Notts County F.C.

Notts County
Full name Notts County Football Club
Nickname(s) The Magpies, County, Notts
Founded 1862 (1862)[1]
Ground Meadow Lane
Nottingham
Capacity 19,841[2]
Coordinates 52°56′33″N 1°8′14″W / 52.94250°N 1.13722°W / 52.94250; -1.13722Coordinates: 52°56′33″N 1°8′14″W / 52.94250°N 1.13722°W / 52.94250; -1.13722
Owner Alan Hardy
Chairman Alan Hardy
Manager Harry Kewell
League League Two
2017–18 League Two, 5th of 24
Website Club website

Notts County Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an association football club based in Nottingham. Founded in 1862, they are the oldest professional association football club in the world. They participate in League Two, the fourth tier of English football, as of the 2018–19 season. Their history includes an FA Cup victory, a Football League record 29 combined promotions and relegations, several financial crises, and periods of success and struggle across all four divisions of English professional football.

The club are known informally as Notts and their nickname is often shortened to the Pies. After playing at a few different home grounds during their first fifty years, including Trent Bridge, the club moved to Meadow Lane in 1910 and have remained there since. They traditionally play in black and white striped shirts and lent their colours to Juventus in 1903. Between 2014 and 2017, there was also a professional Notts County ladies team.

Notts County were one of twelve founder members of The Football League in 1888. By the end of the 2017–18 season, they had played a record 4,940 league matches. Notable periods in their history include the years immediately after World War II, when England international Tommy Lawton played for the club; Jimmy Sirrel’s three spells as manager (1969–75, 1977–82, 1985–87), which saw the club promoted from the Fourth Division to the First; and the tenure of Neil Warnock (1989–93), who oversaw their first visits to Wembley and their last season in the top flight (1991–92). The club also attracted headlines in 2009 after a takeover by alleged Middle Eastern billionaires.

History

Formation and early years

Plaque at the George Hotel Nottingham commemorating Notts County Football Club first meeting to elect Officers and Committee on 7 December 1864

Notts County are the oldest professional league club in the world having been formed in 1862.[1][3]

Notts pre-dated The Football Association and initially played a game of its own devising, rather than association football. At the time of its formation, Notts County, like most sports teams, were considered to be a "gentlemen-only" club. Notts County are considered to be one of the pioneers of the modern game and are the oldest of the world's professional association football clubs (there are older professional clubs in other codes of football, and Sheffield F.C., an amateur club founded in 1857, are the oldest club now playing association football).[4]

In November 1872, the Notts County full-back Ernest Greenhalgh played for England against Scotland in the first-ever international match, thereby becoming the club's first international player.[5]

Football League

Chart showing the progress of Notts County F.C. through the English football league system.

In 1888, Notts County, along with 11 other football clubs, became a founding member of The Football League.[6] They finished their first league season in 11th place, but avoided the dubious honour of the wooden spoon, which went to Midlands rivals Stoke.[7] However, Notts County did achieve their highest ever league finish of third in 1890–91,[8] an achievement they repeated 10 seasons later.[9]

FA Cup Finals

The team that won the 1894 FA Cup

On 25 March 1891, Notts County reached the FA Cup final for the first time.[10] The Magpies were defeated 3–1 by Blackburn Rovers at The Oval, despite having beaten the same side 7–1 in the league only a week earlier.

Notts County made up for this on 31 March 1894, when they won the FA Cup at Goodison Park, defeating Bolton Wanderers 4–1 in a game in which Jimmy Logan scored the second hat-trick in FA Cup final history.[1] This achievement is also memorable for Notts County becoming the first club outside the top division to win the FA Cup: Notts County finished third in Division Two that season. In 1910 they moved to Meadow Lane.[1]

1920s

Notts County were relegated in 1926 in what was to be their last season in the English top flight for over half a century.[11] The 1925–26 season was the last season that famed giant goalkeeper Albert Iremonger played for the club. Legend among Notts County supporters it has been said he had 'hands like the claws of a JCB and was a seven foot tall monster'[12]

World War II to the 1950s

The club suspended all fixtures during the 1941–42 season after Meadow Lane was hit by enemy bombing.[13] In the 1946–47 season, the ground was used temporarily by Nottingham Forest after the River Trent flooded both Meadow Lane and the City Ground.[14] Forest again used Meadow Lane in 1968, after fire destroyed the main stand at the City Ground.[15] The 'golden age' of the club came just after the end of World War II.[1] County stunned the footballing world by signing Tommy Lawton from Chelsea for £20,000 a then-record fee[13] (equivalent to £718,100 in 2016).[16]

