Notts County have been promoted to the EFL League Two on Saturday after beating Chesterfield in a dramatic playoff final.
Chesterfield went ahead of the game twice thanks to goals from Andrew Dallas and Armando Dobra but Notts County hit back through John Bostock and Ruben Rodrigues to earn a 2-2 draw after extra-time.
Notts County then went ahead to win Chesterfield 4-3 in the penalty shootout to seal their victory and skyrocket them back to English Football League following a three-year absence.
The fans of Notts County went bizarre as they saw their club win the promotion match on Saturday at Wembley.
The Magpies had finished second in their regular reason after getting 107 points from a total of 46 matches.
Before this season, no team had ever recorded more than 105 points in the fifth tier of regular English football.
But his particular season was no ordinary season given the reference to Wrexham’s magical promotion to League Two.
Wrexham on the other hand won the National League title with 111 points leaving Notts County to fight in the playoffs for a fourth season in a row.
It was already looking like Notts County will remain in the league when Chesterfield led 1-0 from the sixth minute until the 88th minute.
With time running out, Bostock equalized for Notts County and made it 1-1 with a freekick that caught out Chesterfield's goalie.
Dobra sent Chesterfield ahead in the match early in the extra time but his side were holding on for penalties after Rodrigues equalized for Notts in the 108th minute.
Luke Williams, Notts County manager, made a bold decision to change his goalkeepers in the final seconds of extra time and it paid off.
Goalie Sam Slocombe was replaced by Archie Mair who went on to save two spot kicks from Darren Oldaker and Jeff King in the shootout.
Bostock despite scoring the first goal for Notts County was the only other player who failed to convert their penalty in the shootout.
The County midfielder blew the chance to seal a 4-2 win when he hit the crossbar with an attempted panenka.
Having this finale decided by penalties was a bad way for the two sides to be denied promotion but for County, having finished in the shadow of Wrexham, its was a Hollywood happy ending story for them.
Notts County Football Club is a football club that is based in Nottingham, England.
Notts participate in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system.
The team was founded on 25 November 1862, and it is the oldest professional association football league club in the world and predates the Football Association itself.
Notts County became one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888.
They are nicknamed the "Magpies" just like Newcastle United in the Premier League due to the black and white colour of their home strip, which inspired Italian club Juventus to adopt the colours for their kit in 1903.
The club moved to Meadow Lane in 1910 and remained there after playing at different home grounds during its first fifty years, including Trent Bridge.
Notts County's local rivals are city neighbor Nottingham Forest, as well as other nearby clubs such as Mansfield Town.
League
Second Division/Championship (Tier 2)
Champions: 1896–97, 1913–14, 1922–23
Play-off winners: 1990–91
Third Division/League One (Tier 3)
Champions: 1930–31, 1949–50
Play-off winners 1989–90
Fourth Division/League Two (Tier 4)
Champions (3): 1970–71, 1997–98, 2009–10
National League (Tier 5)
Play-off winners: 2022–23
Cups
FA Cup
Winners: 1893–94
Runners-up: 1890–91
Anglo-Italian Cup
Winners: 1995
Notts Senior Cup
Winners: 1884–85, 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1902–03, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1924–25, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36
Chesterfield went ahead of the game twice thanks to goals from Andrew Dallas and Armando Dobra but Notts County hit back through John Bostock and Ruben Rodrigues to earn a 2-2 draw after extra-time.
Notts County then went ahead to win Chesterfield 4-3 in the penalty shootout to seal their victory and skyrocket them back to English Football League following a three-year absence.
The fans of Notts County went bizarre as they saw their club win the promotion match on Saturday at Wembley.
The Magpies had finished second in their regular reason after getting 107 points from a total of 46 matches.
Before this season, no team had ever recorded more than 105 points in the fifth tier of regular English football.
But his particular season was no ordinary season given the reference to Wrexham’s magical promotion to League Two.
Wrexham on the other hand won the National League title with 111 points leaving Notts County to fight in the playoffs for a fourth season in a row.
It was already looking like Notts County will remain in the league when Chesterfield led 1-0 from the sixth minute until the 88th minute.
With time running out, Bostock equalized for Notts County and made it 1-1 with a freekick that caught out Chesterfield's goalie.
Dobra sent Chesterfield ahead in the match early in the extra time but his side were holding on for penalties after Rodrigues equalized for Notts in the 108th minute.
Luke Williams, Notts County manager, made a bold decision to change his goalkeepers in the final seconds of extra time and it paid off.
Goalie Sam Slocombe was replaced by Archie Mair who went on to save two spot kicks from Darren Oldaker and Jeff King in the shootout.
Bostock despite scoring the first goal for Notts County was the only other player who failed to convert their penalty in the shootout.
The County midfielder blew the chance to seal a 4-2 win when he hit the crossbar with an attempted panenka.
Having this finale decided by penalties was a bad way for the two sides to be denied promotion but for County, having finished in the shadow of Wrexham, its was a Hollywood happy ending story for them.
Notts County
Notts County Football Club is a football club that is based in Nottingham, England.
Notts participate in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system.
The team was founded on 25 November 1862, and it is the oldest professional association football league club in the world and predates the Football Association itself.
Notts County became one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888.
They are nicknamed the "Magpies" just like Newcastle United in the Premier League due to the black and white colour of their home strip, which inspired Italian club Juventus to adopt the colours for their kit in 1903.
The club moved to Meadow Lane in 1910 and remained there after playing at different home grounds during its first fifty years, including Trent Bridge.
Notts County's local rivals are city neighbor Nottingham Forest, as well as other nearby clubs such as Mansfield Town.
Honors
League
Second Division/Championship (Tier 2)
Champions: 1896–97, 1913–14, 1922–23
Play-off winners: 1990–91
Third Division/League One (Tier 3)
Champions: 1930–31, 1949–50
Play-off winners 1989–90
Fourth Division/League Two (Tier 4)
Champions (3): 1970–71, 1997–98, 2009–10
National League (Tier 5)
Play-off winners: 2022–23
Cups
FA Cup
Winners: 1893–94
Runners-up: 1890–91
Anglo-Italian Cup
Winners: 1995
Notts Senior Cup
Winners: 1884–85, 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1902–03, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1924–25, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36