Team History of Naudts County Football Club

The oldest league club recognized in the world. Naudts County Football Club was founded in 1862 and became one of the founding members of the English Football League in 1888.

About the establishment of 1862 Naudts County Football Club, Nottingham Guardian described it like this on165438+1October 28th:

"Nottingham Football Club kicked off in Cremon Garden last Tuesday. W. arkwright and Chas Deakin each chose a team. After fierce competition, the latter won with 2- 1. " 1864, "Naudts Football Club" was formally established.

From 1864 to 1888, some friendly matches were held with other clubs in England and Scotland. In the first half of 1980s, Naudts was one of the best clubs in Britain. Naudts used to have eight England players. I participated in the FA Cup for the first time in 1877, 1883, 1884, and achieved good results in the semi-finals. In the early years, home games were occasionally held at Trent Bridge, but usually at meadows Cricket Court and later at Castle Cricket Court.

From 1883, Naudts's home games were mainly played at Trent Bridge Stadium until 1909/ 10 Trent Bridge Stadium was used to play cricket. 1894, the main stadium in Naudts was the Castle Cricket Stadium, and then the town stadiums in Nottingham Forest (1895 and 1986) and the city stadiums (1899 to 1909) were used in Naudts. It was at 19 10 that Naudts moved to Mei Duo Lane Stadium, their home stadium today.

1888, Naudts became one of the founding members of 12 football league. In 1890/9 1 season, Naudts created one of the best seasons in their history and finally ranked third in the league. At the same time, they also reached the FA Cup final at Kennington Stadium, 1-3 lost to Blackburn.

Naudts won their only FA Cup with 1894, and they beat Bolton 4- 1 in front of 37,000 spectators at Goodison Park. Due to the demotion of 1893, Naudts became the first Serie B team to win the FA Cup. In the 1896/97 season, Naudts won the second-division championship and returned to the first-division after a series of "test matches" equivalent to today's play-offs.

In 1900, Naudts tied their best record and won the third place in the first division. However, in the 19 12/ 13 season, they were relegated again in pain, but returned as the champion of the second-division league in the following season.

With 19 19/20 season and 1925/26 season falling into the second division, Naudts experienced fluctuations, but it took them 55 years to return to the first division. 1924/25 season, Naudts won the 9th place in the first division, ranking first at the beginning of the season, but that record has not been broken.

In the 1929/30 season, Naudts was relegated to the third division of the Southern District, but in the following season, he returned to the second division as a champion. However, in the 1934/35 season, there was no suspense in relegation, and this time it was not so lucky. They narrowly lost in the promotion and failed to fight back at the first time.

Due to World War II, football was suspended from 1939 to 1946, and the interval between leagues was very long. Only clubs can use local games and visiting players' cups. 194 1 The explosion on the evening of May 8 left a crater in Mei Duo Lane Stadium, and the stadium was forced to close. 194 1/42 became the only season in Naudts without a football match. The most famous player in Naudts County is English international tommy lawton. I came to Mei Duo Lane in June1947165438+10, and attracted 10000 fans. There were more than 45,000 people in the boxing day match against Swansea, and it is estimated that there were 10000 people outside! As the golden age of Naudts County, there were other great players in the Lawton era, such as Jackie Swar and Tommy Deanes, which made the League C more exciting.

His joining broke the record of transfer fee in Britain at that time, and the average attendance rate at home in the following eight seasons was the highest in the whole history of the club. The audience often exceeds 30,000 to 40,000 people. 1949/50 season, Naudts was promoted to the second division, with an average home audience of more than 34,000 people, which is an average level never reached by Nottingham Forest across the river. 1955 The game against York City reached a record 47,000 people.

However, the death of club captain Leon Rudy led to the rapid collapse of that excellent team in the 1954/55 season. After Naudts was demoted to level C, it was demoted to level D one after another. Although it once returned to level C, it soon fell to level D. On September 2 1968, Naudts fell to the bottom of the D League. Fortunately, they found the state and caught up in time. In the 1970s, under the leadership of Jimmy Surell, perhaps the most successful coach, perhaps the most successful era in the club's history came. During this period, the club won many honors, including 198 1, and returned to the first division after a historic victory over Chelsea. After years of painstaking efforts, Cyril finally adjusted the team's state to the best. He is a magpie who took over from the third league. With the joining of Lesbrad and Don Masson, he was qualified for the fourth league in 1970/7 1 and the third league in 1972/73. Dave needham, Brian stubbs, Tony Hateley, Kevin Randall and Arthur Mann are the backbone of the team's success. Brad scored 124 goals for the club in eleven years.

After a historic victory over Chelsea, Cyril spent three seasons in the top league. But we have to sign an expensive transfer, and the salary is rising, but the attendance rate is not satisfactory.