Lawton's arrival increased crowds by over 10,000. One incident during this period saw 10,000 fans locked outside the ground. In the 1949–50 season, Notts County clinched the Third Division (South) championship.[17] Crowds averaged 35,000 as The Magpies held off Nottingham Forest in a thrilling championship race.[1]

As the 1950s drew to a close, Nottingham Forest replaced Notts County as the city's biggest club. After the 1957–58 season, the two clubs would not play each other again in a League match for 16 years, on 26 December 1973.[18]

1960s to 1990s

Jimmy Sirrel era

Jimmy Sirrel & Jack Wheeler statue at Meadow Lane

The Magpies struggled during the 1960s, being on the brink of financial ruin and striving to avoid the indignity of having to apply for re-election to the league. This situation continued until Jack Dunnett, a local member of parliament, took control of the club.[19] He appointed Jimmy Sirrel, a charismatic Scot who had once played for Celtic F.C., as manager in November 1969.[19] In the 1970–71 season, The Magpies clinched the Fourth Division title in record-breaking style, remaining unbeaten at Meadow Lane.[20]

Two seasons later, Notts County were again promoted, this time to Division Two.[21] It marked an amazing turnaround in form under Sirrel and would also renew meetings with old adversaries Forest. Sirrel departed for Sheffield United in October 1975 but returned two years later.

Sirrel completed the remarkable transformation of Notts County in May 1981. He had turned The Magpies from Fourth Division strugglers to a top division side in little over a decade, ending an absence of 55 years from the top flight.[1] This achievement was with the same chairman (Jack Dunnett) and trainer (Jack Wheeler) throughout the decade.

In one of the most famous moments in the club's modern history, Notts County visited newly crowned champions Aston Villa on the opening day of the season. The Villa team had paraded their League Championship trophy to an expectant crowd before kickoff, but against all odds, County came away with a 1–0 victory. After surviving relegation at the end of the season, Sirrel became the club's general manager, with his assistant Howard Wilkinson taking over as manager. County survived relegation a little more comfortably the following season, but Wilkinson was tempted away by the manager's job at his boyhood club, Sheffield Wednesday, and the board recruited former Wigan Athletic manager Larry Lloyd to replace him. Despite a good run to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, where they eventually lost to Everton, the club had a poor league campaign that ultimately resulted in their relegation. This poor form continued into the following season, resulting in Lloyd's dismissal with the club bottom of the Second Division. Richie Barker took over as manager, but failed to improve the club's fortunes, and was dismissed after less than six months in charge.

Jimmy Sirrel took charge of the team once again, and while the club's form improved, it came too late, and County suffered their second successive relegation. After two decent but unremarkable finishes in the Third Division, Sirrel finally retired in 1987, bringing to a close one of the most successful and memorable periods in Notts County's history. He was replaced by John Barnwell, who nearly steered the club to automatic promotion in the season that followed, but a late stumble meant they had to settle for the play-offs, where they lost to eventual winners Walsall. The team failed to repeat their form the following season and instead found themselves battling relegation to the Fourth Division, resulting in Barnwell being dismissed just before Christmas.

Neil Warnock era

In late 1988, a new manager arrived. Neil Warnock had previously led Scarborough into the Football League as champions of the Football Conference. At the end of his first full season, Warnock had led Notts County to promotion back to Division Two. The club anthem The Wheelbarrow song originated during this season, stemming from the club's historic first game at Wembley Stadium in a 2–0 win over Tranmere Rovers. A famous 1–0 victory over Manchester City in the FA Cup booked them a place in the quarter-final, which they lost to eventual winners Tottenham Hotspur. Notts County also booked their second successive visit to Wembley and their second successive promotion. The Magpies defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 3–1 in front of 60,000 spectators, 25,000 of which were Notts County fans.

