2017–18 Notts County F.C. season

Notts County
2017–18 season
Owner	Alan Hardy
Chairman	Alan Hardy
Manager	Kevin Nolan
Stadium	Meadow Lane; Nottingham; (Capacity: 20,229)
League Two	5th
FA Cup	Fourth Round (replay) ; (knocked out by Swansea City A.F.C.)
EFL Cup	1st Round ; (knocked out by Scunthorpe United F.C.)
EFL Trophy	Eliminated at Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Jorge Grant (15); All: Jorge Grant (19)
Highest home attendance	17,274 (league); 17,615 (playoffs)
Lowest home attendance	3,738 (league) ; 1,409 (EFL Trophy)
Average home league attendance	7,910

The 2017–18 season was Notts County's 155th season in their history and their third consecutive season in League Two. Along with League Two, the club also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

First-Team Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Adam Collin	GK	Penrith	33	81	0	Rotherham United	1 July 2016	Free	2018
13	Branislav Pindroch	GK	Baskà Bystrica	26	4	0	MFK Karviná	31 July 2017	Free	2020
34	Ross Fitzsimons	GK	London	24	21	0	Chelmsford	27 July 2017	Trainee	2020
35	Joe Searson	GK	Nottingham	19	0	0	Academy		Trainee	Undisclosed
Defenders
2	Matt Tootle	RB	Knowsley	27	80	4	Shrewsbury Town	1 July 2016	Free	2020
3	Carl Dickinson	LB	Swadlincote	31	72	1	Port Vale	1 July 2016	Free	2018
4	Elliott Hewitt	RB/CM	Rhyl	24	124	6	Ipswich Town	4 August 2015	Free	2019
5	Richard Duffy	CB	Swansea	32	97	7	Eastleigh	1 July 2016	Free	Undisclosed
16	Shaun Brisley	CB	Macclesfield	28	46	3	Carlisle United	24 July 2017	Free	Undisclosed
19	Nicky Hunt	RB	Westhoughton	34	19	0	Leyton Orient	1 August 2017	Undisclosed	2018
23	Daniel Jones	LB	Rowley Regis	31	41	4	Chesterfield	3 July 2017	Free	2020
25	Ben Hall	CB	Omagh	21	11	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 January 2018	Loan	2018
33	Pierce Bird	CB	Nottingham	19	2	0	Academy	31 July 2017	Trainee	2018
38	Mike Edwards	CB	Hessle	38	352	30	Carlisle United	18 August 2014	Free	2018
Midfielders
6	Matty Virtue	LM	Epsom	21	15	0	Liverpool	11 January 2018	Loan	2018
8	Michael O'Connor	CM	Belfast	30	42	2	Port Vale	1 July 2016	Free	2018
10	Jorge Grant	CM	Banbury	23	73	25	Nottingham Forest	20 July 2017	Loan	2018
11	Terry Hawkridge	RM	Nottingham	28	37	3	Lincoln City	1 July 2017	Free	2019
12	Elliot Hodge	RM	Nottingham	22	4	0	Lincoln City	1 August 2017	Free	2018
15	Curtis Thompson	RM	Nottingham	24	100	2	Academy	1 July 2011	Trainee	2018
17	Alan Smith	CM	Rothwell	37	107	1	Milton Keynes Dons	1 July 2014	Free	2018
18	Liam Noble	CM	Newcastle upon Tyne	27	99	17	Forest Green Rovers	1 January 2018	Free	2019
21	Noor Husin	CM	Mazar-i-Sharif	21	14	2	Crystal Palace	12 January 2018	Undisclosed	2019
24	Robert Milsom	LM	Redhill	31	81	1	Rotherham United	1 July 2015	Free	2018
37	Alex Howes	CM	Nottingham	18	2	0	Academy		Trainee	Undisclosed
44	Kevin Nolan	AM	Liverpool	36	0	0	Free agent	30 January 2017	Free	Undisclosed
Forwards
7	Lewis Alessandra	RW	Heywood	29	48	7	Hartlepool United	1 July 2017	Undisclosed	2019
9	Shola Ameobi	CF	Zaria	36	54	10	Fleetwood Town	3 February 2017	Free	2018
14	Jonathan Forte	LW	Sheffield	31	108	33	Oldham Athletic	1 July 2016	Free	2018
26	Callum Saunders	CF	Istanbul	22	6	0	Crewe Alexandra	31 July 2017	Free	2018
28	Mason Bennett	CF	Langwith, Derbyshire	21	2	1	Derby County	31 January 2018	Loan	2018
30	Jon Stead	CF	Huddersfield	35	141	41	Huddersfield Town	2 July 2015	Free	2019
39	Sam Osborne	CF	Nottingham	18	3	0	Dunkirk	1 July 2016	Free	2018

