I had no idea where to put this, so I'll put it here.

I also write (very) occasionally on a Waldhof Mannheim forum. They haven't found a shirt sponsor and are probably starting the season sponsor-free, so they were having a debate on shirt sponsors. I decided to post about what Notts were doing with the monthly sponsors, as it's genuinely a bit different.

Within five minutes, the first response was this (translated): "By the way, Notts County is the team whose shirts were delivered to Juventus by accident 100 years ago. That's why Juve now play in black and white striped shirts."

This came from a fan of a German club with no connection whatsoever to either Notts or Juve. It made me feel a little bit proud and brought it home what a special and famous old club we all support. We should never forget that.

Hopefully the idea can be implemented by them, I think its a shame when local companies dismiss sponsoring or helping other community based areas. Yet I do think more will be going down this route in the future, as a friend who works for another clubs media team told me recently that their shirt sponsor is paying around 35% less than the previous season - so it looks like smaller clubs are having to adapt.

It makes you wonder how we pulled off the Ladbrokes deal.

And yeah, it's great when people understand or know about our history. I find it a lot with Juventus fans, even mingling with FM I have had a lot of comments like - 'You don't support a big club?' - followed by positive comments about supporting Notts.

think it shows how well known the notts juventus story is.

tho i do wonder just how many would have known without us playing at their new ground, that caused a lot of awareness.