The following season was disappointing, seeing Notts County relegated from the top flight after just one season back there. Their first game of that season was a prestigious visit to Manchester United at Old Trafford, where they lost 2–0. However, they did manage to hold Manchester United to a 1–1 draw in the return game at Meadow Lane just after the turn of the year, as United began a dismal second half of the season which ultimately cost them the league title. County's relegation came shortly after the sale of strikers Paul Rideout and Tommy Johnson, which raked in nearly £2million in total and contributed towards a £5million stadium revamp which saw Meadow Lane rebuilt on three sides shortly afterwards.[22]

With the introduction of the Premier League, County were relegated from the old Division One to the new Division One. Warnock was dismissed in January 1993 and was succeeded by Mick Walker. Walker successfully averted a second consecutive relegation.

Mick Walker era

The Magpies narrowly missed the play-offs for promotion to the Premiership. The season is most remembered for a 2–1 victory over archrivals Nottingham Forest in which Charlie Palmer scored the winning goal with just four minutes remaining. Notts had led for much of the game, until Forest got a free kick from which they equalised. Notts fans were reluctantly resigning themselves to a draw, when Palmer headed in the winner. This was all the more remarkable because he only scored 4 goals in his whole career. The game has become a celebrated event among Notts County fans, who have dubbed 12 February (the anniversary of the game) Sir Charlie Palmer Day, and Charlie Palmer has been referred to as "Sir Charlie" by Notts fans ever since.[23] In March 1994, Notts County lost the Anglo-Italian Cup final to Brescia.

Walker was surprisingly sacked in September 1994. This event triggered a dramatic decline in the club's fortunes that has persisted to the present. Notts won the Anglo-Italian Cup at Wembley in March 1995, but ended the season relegated to Division Two, with Walker, Russell Slade, Howard Kendall and Steve Nicol each taking control of the team at different times throughout the season, before the club appointed yet another manager, Colin Murphy after the season ended.[24] County made another visit to Wembley Stadium in the 1996 play-off final, but missed the chance of a return to Division One with a 2–0 defeat to Bradford City.[25]

Sam Allardyce era

The following season ranks among the club's worst, as they managed just seven victories all season and finished in the bottom position of the league table.[26] Relegation to the league's basement division happened just six years after promotion to the top flight. However, success followed relegation under Sam Allardyce.[27] The Magpies secured the Division Three title in March 1998 by a record margin of seventeen points.[28] They became the first side since World War II to win promotion in mid-March, with six games still remaining.[29]

2000s

Financial crisis and relegation battles

Logo used until 2009

Allardyce left in October 1999 to join his old team Bolton Wanderers.[30] In September 2003, Notts County faced the real possibility of dissolution.[31] Crippling debts and an increasingly impatient Football League board combined to leave the future of the league's oldest club in doubt.[31] However, the considerable efforts of a group of local businessmen and the club's supporters helped save the club from extinction.[32] But despite new ownership, the club were unable to avoid relegation back to the bottom division in 2004.[33] In a similar circumstance as their relegation in 1992, due to the rebranding of the Football League, County went from Division Two to League Two.

Ian Richardson replaced Gary Mills as manager in November 2004.[34] Richardson managed to guide the club away from the relegation zone and held the manager's job until the end of the season when Gudjon Thordarson became the club's sixth manager in five years.[35] The 2005–06 season began well for the Magpies: they won or drew their first seven league games and were top of the table in September.[36] But their form dropped and they escaped relegation only on the final day of the season with a 2–2 draw against Bury, whilst Oxford United lost and went down. The Magpies' 21st place in League Two, and 89th place overall, was the lowest position the club had ever finished, and at the end of the season both the chairman and the manager left, a long-standing youth squad programme was ended, and many of the first-team players were out-of-contract or nearing contract maturity.

Former assistant manager Steve Thompson was appointed as manager and he led the team to a 13th place division finish in 2006–07. The following season started with poor results, including early exits from the League Cup and the EFL Trophy, and Thompson was sacked in October 2007, to be replaced by Ian 'Charlie' McParland. However, the team's poor form continued and safety from relegation was only secured in the penultimate match of the season. McParland parted company with the club in October 2009 with Notts fifth in League Two and 4 points from the top of the table; youth team manager Michael Johnson and Assistant Manager Dave Kevan were installed as joint caretaker managers.