Statistics

As of match played 21 April 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Adam Collin	30	0	28+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Matt Tootle	39	2	35+0	2	3+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Carl Dickinson	32	1	23+2	1	4+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
4	DF		Elliott Hewitt	46	4	33+8	4	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF		Richard Duffy	47	3	42+0	2	5+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Haydn Hollis	4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	1
6	DF		Matty Virtue	12	0	7+4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW		Lewis Alessandra	44	7	26+11	7	3+1	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
8	MF		Michael O'Connor	4	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW		Shola Ameobi	35	6	25+8	6	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF		Jorge Grant	52	18	34+9	15	5+0	2	1+0	1	1+2	0
11	MF		Terry Hawkridge	37	3	29+2	3	5+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
12	MF		Elliot Hodge	4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
13	GK		Branislav Pindroch	4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
14	FW		Jonathan Forte	34	9	11+17	7	0+3	0	1+0	0	2+0	2
15	MF		Curtis Thompson	4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
16	DF		Shaun Brisley	42	3	34+1	2	5+0	0	1+0	1	1+0	0
17	MF		Alan Smith	24	1	0+16	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	3+0	1
18	MF		Liam Noble	18	1	12+5	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	DF		Nicky Hunt	18	0	9+3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
20	MF		Liam Walker	15	0	6+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
21	MF		Noor Husin	13	2	10+1	1	2+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Ryan Yates	29	6	25+0	3	3+0	2	1+0	1	0+0	0
23	DF		Daniel Jones	29	3	21+4	3	1+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
24	MF		Robert Milsom	22	1	12+5	1	0+1	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
25	MF		Ben Hall	10	0	8+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	FW		Callum Saunders	6	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
28	FW		Mason Bennett	2	1	1+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	FW		Jon Stead	48	13	37+4	9	5+0	4	1+0	0	0+1	0
33	DF		Pierce Bird	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
34	GK		Ross Fitzsimons	21	0	16+1	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

Goals Scored

As of match played 10 March 2018

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	10	LM	Jorge Grant	15	2	1	0	18
2	30	CF	Jon Stead	9	4	0	0	13
3	7	RW	Lewis Alessandra	6	0	0	0	6
	14	CF	Jonathan Forte	4	0	0	2	6
	22	CM	Ryan Yates	3	2	1	0	6
6	9	CF	Shola Ameobi	5	0	0	0	5
7	4	CB	Elliott Hewitt	3	0	0	0	3
7	16	CB	Shaun Brisley	2	0	1	0	3
9	2	RB	Matt Tootle	2	0	0	0	2
	5	CB	Richard Duffy	1	1	0	0	2
	11	RM	Terry Hawkridge	2	0	0	0	2
	21	MF	Noor Husin	1	1	0	0	2
13	3	LB	Carl Dickinson	1	0	0	0	1
	6	CB	Haydn Hollis	0	0	0	1	1
	17	CM	Alan Smith	0	0	0	1	1
	18	CM	Liam Noble	1	0	0	0	1
	23	LB	Daniel Jones	1	0	0	0	1
	24	LM	Robert Milsom	1	0	0	0	1
	28	FW	Mason Bennett	1	0	0	0	1
Total				58	10	3	4	75

Disciplinary Record

As of match played 17 March 2018

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League Two			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	34		GK	Ross Fitzsimons	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2	4		CB	Elliott Hewitt	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
2	5		CB	Richard Duffy	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
4	10		LM	Jorge Grant	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
5	2		RB	Matt Tootle	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
6	3		LB	Carl Dickinson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	9		CF	Shola Ameobi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	18		CM	Liam Noble	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	21		MF	Noor Husin	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	6		LM	Matty Virtue	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	16		CB	Shaun Brisley	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	22		CM	Ryan Yates	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	23		LB	Daniel Jones	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	30		CF	Jon Stead	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
15	7		RW	Lewis Alessandra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	11		RM	Terry Hawkridge	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	17		CM	Alan Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
	24		LM	Robert Milsom	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	6		DF	Haydn Hollis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	14		CF	Jonathan Forte	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	19		RB	Nicky Hunt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					58	2	1	7	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	70	2	1

