Notts County F.C.
Full name | Notts County Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Magpies | ||
Founded | 28 November 1862[1] | ||
Ground | Meadow Lane | ||
Capacity | 19,841[2] | ||
Coordinates | 52°56′33″N 1°8′14″W / 52.94250°N 1.13722°W | ||
Owner | Alexander and Christoffer Reedtz[3] | ||
Chairman | Christoffer Reedtz[4] | ||
Head coach | Stuart Maynard | ||
League | EFL League Two | ||
2022–23 | National League, 2nd of 24 (promoted via play-offs) | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham, England. The team compete in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system.
Founded on 28 November 1862, it is the
Notts County finished third in the top flight of English football in the 1890–91 season, which, together with the same achievement 10 seasons later, remains their highest ever league position. They also reached the 1891 FA Cup final, finishing as runners-up to Blackburn Rovers. However three years later the club won the 1894 FA Cup final with a 4–1 victory over Bolton Wanderers. From 1897 until 1920 they played in the First Division which was then the top flight, barring the 1913–14 season when they won the Second Division immediately following relegation the previous year. They won the Second Division for a third time in the 1922–23 campaign, before suffering relegations down to the Third Division South, which they won in their first attempt in 1930–31.
The club were back in the Third Division South by
History
Beginnings 1862–1942
Notts County was formed on 28 November 1862 as Nottingham Football Club
On 21 March 1891, Notts County played in the
The club suspended all fixtures during the 1941–42 season after Meadow Lane was hit by enemy bombing.[17]
Two golden ages 1945–1987
In the 1946–47 season, the ground was used temporarily by
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.[citation needed] This situation continued until Jack Dunnett, a local member of parliament, took control of the club.[23] He appointed Jimmy Sirrel, a charismatic Scot who had once played for Celtic, as manager in November 1969.[23] In the 1970–71 season County clinched the Fourth Division title in record-breaking style, remaining unbeaten at Meadow Lane.[24] Two seasons later Notts County was again promoted, this time to Division Two.[25] Sirrel departed for Sheffield United in October 1975 but returned two years later.[citation needed] He completed the remarkable transformation of Notts County in May 1981.[citation needed] 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.[6] This achievement was with the same chairman (Jack Dunnett) and trainer (Jack Wheeler) throughout the decade.[citation needed]
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 1981-82 season. The Villa team had paraded their 1980-81 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.[citation needed] 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 were knocked out by eventual winners Everton, the club had a poor league campaign that ultimately resulted in their relegation.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
Chasing the Premier League 1987–1995
Sirrel 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
In late 1988, a new manager arrived.
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 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.[26] 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.[citation needed]
The Magpies narrowly missed the play-offs for promotion to the
Walker was surprisingly sacked in September 1994.[
Mixed fortunes 1995–2002
County made another visit to Wembley Stadium in the
Allardyce left in October 1999 to join his old team Bolton Wanderers.[35]
Financial troubles 2002-2009
In September 2003, Notts County faced the real possibility of dissolution.[36] Crippling debts and an increasingly impatient Football League board combined to leave the future of the league's oldest club in doubt.[36] However, the considerable efforts of a group of local businessmen and the club's supporters put together a supporters trust and helped save the club from extinction.[37] Despite new ownership, the club were unable to avoid relegation back to the bottom division in 2004.[38] 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.[citation needed]
In 2006, the supporters trust took majority control of the club, buying it from Haydn Green. Former assistant manager
The 2009–10 season
In June 2009, it was announced that County were in talks on a takeover by Munto Finance, an unknown financial group that claimed to be a wealthy Middle Eastern consortium owned by
The supporters' trust, which owned the majority 60% share in the club, voted in favour of the takeover.
