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At last, this famous old entity can smile again

MAY 4, 2019. Listening to Radio Nottingham’s commentary of Notts County’s trip to Swindon Town, I was left speechless as a 3-1 defeat confirmed the unthinkable – after 157 years the world’s oldest League club were officially Non-League.
At last,

JOHN BRINDLEY looks back on
Notts County’s turbulent four-year Non-League experience
MAY 4, 2019. Listening to Radio Nottingham’s commentary of Notts County’s trip to Swindon Town, I was left speechless as a 3-1 defeat confirmed the unthinkable – after 157 years the world’s oldest League club were officially Non-League.
This was a club I had been brought up with. Iconic managers such as the late Jimmy Sirrel and the very much still thriving Neil Warnock, and a stint in the top-flight as recent as 1991-92.
Surely, the biggest club ever to compete below the Football League, but it could have ...

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