Competitions

Friendlies

On 12 April 2017, Notts County announced they will face Nottingham Forest as part of pre-season.^[1] The Magpies also confirmed that they will visit Basford United.^[2] Two weeks later, Wigan Athletic was added as further opposition.^[3] A fifth friendly was arranged against York City.^[4]

8 July 2017	Rolls Royce Select XI	0–6	Notts County	Hucknall
15:00 BST		Report	Milsom Tootle Stead x2' Ameobi Smith	Stadium: Watnall Road

15 July 2017	Basford United	0–2	Notts County	Basford
15:00 BST		Report	Jones Howes	Stadium: Greenwich Avenue

19 July 2017	Notts County	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Nottingham
19:45 BST		Report	Brereton 51' Vellios 88'	Stadium: Meadow Lane

22 July 2017	Notts County	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Alessandra	Report	Duffy (O.G.) 64' Lang	Stadium: Meadow Lane

29 July 2017	Carlton Town	1–1	Notts County	Carlton
12:00 BST	McNicholas 21'	Report	Stead ?' (pen.)	Stadium: Stokeld Stadium

29 July 2017	York City	1–2	Notts County	York
15:00 BST	Parkin 83' (pen.)	Report	Walker 45+1' Bird 90+1'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent

League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Wycombe Wanderers (P)	46	24	12	10	79	60	+19	84	Promotion to EFL League One
4	Exeter City	46	24	8	14	64	54	+10	80	Qualification for League Two play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Notts County	46	21	14	11	71	48	+23	77
6	Coventry City (O, P)	46	22	9	15	64	47	+17	75
7	Lincoln City	46	20	15	11	64	48	+16	75

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	21	14	11	71	48	+23	77	14	7	2	43	19	+24	7	7	9	28	29	−1

Last updated: 8 May 2018.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D
Position	23	14	7	4	5	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2018. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^[5]^[6]

5 August 2017 1	Coventry City	3–0	Notts County	Coventry
15:00 BST	Jones 29', 80', 90+5'	Report	Hewitt 76'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 10,350 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

12 August 2017 2	Notts County	2–0	Chesterfield	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Grant 60', 90+6', 73'	Report	29' Ugwu 45' Scott Wiseman 49' Reed 63' Weir 90+5' Hird	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 7,021 Referee: Andy Haines

19 August 2017 3	Wycombe Wanderers	2–4	Notts County	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	Gape 48' Freeman 49' Jacobson 68' El-Abd 90+2'	Report	Duffy 14' El-Abd 15' (o.g.) Jones 27' Forte 84' Alessandra 89' Ameobi 90'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,785 Referee: Graham Salisbury

25 August 2017 4	Notts County	2–2	Accrington Stanley	Nottingham
19:45 BST	Stead 33' (pen.) Grant 54' Duffy 58' Hewitt 63' Tootle 80', 90+1'	Report	Hughes 58' Donacien 65' Leacock-McLeod 66' Wilks 90+1' 90+4'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 6,087 Referee: Carl Boyeson

2 September 2017 5	Port Vale	0–1	Notts County	Burslem
15:00 BST	Worrall 90+2'	Report	Alessandra 67' Hewitt 88'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,656 Referee: Robert Lewis

9 September 2017 6	Notts County	2–0	Morecambe	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Jones 27' Hewitt 65' Forte 85'	Report	Rose 26' Müller 88'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,305 Referee: Richard Clark

12 September 2017 7	Notts County	1–0	Swindon Town	Nottingham
19:45 BST	Stead 32' (pen.)	Report	Luke Norris 33'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,107 Referee: Scott Duncan

16 September 2017 8	Crawley Town	0–1	Notts County	Crawley
15:00 BST	Yorwerth 79'	Report	Grant 55' Forte 88'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,352 Referee: John Busby

