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Dunlavy column: A sad tale of tangled Notts County is worth study

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MOMENTS before kick-off Notts County’s last home match at Meadow Lane, Michael Doyle emerged from the tunnel lugging the FA Cup.

Applause was muted. Though part of celebrations to mark the 125th anniversary of Notts County’s only victory in the competition, the parade was tantamount to a sick joke – like showing a tramp a picture of his long-dead grandfather’s sprawling manor.

Even Doyle looked sheepish, painfully aware that the sight of a County skipper toting silverware was deeply incongruous.

This, after all, is a club at death’s door, an institution of 157 years’ standing now propping up a league it helped to found in 1888.

Full article: https://www.theleaguepaper.com/features/columnists/10609/a-sad-tale-of-tangled-notts-county-is-worth-study/

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