County Repay Fans' Loyalty

Notts To Worry! We Are Thriving

- David Richardson

NOTTS COUNTY are set to celebrate their existence on Saturday by slashing ticket prices as a thank you to the Nottinghamshire community for their support.

The proud club were on the brink of liquidation this summer following relegation from the Football League but were kept going by their loyal supporters and sponsors before being saved by the takeover of Danish businessmen Alexander and Christoffer Reedtz.

Notts have averaged crowds of over 5,000 at Meadow Lane, the highest in the National League this season, and are now offering admission for adults at £3, concessions for £2 and U18s for £1 for their clash with AFC Fylde on Saturday.

“The main thing for us is it’s saying thank you to everybody who helped the club and by everybody we mean the city of Notthingham,” County’s media and communications officer Nick Richardson told The NLP. “Forest helped us massively with some fundraising, Ilkeston Town split the gate receipts for the friendly that went to our staff who were unpaid, and just generally there was a huge swell of support over the summer from the local community in getting us through what was a really tough time.

“We see this as an opportunity to celebrate the fact Notts County is still here because everybody feared that we wouldn’t be. It was becoming a real possibility.

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