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Founded in 1862, Notts County are the oldest professional football club in the world. [4] [5] [6] They first competed in the FA Cup in 1877 and in 1888 became one of the 12 founding members of the Football League. Notts County have been promoted 14 times, relegated 17 times and have played in each of the top 5 divisions of English football.
First recorded match: Notts County 0–0 Trent Valley, friendly, 8 December 1864. [39] First FA Cup match: Notts County 1–1 Sheffield, 3 November 1877. [40] First league match: Everton 2–1 Notts County, 15 September 1888. [41] First Football League Cup match: Notts County 1–3 Brighton & Hove Albion, 20 October 1960. [25]
Former league club Notts County claim an earlier foundation date of 1862; [25] following their relegation from the fourth tier of the English Football League in 2019, the EFL stated that Nottingham Forest were now the oldest professional football league club. [21] This was contested by Stoke City, who claim 1863 [7] as their foundation year. 5 ...
Meadow Lane has been the home of Notts County since the 1910–11 season. The following article is a list of all Notts County Football Club seasons from 1877–78 up to 2021–22. The list details the club's achievements in all national and European first team competitions, and records their top goalscorer, for each completed season.
[35] [36] [37] Stoke City claim to have been founded in 1863 but lack documented proof of any activity before the match in 1868 and, in 2019, the English Football League (EFL) declared that Nottingham Forest (founded 1865) was the EFL's oldest club ahead of the 2019–20 season, Notts County having been relegated to the National League. [38]
The clubs were founded in 1858 and 1859 respectively and currently compete in the Australian Football League (AFL), making them the world's oldest football clubs that are now professional. The oldest football clubs trace their origins to the mid-19th century, a period when football evolved from being a casual pastime to an organised mainstream ...
Meadow Lane viewed from the Kop. Notts County, who play at Meadow Lane stadium on the opposite side of the River Trent to Nottingham Forest, is the oldest professional Football League team in the world, having been founded in 1862 – a year before the establishment of the Football Association.
Albion also won 2–1 at Derby County but the victory gave them an inferior goal average while Everton were the only other club to secure maximum points from their opening two games. Both Blackburn Rovers and Notts County made their respective football league debuts. Rovers were held 5–5 by Accrington while Notts County lost 1–2 at Everton.