The biggest headlines of the summer were made with the signings of England international defender Sol Campbell, and of goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. Schmeichel, a future Denmark international and Premier League winner, had just been released by Manchester City, and dropped a full three divisions to accept a five-year contract with County. Campbell, 34, moved from Premier League Portsmouth where he had been an FA Cup winner just eight months previously, but played only one game for County before walking out citing false promises.[49] Schmeichel remained for the whole season, travelling with the squad to away games by private jet, but was never paid by the club, claiming in hindsight "it was all a farce" and "I knew something was wrong but I didn't care because I just wanted to play football".[50]
On 20 October 2009, the
On 27 November 2009, The Guardian revealed that the league had reopened inquiries into the ownership of Notts County, and that Eriksson was demanding immediate payment of the multimillion-pound sum owed under the terms of his recruitment.[52] He later on declined the payment that was owed to him of £2.5m stating "I didn't want to be the man to take Notts County into administration, that's why I signed the agreement"[53].The League chairman, Brian Mawhinney, confirmed that the club had been sent a series of questions relating to its ownership structure.[52] On 12 December 2009, Munto Finance sold the club to Peter Trembling for a nominal fee.[54] Backe, who had never gotten the budget he was promised to sign new players, resigned three days later.[55]
After two months without a permanent manager, and being served with a second winding-up petitions from
Steve Cotterill signed on as manager until the end of the 2009–2010 season.[60][61] Cotterill led the club to the League Two title after a 5–0 away win against the already-relegated Darlington,[62] 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.
Falling out of the Football League, 2010–2019
A succession of short-term managers were able to keep the club afloat in League One. Ex-Notts County player Craig Short replaced Cotterill as manager but was relieved of duties on 24 October 2010.[63] Paul Ince took over in October 2010,[64] then Martin Allen in April 2011,[65] Keith Curle in February 2012, Chris Kiwomya in March 2013 after a short caretaker spell,[66] and Shaun Derry in November 2013.[67] Derry was able to turn the team's fortunes around and avoid relegation thanks to a 1–1 draw away at Oldham Athletic on the final day of the 2013–14 season.[68]
In March 2015, following Derry and assistant manager Greg Abbott's sackings they were relegated to League Two.[69] Ricardo Moniz joined on a three-year contract,[70] but lasted only until 29 December 2015.[71] Jamie Fullarton's reign was even shorter; appointed in January 2016 on a three-and-a-half year contract,[72] but sacked in March after 12 games,[73] during which time Ray Trew stepped down as chairman. Mark Cooper was Fullarton's temporary replacement, with the contract to be made permanent if a certain, undisclosed, amount of points total was achieved,[74] but on 7 May Cooper left the club of his own volition.[75]
Later that month John Sheridan left Oldham Athletic to become manager on a three-year contract.[76] Sheridan was sacked in January 2017 for gross misconduct, following his verbal assaults and threats against match officials during the club's 2–0 home defeat by Wycombe Wanderers in December.[77][78] On 7 January 2017, Notts County set a new club record of 10 successive defeats.
On 12 January 2017, Alan Hardy completed the takeover of the club from Ray Trew[79] and appointed Kevin Nolan as manager, followed in August 2018 by Harry Kewell.[80] Kewell left the club On 13 November 2018, to be replaced by Neal Ardley.[81][82] On 27 January 2019, with County bottom of League Two, Hardy officially put the club up for sale,[83] though not before attracting the attention of the FA for accidentally including a picture of his penis in a screenshot posted to Twitter.[84] On 4 May 2019, following a 3–1 defeat away at Swindon Town, Notts County was relegated from the English Football League for the first time in their 157-year history.
