Interesting pick

League Two promotion-hopefuls Notts County have named Wealdstone boss Stuart Maynard as their new head coach.

The 43-year-old replaces Luke Williams at Meadow Lane after the National League promotion-winning head coach left Notts to take charge of Championship side Swansea on 5 January.

Maynard leaves mid-table National League side Wealdstone after three years at the helm.

Notts said they had been "tracking his progress for a long time".

A statement from the Notts board of directors read: "We have huge respect for the outstanding job he's done at Wealdstone on limited resources.

"We believe he will thrive in a full-time environment and is an excellent fit for us in terms of his playing philosophy, which puts him in a strong position to settle in quickly and lead our continued push for promotion to League One."

His assistant at Wealdstone, Matt Saunders, and first-team coach Craig Saunders will join him at Meadow Lane.

"Alongside Matt and Craig, he has formed a formidable and dedicated coaching team who will integrate seamlessly into our existing set-up as we look to build on the foundations we've laid during our adaptation to life back in the EFL," the statement added.

"With Stuart in place, we're also now in a stronger position to help the squad with additions before the end of the transfer window."

Maynard first stepped up as Stones caretaker boss in February 2021 and has guided the semi-professional London club to back-to-back mid-table finishes in the past two seasons.

The former midfielder, who started on the books at Watford and went on to have an extensive non-league career that included a stint with Wealdstone, led the club to their highest league position for 36 years last term as they finished 13th.

He leaves Wealdstone in the exact same position after 25 games this season, with his last match being Saturday's 1-0 FA Trophy fourth-round win against Chelmsford City.

Last season he hailed Williams' Notts side as the best he had ever seen in the National League.

Maynard now takes charge of a team that is chasing a second successive promotion, having reclaimed their status as the world's oldest football league club by winning the National League promotion final last May.

The Magpies are sixth in the table after their thrilling 5-5 draw at Grimsby in their first match since Williams' departure earlier in the month.

His first match in charge will be Saturday's home game against League Two leaders Stockport.

Bromley 1-1 Boreham Wood
Dorking 1-2 Gateshead
Eastleigh 0-2 Oldham
Ebbsfleet 2-1 Hartlepool
Halifax 1-1 Maidenhead United
Kidderminster 0-2 Aldershot
Rochdale 3-2 Wealdstone
Solihull Moors 1-1 Dag & Red
Southend 1-2 Altrincham
Woking 0-1 Oxford City
York 2-0 Fylde
Barnet 0-2 Chesterfield


League Table After Matchday 30

Spireitematt - 613
SaltergateBorn - 602
Amelia - 513
St Charles - 484
Dancing - 477
Lord Snoots - 467
Devon - 379

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 13TH JANUARY KO 3:00PM

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LAST MATCH



We were brushed aside by a strong Southampton as they beat us 4-0. We managed to hold out for 35 mins but one mistake and ex blade Adams put the Saints ahead. It was 1-0 at the break. We had a couple of early second half chances, but Fletcher & Windass both missed. The Saints then made it 2, another error and Armstrong scored. That was game over and the Saints added 2 more through Fraser & Mara.

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

THE MATCH



Next up and Coventry make the journey north. The Sky Blues are having a good season and currently lie in the final playoff spot. They are unbeaten in 8, there last defeat coming at Ipswich at the beginning of December. Godden and Wright are there leading scorers with 9 & 8 respectively. They are managed by Mark Robins who guided them to the play off final last season only to lose on penalties to Luton.

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

ALL TIME H2H

OWLS 29
COV 33 
DRAWS 23   

CURRENT FORM

OWLS              -                                                                                                 

COV                 -                                                                 

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

ANTHONY BACKHOUSE
Bhupinder Singh Gill and Carl Fitch-Jackson
Fourth Official : Matthew Donohue

THE TEAM

Dawson
Palmer Ihiekwe Bernard Johnson
Musaba M Diaby Vaulks Bannan Windass
Cadamarteri

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-1 Musaba

WEDNESDAYS FIRT GOAL TIME

56

ATTENDANCE

25211

BML LEAGUE

Imre 15
Washington 13
Owlkev 11
Maddix 10
SCO 3

BMPL

Wereham 7
Stateside 6
Pei -2

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Brentford v Notts Forest
Stoke v Birmingham
Lincoln v Derby
Notts Co v Stockport
Barnet v Chesterfield

