Dear Dad ...

[Canuckpie]

Yeah same as many others taken to Meadow lane by my Dad third generation Magpie fan, remember always going in the Norfolk Arms before the game they had a kids room in the corner of the pub. Used to meet up with Uncle & Auntie at half time they had main stand season tickets Auntie used to bring me a pork pie sandwich( still make um to this day) I remember the good times and the bad but most of my memories are happy watching some exciting football at times and witnessing the Magpies in the top flight twice.
Happy Days !!!

[Lullapie]

Yeah same as many others taken to Meadow lane by my Dad third generation Magpie fan, remember always going in the Norfolk Arms before the game they had a kids room in the corner of the pub. Used to meet up with Uncle & Auntie at half time they had main stand season tickets Auntie used to bring me a pork pie sandwich( still make um to this day) I remember the good times and the bad but most of my memories are happy watching some exciting football at times and witnessing the Magpies in the top flight twice.
Happy Days !!!

$hit - that brings back memories. My grandad was a huge Notts fan. Him and my grandma used to go all over England watching Notts in the 1930s and the 1950s. I'm not sure how much she was into it.

Anyway, when I took him to the games, as he got older, we always had to call in at the Norfolk Arms for a drink before the game.

[upthemaggies]

I wonder if there is anybody attending games today who is the descendant of somebody who watched Notts in their first Football League season of 1888/89, or earlier.

[Jampie]

I wonder if there is anybody attending games today who is the descendant of somebody who watched Notts in their first Football League season of 1888/89, or earlier.

Seems extremely likely to me!

[cher1]

I wonder if there is anybody attending games today who is the descendant of somebody who watched Notts in their first Football League season of 1888/89, or earlier.

My husband's great grandfather would very likely have been watching in the 1800s, not sure exactly when though. I'm guessing it's similar for my family.

We live too far away to attend now sadly.

[upthemaggies]

My husband's great grandfather would very likely have been watching in the 1800s, not sure exactly when though. I'm guessing it's similar for my family.

We live too far away to attend now sadly.

There's probably a fair few who have ancestors that went to Trent Bridge, or even some of the other grounds we played at, but are unaware that they did, especially the relatives assumed to be exclusively Fword fans. The further you go back, the more fluid the support seems to be.

I didn't know my maternal Grandfather very well but I know he was a big football fan, chiefly of Fword but he did go to watch other clubs, often going to Carrow Road (his best friend supported Norwich) as well as local non-league, so he must have watched Notts occasionally and for all I know his dad may have done also, in which case that would have been Trent Bridge era.

The earliest solid connection I can make with my family to Notts would be my paternal Grandfather's brother who had a trial for Notts as a goalkeeper when he was about 18 (late 1920s). He was asked back for a second look but sadly for him he had an accident at work and lost half of his foot, so that was that.

[cher1]

There's probably a fair few who have ancestors that went to Trent Bridge, or even some of the other grounds we played at, but are unaware that they did, especially the relatives assumed to be exclusively Fword fans. The further you go back, the more fluid the support seems to be.

Yeah, I think you're right about fluid support. My father in law, and his father watched both teams years ago, presumably his grandfather was the same.

My Dad would never have watched the R*ds though! I guess his father watched both teams as none of my aunts or uncles were just Notts.

[Lullapie]

Yeah, I think you're right about fluid support. My father in law, and his father watched both teams years ago, presumably his grandfather was the same.

My Dad would never have watched the R*ds though! I guess his father watched both teams as none of my aunts or uncles were just Notts.

I remember when I started watching Notts, that you could sneak up and sit at the top right of the old Main Stand at half time. From there, you could see over the Trent End onto the pitch at Forest.

I'm sure there was one occasion when Notts had a home game and Forest did, on the same day, because they were FA Cup games and I could see some action happening 'over there'.

[Old_pie]

I wonder if there is anybody attending games today who is the descendant of somebody who watched Notts in their first Football League season of 1888/89, or earlier.

Has anyone checked under the seats in the Pavis?

[nw6pie]

Yeah same as many others taken to Meadow lane by my Dad third generation Magpie fan, remember always going in the Norfolk Arms before the game they had a kids room in the corner of the pub. Used to meet up with Uncle & Auntie at half time they had main stand season tickets Auntie used to bring me a pork pie sandwich( still make um to this day) I remember the good times and the bad but most of my memories are happy watching some exciting football at times and witnessing the Magpies in the top flight twice.
Happy Days !!!

Pork pie sandwiches - now there?s a culinary delight I’ve never tried.

Not sure when the Norfolk Hotel was demolished (I assume that’s the pub you mean - on London Road?), but I used to go in there as a kid when my dad first took me back in the 70s.

About a decade later, we moved on to the Plumtre Arms in the Meadows - many happy pre-match times spent there during the Warnock and Walker years.