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Notts County On This Day revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from the club's rollercoaster past, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable black-and-white diary - with an entry for every day of the year. From founder members of the Football League through to the recent battles for the club's survival, the County faithful have witnessed a record number of promotions and relegations, breathtaking cup runs and Wembley triumphs - all featured here. Timeless greats such as Tommy Lawton, Don Masson and Albert Iremonger, Les Bradd, Tommy Johnson and Jackie Sewell all loom larger than life. Revisit 31 March 1894, when the Magpies became the first Division Two team to win the FA Cup. 2 May 1980: Division One again after an absence of over 50 years! Or 27 May 1990: County's first ever victory at Wembley secured promotion via the play-offs.

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History of sport

Nottinghamshire

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Publié par	Pitch Publishing Ltd
Date de parution	01 août 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781785310935
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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NOTTS COUNTY
On This Day

First published by Pitch Publishing, 2015
Pitch Publishing
A2 Yeoman Gate
Yeoman Way
Durrington
BN13 3QZ
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk
Tim Evershed, 2015
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CONTENTS
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
DEDICATION
For lovers of football history and trivia everywhere.
FOREWORD
As a former player and current employee of Notts County Football Club it gives me great pleasure to write this Foreword about Notts County On This Day .
The book catalogues the history of the world s oldest Football League club with facts and figures for every day of the year and more. From January through to December significant dates are listed in an informative and entertaining way providing information of notable incidents and characters both on and off the pitch that have played a part in the club s great history.
It is the sort of book that you can dip in and out of and remember characters and dates or some may even not want to put down and read in one go.
I am sure many readers will have some emotional memories related with some of the dates and characters in the book. I have read many inclusions featuring my team-mates, manager and friends and having been involved with the club for nearly thirty years the book certainly reminded me just how long the club s history is.
I would like to wish Tim Evershed every success with this wonderful book that has undoubtedly documented many outstanding dates and characters in the long history of this great football club.
Happy reading,
Les Bradd
INTRODUCTION
Notts County On This Day chronicles the club s history in terms of the facts, figures and trivia that have occurred on each day of the calendar year.
The club is famously the oldest professional league club in the world with a history stretching back over 150 years. It has been an eventful lifespan for a football club that has had an improbable number of highs and lows along the way. Anyone reading this book from start to finish will be fed that history in a seemingly random and haphazard manner as it zips back and forth throughout the years.
Nevertheless I have endeavoured to include the important events and key characters that have shaped the club and its history. I also hope that there is more than a smattering of interesting anecdotes and enlightening tales for Magpies fans everywhere.
Happy reading,
Tim Evershed, May 2015
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The writing of this book would not have been possible but for the reporters, historians and chroniclers of Notts County FC that came before me. I have been incredibly fortunate to call upon the combined works and match reports of the dedicated band of people that have recorded the story of the Magpies. Therefore, I owe an enormous debt to Tony Brown, Keith Warsop, Garth Dykes, Dave McVay, Paul Wain, David Fells, Edward Giles, Dave Bracegirdle, Albert Stapleton, Terry Bowles, Paul Taylor, James Pallatt and Leigh Curtis and offer them all my humble thanks.
My special thanks go to Colin Slater for generously allowing me to call upon his unique and extensive knowledge of the club. I am also very grateful for his permission to use quotes from his excellent book Tied up with Notts .
My gratitude to Mark Mugaseth for the kind use of his extensive Notts County reference library. My thanks also go to Ralph Shepherd of Notts County s media team, the staff of the Local Studies section at Nottingham Central Library, as well as Les Bradd, Mick Chappell, Don Masson and Ian Rothera.
I am indebted to my proofing team of Ruth Cassidy, David Evershed, Darryl Smith, Lawrence Telford and Susie Wyeth for their diligent efforts.
Finally, thanks to my family. To my wife Hayley for her love, support, help and patience throughout this project. To my sons William and Joseph for their love and enthusiasm.
Tim Evershed - 2015
FRIDAY 1st JANUARY 1892
