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Golden Boot nominations for this month? Early Golden Boot nominations 2nd team manager Tim Salmon for christening Shaun 'Paddy' O'Farrell with the nickname 'Jocky' in a pre-season friendly. Kev Bloomfield for forgetting to order the scratchcards and telling porkies to the committee about it. Most bizarre in jury of the month goes to second team defender Dave Smith who was accidentally poked in the eye by his girlfriend. We don't know what they were doing at the time, but we usually assume it should be the Notts player that is doing the poking - not the other way around. Matt Riley for forgetting about the dirty blue kit and leaving it in his car unwashed for three weekl
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Golden Boot nominations for this month? Talking of the 'Golden Boot', another nomination can be put forward this month for third team supremo, Rob Johnson. Before a recent third team game, Captain Bob was unable to find the plastic socket sunk in the ground for the flags that mark the half way line. Apparently Bob was unaware that these are located a metre BACK from the line and as he couldn't find the hole, forced the flags into the ground on the halfway line!! Third team manager, Rob Johnson had arranged for his goalkeeper Jez Hughes to have a pre-match fitness test at lunchtime before their game against Edwinstowe. When Rob and assistant manager Kev arrived at Bluecoat, Jez was very helpfully putting up the nets on the big pitch (at both ends) and had already put the corner flags in. The management duo were really impressed with Jez’s helpfulness, especially as they weren’t playing on this pitch (the Twos were also at home!). Naturally, Rob and Kev decided to stop and watch and wait until Jez had finished his task before telling him he had put the nets up on the wrong pitch! Well done, Jez. Hope the boot fits!!
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Golden Boot nominations for this month? Ladbrokes have officially stopped taking bets on the winner of the 2001/2002 Nottinghamshire F.C. 'Golden Boot' Award. The clear, undisputed favourite is first team manager Colin Spencer, who has been surpassing himself this month with a string of 'Golden' performances. Not only has Colin been awarded the 'Golden Compass' for his navigational skills, but he has also recently been awarded the 'Golden Bibs' award for taking the training bibs home at the end of last season, washing them, putting them neatly away in his loft, forgetting all about them, denying he had them when questioned, before eventually finding them a third of the way through the season! On the 17th November, the irrepressible Mr Spencer was also awarded the 'Golden Key' award after he convinced himself that he had locked his car keys in his own boot before the first team game against Squareform Steelers. Thinking that he wouldn't be able to get home, he telephoned his wife in Papplewick and made her drive all the way to Bluecoat to bring the spare set of keys before realising that the keys were in fact in his coat pocket in the changing rooms!! Mrs Spencer's comments on the matter go unreported. "I just can't live with performances like that" said the disappointed pre-November golden boot favourite, Tim Salmon. "Colin obviously knows how to win this trophy and it look as though he's going to have the whole thing sown up by Christmas." The club is now waiting with baited breath to see if anyone can match this extraordinary feat. Remember it ain't over until the 'Golden' voice sings.
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Golden Boot nominations for this month? Firstly we would like to nominate MRS Colin Spencer, who is obviously catching the 'cock up disease' from her other half. Mrs S dragged Colin along to a surprise birthday party at a friend's house and made Colin stand outside with a bottle of drink and sing 'Happy Birthday' at the top of his voice. Trouble was Mrs C had got the date wrong and arrived at the house a WEEK EARLY!! Second nomination goes to Third Team Supremo Rob Johnson, who collected the keys for the Sports Hall as normal and then decided to open the Sports Hall door without waiting for the caretaker who normally opens up. This meant that Rob tripped the 'silent' alarm and the next thing he knows he's surrounded by police cars who arrive to arrest the villains for breaking and entering! How Rob talked himself out of arrest is at this stage unclear. His court case comes up after Christmas.
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Golden Boot nominations for this month? These have to include Gary Newton for phoning up Colin Spencer after the OE's game to ask him if the Ones were going back to the pub after the game when Colin was in the changing room NEXT DOOR! How about Andy Newham for agreeing to pass on John Proctor's 150 club money (£21) at the beginning of the season and then leaving in a draw and forgetting about it for the next six months! minded Newham just before the December draw!
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Golden Boot nominations for this month? Notts fans may have noticed that the Ones haven't played in their traditional green & white for a few weeks now thanks to the great work of Colin 'Golden Boot for Sure' Spencer. According to our esteemed first team manager, his washing machine got stuck and wouldn't spin causing the hot water to turn the lovely white halves of the first team shirts a rather dirty, muddy colour! Looks like the Ones will be looking for a new kit sponsor for next season. Colin was last seen clearing a large space on his mantlepiece for a certain trophy that's probably coming his way. On his way to a recent Threes game Chris Arthur drove off from home and could hear something scraping along behind him. He stopped to see what the problem was only to find that his kit bag had got caught in his boot and had been dragged along the street! The bag contained Chris’s clothes and some third team drill tops which ended up a little worn to sat the least!!

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