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Notts County

A club that carries football's beginnings around with it, but whose modern identity has been forged just as much by rescues, misadventures, supporter memory and the hard-won climb back from non-league.

Est. 1862 The Meadows / Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Meadow Lane 50 researched sources
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OVERVIEW & IDENTITY

The club behind the badge

Identity & place

What this club is really about

Notts carry 1862 as a living connection to football's beginnings. Modern supporters have also known administration, a fan-led rescue, the Munto affair, relegation from the Football League in 2019 and a return in 2023 after 107 points still fell short of automatic promotion. Sirrel, Wheeler, Slater and Lawton sit alongside the Juventus connection, The Pie and the Wheelbarrow Song in a history fans know how to cherish and question.

Place, industry & identity
CLUB ARCHIVE

History Snapshot

  1. Before the rulebook settled

    Notts' roots pre-date the Football Association, and the club moved through a sequence of Nottingham grounds before helping found the Football League in 1888.

  2. The FA Cup and Jimmy Logan

    Notts became the first Second Division FA Cup winners. Jimmy Logan's final hat-trick later acquired a second life when supporters campaigned to give him a proper grave marker.

  3. The Juventus thread

    The black-and-white shirts sent to Turin through Tom Gordon Savage in 1903 created a link that Juventus themselves continue to recognise. Inviting Notts to open the new Juventus Stadium in…

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Living identity

Why that identity still matters

1862 remains prominent and the Juventus link appears in current kit. Fans funded the Sirrel-Wheeler statue and restored attention to Jimmy Logan's grave, while the Foundation works in The Meadows. Reedtz-era data-led operations helped restore EFL football; promotion to League One in 2026 opened another chapter beyond the recovery from 2019.

Supporters & community
contested_origin / established supporter ritual

The Wheelbarrow Song

A popular account puts the Wheelbarrow Song's breakthrough at a wet Shrewsbury game in April 1990, when a miserable promotion chase improved as Notts recovered to draw. Other versions survive, so that night remains the best-known supporter tale…

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Official club links
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  1. Notts County Football Club | Club Charter 2025-26 accessed 2026-10-01
  2. Notts County Football Club (FGE01/01/064) Archive Volume - Football Grounds Of England Collection accessed 2026-10-01
  3. Notts County Football Club - A History accessed 2026-10-01
  4. The Thoroton Society Newsletter No. 68 (Summer 2012) accessed 2026-10-01
  5. On This Day: The final Football League match at Trent Bridge accessed 2026-10-01
  6. Jones stars as Notts County win League Two Play-Off Final accessed 2026-10-01
  7. Notts County Supporters Trust accessed 2026-10-01
  8. Notts County trust 'should never have handed control to Qadbak' accessed 2026-10-01
  9. The Trillion Dollar Conman: Notts County and the bizarre scam that fooled football accessed 2026-10-01
  10. Notts County: Alexander & Christoffer Reedtz complete takeover accessed 2026-10-01
  11. Notts County: New Danish owners pay two months of overdue wages at Meadow Lane accessed 2026-10-01
  12. Notts County Football Club Limited - Persons with significant control accessed 2026-10-01
  13. Martin Paterson: Notts County head coach on working with data and a technical committee accessed 2026-10-01
  14. Swindon Town 3-1 Notts County: Magpies relegated to National League accessed 2026-10-01
  15. Notts County: Oldest Football League club signs return after promotion accessed 2026-10-01
  16. Notts County 3-2 Boreham Wood: Magpies win extra-time thriller to reach promotion final accessed 2026-10-01
  17. Chesterfield 2-2 Notts County (3-4 on penalties): Magpies seal promotion in shootout accessed 2026-10-01
  18. Notts County end record-breaking season as 107-point runners-up accessed 2026-10-01
  19. Black and white brothers unite in the name of Tom Savage accessed 2026-10-01
  20. 15 years of our home: where we belong accessed 2026-10-01
  21. History of the FA Cup accessed 2026-10-01
  22. Notts County FA Cup hat-trick hero Jimmy Logan gets lasting memorial accessed 2026-10-01
  23. Legends of the Lane: Jimmy Sirrel and Jack Wheeler accessed 2026-10-01
  24. Statue unveiled to Notts County legends Jimmy Sirrel and Jack Wheeler accessed 2026-10-01
  25. CONFERENCING & EVENTS accessed 2026-10-01
  26. Spectator Code of Conduct / Safe Standing Information accessed 2026-10-01
  27. Meadow Lane | Notts County FC accessed 2026-10-01
  28. Home accessed 2026-10-01
  29. Notts County Foundation launches new strategy at Meadow Lane accessed 2026-10-01
  30. Notts County Foundation Hosts Inspiring Open Iftar at Meadow Lane accessed 2026-10-01
  31. Notts County FC Official Supporters Association accessed 2026-10-01
  32. The Pie: A Notts County Football Club supporters fanzine from 1987-2009 accessed 2026-10-01
  33. A History of Notts County Football Fanzines accessed 2026-10-01
  34. Colin Slater: Notts County commentator on 2,500 matches and his favourite Magpies memories accessed 2026-10-01
  35. Colin Slater obituary accessed 2026-10-01
  36. Mike Edwards: Notts County defender on 21 managers, no milk and cooking pre-match meals accessed 2026-10-01
  37. Notts County: 150 Years of History - 1862-2012 accessed 2026-10-01
  38. On This Day: Notts County beat Chelsea to seal First Division return accessed 2026-10-01
  39. NOTTS 1993-94 Home Shirt Reissue accessed 2026-10-01
  40. Anglo-Italian Cup 1994/95 accessed 2026-10-01
  41. Scouting Report: Mansfield Town (A), 30 September 2017 accessed 2026-10-01
  42. Crystal Palace claim they are oldest professional football club in existence accessed 2026-10-01
  43. NOTTS Adult Away Shirt 2026-27 accessed 2026-10-01
  44. NOTTS Adult Third Shirt 2026-27 accessed 2026-10-01
  45. NOTTS The Pies T-Shirt accessed 2026-10-01
  46. Football supporter culture and the Wheelbarrow Song discussion accessed 2026-10-01
  47. Notts County Season Leading Goalscorers accessed 2026-10-01
  48. Jimmy Sirrel Stand, Meadow Lane (FGE01/01/064/012) accessed 2026-10-01
  49. Meadow Lane stadium view, 1993 (FGE01/01/064/013) accessed 2026-10-01
  50. Nottingham Co-operative Society Bakery Meadow Lane - 9/5/1941 war memorial accessed 2026-10-01
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