The Danish Football Radar ownership 2019–
During the summer ahead of the 2019–20 season, the club was sold to Danish businessmen Alexander and Christoffer Reedtz.[85] Notts County came within 90 minutes of regaining their Football League status at the first attempt, but lost 3–1 to Harrogate Town on 2 August 2020 in the National League play-off final, held behind closed doors at Wembley Stadium.[86]
In the
In the 2022–23 season, they finished second in the League with 107 points, surpassing the previous league record for points in a season but finishing behind Wrexham thus setting the record for most points without winning the league. In the play-off semi-final, they beat Boreham Wood, coming from two goals down to equalise in stoppage time before securing their win with a goal in the final minute of extra time.[90] In the 2023 National League play-off final, County won promotion to the League Two by defeating Chesterfield at Wembley Stadium.[91] The match finished 2–2 after extra time with Notts County winning the subsequent penalty shootout, 4–3.[91]
Kit and badge
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.[92]
Juventus F.C. shirts
The Italian football club
On 8 September 2011 to mark the opening of their 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.[95][96]
Stadium
- 1862 – 1863 Park Hollow, The Park Estate
- 1863 – 1873 Meadows Cricket Ground
- 1873 – 1877 Trent Bridge Cricket Ground
- 1877 – 1878 Beeston Cricket Ground
- 1880 – 1894 Castle Ground
- 1894 – 1910 Trent Bridge Cricket Ground
- 1910 – present Meadow Lane
The club initially played at Park Hollow in the grounds of the old Nottingham Castle.[97] 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.[97] However, when Trent Bridge was in use for cricket, Notts played matches at the Castle Ground or Nottingham Forest's Town Ground.[97] The club moved to their current ground, Meadow Lane, in 1910. It currently has an all-seated capacity of 19,841 for Football League games. The record attendance is 47,310, who watched Notts lose 1–0 to York City in the FA Cup sixth round on 12 March 1955.[98]
Supporters and rivalries
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 it 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
Famous supporters include television and theatre writer William Ivory,[101] musician Jake Bugg who sponsored the club in 2017,[102] MP Kenneth Clarke[103] (although he supports Forest as well) and infamously mass-murderer serial killer Harold Shipman.[104][103][105]
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, Lincoln City, Leicester City, and Chesterfield.
Records and statistics
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) | 107, National League 2022–23 |
Most League goals | 117, National League 2022–23 |
Highest scorer in one season | Macaulay Langstaff, 42, National League 2022–23 |
All-time top scorer (League) | Les Bradd, 125, 1967–78 |
Fastest goal | 6 seconds, Barrie Jones, 31 March 1962 |
All-time most appearances (League) | Albert Iremonger, 564, 1904–26 |
Youngest player (League) | Tony Bircumshaw, 16 years and 54 days, 3 April 1961 |
Longest league unbeaten run | 25, 24 September 2022 – 25 February 2023. 19 wins, 6 draws. |
Most consecutive away league games without defeat | 19, 28 February 2012 – 26 December 2012 |
As of the 2018–19 season, Notts County had played more league games (4,986) than any other English team, although following relegation to the National League this has subsequently been superseded by Preston North End.[106][107]
League history
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- 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
- Seasons spent at Level 5 of the football league system: 4
With a total of 14 promotions and 17 relegations,[109] no club has moved between the divisions of the Football League on more occasions than Notts County.
Most appearances
Name | Career | Appearances | |
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1 | Albert Iremonger | 1904–26 | 601 |
2 | Brian Stubbs | 1968–80 | 486 |
3 | Pedro Richards | 1974–86 | 485 |
4 | David Needham | 1965–77 | 471 |
5 | Don Masson | 1968–82 | 455 |
6 | Les Bradd | 1967–78 | 442 |
7 | Percy Mills | 1927–39 | 434 |
8 | Billy Flint | 1908–26 | 408 |
David Hunt
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1977–87 | 408 | |
10 | Dean Yates | 1985–95 | 394 |
Most goals
Name | Career | Goals | |
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1 | Les Bradd | 1967–78 | 137 |
2 | Tony Hateley | 1958–63, 1970–72 | 114 |
3 | Jackie Sewell | 1946–51 | 104 |
4 | Tommy Lawton | 1947–52 | 103 |
5 | Tom Keetley | 1929–33 | 98 |
