National League - Highs and Lows

[Davy500]

Now we are back in the EFL, I am glad the EFL think the way i do, and have now introduced VAR into the play off finals, hopefully they will integrate it for all Play off matches, as I have seen Notts lose out too many times with poor ref decisions in play off games.

VAR to be used at all three EFL Play-Off Finals
12 May 2023


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The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will be used at all three upcoming EFL Play-Off Finals at Wembley.

The Finals weekend will take place across the May Bank Holiday, with the Championship on Saturday 27 May, League Two on Sunday 28 May, and the League One finale on Monday 29 May.

Full details and key dates of the Play-Off schedule in-full can be found here, with 12 fixtures across eight days, starting with Sheffield Wednesday’s trip to Peterborough United in the League One Play-Off semi-final this evening live on Sky Sports.

Match Officials appointments for the Finals will be confirmed in due course.

[CamPie]

Low:





High: Get back where you belong.

Is it back up already? Or is the photo from pre-relegation?

[countygump]

Is it back up already? Or is the photo from pre-relegation?

According to this chap it's gone back up recently.

[uysapie]

Do these count as highs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IGDl0DXzWM

[CamPie]

According to this chap it's gone back up recently.

Excellent 😀

[CamPie]

For me the big highs, apart from the obvious just over a week ago, all relate to the National League not being as bad as we all feared. We rebuilt as a club, got progressively stronger season on season, including appointing progressively stronger head coaches, won a lot more games than we’d done for years, crowds increased and lots of new grounds to visit ( even the s**t-holes were enjoyable as it was throwback to the s**tholes we accepted as the norm in the 70s and 80s - albeit smaller). My favourite away game had to be Wealdstone this year. Great little real ale boozer in Ruislip and of course the goal fest in what really was a non-league ground.

The most laughable has to be the BBC coverage of the NL especially the team line-ups and the chairmen of certain clubs (Dover and Kings Lynn spring to mind).

The lows - all the playoff losses but particularly Grimsby - but at least they also beat Wrexham to setup this epic season.

It’s been 4 long years but for me the highs definitely outweigh the lows - how often in a 4 year period can we say that about the last 50+ years supporting Notts, and at our lowest ever level.

[TSANHO]

For me the big highs, apart from the obvious just over a week ago, all relate to the National League not being as bad as we all feared. We rebuilt as a club, got progressively stronger season on season, including appointing progressively stronger head coaches, won a lot more games than we’d done for years, crowds increased and lots of new grounds to visit ( even the s**t-holes were enjoyable as it was throwback to the s**tholes we accepted as the norm in the 70s and 80s - albeit smaller). My favourite away game had to be Wealdstone this year. Great little real ale boozer in Ruislip and of course the goal fest in what really was a non-league ground.

The most laughable has to be the BBC coverage of the NL especially the team line-ups and the chairmen of certain clubs (Dover and Kings Lynn spring to mind).

The lows - all the playoff losses but particularly Grimsby - but at least they also beat Wrexham to setup this epic season.

It’s been 4 long years but for me the highs definitely outweigh the lows - how often in a 4 year period can we say that about the last 50+ years supporting Notts, and at our lowest ever level.

Great post, sums it up for me too 👍

[BigFatPie]

Like others have said, I think we’ll look back on our time in non league with a good deal of fondness. Winning most of the time, mostly good football, new teams to play, and new grounds for those that go away. 4 years is about the limit though, and looking at that league for next season half of it is based in and around London, some real shockers. I would not fancy being Chesterfield haha.

For me the low point was Barrow at home, we took a proper shellacking that day, a real wake up call as to how much better we had to be to get promoted. Other than the playoffs the high point was Wrexham this season at home, the football in that first half was unreal.

[Woodsetts_Pie]

2 highlights. The first, strangely, was lockdown, when we could stream all the games from our back bedroom. Very surreal, particularly the away games when we got to see grounds we wouldn’t otherwise have got to see.
The second was a game early this season where I sat on the Kop with my friend Des (Heyup Des). We had about 80% possession and the kop kept “We've got the ball……” going for a full 30 minutes.
At that point I knew we were going places and the bad times were gone.

[Magpies1959]

The high has to be that under these owners, they have rebuilt the club from top to bottom, and got a buzz going around the city for Notts, (among young and old). They have also rekindled my love for the club to a level I have never experienced before, leading to me buying my first season ticket for about thirty years. Who would have thought this possible, when playing at our lowest level.