Attendance records to date

[slack_pie]

There are six big clubs at this level ourselves, Wrexham, Cheaterfurlough, Stockport, Southend and Grimsby. It's the none league equivalent of the premier league big six.

It's interesting to note that there are only four teams in League Two that get higher attendances than us and that's Bradford, Swindon, Bristol Rovers and Tranmere.

The ironic thing for us is when we were bouncing around League One and League Two going from crisis to crisis we probably did not appreciate how low we would sink. So a spell in non-league might in the long run give the club a boost as we might get higher attendances when we do get back to those levels as we will appreciate it more and be a more stable club. Lincoln for example average 8,723 in LG1. There are seven clubs at that level that get over 10,000 on average. So that looks like it's increased since we were last at that level, but then you have the likes of Sheff Wed, Ipswich, Bolton, Portsmouth and Charlton in there.

It seems like League One and the National League have a good share of big clubs in them that have fallen from historically higher levels and are floating around ready to get back to where they belong.

I agree. Assuming we make it back to L2 and L1 one day, our gates will be way higher than they were last time we were there. A trip down to NL and back can do wonders for a club in the long run. Ultimately, it's much better for gates and momentum than just hanging around in the same league forever.

[ncfcog]

I agree. Assuming we make it back to L2 and L1 one day, our gates will be way higher than they were last time we were there. A trip down to NL and back can do wonders for a club in the long run. Ultimately, it's much better for gates and momentum than just hanging around in the same league forever.

I've viewed our time in the wilderness as a reset. In some respects the relegation probably saved us from an all too different outcome. When we went down I'd imagine Hardy lost all his bargaining power due to not being a league club any more. This would have made the decision a bit easier and cheaper for the new owners. If we had stayed up I think our days would have been numbered. Notts as a purchase may not have been as attractive and we would either have sunk without a trace or found ourselves down here anyway, or worse, doing a AFC Bury.

I'm sure the Bros. are as disappointed as the rest of us that we are clinging to a third time lucky scenario but what it has enabled, together with the whole Covid fallout is a chance to get things right off the pitch and get their preferred choice of coach and back room staff on it.

When we do make it back to the promised land, whenever that might be, we will be in a much better position than when we left it.

[upthemaggies]

Being relegated from any level will ultimately prove to a re-birth or a slippery slope to long term ruin. The amount of people turning up at Meadow Lane at the moment ought to be enough to ensure it will be a re-birth. You really couldn't ask any more from the Nottingham public given the circumstances.

[slack_pie]

Being relegated from any level will ultimately prove to a re-birth or a slippery slope to long term ruin. The amount of people turning up at Meadow Lane at the moment ought to be enough to ensure it will be a re-birth. You really couldn't ask any more from the Nottingham public given the circumstances.

And a rebirth is exactly what we needed after years of decline and poor management on and off the field.

If we manage to get out of the NL, I am really confident we'll continue to progress. It might not be a rapid rise like Lincoln or Luton, but I doubt we'll find ourselves scrapping for our lives again in L2, sacking managers three times a season, and stuck with a bloated and disinterested squad. I just hope the Danes stick around long enough to realise our potential.

[laddo]

And a rebirth is exactly what we needed after years of decline and poor management on and off the field.

It was , whether we knew it at the time or not.

Yet there is a sizeable large chunk of supporters who look back (or maybe refuse to look back) and don't recognise the slow and painful death that was happening before our very eyes. It was death by a thousand cuts, or death by poor management as you say but some are blinkered and can't look past the "lowest ever league position/finish" ignoring anything to do with off-field matters, finances etc. It's only now that is becomes blindly obvious to the majority.

Yes we win more games at this level compared to many years of struggle in higher leagues, yes we play much more attractive football than many a previous Notts side but I would hope the very healthy attendances at out lowest ever level of the pyramid is due in part to a good number of fans recognising that the club is far healthier now.

This hopefully will be an enlightening thread and spark more good Notts debate as it's all a matter of opinions.