23 September 2017 9	Notts County	4–1	Lincoln City	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Stead 39' Milsom 41' Tootle 55' Grant 71' Hawkridge 88'	Report	Knott 28' Anderson 47' Bostwick 52' Raggett 79' Habergham 87'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 11,672 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

26 September 2017 10	Exeter City	0–3	Notts County	Exeter
19:45		Report	Alessandra 2' Dickinson 59' Grant 61', 82' Hunt 64'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,760 Referee: Kevin Johnson

30 September 2017 11	Mansfield Town	3–1	Notts County	Mansfield
13:00 BST	Rose 47', 59' Hemmings 60' Duffy 63' (o.g.)	Report	Dickinson 90+2'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 7,072 Referee: Darren Drysdale

7 October 2017 12	Notts County	1–1	Forest Green Rovers	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Duffy 2' Milsom 76' 90+6'	Report	Traoré 7' Collins 19' Bugiel 30' Cooper 90+1'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 13,267 Referee: Lee Probert

14 October 2017 13	Notts County	2–1	Barnet	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Ameobi 16' Yates 52' Dickinson 66'	Report	Ricardo 48' Akinola 81' Nelson 84'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,804 Referee: Michael Salisbury

17 October 2017 14	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Notts County	Crewe
19:45 BST	Lowery 31' Raynes 44' Bowery 66' Ng 68' Porter 88'	Report	Yates 64' Ameobi 70' Dickinson 82'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,339 Referee: Robert Jones

21 October 2017 15	Carlisle United	1–1	Notts County	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Hope 25' Miller 90'	Report	Yates 58'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,730 Referee: David Webb

28 October 2017 16	Notts County	3–0	Newport County	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Grant 36', 55' Ameobi 52' Tootle 57' Duffy 67'	Report	Dan Butler 34' Nouble 42' Demetriou 62'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 6,019 Referee: Craig Hicks

11 November 2017 17	Stevenage	1–1	Notts County	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Newton 38' Wilkinson 41' Henry 45+1' Samuel 83' Martin 90+4'	Report	Hewitt 36' 58' Hawkridge 38'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,962 Referee: Ross Joyce

18 November 2017 18	Notts County	3–1	Cheltenham Town	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Grant 30', 52' Brisley 54'	Report	Winchester 35'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,809 Referee: Ben Toner

21 November 2017 19	Yeovil Town	1–1	Notts County	Yeovil
19:45 GMT	Zoko 80' (pen.) Nelson 88'	Report	Forte 41' Grant 83'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 2,338 Referee: Dean Whitestone

25 November 2017 20	Notts County	2–1	Colchester United	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Tootle 10' Duffy 64' Ameobi 68' (pen.) 74' Grant 77' Yates 90+3'	Report	Mandron 67' Jackson 74' Kent 84' Odelusi 89'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 6,770 Referee: Mark Heywood

9 December 2017 21	Luton Town	1–1	Notts County	Luton
15:00 GMT	Mullins 26' Sheehan 62'	Report	Dickinson 23' Hewitt 54' Ameobi 61' 76' Stead 67'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,063 Referee: Charles Breakspear

16 December 2017 22	Notts County	0–0	Grimsby Town	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Yates 90 +3'	Report	Jones 38' McKeown 70'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 8016 Referee: Craig Hicks

23 December 2017 23	Notts County	3–3	Cambridge United	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Alessandra 74' Brisley 87' 53' Forte 90+3'	Report	Ikpeazu 40' 14' Brown 49', 68' 21' Carroll 72' Forde 90+1'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 6,102 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

26 December 2017 24	Morecambe	1–4	Notts County	Morecambe
15:00	Lang 89'	Report	Grant 13', 59' Alessandra 21', 86'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,947 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

30 December 2017 25	Swindon Town	1–0	Notts County	Swindon
15:00	Norris 47' Dunne 90+3'	Report	Brisley 17' Grant 90+4'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,247 Referee: Ben Toner

1 January 2018 26	Notts County	1–0	Port Vale	Nottingham
15:00	Duffy 31' Hewitt 74' Stead 86' (pen.)	Report	Pope 56' Davis 90+5'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 7,241 Referee: Darren Handley