Naudts visited Villa in the opening match of the 8 1/82 season and beat the defending champion with 1-0. Because of the Nottingham derby, good news came from those crowded stadiums. Naudts won 2-0 at the city stadium. With the arrival of Rashid Hackock (Algeria), John Chedoz (Nigeria) and Aki Latini (Finland), international players also joined in. In the season when they returned to the peak after 56 years, Naudts finally won the championship with 15. After Cyril retired, he went through another midstream season, during which Brian Kilkoran became the first Naudts player to wear the British U-2 1 national team jersey. Larry Lloyd became the coach of the team after going to Sheffield, howard wilkinson on Wednesday. Personnel changes led to the continuous demotion of Naudts in 1983/84 and 1984/85 seasons.

However, just when the club was in a difficult situation and faced with financial problems,1an emergency meeting on September 5, 986 attracted 1500 fans to astoria nightclub, and more people were kept out. The debt of 2 million pounds forced the board of directors to consider dissolving the club.

With the financial support of the fans, the players and the board of directors promised to continue working. A game against the forest brought 3,299 pounds to Mei Duo Lane, and the establishment of Naudts County Lifeline increased the life-saving money by14,000 pounds. Despite many disasters, a new chapter in the history of Naudts is about to open. 1987, Derek Pavis, a local businessman, came to Mei Duo Lane to replace Jack Dunnett as the chairman of Naudts County Football Club, and John Montagni served as the vice chairman to assist him in his work. Naudts, with a long history, has entered a brand-new period. With the addition of new members Jeff Parker, Paul Hart, Gary Lund and gary mills, the reconstruction work began immediately. Andy gray, Gary Bitters and other famous players also joined in, but the magpies failed to qualify and lost to Walsall in the play-offs.

1989 Naudts started a turning point from an unusual starting point. When John Barnwell was fired after a series of bad records, Derek Pavis decided to poach young Neil Warnock from scarborough as his replacement. In recent years, the signing of two key players, Steve Cherry and Phil Turner, strengthened the team's strength, and Naudts finally won the third place and the opportunity to participate in the play-offs. After beating Bolton in the semi-final, Naudts County visited the famous Wembley Stadium for the first time, and beat Langmuir Wanderers 2-0. The fans who went out with the team left no regrets, because Tommy Johnson and Craig Short scored goals to advance.

1990/9 1 season was considered to be a season of consolidating achievements, but the result was greatly unexpected. In fact, magpies have been greatly upgraded and reached the top league. In the final stage of the season, Jeannot won the fourth place, and this good state continued until the semi-final of the play-off, when Middlesbrough 1-0 and away1-0/were eliminated. The final attracted nearly 60 thousand people to watch the game. Johnson became a hero again with two goals, helping the magpies beat Brighton 3-/kloc-0, which was incredible.

In the FA Cup, Magpies eliminated Hull and oldham successively and reached the sixth round of this event. It is worth mentioning that in the fifth round, they beat Manchester City dramatically with Gary Lund's only goal. Before the game, fans and stadium staff fought for several hours to clear the snow in Mei Duo Lane Stadium. The sixth round of elections is the first time that Naudts has broadcast on national television. Paul gascoyne showed his talent and let the home team win 2-/kloc-0-0, although he led 1-0 at Tottenham.

Warnock became the second modern coach to bring Naudts to the top league 199 1. After only one season at that level, the club struggled for stability for most of the 1990s. The days of the top leagues are unusual, because you have to visit Manchester United, Arsenal and other giants. Warnock has always maintained trust in most players, which is the guarantee that Naudts can jump two levels in a row.

Attendance at the top leagues is disappointing. 199 1 year, Naudts eased the financial pressure to a certain extent by selling Tommy Johnson and Craig Short, but during his campaign in the top league, he squandered 750,000 pounds to buy Tony Algana. After he became the most expensive player in Naudts's history, he scored his first goal in the 13 game. 1992- 1993 season, Naudts escaped relegation to the second division. 1993- 1994 After losing in the play-offs, relegation is inevitable. The following season, the magpies lost to Bradford in the play-off final, and then they were relegated to the third class.

1994-95 was a disastrous year (Mick Walker, Russell Slade and howard kendall were all fired after taking office for some time), and this unstable team was relegated to the second division. But in other respects, Naudts not only won the English-Italian Cup, but also defeated the Premier League giant Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 in Mei Duo Lane in the Carling Cup, but the defeat in Norwich prevented the team from going further in this event.

In a series of promotion and demotion wars, Magpies reached the England-Italy Cup final at Wembley Stadium for two consecutive seasons. 1993-94 season, Mick Walker's team reached the final and met Brescia, but 0- 1 lost. Gabriel Saidi Rossidi, a future Chelsea player, scored the winning goal. However, the following year, Naudts made a comeback and won the championship with a 2-/kloc-0 victory over ascoli under the short-term coaching of howard kendall.

