I hope the club somehow manage to celebrate the anniversaries of three remarkable achievements in 2021: 50 years since the Division 4 championship; 40 years since the promotion to Division 1; and 30 years since the promotion back to Division 1. Let’s also hope fans are allowed back into grounds next year and we get to honour those great players.

For me, the biggest achievement of the three was Sir Jimmy and Sgt. Wilko’s efforts to get us back into the top flight for the first time in over 50 years in 1980/81. That sounds like an awfully long time, but we’re now approaching 30 years outside of the top league.

And while I’m getting nostalgic, 2021 will also be the 40th anniversary of Notts CCC’s first championship win in over 50 years. Lovely piece on that here, which takes me back to sitting the top deck of what was then the West Wing Stand when we clung on for a draw against Sus***:

https://thecricketpaper.com/features...hamshire-1981/