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BBC News
24-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Notts boss Paterson on data and management by committee
Martin Paterson is a head coach who does not understand data at a club where data analytics means that the new Notts County boss sees that as a problem."If you ask me about data, I wouldn't be able to give you an answer that makes sense because I don't deal with the data – I don't understand it," Paterson told BBC Sport."I am a person who works quite simply on the football side of things. I don't pretend to have skillsets that I don't."By taking the job as head coach at Notts, Paterson made himself "one cog" in a new-look technical committee that will help influence how the Magpies operate at every level, from recruitment to team selection and is a committee that includes the club's owners, Chris and Alex Reedtz, its director of football Roberto Gagliardi, newly appointed director of performance Dr David Rhodes, as well as Paterson's coaching the Reedtz brothers owning football analytics company Football Radar, the club is built on a data and statistics empire."I've worked at clubs, for instance at Barnsley, where they are completely data driven in terms of their recruitment, so the players turn up and they are the best players according to the data and we coached them," Paterson said."Here it's a more collaborative conversation between the head of football, myself and then the owners - we are all together making team decisions."You will find everybody uses data now days, we have some really big clubs in the Premier League that are solely data."I don't understand it [data] and how they can figure the best players within it, but what I do understand is that when players are brought to me, it is facts that they are telling me about the players – 'this player is good at this, he scores goals, he defends well' - and then we select the best out of the three that they give me." Paterson's move to Meadow Lane sees him take the helm of a club for just the second time in his career, having been in charge of Burton Albion for the last four months of their 2023-24 campaign when they narrowly avoided relegation from League has spent a majority of his coaching career to date working under Michael Duff at Huddersfield Town, Swansea City and was in the United States that the former Burnley, Scunthorpe and Northern Ireland forward first moved into coaching, which included a spell on the backroom staff at Inter Miami under Phil however, has he worked as part of a technical committee - a setup that Notts' powerbrokers sees as innovative, but comes across more like a relic of Victorian age football when clubs were managed by committee."I wouldn't put it that way," said Notts chairman Chris Reedtz with a smile when the historical comparison was put to him."I'm not sure how that committee in in the early 1900s worked but we are not changing the main decision-making responsibility. We are just creating what we hope will be a close and strong collaboration between these different key people within the club."We think it's natural you want to combine new ideas. If you are the director of performance you want to be able to provide your input to the head coach about the physical state of your players, it's a really important aspect when taking into account when deciding the team. "It is a useful way of working together and we are not talking about about making decision in terms of votes or however committees used to make it work." Reedtz insists that finding a new head coach to work with the technical committee did not complicate the search for Stuart Maynard's replacement, nor did it discourage more experienced bosses from showing said Notts' plans for the coaching set-up were made clear from the outset, and added that he relished the chance to be part of it."To ask people in football what's right is a really hard question to answer because the owners have a clear way they want to run the football club," he said."So the right way, generally, is what they say."I ultimately have to accept the things we talked about in the interview process, and that was them having a clear structure, a clear way of using data and debriefing the games."And I actually welcome it because what it does is pushes us as staff to be better. Collectively they think that it's a really good tool to help me win more games, so I welcome it."And when asked if working with a technical committee risked him feeling as though his job was being interfered with, Paterson pointed out that listening to feedback and suggestions from club hierarchy was nothing unique."It's been ongoing in football for a long time," he said. "Owners and chairmen generally do it verbally after games in the boardroom where they say 'what was that today, or why did you do this?'"All it is, in a simple explanation from my side, is that they want substance to what I'm doing on matchday - why I'm picking a certain team, why I'm setting up a certain way and does that align with how they want Notts County to look? And I believe it will be."