13 January 2018 27	Lincoln City	2–2	Notts County	Lincoln
15:00	Rhead 30' Frecklington 37' Williams 49' Green 67' Waterfall 82'	Report	Stead 35' Hawridge 59' Alessandra 70' Grant 76' 81' Fitzsimons 90+6'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 9,603 Referee: Ross Joyce

20 January 2018 28	Notts County	1–2	Exeter City	Nottingham
15:00	Stead 73' (pen.)	Report	Taylor 8' Stockley 42' Archibald-Henville 73'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 6,677 Referee: Antony Coggins

23 January 2018 29	Notts County	1–2	Crawley Town	Nottingham
19:45 GMT	Virtue 28', 90' Brisley 45' Stead 58' (pen.) Fitzsimons 90+3'	Report	Smith 25' Verheydt 37' Lelan 48' Payne 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 3,738 Referee: Robert Lewis

3 February 2018 30	Notts County	4–1	Crewe Alexandra	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Husin 15' 65' Hewitt 41', 60' Bennett 89'	Report	Miller 11' Nolan 43'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 17,274 Referee: Brett Huxtable

10 February 2018 31	Barnet	1–0	Notts County	Canons Park
15:00 GMT	Nicholls 90+3'	Report	Duffy 15' Husin 62' Noble 74'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,752 Referee: John Busby

13 February 2018 32	Notts County	2–1	Carlisle United	Nottingham
19:45 GMT	Stead 19', 35' Noble 62' Duffy 79' Husin 80' Alessandra 81'	Report	Devitt 75'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 3,889 Referee: Darren Drysdale

17 February 2018 33	Newport County	0–0	Notts County	Newport
15:00 UTC	Pipe 36' Labadie 86'	Report	Stead 51'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,326 Referee: Robert Lewis

20 February 2018 34	Cambridge United	1–0	Notts County	Cambridge
19:45 GMT	Elito 30'	Report	Grant 56'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Charles Breakspear

24 February 2018 35	Notts County	2–0	Stevenage	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Husin 67' Grant 77' Ameobi 80'	Report	Martin 43'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,684 Referee: Kevin Johnson

6 March 2018 36	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Notts County	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Morrell 66' Graham 90+2'	Report	Hawkridge 42' Grant 90+2'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 2,273 Referee: Graham Horwood

10 March 2018 37	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Notts County	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Campbell 72' Collins 86' Cooper 90+3'	Report	Noble 34' 89' Tootle 80' Duffy 87'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,893 Referee: Mark Heywood

17 March 2018 38	Notts County	1–1	Mansfield Town	Nottingham
13:00 GMT	Hawkridge 35' Hewitt 90+8'	Report	Atkinson 53' Benning 72' MacDonald 88' Hemmings 90+9' (pen.)	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 12,563 Referee: Andy Woolmer

25 March 2018 39	Chesterfield	3–1	Notts County	Chesterfield
13:30 BST	Nelson 16' Zavon Hines 39' Whitmore 82' Dennis 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Stead 63' Jones 85'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 6,005 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

30 March 2018 40	Notts County	0–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Hawkridge 55' Tootle 58' Brisley 77'< Noble 86' Ameobi 90+2'	Report	Jacobson 27' Tyson 33' Brown 50' El-Abd 90+3'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 8,038 Referee: Ben Toner

2 April 2018 41	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Notts County	Accrington
15:00 BST	Mark Hughes 9'	Report		Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 3,039 Referee: John Busby

7 April 2018 42	Notts County	2–1	Coventry	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Noble 50' Ameobi 52' Forte 60', 86'	Report	Biamou 45' McDonald 52' Bayliss 57' Burge 60' Ponticelli 85'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 10,316 Referee: Ross Joyce

14 April 2018 43	Colchester United	1–3	Notts County	Colchester
15:00 BST	Wright 9'	Report	Forte 51' Virtue 52' Ameobi 69' Duffy 76' Stead 82' Hewitt 86'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,599 Referee: Brendan Malone

21 April 2018 44	Notts County	4–1	Yeovil Town	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Jones 45+2' James 54' (o.g.) Hewitt 69' Stead 73' Alessandra 73'	Report	Gobern 31' Fisher 90+2'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 7,359 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