Middle East investment

The logo used during the 2009–10 season

In June 2009, it was announced that County were in talks on a takeover by Munto Finance, a Middle Eastern consortium owned by Qadbak Investments and represented by Nathan and Peter Willett. Speculated by the British media and supported in part by various press releases, the club were believed to be given multimillion-pound backing and were linked during the takeover's initial planning stages with the Qatari royal family by British tabloids; however, the latter claim was denied by the family.[37] The supporters' trust, which owned the majority 60% share in the club, voted in favour of the takeover.[38] On 14 July 2009, the takeover was confirmed, with Peter Trembling being appointed as executive chairman.[39] A week later former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson was announced as the club's new director of football,[1][40] having been persuaded by convicted fraudster Russell King to join Notts County.[41] On 28 July 2009, the club unveiled a new logo.[42]

On 20 October 2009, the League announced that County's owners had met its "fit and proper persons" regulations, and that while their structure was "complicated" and featured "both offshore entities and discretionary trusts", it had provided "extensive disclosure" to the League on their ownership structure.[43] The League also stated that public disclosure of their ownership structure was a "matter for the club".[43] On 27 November 2009, The Guardian revealed that the league reopened its inquiries into the ownership of Notts County.[44] The League chairman, Brian Mawhinney, confirmed the club has been sent a series of questions relating to its ownership structure.[44]

On 12 December 2009 Peter Trembling purchased the club for a nominal fee from Munto Finance.[45]

Post Munto era

Hans Backe, Eriksson's former assistant at Manchester City, was given the job of manager in October 2009 . He signed a three-year deal and stated his intent to get the club promoted to League One, but resigned two months later after just nine games in charge.[46]

Ray Trew era

Ray Trew bought the club in February 2010[47] after the club had been served with two winding up petitions from HM Revenue and Customs due to demands for a late PAYE payment of around £500,000.[48] After two months without a permanent manager, Steve Cotterill was given the Notts County job until the end of the 2009–2010 season in February 2010.[49][50] Cotterill led the club to the League Two title after a 5–0 away win against the already-relegated Darlington,[51] becoming the third club to win the fourth tier of English football three times. A month after winning the title Cotterill stated that he would not be renewing his contract at Meadow Lane. Ex-Notts County player Craig Short replaced Cotterill as Manager but was relieved of duties along with Assistant Manager Dave Kevan on 24 October 2010.[52]

Four days later Paul Ince was appointed manager[53] and the following day Alex Rae was appointed as Ince's assistant.[54] In April 2011 Ince left the club by mutual consent. Carl Heggs was then appointed caretaker manager before Martin Allen became his permanent successor.[55] Allen turned around the team's poor form in the league and managed to avoid relegation. Allen was relieved of duties on 18 February 2012.[56] He was replaced with Keith Curle, who was able to improve the form of the team as the club finished the 2011–12 season in seventh position, missing out on the play-offs by goal difference only. Curle left the club on 3 February 2013.[57]

On 3 February 2013 Chris Kiwomya was appointed caretaker manager.[58] On 27 March 2013, he was appointed full-time manager on a three-year deal.[59] On 27 October 2013 Kiwomya left the club by mutual consent.[60]

On 6 November 2013 Shaun Derry was appointed manager.[61] Despite it looking as though the team would be relegated from League One, Derry was able to turn the team's fortunes around in a run that saw them take 19 points from the last 9 games of the 2013–14 season and avoid relegation thanks to a 1–1 draw away at Oldham Athletic on the final day.[62] On 23 March 2015 Derry and assistant manager Greg Abbott were sacked after winning only three games in 24 matches since November 2014.[63]

On 7 April 2015 Ricardo Moniz was appointed manager on a three-year contract.[64] On 29 December 2015 Moniz along with assistant manager Dave Kevin and defensive coach Dean Yates were sacked.[65] In the interim period the club placed academy manager Mick Halsall and under-21s coach Richard Dryden in charge of the first team, supported by goalkeeping coach Kevin Pilkington and Mike Edwards, player and fitness coach.[66]

On 10 January 2016 Jamie Fullarton was appointed manager on a three-and-a-half year contract.[67]

On 25 February 2016 Ray Trew stepped down as chairman.[68] On 19 March 2016 Fullarton was sacked as manager after just 12 matches.[69]

On 20 March 2016, Mark Cooper was appointed manager initially until the end of the season with the contract to be made permanent if a certain – undisclosed – points total was achieved.[70] On 7 May 2016 Cooper left the club at the end of his short term contract.[71]

On 27 May 2016, John Sheriden left Oldham Athletic to be manager on a three-year contract.[72]

On 2 January 2017, Sheridan was sacked for gross misconduct, verbal abuse of an official.[73][74] Alan Smith was subsequently appointed caretaker manager.