Notts County forward John Sharpe took five wickets on the opening day of the first Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. Sharpe, who made three League appearances for Notts at outside-left in the 1889/90 season, went on to take his best Test figures of 6-84 but could not prevent Australia winning the match by 54 runs. Sharpe, a right-arm medium pace bowler, played three Tests for England taking 11 wickets and scoring 44 runs. He is one of three Notts footballers to win an England cricket cap, along with William Gunn and Mordecai Sherwin.
SATURDAY 1st JANUARY 1910
After 15 years and seven attempts Notts County won a match on New Year s Day for the first time. A seven-goal thriller at Burnden Park saw the Magpies overcome Bolton Wanderers thanks to two goals from Billy Flint and one apiece for Jimmy Cantrell and Jerry Dean. The 1909/10 season was Dean s benefit year and two years later the wingman emigrated to Canada.
SATURDAY 1st JANUARY 1955
Inside-forward Jimmy Jackson scored four goals in a game for the second time in his Notts career. The Scot inspired County to a 5-1 victory over West Ham United at Meadow Lane that kept the side in contention for promotion from the Second Division. Jackson scored his first with a low shot after just eight minutes and got a second from an unlikely position. He completed his hat-trick just after the hour and added a fourth after the Hammers had pulled a goal back through a penalty. Albert Broadbent completed the rout with a penalty for the home side in the final minutes of the match.
SATURDAY 2nd JANUARY 1960
County started the new decade with a 7-1 thumping of Crystal Palace at Meadow Lane. It was the biggest League victory achieved by the free-scoring promotion side of 1959/60. Former Forest forward Chris Joyce, who had arrived at Meadow Lane the previous August on a free transfer, scored a hat-trick against the Eagles, while Peter Bircumshaw struck twice. Forwards Bobby Forrest and Don Roby were also amongst the goals as Palace were put to the sword.
SATURDAY 3rd JANUARY 1959
Just two days after he celebrated his 17th birthday former England Schoolboy international Keith Brown made his debut for Notts in a 4-4 draw with Halifax Town. The youngster marked his County bow with a goal while Roy Horobin got two and Bert Loxley rounded off the scoring. Despite the promising start to his football career Brown would only make seven more appearances for Notts. He was released on a free transfer to Rotherham United where he failed to make a first team appearance.
SATURDAY 4th JANUARY 1930
Over 21,000 were at Meadow Lane to see the Trentside derby end with honours even for the second time in the 1929/30 season. The visitors enjoyed the best of the early action with Noah Burton firing into the side netting in the first minute while Magpies stopper Jimmy Ferguson had to be at his best to deny Leo Loftus. At the other end Tom Keetley and Harold Andrews kept Arthur Dexter busy but found the Forest keeper also in excellent form to keep the match goalless.
SATURDAY 5th JANUARY 1957
Cheshire League minnows Rhyl embarrassed Notts by sending them crashing out of the FA Cup in front of their own fans. The Welsh side ran out convincing 3-1 winners at Meadow Lane in a third round tie played on a difficult, heavily sanded pitch. Peter Bircumshaw scored on his Notts debut to level the scores after Harry Williams had put the visitors ahead from a free kick. Rhyl regained the lead on the hour through Hughes s twice taken penalty and completed the upset with six minutes left when Meakin headed in. The result led to the dismissal of manager George Poyser 48 hours later.
THURSDAY 5th JANUARY 1989
Neil Warnock was appointed as County s new manager replacing John Barnwell who had been sacked the previous month. Warnock had made his name by guiding Scarborough into the League for the first time in its history two seasons earlier. His reign at Meadow Lane proved an eventful one. During his four years in charge the club would enjoy successive promotions via the play-offs and a season in the top flight.
TUESDAY 5th JANUARY 2010
HM Revenue and Customs issued Notts County with a winding-up petition over an unpaid tax bill of 600,000. The order came in the aftermath of Munto Finance s ownership of the club, which saw high expenditure on transfers and salaries backed by the promise of an investment that never materialised. The winding-up order also caused the club to be hit with a transfer embargo during the January transfer window and led to a High Court appearance later in the month.
FRIDAY 6th JANUARY 1893
Star forward Harry Daft had his Notts County contract cancelled on the eve of the club s trip to Everton. The club acted after Daft pulled out of its Scottish New Year tour. The outside-left had withdrawn after injuring his toe against Blackburn Rovers on Christmas Eve. He had been persuaded to play through the pain in a friendly against Forest on Boxing Day and a League fixture versus Aston Villa on New Year s Eve but differing diagnoses from the club doctor and Daft s local doctor caused friction as he withdrew from the Scottish trip. After initially asking him to travel to Merseyside the club sent the following telegram: