The Magpies first came up against us during the 2011-2 League One campaign, before joining us down in League Two; their 2015 relegation from League One coming one season after ours. Our head-to-head record has ebbed and flowed over the years too; drifting in our favour, before the tide turned in theirs. You can normally be sure of a keenly-fought contest against Notts County, however. And it’s something we started to become starved of.
Their pride at being the oldest Football League club in the world was replaced by horror in 2019; the club relegated to the Conference. Like other so-called bigger boys before them, the return to the Football League hasn’t come easily. If at first you don’t succeed, however, just ask Luton…