On 7 January 2017, Notts County set a new club record of 10 successive defeats.

Alan Hardy era

On 12 January 2017, Hardy completed the takeover of the club from Ray Trew[75] and appointed Kevin Nolan as manager. On 30 January 2017, Nolan registered as a player.[76] On 26 August 2018, Nolan left the club.[77]

On 31 August 2018, Harry Kewell was appointed manager.[78] On 4 September 2018, Kewell lost his first game as manager against Grimsby Town 2-1 in the Checkatrade Trophy.

Colours and crest

Notts County's first known colours were amber and black hooped shirts, dating from the 1870s. This was followed by short spells playing in amber, then chocolate and blue halves. In 1890 the club adopted black and white striped shirts, and have played in these colours for most of the rest of their history.[79]

Juventus F.C. shirts

The Italian football club Juventus F.C. derived its famous black-and-white striped kits from Notts County. Juventus have played in black and white striped shirts, and with white or sometimes black shorts, since 1903. Originally, they played in pink shirts with a black tie, which only occurred due to the wrong shirts being sent to them, the father of one of the players made the earliest shirts, but continual washing faded the colour so much that in 1903 the club sought to replace them.[80] Juventus asked one of their team members, Englishman John Savage, if he had any contacts in England who could supply new shirts in a colour that would better withstand the elements. He had a friend who lived in Nottingham, who being a Notts County supporter, shipped out the black and white striped shirts to Turin.[81]

On 8 September 2011 to mark the opening of the new Stadium in Turin, Juventus invited Notts County for an historic exhibition match. After a spectacular opening ceremony referencing Juve's history, the game ended 1–1 with goals from Luca Toni and Lee Hughes both coming in the second half.[82][83]

Previous grounds

  • 1862–1863 Park Hollow, The Park Estate
  • 1863–1873 Meadows Cricket Ground
  • 1873–1910 Trent Bridge Cricket Ground (major games only 1873–1883)
  • 1877–1878 Beeston Cricket Ground
  • 1880–1883 Castle Cricket Ground

The club initially played at Park Hollow in the grounds of the old Nottingham Castle.[84] In December 1864, the decision was made to play games against outside opposition, and it was decided that the club needed to find a bigger venue. After playing at several grounds, including the Castle Ground, the Magpies settled at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground in 1883.[84] However, when Trent Bridge was in use for cricket, Notts played matches at the Castle Ground or Nottingham Forest's Town Ground.[84] The club moved to their current ground, Meadow Lane, in 1910.

Supporters

The Notts County Supporters Trust were the majority shareholders in the club between 2006 and 2009. When the club went into administration in 2003, and looked to be going out of business, the money to keep the club in business was only found a week before the Football League's deadline. During this time, the supporters decided to form a supporters trust. In 2006 the trust eventually took control of Notts County Football Club, buying the club from Haydn Green. In 2009, members of the trust voted to accept a takeover bid from Munto Finance, with Peter Trembling named as Chairman. The group saw Sven-Göran Eriksson come in as Director of Football and Sol Campbell as a player.

The club has a very large overseas following, with a large number of overseas fans mostly from Italy and Hungary, despite its relative lack of silverware; it was reported the number was one of the highest in The Football League[85][86]

Famous supporters include television and theatre writer William Ivory,[87] musician Jake Bugg who has sponsored the club in 2017,[88] MP Kenneth Clarke[89] (although supports Forest as well) and infamously mass-murderer serial killer Harold Shipman.[90][89][91]

Rivalries

Notts County view their main rivals as neighbours Nottingham Forest. However, during recent stints in the lower levels of the Football League, rivalry has increased with Nottinghamshire neighbours Mansfield Town. Other clubs sharing local rivalries with Notts County are Derby County, Leicester City, Lincoln City and Chesterfield.