Reconstruction started again with the demotion of 1995, and the team won the fourth place in the second division under the leadership of co-coaches Colin Murphy and Steve Thompson. After losing 2-0 to Crewe in the play-off semi-final, Naudts turned the tables with Gary martindale's outburst and won 3-2 dramatically. However, the disappointing performance against Bradford in the final made Naudts miss the second division next season. Murphy and Thompson were fired in the following season, and Sam Allardyce took their place, but relegation was inevitable. Naudts, coached by Al-Daisy, won 20 games and was relegated without any suspense, but the light is coming.

1997-98 season was an unusual year, a series of national and club records were broken, and Naudts County won the third league championship by a huge advantage. Sam allardyce's team set the earliest championship record (March 18) and the biggest difference record (19), and became the first club with 4,000 leagues.

199 10 10, when the magpies ranked first in the second division, Ardyce resigned and went to Bolton as a coach. Naudts left at the top of the standings, but under the leadership of Gary Brazil, they did poorly and finally fell to seventh place. Al-Daisy once built a confident and cohesive team, although he sold the promising Jermaine Pennant to Arsenal, which was the year before shaun derry left for 700,000 pounds.

George scott came and went, and after Gary Brazil tried to be the head coach again, Bill Dearden arrived in June 2002. He didn't expect that he would spend two years with the same group of players during Magpie's detention. This long and intense process took 18 months. When the club almost went bankrupt, the Brenheim consortium saved the club. In early years in Naudts, magpies used meadows Cricket Court, Trent Bridge, beeston Cricket Club and Castle Cricket Club as their home courts. Besides, they occasionally used city courts. This situation continued until 19 10, and the trustee of Trent Bridge Court refused to renew the lease of the club.

The club was forced to find another way out and quickly took measures to lease the venue in Mei Duo Lane from the city council. The brand-new "County Stadium" is ready for the start of the1911/season. The stand of Trent Bridge (located in today's hotel owner's stand) was demolished and taken to a new position, belonging to the stand of Mei Duo Lane. At the end of the season, the main stand of the stadium and the ceiling beside the "County Road" were built, designed by the architect Mr. Shepard. Large-scale construction was carried out to build open-air terraces. At this time, there is no county road, and the Tinker Bell River passes behind the stands. It is reported that a man was stationed by the river with a net and fished the ball out of bounds if necessary. 1925 build a new county road station.

194 1 The stadium was bombed, which led to the suspension of the operation of the club in 194 1/42 season. 1949, the terraced fields were raised by 10 feet, reaching 12 feet, providing accommodation for many people after the war. The dilapidated Mei Duo Lane stand was demolished at 1978, and a squash court and office were built in this position. The dressing room moved from the stands to the new building. Terrace stands were rebuilt at 1980 to provide more crash barriers. 1985 In the summer, the venue of Mei Duo Lane had to be shortened by six feet, because the audience in the sponsor box could not directly see the goal below them.

Over the years, there have been many rumors about the use of the new stadium by Forest Team, first in Kaurvich, and later in the site of wilford Power Plant, but no substantive agreement has been reached. When the bold reconstruction decision was made, Mei Duo Lane looked more and more shabby. In any case, the Taylor report has asked the club to design a "full-seat" stadium. 1992 Three stands were built in the summer, and only the main stand remained in the initial state. This was updated in the summer of 1994. The new county highway station was later named after Jimmy Surell.

At the end of the following season (1993- 1994), just after the play-off, the main stand was demolished and a remarkable new stand was built, making Mei Duo Lane a "full stadium" for nearly 20,000 people. This stand is named after its chairman, Derek Pavis, so it is called the Derek Pavis stand, although it was called the main stand in a short time from 2002 to 2004.

The stands themselves cover the club's main office, dressing room, gym and conference banquet center, which is an important source of financial income for the club.

In June 2002, Naudts signed a sponsorship contract with Aaron scargill, a local company and a sponsor of the jersey, and Mei Duo Lane was renamed as "Aaron scargill Stadium". However, before the start of the season, the fans of Aaron scargill Stadium were very pleased with the closure of the stadium and the restoration of the original name of Jeannot County.

For many years, it has been a controversial topic for Naudts fans to enter the solemn Kop stands. After two "test matches" with Ecclestone and Wycombe Rangers in April 2008, this stand was confirmed as a venue for magpie fans in May 2008. Both games were very successful, and more than 2,500 fans filled the Kop stands twice. At the same time, the visiting fans were moved to the X section of Jimmy Surell's stand.

In the summer of 2009, Naudts County Football Club was formally acquired by a consortium from the Middle East with a capital of 654.38 million pounds. The new owner has planned for the club the grand goal of being promoted to the British Championship within five years and becoming the top team in the Premier League within 654.38+00 years, and has launched a brand-new team logo consisting of magpies, castles and blue and black stripes, which shows the club's ambition to start a new era. Then on July 22nd, the club signed a five-year contract with former England coach Sven Goran Eriksson, and Eriksson officially became the football director of the club. Naudts County Football Club is about to enter a brand-new era. The club with a debt of10.5 million pounds was resold to Ray Trew, the former president of Lincoln City, on February 1 1 2065438.