An Interview with a true Magpie Colin Clayton

Last updated : 16 April 2002 By Jolly & Stevo
NAME:

Jolly

AGE
44

WHICH STAND DO YOU USUALLY SIT IN ?

Pavis

WHERE ARE YOU FROM ?

Wilford

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A NOTTS FAN ?

37 years

WHY DID YOU START TO SUPPORT NOTTS, AND NOT THE SCUM OVER THE WATER ?

Luckily I was not dropped on my head as a kid.No choice to make ,I was born a notts fan.

WHO HAS BEEN THE BEST PLAYER YOU HAVE EVER SEEN IN A NOTTS SHIRT ?
Don Masson,but I loved Super tom.

WHAT WAS THE FIRST NOTTS GAME YOU EVER WENT TO ?

Notts reserves v Stags reserves at Fieldmill.Think we won 2-1.

WHAT IS THE BEST NOTTS GAME YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO ?

Notts 2 Bolton 0.16.05.90.Play off 2ND leg.I knew then I was going to see the pies play at wembley.

WHAT IS THE WORST NOTTS GAME YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO ?.

Can’t remember the year but a new years day game at Crewe.We lost 1-0 and it p1ssed it down all game.I had one of those Barber wax jackets on and all my pockets filled up with water.We were so packed in that day you could not get out for the bog or an halftime drink.To rub salt into the wounds the crewe player who scored was called Clayton.That’s my surname.

WHO HAVE BEEN THE BEST OPPOSITION YOU HAVE EVER SEEN AT MEADOW LANE ?

Liverpool

WHO HAS BEEN THE BEST OPPOSITION PLAYER YOU HAVE EVER SEEN DOWN AT THE LANE

Stan Collymore
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WHAT HAS BEEN THE BEST AWAY GROUND YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO ?

Tottenham

WHAT HAS BEEN THE WORST AWAY GROUND YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO ?

Crewe

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR FUNNIEST MOMENT DOWN AT NOTTS COUNTY ?

Timmy Maletts visit was funny,but from a personal view it was a pre season friendly v Sheffield United.Two players went for a fifty-fifty ball and the ball came into the main stand at about 500mph.I stood up and caught like it was a balloon.Dean Yates and several other players ran over and applauded me.Magic memory for me.

BEST MOMENT AS A NOTTS FAN ?

Wembley .Tranmere and the Brighton play-off finals.

WORST MOMENT AS A NOTTS FAN ?

Quite a few of them.The one that stands out though is the 1-0 loss to the scum.Notts fans were singing “what a waste of money” to Stan Collymore, 30 seconds later he put an header past Steve Cherry.Then the scum fans started singing “what a waste of money”,just to rub it in.

WHICH PLAYER HAVE YOU BEEN MOST IMPRESSED WITH THIS SEASON, IF ANY?

Its hard to pick on this seasons performances,Heffernan I think he will turn out to be meadow lane hero.

WHICH PLAYER( S ) WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DEARDEN NOT PICKING ON A REGULAR
BASIS ?
Richo.He is out for the rest of the season now so I got my wish.Made to many mistakes this season.

WHO LOOKS THE MOST EXCITING PROSPECT AT THE LANE ?

Paul Heffernan.

DO YOU THINK DEARDEN IS THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB ?
Yes, I think he knows his way round the lower divs.Just wish we hadn’t nicked him off Mansfield.They are loving it cos we are struggling.

WHAT KIND OF PLAYERS DO YOU THINK NOTTS NEED IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF RELEGTION ?

I don’t think we can afford the type we need.

AND FINALLY, WHERE DO YOU THINK NOTTS WILL END UP THIS SEASON?
Div 3.Sad that,hope I am wrong.