Players

Current squad

As of 18 July 2018[92][93][94]

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Ross Fitzsimons  England
2 Defender Matt Tootle  England
3 Defender Pierce Bird  England
4 Defender Elliott Hewitt  Wales
5 Defender Richard Duffy  Wales
6 Defender Ben Hall (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)  England
7 Forward Lewis Alessandra  England
8 Midfielder David Vaughan  Wales
9 Forward Kristian Dennis  England
10 Midfielder Nathan Thomas (on loan from Sheffield United)  England
11 Forward Enzio Boldewijn  Netherlands
12 Midfielder Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain  England
13 Goalkeeper Branislav Pindroch  Slovakia
14 Midfielder Andy Kellett  England
15 Forward Kane Hemmings  England
16 Defender Shaun Brisley  England
17 Midfielder Noor Husin  Afghanistan
18 Midfielder Terry Hawkridge  England
19 Defender Elliott Ward  England
20 Midfielder Will Patching  England
21 Defender Keston Davies (on loan from Swansea City)  Wales
22 Midfielder Tom Crawford  England
23 Defender Daniel Jones  England
24 Midfielder Rob Milsom (on loan from Crawley Town)  England
25 Defender Cedric Evina  Cameroon
26 Defender Jamie Turley  England
30 Forward Jon Stead  England
31 Forward Sam Osborne  England
32 Midfielder Alex Howes  England
33 Forward Declan Dunn  England
34 Forward Remaye Campbell  England
40 Goalkeeper Max Culverwell  England

Players of the season

As voted for by supporters of the club.[95]
Year Winner Young Player
1965England George Smith
1966England Brian Bates
1967Scotland Alex Gibson
1968England Keith Smith
1969Scotland Don Masson
1970England David Needham
1971England Brian Stubbs
1972England Les Bradd
1973England Roy Brown
1974Scotland Don Masson
1975England Bill Brindley
1976Republic of Ireland Ray O'Brien
1977Scotland Arthur Mann
1978England Mick Vinter
1979Northern Ireland Eric McManus
1980England David Hunt
1981Scotland Don Masson
1982Scotland Iain McCulloch
1983Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radojko Avramović
1984Nigeria John Chiedozie
1984England Trevor Christie
1985England Pedro Richards
1986Saint Kitts Tristan Benjamin
1987England Dean Yates
1988England Geoff Pike
1989England Chris Withe
1990England Phil Turner
1991England Craig Short
1992England Steve Cherry
1993Wales Dave Smith
1994England Phil Turner
1995Australia Shaun Murphy
1996Australia Shaun Murphy
1997England Matt Redmile
1998England Gary Jones
1999England Ian Richardson
1999England Darren Ward
2000England Alex Dyer
2001England Mark Stallard–
2002Australia Danny Allsopp–
2003England Mark StallardRepublic of Ireland Paul Heffernan
2004England Ian Richardson–
2005England Ian Richardson–
2006Wales David Pipe–
2007England Mike Edwards–
2008England Kevin Pilkington–
2009England Matt Hamshaw–
2010England Neal Bishop–
2011England Ben Davies–
2012Northern Ireland Alan Judge–
2013England Gary LiddleEngland Kyle Dixon
2014Republic of Ireland Alan SheehanEngland Haydn Hollis
2015Northern IrelandRoy CarrollEnglandCurtis Thompson
2016England Jon Stead–
2017England Robert MilsomEngland Jordan Richards
2018England Matthew Tootle–

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Harry Kewell
Assistant Manager Warren Feeney
Goalkeeping Coach Mark Crossley
Academy Manager Jon Goodman
Performance Analyst Jimmy Redfern
Physiotherapist Tom Hallas
Strength & Conditioning Coach

Last updated: 11 August 2018
Source: Staff directory

League history

L1 = Level 1 of the football league system; L2 = Level 2 of the football league system; L3 = Level 3 of the football league system; L4 = Level 4 of the football league system.

  • Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 30
  • Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 37
  • Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 34
  • Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 18

Ups and downs

With a total of 13 promotions and 16 relegations,[96] no club has moved between the divisions of the Football League on more occasions than Notts County.