BBC News
22-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Notts appoint ex-Burton boss Paterson as head coach
Notts County have appointed former Burton Albion boss Martin Paterson as their new head League Two club have been without a head coach for a month since Stuart Maynard was sacked following their play-off semi-final defeat by AFC Northern Ireland international forward Paterson, 38, had a brief spell in charge of Burton in the second half of the 2023-24 season, helping them narrowly avoid relegation from League director of football Roberto Gagliardi told the club website, external that he was "hugely excited" by Paterson's appointment."In our conversations with him it's been clear that he shares our vision of playing dynamic, progressive football and, as much as the club's DNA will remain the same in terms of our desire to dominate the ball, we believe he may bring more intensity and directness to our play," Gagliardi said. "Martin wants his teams to be extremely hard-working, well-organised and difficult to play against – characteristics which were key to his success at Burton having become their manager in very challenging circumstances."We believe we can provide the environment for Martin to demonstrate his true capabilities as a head coach."Burton were 17th in the table when Paterson took over, following which they won just five times in 20 games - enough to narrowly avoid ended up finishing 20th - one place and two points above the drop zone - although then Brewers owner and chairman Ben Robinson admitted Paterson had taken over "under very difficult circumstances".After beginning his career with home town club Stoke City, former Burnley, Huddersfield Town, Blackpool, Port Vale and Tampa Bay Rowdies striker Paterson worked as a number two in England and the United States, including a stint alongside Phil Neville in appointed by Burton, Robinson said he saw the "same potential" in Paterson that he did in Neil Warnock, Nigel Clough and Gary Rowett - who were all appointed by Albion as up and coming owners Christoffer and Alexander Reedtz said Paterson had "demonstrated immense passion, determination and ambition – underpinned by a fixation on winning" during talks over the Edwards will be Paterson's assistant head coach, with keeper Sam Slocombe extending his stay at Meadow Lane by becoming first-team coach.
BBC News
16-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Notts County bring in Norburn after Blackpool exit
Notts County have signed midfielder Oliver Norburn on a one-year deal after his departure from League One club 32-year-old becomes the third signing of the summer for managerless County following midfielder Tom Iorpenda and forward Matthew made 52 appearances for the Tangerines after signing from Peterborough in 2023 and spent the second half of last season on loan at Wigan Athletic."I've been an admirer of Oliver's for many years having tried to sign him for Portsmouth in 2021," County's head of football Roberto Gagliardi told the club website, external."As well as being effective in and out of possession, Ollie's a natural leader who's been captain everywhere he's played."We need players of Ollie's character, experience and quality in key areas of the pitch if we're to achieve our short-term objectives and we know he's going to be a hugely influential figure for us."The central midfielder came through the academies at Chelsea and Leicester and had spells with League Two sides Bristol Rovers and Plymouth Argyle before dropping into the National League with Guiseley, Macclesfield and Tranmere spent three seasons with League One side Shrewsbury Town before joining Peterborough in the Championship.
BBC News
10-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Notts bring in Huddersfield's Iorpenda on loan
Notts County have signed midfielder Tom Iorpenda on a season-long loan from League One club Huddersfield 20-year-old has made 15 appearances for the Terriers since making his first-team debut in a 5-0 FA Cup third-round defeat at Manchester City in January he featured 12 times across all competitions in an injury-hit 2024-25 campaign, he is yet to start a league match for first joined the West Yorkshire club's youth ranks from Brighton & Hove Albion in the summer of 2021, and has previously spent time out on loan with non-league side Hyde joins a managerless Notts side that fell short of League Two promotion at the play-off semi-final stage in May and comes in to replace George Abbott, who spent last term on loan at Meadow Lane from Premier League side Tottenham."We're pleased to offer another highly promising young player a fantastic platform to show what they can do," Notts' head of football Roberto Gagliardi told the club website., external"He has all the qualities you look for in a modern-day, dynamic midfielder and we're excited to work with him to help us achieve our objectives."
BBC News
04-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Notts sign forward Dennis after Carlisle exit
Notts County have signed Matthew Dennis on a three-year deal after the forward rejected the offer of a new contract at Carlisle 23-year-old scored six goals in 14 appearances in his four months with Carlisle, but it was not enough to help the Cumbrians avoid relegation to the National moved to Brunton Park to join the relegation fight after being released by MK Dons in February, having previously spent part of the 2024-25 season on loan in the National League with arrival comes just days after the Magpies lost prolific veteran striker David McGoldrick, who himself turned down the offer a new contract with his boyhood club after netting 17 goals last head of football Roberto Gagliardi says Dennis' performances and goals in League Two last term "prove he is more than capable of making an immediate impact" at Meadow forward, who spent time on the books at Arsenal and Norwich City as a youth player, is Notts' first signing since the sacking of head coach Stuart Maynard."Signing as a free agent, we believe he represents excellent value," Gagliardi said."And we're delighted to have beaten a number of other clubs, including some from higher divisions, to his signature."
