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Take That Chelsea, West Ham & Wrexham !

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          Take That Chelsea, West Ham and ….Wrexham !   Now I know you’re all going to like this.   One of the questions that cropped up during our trip to Nottingham was, I wonder where that leaves County in the pecking order now that we’ve won 4 Football League Titles.   I was hoping to include this in my Notts blog/report, but finding out proved rather more difficult than I expected, as excluding the Premiership (which isn’t the Football League) and including titles that weren’t the top title, i.e. Championship as is, it became a very onerous task.   Anyway, thanks to a lad called Danny at the Football League, I now have the definitive list I wanted, to pass on for   your enjoyment.   Interesting to note that County have now won more Football League Titles than Chelsea, West Ham, and also Wrexham by the way. Also, now equal with Stoke, West Brom and Spurs.   Click on this link for full details- ...

Unfinished Business (Notts County away - again…..)

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          Unfinished Business (Notts County away - again…..) Reading this sequel without having read the report of the January trip, when the game was called off, could be about as pointless as going to see Dune II without having seen Dune, so click here if you want a quick refresher:- https://hedgegrower.blogspot.com/2024/02/an-overly-merry-olde-time-notts-county.html   Bizarrely, this was back-to-back away trips to Nottingham for me, as I didn’t attend any of the intervening away games.   And, I knew it was my final away trip of season, County having secured automatic promotion by beating Morecambe at home the previous Saturday, and me not being able to acquire a Wrexham ticket, having only attended 7 away games during the season.   On Sunday afternoon, I cancelled my hotel in Watford. How can one little email confirming a hotel cancellation bring such joy?   My band of Merry Men (and Women) was severely depleted from t...