6 | Don Masson | 1968–82 | 97 |
7 | Tom Johnston | 1948–57 | 93 |
8 | Ian McParland | 1980–89 | 90 |
9 | Harry Daft | 1885–95 | 81 |
10 | Mark Stallard | 1999–2004, 2005 | 79 |
Trevor Christie | 1979–84 | 79 | |
Gary Lund | 1987–95 | 79 |
Players
Current squad
- As of 1 February 2024[110]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Development squad
- As of 27 October 2023[111]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players of the season
- As voted for by supporters of the club.[112]
Club management
Coaching staff
- As of 18 January 2024[114]
- Head coach: Stuart Maynard
- Assistant coach: Matthew Saunders
- First team coach: Craig Saunders[115]
- First Team Coach: Joao Alves
- Goalkeeping coach: Tom Weal
- Academy manager: Dave Plant
Managerial history
- As of 5 January 2024
Name | Nat | From | To | Days in charge |
Record | |||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
by committee[116] | 1862 | 1913 | — | |||||||
Albert Fisher (secretary – manager) | 1913 | 1927 | — | 444 | 167 | 114 | 163 | 37.61[117] | ||
R.C.White (Fisher's absence due to WW1) | 1917 | 1919 | — | |||||||
Horace Henshall (secretary – manager) | 1927 | 1934 | — | 304 | 108 | 81 | 115 | 35.53[118] | ||
Charlie Jones
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1934 | 1935 | — | 61 | 15 | 13 | 33 | 24.59[119] | ||
David Pratt | 1935 | 1935 | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14.29[120] | ||
Percy Smith | 1935 | 1936 | — | 59 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 37.29[121] | ||
Jimmy McMullan | 1936 | 1937 | — | 51 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 56.86[122] | ||
Harry Parkes | 1938 | 1938 | — | 68 | 24 | 14 | 30 | 35.29[123] | ||
J.R. `Tony`Towers | 1939 | 1942 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [124] | —||
Frank Womack | 1942 | 1943 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [125] | —||
Frank Buckley | 1944 | 1946 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00[126] | ||
Arthur Stollery | 1946 | 1949 | — | 122 | 54 | 22 | 46 | 44.26[127] | ||
Eric Houghton | 1949 | 1953 | — | 186 | 74 | 39 | 73 | 39.78[128] | ||
George Poyser | 1953 | 1957 | — | 147 | 49 | 31 | 67 | 33.33[129] | ||
Frank Broome (caretaker) | 1957 | 1957 | — | |||||||
Tommy Lawton | 7 May 1957 | 1 July 1958 | — | 44 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 29.55 | ||
Ernie Coleman (caretaker) | 1958 | 1958 | — | |||||||
Frank Hill | 1958 | 1961 | — | |||||||
Ernie Coleman | 1961 | 1963 | — | |||||||
Eddie Lowe | 1963 | 1965 | — | |||||||
Ernie Coleman | 1965 | 1965 | — | |||||||
Jack Burkitt | 1966 | 1967 | — | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 35.71[130] | ||
Andy Beattie | February 1967 | September 1967 | — | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22.73 | ||
Billy Gray | 1967 | 1968 | — | 51 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 29.41[131] | ||
Jack Wheeler
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1968 | 1969 | — | |||||||
Jimmy Sirrel | 1969 | 1975 | — | 291 | 139 | 72 | 80 | 47.77 | ||
Ronnie Fenton
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1975 | 1977 | — | 90 | 35 | 24 | 31 | 38.89 | ||
Jimmy Sirrel | 1977 | 1982 | — | 180 | 61 | 57 | 62 | 33.89 | ||
Howard Wilkinson | 1982 | 1983 | — | 49 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 38.78 | ||
Larry Lloyd | 1983 | 1984 | — | 66 | 19 | 15 | 32 | 28.79 | ||
Richie Barker
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1984 | 1985 | — | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18.52 | ||
Jimmy Sirrel | 1985 | 1987 | — | 110 | 46 | 32 | 32 | 41.82 | ||
John Barnwell | 1987 | 1988 | — | 74 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 37.84 | ||
Neil Warnock | 5 January 1989 | 14 January 1993 | 1,470 | 205 | 90 | 45 | 70 | 43.90 | ||
Mick Walker | 14 January 1993 | 14 September 1994 | 608 | 82 | 31 | 19 | 32 | 37.80 | ||
Russell Slade | September 1994 | January 1995 | — | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26.09 | ||
Howard Kendall | 12 January 1995 | 1 April 1995 | 79 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 26.67 | ||
Steve Nicol | 20 January 1995 | 5 June 1995 | 136 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20.00 | ||
Colin Murphy
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5 June 1995 | 23 December 1996 | 567 | 83 | 33 | 24 | 26 | 39.76 | ||
Sam Allardyce | 16 January 1997 | 19 October 1999 | 1,006 | 145 | 56 | 39 | 50 | 38.62 | ||
Gary Brazil | 23 October 1999 | June 2000 | — | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 29.41 | ||
Jocky Scott | 28 June 2000 | 10 October 2001 | 469 | 71 | 28 | 19 | 24 | 39.44 | ||
