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Club eras
Notts County club eras and season stories
Explore grouped eras, key season stories and public archive context generated from published season records, without exposing protected editorial tools.
1888–89 to 1914–15
Founding Football League years
The opening league era tracks Notts from the first Football League season through the pre-war campaigns using the verified season archive.
Key season stories
Era read
- Timeframe1888–89 to 1914–15
- Level rangeLevels 1–2
- OutcomesPromotions: 2 · Relegations: 2 · Championships: 2
- Decade1880s1890s1900s1910s
1919–20 to 1938–39
Inter-war league years
The inter-war period groups the completed league campaigns after the First World War and before the Second World War suspension.
Key season stories
Era read
- Timeframe1919–20 to 1938–39
- Level rangeLevels 1–3
- OutcomesPromotions: 2 · Relegations: 4 · Championships: 2
- Decade1910s1920s1930s
1945–46 to 1959–60
Post-war restart
This era covers the post-war restart and the published league seasons that followed the wartime interruption.
Key season stories
Era read
- Timeframe1945–46 to 1959–60
- Level rangeLevels 2–4
- OutcomesPromotions: 2 · Relegations: 2 · Championships: 1
- Decade1940s1950s
1960–61 to 1979–80
1960s and 1970s rebuild
A broad era for the 1960s and 1970s league records, showing the movement, records and outcomes contained in the season index.
Key season stories
Era read
- Timeframe1960–61 to 1979–80
- Level rangeLevels 2–4
- OutcomesPromotions: 2 · Relegations: 1 · Championships: 1
- Decade1960s1970s
1980–81 to 1995–96
Promotion pushes and higher-tier returns
This era groups the 1980s and early 1990s seasons so supporters can read the rise, fall and league-table context together.
Key season stories
Era read
- Timeframe1980–81 to 1995–96
- Level rangeLevels 1–3
- OutcomesPromotions: 3 · Relegations: 4 · Championships: 0
- Decade1980s1990s
1996–97 to 2008–09
Late Football League era
The late Football League era collects the published seasons leading into the later period of change, with results kept to safe public summaries.
Key season stories
Era read
- Timeframe1996–97 to 2008–09
- Level rangeLevels 3–4
- OutcomesPromotions: 1 · Relegations: 2 · Championships: 1
- Decade1990s2000s
2009–10 to 2018–19
Change and survival years
This era summarises the published league records from the years immediately before the club dropped out of the Football League.
Key season stories
Era read
- Timeframe2009–10 to 2018–19
- Level rangeLevels 3–4
- OutcomesPromotions: 1 · Relegations: 2 · Championships: 1
- Decade2000s2010s
2019–20 to 2022–23
National League rebuild
The National League rebuild groups the published non-League campaigns and the record-breaking return to the EFL.
Key season stories
Era read
- Timeframe2019–20 to 2022–23
- Level rangeLevel 5
- OutcomesPromotions: 1 · Relegations: 0 · Championships: 0
- Decade2010s2020s
2023–24 to 2025–26
Modern EFL return
The modern return era tracks the newest completed league seasons in the published archive and links them back to the wider club story.
Key season stories
Era read
- Timeframe2023–24 to 2025–26
- Level rangeLevel 4
- OutcomesPromotions: 1 · Relegations: 0 · Championships: 0
- Decade2020s
Season story pages
Featured season story pages
Each linked season page now includes a public story block with era context, headline cards and ranking notes drawn from the published archive.
| Seasons | Club eras | Final position | Era record | Leading scorer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896–97Div 2 | Founding Football League years | 1st | 19-4-7 | Tom Boucher (24) |
| 1930–31Div 3S | Inter-war league years | 1st | 24-11-7 | Tom Keetley (41) |
| 1949–50Div 3S | Post-war restart | 1st | 25-8-9 | Tommy Lawton (33) |
| 1970–71Div 4 | 1960s and 1970s rebuild | 1st | 30-9-7 | Tony Hateley (23) |
| 1989–90Div 3 | Promotion pushes and higher-tier returns | 3rd | 25-12-9 | Tommy Johnson (18) |
| 1997–98Div 3 | Late Football League era | 1st | 29-12-5 | Gary Jones (28) |
| 2009–10Lge 2 | Change and survival years | 1st | 27-12-7 | Lee Hughes (30) |
| 2022–23NL | National League rebuild | 2nd | 32-11-3 | Macaulay Langstaff (42) |
| 2025–26Lge 2 | Modern EFL return | 5th | 24-8-14 | Alassana Jatta (15) |