The Family Stand

[Wooderson]

Great to see this seemingly getting fuller & fuller every game. This is the future of the club, has been a sad site mostly empty in recent years, but the efforts to re-engage the young supporters (and their parents) really seem to be paying off.

[Elite_Pie]

Credit to Alan Hardy for this. I don't know if there were free tickets offered on Saturday, but I saw a lot of parents and kids who didn't seem to know where they were going as I approached the ground. The attendance was 800 more than my prediction, and the Family Stand (I prefer the proper name of the Haydn Green Family Stand) did seem fuller than usual.

[arnapie]

There was some sort of kids football competition / showcase event on this week, and, so I was told, all entrants were given 2 tickets for Sat.

[DomdomPie]

There was some sort of kids football competition / showcase event on this week, and, so I was told, all entrants were given 2 tickets for Sat.

Yes, the Gen-8 tournament. The kids were each given a Notts top and tickets for the game.

Get 'em while they're young!

[Wooderson]

There was some sort of kids football competition / showcase event on this week, and, so I was told, all entrants were given 2 tickets for Sat.

I think there were 120 kids at that, so would only have been 240 max tickets given out, but still a good initiative. Don't know if any others were given out etc. But it's really encouraging, if you watch vids from the 90s the Family was always packed, be great to get that back.

[seriouspie]

I think there were 120 kids at that, so would only have been 240 max tickets given out, but still a good initiative. Don't know if any others were given out etc. But it's really encouraging, if you watch vids from the 90s the Family was always packed, be great to get that back.

Always my first memory of the 'Lane ...... going with dad and sitting in the old wooden ML stand. I wasn't too bothered about the football in those early days but would run up and down the rows of planks that were the seats when I got bored. Never many there either as it was the pre Lawton era and all matches were friendlies. I think the entrance to the stand was from the front straight from the terracing ..... but anybody with an old photo of the stand might be able to prove this. When was the football league reformed ... again I forget but think around 1944 -45?

[upthemaggies]

When was the football league reformed ... again I forget but think around 1944 -45?

The Football League resumed in August 1946 using the same fixture list as the abandoned 1939/40 season. They did play the FA Cup in 1945/46 though.

The Meadow Lane end is the one side of the ground I've never watched a game from. It looked awful when they left a void there, especially so considering it was when we rose into the top flight. The mid 90s was a complete contrast, looked great in those first few seasons after it was built as it was always well populated and there used to be a chap in there who played a bugle whenever we got a corner/free kick etc.

[SmiffyPie]

The Lane End.