Matt Tootle: 'Notts County dressing room atmosphere was the worst - now it's the best'

Matt Tootle has described the atmosphere in the Notts County dressing room as the best he has ever experienced - but before Kevin Nolan came in, he says it was the worst.

The Magpies began the year within touching distance of League Two's relegation places and on a losing run which would stretch to 10 games.

However, since Alan Hardy came in as owner and Nolan followed, Notts rallied round, secured Football League safety, and could now go top of the fledging 2017/18 table with victory against Accrington Stanley.

County go into Friday's game at Meadow Lane on the back of three successive wins and an impressive performance against Wycombe Wanderers where they won 4-2 at Adams Park.

“It is the best atmosphere inside a dressing room I’ve experienced in my career,” Tootle told the Nottingham Post.

“Before the gaffer came in it was the worst but he’s turned it upside down.

“There are no cliques and we are all one group. And every lad who has come into the club during the summer has said that they’ve never come to a dressing room and been made to feel so comfortable.

“Everybody is so welcoming and the lads are really enjoying coming into training. The lads are getting on like a house on fire.”

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