History of Notts County
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| Full name | Notts County Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Magpies, County, Notts |
| Founded | 1862 |
| Ground |
Meadow Lane Nottingham |
| Capacity | 20,229 |
| Coordinates | 52°56′33″N 1°8′14″W / 52.94250°N 1.13722°WCoordinates: 52°56′33″N 1°8′14″W / 52.94250°N 1.13722°W |
| Owner | Alan Hardy |
| Chairman | Alan Hardy |
| Manager | Kevin Nolan |
| League | League Two |
| 2015–16 | League Two, 17th |
| Website | Club home page |
Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. With records of games as early as 28 November 1862, Notts County is recognised as the oldest association football team in the world now playing at a professional level. Between 1888–89 and 2013–14 they played a total of 4,756 Football League matches – more than any other English team. The team plays in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. County play their home games at Meadow Lane in black and white striped shirts.
The club has had several spells in the top division of English football, most recently in 1991–92, when County played in the old First Division. Notable former managers of Notts County include Jimmy Sirrel, Howard Wilkinson, Neil Warnock, Howard Kendall and Sam Allardyce. The club has had several owners. In the 21st century, a series of financial problems has seen the club owned by a supporters' trust, which sold the club to Munto Finance – a subsidiary of Qadbak Investments. Further monetary difficulties saw the club sold, for a nominal fee, to Peter Trembling, who then sold the club to Ray Trew for £1 after the club had been served with two winding up petitions from HM Revenue and Customs due to demands for a late PAYE tax payment of around £500,000.
Notts County are the oldest professional league club in the world having been formed in 1862.
Notts pre-dated The Football Association and initially played a game of its own devising, rather than association football. At the time of its formation, Notts County, like most sports teams, were considered to be a "gentlemen-only" club. Notts County are considered to be one of the pioneers of the modern game and are the oldest of the world's professional association football clubs (there are older professional clubs in other codes of football, and Sheffield F.C., an amateur club founded in 1857, are the oldest club now playing association football).
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