For so long the oldest
Football League club, the Magpies were relegated amid financial turmoil in 2019. Under new ownership, they face Harrogate in Sunday’s National League play-off final
When Notts County arrive at a vacant Wembley Stadium to face Harrogate in the National League play-off final, the teams will converge with sharply contrasting histories. For so long the oldest club in the Football League, the Magpies have contested nearly 5,000 games in the upper echelons of English football. Harrogate have played zero. Twelve months after a traumatic summer, Notts County may just feel like the team with less to lose.
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