28 April 2018 45	Grimsby Town	2–1	Notts County	Grimsby
15:00 BST	Clarke 29' Woolford 59' Matt 90+3' Rose 90+6'	Report	Virtue 24' Jones 90'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,133 Referee: Carl Boyeson

5 May 2018 46	Notts County	0–0	Luton Town	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Jones 65' Forte 72' Hall 81'	Report	Danny Hylton 45+1', 58' Alan Sheehan 90'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 12,184 Referee: Darren Handley

Football League play-offs

12 May 2018 Semi final (1st leg)	Coventry City	1–1	Notts County	Coventry
19:30 BST	Stokes 26' Doyle 28' Hyam 75' McNulty 87' (pen)	Report	Forte 49' Grant 74' Duffy 86' O'Connor 89'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 17,404 Referee: Gavin Ward

18 May 2018 Semi final (2nd leg)	Notts County	1–4 (2–5 agg.)	Coventry City	Nottingham
19:45 BST	Tootle 16' Alessandra 30' Grant 44' Brisley 45+4'	Report	Biamou 6', 71' Doyle 24' McNulty 37', 45+5' Bayliss 86'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 17,615 Referee: Darren Drysdale

FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Notts County were drawn at home against Bristol Rovers in the first round.^[7] Another home tie, against non-league Oxford City, was confirmed for the second round.^[8] A trip to Championship side Brentford was set for the third round.^[9]

3 November 2017 First round	Notts County	4–2	Bristol Rovers	Nottingham
19:45 GMT	Yates 30', 31' Stead 58' Jones 90+4' Grant 90+6'	Report	Sercombe 8' Sinclair 12' Clarke 64'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 4,228 Referee: Graham Salisbury

2 December 2017 Second round	Notts County	3–2	Oxford City	Nottingham
12:30 GMT	Duffy 31' Stead 56' (pen.) Grant 90+5'	Report	Sinclair 53' Grant 55' Paterson 73'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,092 Referee: John Brooks

6 January 2018 Third round	Brentford	0–1	Notts County	Brentford
15:00 GMT		Report	Tootle 52' Duffy 54' Stead 65' Jones 68' Noble 90+2'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 6,935 Referee: Tim Robinson

27 January 2018 Fourth round	Notts County	1–1	Swansea City	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Stead 62' Grant 84'	Report	Sanches 22' Narsingh 45' Nordfelt 55'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 9,802 Referee: Mike Jones

6 February 2018 Fourth round replay	Swansea City	8–1	Notts County	Swansea
20:05 GMT	Abraham 18', 45+3' Dyer 20', 30' Clucas 41' Naughton 53' Routledge 57' Carroll 65' James 82'	Report	Husin 35' Virtue 90+1'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 7,822 Referee: Martin Atkinson

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Notts County were drawn away to Scunthorpe United in the first round.^[10]

8 August 2017 First round	Scunthorpe United	3–3 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Notts County	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	Madden 69' (pen.), 105+1' Holmes 86'	Report	Grant 22' Brisley 90+2' Yates 117'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,874 Referee: David Webb
		Penalties
	Madden van Veen Adelakun Townsend Redmond Holmes		Smith Thompson Milsom Brisley Forte Toolte

EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, Notts County were drawn alongside Everton U23s, Lincoln City and Mansfield Town in Northern Group G.^[11]

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Lincoln City (Q)	3	3	0	7	3	+4	9	Round 2
2	L2	Mansfield Town (Q)	3	2	1	4	4	0	6	Round 2
3	L2	Notts County (E)	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
4	ACA	Everton U21s (E)	3	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

15 August 2017 (2017-08-15) Group Game 1	Notts County	2–1	Everton U21s	Nottingham
19:45 BST	Forte 30' Hollis 36'		Donkor 55'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 1,409

24 October 2017 Group Game 2	Notts County	1–2	Mansfield Town	Nottingham
19:45 BST	Smith 34' 74'	Report	Angol 1' Hamilton 73'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Referee: Graham Horwood

7 November 2017 Group Game 3	Lincoln City	2–1	Notts County	Lincoln
19:45 GMT	Bird 37' (o.g.) Ginnelly 86'	Report	Forte 27' Hollis 52' Smith 87'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,026 Referee: Tom Nield