HHADD

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE

PEIOWL




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

Premier League

Derby 19
Zinman 17
Blue B 17
B.B.B. 16
Lady J 15
Minizin 15
Dingle 13
Stairs 11

Another decent week in the PL and for the second week in a row everyone got into double figures!!  It was also the second week in a row that everyone scored positive points on the Bonus, a ball that has plagued most players this season.  Worryingly for some though its also the second week in a row that Derby, Zinman and BlueBaggie are the top three and Minizin, Stairs and Dingle in the bottom 3!! 

Derby again tops the weekly table with 19 points, he scored on 7 games, had two correct scores but missed on the Gamball.  Our League leader Zinman and 2nd place Blue Baggie come in joint 2nd with 17 points each.  Both got there in similar ways scoring on 6 games with 2 CSs each.

BBB is 4th with 16 points, he was the only one to benefit from Brum's late equalizer on the Gamball with a 5 point swing in his favor against everyone else!!  Minizin and Lady Jane are joint 5th with 15 points both getting there with 1 CS.  Dingle is 7th with 13 poiints despite getting 2 CSs and Stairs is in last with 11 points, he was the only player not to register a correct score this week but at least with only an 8 point spread between first and last it won't cuase too much damage to the table.

278 Zinman
257 Blue Baggie
224 Derby
222 Minizin
214 BBB
199 Stairs
186 Dingle
165 Lady Jane

With such tight scoring there is only one positional change this week.  Zinman maintains his 21 point lead over Blue but Derby is now in 3rd place having passed Minizin.  The problem for Derby though is the massive 54 point gap between him and Zin, and the top two are starting to run away with it at the moment.  BBB becomes the 5th player over the 200 mark with Stairs likely to follow him next week.  The bottom two moved a bit closer to those above them giving them some hope of avoiding relegation.

Cheers
SCO


Championship

Twerton      22
AAA            17
SCO          16
BaggieOne  15
Themaclad    6
Snooty        2
Sanjay        0

Lots of late goals this weekend made for some very late and significant swings in the scores - Blues equalizer saved 5 points for SCO and Themaclad, with Man City's late winner giving a 6 point swing to SCo and BaggieOne. Overall it was a mixed week for the Championship and not a good one for Sanjay to miss his submission!

Twerton heads the table with his best score of the season - 22 points from 6 correct predictions, 3 of them correct scores, and a full set of balls. AAA scored on 7 games but only secured 1 correct score and missed out on the gamball - good enough to give him 2nd place and a 4th consecutive week of double figure scores. SCO will be relieved at those late goals which gave him 10 points that he wasn't expecting at 90 minutes and 3rd place. although he got 6 correct predictions, his failure to turn any of them into correct scores held him back. BaggieOne is just a point further behind, losing out on the gamball but benefiting from 2 correct scores.

Then a gap, a big gap. Themaclad got the gamball result right but lost points on his bonus while Snooty was the only player to miss on all his balls, paying a price for over optimism regarding Huddersfield! Sanjay was sadly missing but hopefully he'll be back this week.

227 SCO
218 Twerton
199 AAA
190 Snooty
174 BaggieOne
161 Themaclad
129 Sanjay

Twerton is beginning to put a bit of pressure on SCO at the top of the table and becomes the 2nd Championship player to pass 200 points. AAA and Snooty  swop positions in the chase for a play-off spot as the only positional changes this week.

Zin

Hi - just wanted to say sorry about the downtime. A server disc problem explains the period of slow performance before the crash.

Mark has bust a gut to get us back up, but sadly it takes time.

We have been very stable for a very long time and so let's hope this is the last incident for a very long time.

Hi - just wanted to say sorry about the downtime. A server disc problem explains the period of slow performance before the crash.

Mark has bust a gut to get us back up, but sadly it takes time.

We have been very stable for a very long time and so let's hope this is the last incident for a very long time.

Hi - just wanted to say sorry about the downtime. A server disc problem explains the period of slow performance before the crash.

Mark has bust a gut to get us back up, but sadly it takes time.

We have been very stable for a very long time and so let's hope this is the last incident for a very long time.