Gary Brazil | 10 October 2001 | 7 January 2002 | 89 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20.00 | ||
Bill Dearden | 7 January 2002 | 6 January 2004 | 730 | 103 | 30 | 27 | 46 | 29.13 | ||
Gary Mills | 9 January 2004 | 4 November 2004 | 301 | 40 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 25.00 | ||
Ian Richardson (Caretaker) | 4 November 2004 | 17 May 2005 | 194 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 32.35 | ||
Gudjon Thordarson | 17 May 2005 | 12 June 2006 | 391 | 50 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 26.00 | ||
Steve Thompson | 12 June 2006 | 16 October 2007 | 491 | 65 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 32.31 | ||
Ian McParland | 18 October 2007 | 12 October 2009 | 725 | 103 | 28 | 31 | 44 | 27.18 | ||
Dave Kevan / Michael Johnson (Caretakers) |
13 October 2009 | 27 October 2009 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
Hans Backe
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27 October 2009 | 15 December 2009 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 28.57 | ||
Dave Kevan (caretaker) | 15 December 2009 | 23 February 2010 | 70 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 54.55 | ||
Steve Cotterill | 23 February 2010 | 27 May 2010 | 93 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 77.78 | ||
Craig Short | 1 July 2010 | 24 October 2010 | 115 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 44.44 | ||
Paul Ince | 27 October 2010 | 3 April 2011 | 158 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 34.48 | ||
Carl Heggs (caretaker) | 3 April 2011 | 11 April 2011 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | ||
Martin Allen | 11 April 2011 | 18 February 2012 | 313 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 37.21 | ||
Keith Curle | 20 February 2012 | 2 February 2013 | 348 | 51 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 45.10 | ||
Chris Kiwomya | 2 February 2013 | 27 October 2013 | 267 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 26.47 | ||
Steve Hodge (caretaker) | 27 October 2013 | 6 November 2013 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | ||
Shaun Derry | 6 November 2013 | 23 March 2015 | 502 | 77 | 26 | 14 | 37 | 33.77 | ||
Paul Hart / Mick Halsall (caretakers) |
23 March 2015 | 7 April 2015 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Ricardo Moniz | 7 April 2015 | 29 December 2015 | 266 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 32.35 | ||
Mick Halsall / Richard Dryden (caretakers) |
29 December 2015 | 10 January 2016 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | ||
Jamie Fullarton | 10 January 2016 | 19 March 2016 | 69 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 25.00 | ||
Mark Cooper | 20 March 2016 | 7 May 2016 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30.00 | ||
John Sheridan | 27 May 2016 | 2 January 2017 | 220 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 25.00 | ||
Alan Smith (caretaker) | 3 January 2017 | 12 January 2017 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | ||
Kevin Nolan | 12 January 2017 | 26 August 2018 | 591 | 84 | 35 | 23 | 26 | 41.67 | ||
Steve Chettle / Mark Crossley (caretakers) |
26 August 2018 | 1 September 2018 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | ||
Harry Kewell | 31 August 2018 | 13 November 2018 | 74 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21.43 | ||
Steve Chettle (caretaker) | 13 November 2018 | 27 November 2018 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25.00 | ||
Neal Ardley[132] | 28 November 2018 | 24 March 2021 | 855 | 108 | 46 | 29 | 33 | 42.59 | ||
Ian Burchnall | 25 March 2021 | 27 May 2022 | 428 | 70 | 36 | 14 | 20 | 51.43 | ||
Luke Williams
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14 June 2022 | 5 January 2024 | 570 | 82 | 48 | 16 | 18 | 58.54 |
Honours
League
- Second Division (level 2)
- Champions: 1922–23
- Runners-up: 1980–81
- Play-off winners: 1991
- Champions:
- Third Division South / Third Division (level 3)
- Champions: 1949–50
- Runners-up: 1972–73
- Play-off winners: 1990
- Champions:
- Fourth Division / Third Division / League Two (level 4)
- Champions: 1997–98, 2009–10
- Runners-up: 1959–60
- Champions:
- National league (level 5)
- Play-off winners: 2023
Cup
- FA Cup
- Anglo-Italian Cup
- Anglo-Scottish Cup
- Runners-up: 1980–81
- Notts Senior Cup
- Winners: 1884–85, 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1902–03, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1924–25, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36
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