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	RW	Lewis Alessandra	Hartlepool United	Undisclosed	^[12]
1 July 2017	RM	Terry Hawkridge	Lincoln City	Free	^[13]
3 July 2017	LB	Daniel Jones	Chesterfield	Free	^[14]
24 July 2017	CB	Shaun Brisley	Carlisle United	Free	^[15]
25 July 2017	CM	Liam Walker	Europa	Free	^[16]
27 July 2017	GK	Ross Fitzsimons	Chelmsford City	Free	^[17]
31 July 2017	DF	Pierce Bird	Dunkirk	Free	^[18]
31 July 2017	GK	Branislav Pindroch	MFK Karviná	Free	^[18]
31 July 2017	CF	Callum Saunders	Crewe Alexandra	Free	^[18]
1 August 2017	RM	Elliot Hodge	Lincoln City	Free	^[19]
1 August 2017	RB	Nicky Hunt	Leyton Orient	Free	^[19]
1 January 2018	CM	Liam Noble	Forest Green Rovers	Free	^[20]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	RB	Wes Atkinson	Free agent	Released	^[21]
1 July 2017	CB	Thierry Audel	Barrow	Released	^[21]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1 July 2017	CF	Adam Campbell	Morecambe	Released	^[21]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
1 July 2017	ST	Montel Gibson	Free agent	Released	^[21]
1 July 2017	GK	Scott Loach	Hartlepool United	Released	^[21]^{[lower-alpha 3]}
1 July 2017	MF	Jack McMillan	Free agent	Released	^[21]
1 July 2017	RB	Jordan Richards	Free agent	Released	^[21]
1 July 2017	DM	Luther Wildin	Nuneaton Town	Released	^[21]^{[lower-alpha 4]}
1 July 2017	LW	Mark Yeates	Eastleigh	Released	^[21]^{[lower-alpha 5]}

↑ Thierry Audel joined Barrow following his release.^[22]
↑ Adam Campbell joined Morecambe following his release.^[23]
↑ Scott Loach joined Hartlepool United following his release.^[24]
↑ Luther Wildin joined Nuneaton Town following his release.^[25]
↑ Mark Yeates joined Eastleigh following his release.^[26]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
20 July 2017	CM	Jorge Grant	Nottingham Forest	30 June 2018	^[27]
4 August 2017	CM	Ryan Yates	Nottingham Forest	30 June 2018	^[28]
30 January 2018	CB	Ben Hall	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 June 2018	^[29]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
8 September 2017	CB	Pierce Bird	Leek Town	13 October 2017	^[30]
8 September 2017	AM	Dominic Brown-Hill	Shaw Lane	Work experience	^[30]
8 September 2017	GK	Curtis Hall	Kimberley Miners Welfare	Work experience	^[30]
21 September 2017	DF	Peter Dearle	Gainsborough Trinity	Work experience	^[31]
21 September 2017	RW	Sam Osborne	Shaw Lane	Work experience	^[31]
13 October 2017	GK	Curtis Hall	Romulus	Work experience	^[32]
13 October 2017	MF	Jordon Richards	Halesowen Town	12 November 2017	^[32]
27 November 2017	GK	Joe Searson-Smithard	Radford	Work experience	^[33]