Promotion years: 1897 1914 1923 1931 1950 1960 1971 1973 1981 1990 1991 1998 2010

Relegation years: 1893 1913 1920 1926 1930 1935 1958 1959 1964 1984 1985 1992 1995 1997 2004 2015

Honours

FA Cup[97]
Second Division (1892–1992), First Division (1992–2004), The Championship (2004–present)[97]
Third Division (1958–92), Second Division (1992–2004), League One (2004–present)[97]
Third Division South (1921–58)[97]
  • Champions: 1930–31, 1949–50
Fourth Division (1958–92), Third Division (1992–2004), League Two (2004–present)[97]
Anglo-Scottish Cup
  • Runners-up: 1980–81
Anglo-Italian Cup[97]
  • Winners: 1994–95
  • Runners-Up: 1993–94

Club records

Highest Attendance 47,310 vs York City, FA Cup 6th Round, 12 March 1955

Highest Gate Receipts £277,781.25 vs Manchester City, FA Cup 4th Round, 30 January 2011

Record League Victory 11–1 vs Newport County, Division Three South, 15 January 1949

Record Cup Victory 15–0 vs Rotherham Town, FA Cup 1st Round, 24 October 1885

Most League Points (2 for a win) 69, Division Four 1970–71

Most League Points (3 for a win) 99, Division Three 1997–98

Most League Goals 107, Division Four 1959–60

Highest Scorer in One Season Tom Keetley, 39, Division Three South 1930–31

All Time Top Scorer (League) Les Bradd, 125, 1967–78

Fastest Goal 6 seconds, Barrie Jones, 31 March 1962[98]

All Time Most Appearances (League) Albert Iremonger, 564, 1904–26

Youngest player (League) Tony Bircumshaw, 16 years and 54 days, 3 April 1961

Most consecutive away league games without defeat 19, 28 February 2012 – 26 December 2012

As of the 2016–17 season, Notts County have played more league games (4894) than any other English side.[99]

