect the clubs finances. So we will probably end the transfer window with only 4 fully contractrd players who arent from the academy. Any others youd imagine will be loans.

 

Im note sure everyone understands how threadbare we are and how many hammerings we are going to take due to inexperience and lack of squad quality and cohesion. 

If you add to that we have the most 1 dimensional manager in history, who.is so PTSDd from the Rangers job id be surprised if he lasts 12 games....

 

 

Inexperience? Yes, without a doubt. Lack of quality? Possibly, but let’s see how we measure up when the season starts. But a lack of cohesion? Surely the fact that so many of our players have progressed through the ranks together should mean cohesion shouldn’t be a problem. And if you add to that the fact that Martin has a very clear idea of how he wants the team to play, and knows how to coach it. I don’t think cohesion will be an issue.