References

↑ "Forest friendly arranged". Notts County Official Site. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
↑ "Magpies to face Basford". Notts County Official Site. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
↑ "Magpies to host Wigan". Notts County Official Site. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
↑ "York friendly arranged". Notts County Official Site. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
↑ "2017-18 fixtures revealed". Notts County Official Site. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
↑ "Fixture List". Official Site. June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
↑ "FA Cup: Notts draw Bristol Rovers". Notts County Official Site. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
↑ "Notts draw Oxford City". Notts County Official Site. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
↑ "Notts draw Brentford". Notts County Official Site. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
↑ "It's Scunthorpe – again!". Notts County Official Site. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
↑ "Checkatrade Trophy: Group stage details". Notts County Official Site. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
↑ "Notts land Alessandra". Notts County Official Site. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
↑ "Magpies swoop for Hawkridge". Notts County Official Site. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
↑ "Jones returns to Notts". Notts County Official Site. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
↑ "Notts bring in Brisley". Notts County Official Site. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
↑ "Liam Walker signs". Notts County Official Site. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
↑ "Fitzsimons joins the Magpies". Notts County Official Site. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
1 2 3 "Triple signing for Notts". Notts County Official Site. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
1 2 "Hodge and Hunt sign deals". Notts County Official Site. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
↑ "Noble to rejoin Notts". Notts County Official Site. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Retained list 2017". Notts County Official Site. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
↑ "Thierry Audel: Barrow sign ex-Notts County defender on one-year deal". BBC. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
↑ "Adam Campbell: Morecambe sign former Notts County forward". BBC. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
↑ "Hartlepool United: Jake Cassidy, Jack Munns, Scott Loach & Luke George sign". BBC. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
↑ "Wildin Brothers Join Nuneaton". Non League Pitchero. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
↑ "Eastleigh sign former Premier League winger Mark Yeates". Daily Echo. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
↑ "Jorge is back!". Notts County Official Site. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
↑ "Ryan Yates joins on loan". Notts County Official Site. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
↑ "Notts County sign Ben Hall and Mason Bennett on deadline day". BBC Sport. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
1 2 3 "Bird joins Leek". Notts County Official Site. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
1 2 "Moves for Osborne and Dearle". Notts County Official Site. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
1 2 "Youngsters on the move". Notts County Official Site. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
↑ "Searson joins Radford". Notts County Official Site. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

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[table_note_res_PPO0.58907065614549-5] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

[24] Thierry Audel joined Barrow following his release.^[22]

[26] Adam Campbell joined Morecambe following his release.^[23]

[28] Scott Loach joined Hartlepool United following his release.^[24]

[30] Luther Wildin joined Nuneaton Town following his release.^[25]

[32] Mark Yeates joined Eastleigh following his release.^[26]

[1] "Forest friendly arranged". Notts County Official Site. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

[2] "Magpies to face Basford". Notts County Official Site. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

[3] "Magpies to host Wigan". Notts County Official Site. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

[4] "York friendly arranged". Notts County Official Site. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

[6] "2017-18 fixtures revealed". Notts County Official Site. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

[7] "Fixture List". Official Site. June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

[8] "FA Cup: Notts draw Bristol Rovers". Notts County Official Site. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

[9] "Notts draw Oxford City". Notts County Official Site. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.

[10] "Notts draw Brentford". Notts County Official Site. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

[11] "It's Scunthorpe – again!". Notts County Official Site. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

[12] "Checkatrade Trophy: Group stage details". Notts County Official Site. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[13] "Notts land Alessandra". Notts County Official Site. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

[14] "Magpies swoop for Hawkridge". Notts County Official Site. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[15] "Jones returns to Notts". Notts County Official Site. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[16] "Notts bring in Brisley". Notts County Official Site. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.

[17] "Liam Walker signs". Notts County Official Site. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[18] "Fitzsimons joins the Magpies". Notts County Official Site. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[Triple_Signing-19] 1 2 3 "Triple signing for Notts". Notts County Official Site. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[Double_Signing-20] 1 2 "Hodge and Hunt sign deals". Notts County Official Site. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

[21] "Noble to rejoin Notts". Notts County Official Site. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[Released-22] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Retained list 2017". Notts County Official Site. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.

[23] "Thierry Audel: Barrow sign ex-Notts County defender on one-year deal". BBC. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[25] "Adam Campbell: Morecambe sign former Notts County forward". BBC. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[27] "Hartlepool United: Jake Cassidy, Jack Munns, Scott Loach & Luke George sign". BBC. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[29] "Wildin Brothers Join Nuneaton". Non League Pitchero. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[31] "Eastleigh sign former Premier League winger Mark Yeates". Daily Echo. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[33] "Jorge is back!". Notts County Official Site. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

[34] "Ryan Yates joins on loan". Notts County Official Site. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

[deadlineday-35] "Notts County sign Ben Hall and Mason Bennett on deadline day". BBC Sport. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

[Trio_Loaned_Out-36] 1 2 3 "Bird joins Leek". Notts County Official Site. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[Duo_loaned_on_work_experience-37] 1 2 "Moves for Osborne and Dearle". Notts County Official Site. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.

[Duo_Loaned_Out-38] 1 2 "Youngsters on the move". Notts County Official Site. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

[39] "Searson joins Radford". Notts County Official Site. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

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