Jon Stead calls for unity at Notts County

Notts County striker Jon Stead has claimed that the hostility being directed towards manager Jamie Fullarton is the worst he has known in his career.

Magpies fans aimed chants including “you don’t know what you’re doing” and “get out of our club” towards Fullarton as his side lost 2-0 to Bristol Rovers at Meadow Lane on Saturday. Stewards also had to intervene to prevent a banner being unfurled.

Stead says it has been difficult to see F0ullarton become the focus of the fans' anger, having admitted after the Gas game that the atmosphere is beginning to affect the players.

"In my career, I've never known any group of fans direct so much stick towards a manager," he said.

"It's hard because you feel for him because ultimately it's us that are not performing.

"I know the stick is always aimed at him, but I don't think that's just to do with us as players, I think it's to do with everything that built up at the club.

"It's quite an easy target to go for the manager, but the anger has to go somewhere.

"What we have to do is take that all together. There's no other way we can get out of it other than show unity.

"You want to keep it together because we could pull each other's heads off. You've just got to make sure you don't let anything boil over."

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