Managerial statistics

As of 9 October 2018
Name Nat From To Days in
Charge		 Record
PWDLWin %
by committee[100] England 1862 1913 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Albert Fisher (secretary – manager) England 1913 1927 — 0 0 0 0 !—
R.C.White (Fisher's absence due to WW1) England 1917 1919 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Horace Henshall (secretary – manager) England 1927 1934 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Charlie Jones England 1934 1935 — 0 0 0 0 !—
David Pratt England 1935 1935 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Percy Smith England 1935 1936 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Jimmy McMillan England 1936 1939 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Harry Parks England 1938 1938 — 0 0 0 0 !—
J.R. `Tony`Towers England 1939 1942 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Frank Womack England 1942 1943 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Frank Buckley England 1944 1946 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Arthur Stollery England 1946 1949 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Eric Houghton England 1949 1953 — 0 0 0 0 !—
George Poyser England 1953 1957 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Frank Broome (Caretaker) England 1957 1957 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Tommy Lawton England 1957 1958 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Ernie Coleman (Caretaker) England 1958 1958 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Frank Hill England 1958 1961 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Ernie Coleman England 1961 1963 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Eddie Lowe England 1963 1965 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Tim Coleman England 1965 1965 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Jack Burkitt England 1966 1967 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Andy Beattie England February 1967 September 1967 — 22 5 3 14 022.73
Billy Gray England 1967 1968 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Jack Wheeler England 1968 1969 — 0 0 0 0 !—
Jimmy Sirrel Scotland 1969 1975 — 291 139 72 80 047.77
Ronnie Fenton England 1975 1977 — 90 35 24 31 038.89
Jimmy Sirrel Scotland 1977 1982 — 180 61 57 62 033.89
Howard Wilkinson England 1982 1983 — 49 19 8 22 038.78
Larry Lloyd England 1983 1984 — 66 19 15 32 028.79
Richie Barker England 1984 1985 — 27 5 6 16 018.52
Jimmy Sirrel Scotland 1985 1987 — 110 46 32 32 041.82
John Barnwell England 1987 1988 — 74 28 23 23 037.84
Neil Warnock England 5 January 1989 14 January 1993 1,470 205 90 45 70 043.90
Mick Walker England 14 January 1993 14 September 1994 608 82 31 19 32 037.80
Russell Slade England September 1994 January 1995 — 23 6 5 12 026.09
Howard Kendall England 12 January 1995 1 April 1995 79 15 4 4 7 026.67
Steve Nicol Scotland 20 January 1995 5 June 1995 136 20 4 7 9 020.00
Colin Murphy England 5 June 1995 23 December 1996 567 83 33 24 26 039.76
Sam Allardyce England 16 January 1997 19 October 1999 1,006 145 56 39 50 038.62
Gary Brazil England 23 October 1999 June 2000 — 34 10 9 15 029.41
Jocky Scott Scotland 28 June 2000 10 October 2001 469 71 28 19 24 039.44
Gary Brazil England 10 October 2001 7 January 2002 89 20 4 6 10 020.00
Billy Dearden England 7 January 2002 6 January 2004 730 103 30 27 46 029.13
Gary Mills England 9 January 2004 4 November 2004 301 40 10 11 19 025.00
Ian Richardson (Caretaker) England 4 November 2004 17 May 2005 194 34 11 9 14 032.35
Gudjon Thordarson Iceland 17 May 2005 12 June 2006 391 50 13 16 21 026.00
Steve Thompson England 12 June 2006 16 October 2007 491 65 21 19 25 032.31
Ian McParland Scotland 18 October 2007 12 October 2009 725 103 28 31 44 027.18
Dave Kevan / Michael Johnson (Caretakers) Scotland / Jamaica 13 October 2009 27 October 2009 14 2 1 1 0 050.00
Hans Backe Sweden 27 October 2009 15 December 2009 49 7 2 3 2 028.57
Dave Kevan (Caretaker) Scotland 15 December 2009 23 February 2010 70 11 6 3 2 054.55
Steve Cotterill England 23 February 2010 27 May 2010 93 18 14 3 1 077.78
Craig Short England 1 July 2010 24 October 2010 115 18 8 1 9 044.44
Paul Ince England 27 October 2010 3 April 2011 158 29 10 6 13 034.48
Carl Heggs (Caretaker) England 3 April 2011 11 April 2011 8 2 0 0 2 000.00
Martin Allen England 11 April 2011 18 February 2012 313 43 16 10 17 037.21
Keith Curle England 20 February 2012 2 February 2013 348 51 23 14 14 045.10
Chris Kiwomya England 2 February 2013 27 October 2013 267 34 9 9 16 026.47
Steve Hodge (Caretaker) England 27 October 2013 6 November 2013 10 2 1 0 1 050.00
Shaun Derry England 6 November 2013 23 March 2015 502 77 26 14 37 033.77
Paul Hart/Mick Halsall (Caretakers) England 23 March 2015 7 April 2015 15 3 0 3 0 000.00
Ricardo Moniz Netherlands 7 April 2015 29 December 2015 266 34 11 8 15 032.35
Mick Halsall/Richard Dryden (Caretakers) England 29 December 2015 10 January 2016 12 1 0 0 1 000.00
Jamie Fullarton Scotland 10 January 2016 19 March 2016 69 12 3 1 8 025.00
Mark Cooper England 20 March 2016 7 May 2016 48 10 3 2 5 030.00
John Sheridan England 27 May 2016 2 January 2017 220 32 8 6 18 025.00
Alan Smith (Caretaker) England 3 Jan 2017 12 Jan 2017 10 1 0 0 1 000.00
Kevin Nolan England 12 Jan 2017 26 Aug 2018 591 84 35 23 26 041.67
Steve Chettle/Mark Crossley (Caretakers) England 26 Aug 2018 1 Sep 2018 6 1 0 0 1 000.00
Harry Kewell Australia 31 Aug 2018 Present 39 7 3 2 2 042.86

Most appearances

Name Career Appearances
1 England Albert Iremonger 1904–26 601
2 England Brian Stubbs 1968–80 486
3 England Pedro Richards 1974–86 485
4 England David Needham 1965–77 471
5 Scotland Don Masson 1968–82 455
6 England Les Bradd 1967–78 442
7 England Percy Mills 1927–39 434
8= England Billy Flint 1908–26 408
8= England David Hunt 1977–87 408
10 England Dean Yates 1985–95 394

Most goals

Name Career Goals
1 England Les Bradd 1967–78 137
2 England Tony Hateley 1958–63, 1970–72 114
3 England Jackie Sewell 1946–51 104
4 England Tommy Lawton 1947–52 103
5 England Tom Keetley 1929–33 98
6 Scotland Don Masson 1968–82 97
7 Scotland Tom Johnston 1948–57 93
8 Scotland Ian McParland 1980–89 90
9 England Harry Daft 1885–95 81
10= England Mark Stallard 1999–2004, 2005 79
10= England Trevor Christie 1979–84 79
10= England Gary Lund 1987–95 79

Notable former players

For details on former players who have a Wikipedia article, see: Category:Notts County F.C. players

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