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Lge 2 · Level 4
P 46W 24D 8L 14Pts 80
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Club history
Notts County history and statistics history
Explore Notts County season by season, compare league finishes, discover leading scorers and follow the growth of a deeper match-by-match club history.
129 Summary seasons1888–89 – 2025–26
Season summaries129
League matches5,296
League wins1,971
Goals scored7,601
Promotions15
Full league tables128
5th
From the history
1888–89
Football League · 11th
Open a featured historical campaign with a complete division table, club record and season context.
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A growing club record
- 129Summary seasons
- 128Full league tables
- 998official fixtures
- 96modern opponents
Recent league finishes
Recent league finishes
Lge 2
5th2025–26
P 46Pts 80GD 22
Lge 2
6th2024–25
P 46Pts 72GD 19
Lge 2
14th2023–24
P 46Pts 61GD 3
NL
2nd2022–23
P 46Pts 107GD 75
Records at a glance
Highlights from the season index
On this day
Matches on 22 June
A date-led view of Notts County fixtures, notable wins, scorers, manager milestones and historical events.
No matches found for this dateNo imported or bundled History match records currently match today’s calendar date.
Notable scorers
Scorers on this date
Scorers protectedScorer details are protected at your current History access level.
Manager milestones
Manager records on this date
No manager milestones foundNo first-match, landmark or notable manager result is currently recorded for the visible matches on this date.
Modern results
Latest bundled league results
Verified league fixtures from the bundled modern baseline are available now, separate from the wider imported match database.
- Bristol Rovers2 May 2026 · 2025–26 · Home1–1
- Colchester United25 Apr 2026 · 2025–26 · Away1–0
- Barnet18 Apr 2026 · 2025–26 · Home1–2
- Cambridge United11 Apr 2026 · 2025–26 · Away0–4
- Newport County6 Apr 2026 · 2025–26 · Home3–1
Players
Season-leading scorer index
Player career records remain a future import layer, but the bundled history already includes a searchable season-leading scorer index.
- Macaulay Langstaff2022–23 · NL42
- Tom Keetley1930–31 · Div 3S41
- Tommy Lawton1949–50 · Div 3S33
- Lee Hughes2009–10 · Lge 230
- Tom Keetley1931–32 · Div 230
Detailed history
Match-by-match records
Imported all-era match records remain separate from the packaged modern league baseline and can expand through the importer.
Modern league fixture baseline is available.Browse the verified 2004–05 to 2025–26 league fixtures, opponent records and complete modern performance analytics while the imported all-era history expands.
22 modern seasons998 official fixtures96 modern opponentsPending player records
History status
Current coverage and next data phases
The current release is complete for the published statistics scope. Earlier league fixtures, cup fixtures and full player career records remain future detailed-import phases.
- Current release scope coveredThe current public statistics layer is complete for its published scope: season summaries, final league tables, home-and-away table splits, modern league fixtures, opponent records, manager comparison records and the season-leading scorer index.
- Season summary index129 season summaries from 1888–89 to 2025–26 are available.
- Full final league tables128 of 128 applicable league-season tables are published, with 128 home-and-away breakdowns. The cup-only 1945–46 transition record is documented separately.
- Published record and scorer statisticsLeague history, divisional summaries, decade totals, cup highlights, home-versus-away comparisons, 137 season-leading scorer rows and 85 unique listed scorer names are available.
- Modern league match, opponent and manager recordsThe reconciled modern league baseline covers 998 official fixtures, 96 opponents and 33 manager records from 2004–05 to 2025–26, including fixture-performance records, trend analytics and opponent profiles.
- Future detailed-import expansionEarlier match-by-match league fixtures, cup fixtures and full player career totals remain future data-import phases, not missing items from the current published statistics scope.
Explore club history factsOpen this section for club origins, honours, records and notable figures.
Club history facts
Browse selected club-history facts with reference links for further reading.
Club origins and honours
Traditional 1862 roots and 1888 league status
Notts County traces its club history to 1862 and became one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888. Secondary histories also distinguish between those early roots and the later formal organisation of the club.
SourcesFootball Club History DatabaseWikipedia: Notts County F.C.
Senior honours recorded by the club
The club honours list includes the 1894 FA Cup, the 1995 Anglo-Italian Cup, Second Division titles in 1896-97, 1913-14 and 1922-23, Third Division South titles in 1930-31 and 1949-50, and fourth-tier titles in 1970-71, 1997-98 and 2009-10.
Best top-flight finish
Notts County's best top-flight finish was third place, achieved in both 1890-91 and 1900-01.
Club records
Albert Iremonger appearances record
Albert Iremonger holds the club's league appearances record with 564 league games, while broader club histories credit him with 601 competitive matches in total.
SourcesNotts County club recordsWikipedia: Notts County records
Les Bradd goal record
The club records page lists Les Bradd as the holder of the league scoring record with 125 league goals from 1967 to 1978. Wider club histories usually credit him with 137 goals in all competitions.
Highest home attendance
The highest recorded home attendance was 47,310 for the FA Cup tie against York City on 12 March 1955.
SourcesNotts County club recordsWikipedia: Notts County records
Managers and landmark figures
Jimmy Sirrel
Jimmy Sirrel led Notts County to promotions from the Fourth, Third and Second Divisions and into the First Division in 1981. He is widely regarded as the club's greatest manager.
SourcesWikipedia: Jimmy SirrelBBC: Sirrel and Wheeler statue
Tommy Lawton
Notts paid a British record 20,000 pounds to sign Tommy Lawton in 1947. He helped drive the 1949-50 Third Division South title-winning promotion campaign.
Neil Warnock
Neil Warnock led Notts County to successive play-off promotions in 1990 and 1991, taking the club back to the First Division through back-to-back Wembley wins.
SourcesWikipedia: Notts County F.C.Football Club History Database
Landmark matches
1894 FA Cup final
Notts County beat Bolton Wanderers 4-1 at Goodison Park to win the 1894 FA Cup, becoming the first Second Division side to lift the trophy.
1995 Anglo-Italian Cup final
Notts County beat Ascoli 2-1 at Wembley on 19 March 1995. The win remains the club's Anglo-Italian Cup triumph and the only English success in the 1990s revival of the competition.
SourcesNotts County honoursWikipedia: 1994-95 Anglo-Italian Cup