It’s a horrible weekend to be a supporter of the oldest club in the English Football League. Formed in 1862, and one of the twelve founder members in 1888, Notts County face losing that famous label for the first time in their history of fluctuating fortune.
They’ve won Championships, suffered relegations, even won the FA Cup (in 1894), but never have the Magpies dropped out of the Football League.
On the back of a dreadful season, which has seen them occupy one of the relegation spots since mid-November, they have somehow hauled themselves towards the last game of the season still with a slim chance of survival, when once they were 9 points adrift of safety.