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Magpies ‘family’ get ready to go the distance

Luke Williams is preparing Notts County for the National League play-offs after the Magpies missed out on the title.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 May 2023

By Matt Badcock

HOME COMFORTS: Notts County will have huge home back at Meadow Lane

LUKE WILLIAMS is recalling the first day he sat in his office as Notts County head coach.
As he met the staff around the club, it quickly became clear the privileged position he was in.
“Of course no one ever told a head coach: Come here, it’s a bit of a mess and we don’t do things very well, a few people don’t care,” Williams says. “No one ever said that. They tell you how great (it is).
“Then when you turn up and it is that great, you think, ‘Maybe it’s a trick?’ But it wasn’t a trick. It’s a fiercely ...

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