VENUE #118 NOTTS COUNTY Meadow Lane

GROUND LAYOUT

During the early 1990's the ground was completely rebuilt, creating an attractive all-seater stadium. Although the ground comprises four separate stands, it is quite smart looking.

 A   DEREK PAVIS STAND

    Both sides are single tiered stands, the larger of which is the Derek Pavis Stand. This is the Main Stand containing the Directors Area and having the players tunnels and team dugouts at its front.  The stand comprises of 6,715 seats of which 385 are for VIP's and press.



 B   JIMMY SIRREL STAND (AWAY)

     Opposite is the Jimmy Sirrel Stand which has a gable on its roof reminiscent of those old grounds, where they were once a common sight. Home fans capacity for this stand is 2,040 seats.  Away fans are housed on one side of the this Stand, located on one side of the ground. The normal allocation for this area will be around 3,365, although this can be increased for cup games to 5,775 away fans only.


 C   KOP STAND

     At one end is the large Kop Stand, which can house up to 5,440 supporters, upper tier 2,020 and lower tier 3,416 seats. Again this is a newish stand with excellent facilities.


 D   HAYDN GREEN FAMILY STAND

     The other end is the smaller, covered Family Stand. This stand has one sizeable solitary supporting pillar, which may affect your view as it is situated right at the front of the stand in the middle.  There are 2,137 seats and 144 boxes in this stand.  This stand also has a small electric scoreboard on its roof.


FIRST MATCH AT THE STADIUM

NOTTS COUNTY V CHELTENHAM AT MEADOW LANE

There have been only six matches between these two sides at Meadow Lane, Notts County have won 4 whilst Cheltenham have only won once with just the one draw.

 3rd May 2003  Notts County  1 - 0  Cheltenham    League Div. 2
                           Danny Allsopp  40
  4th Sept 2004  Notts County  0 - 0  Cheltenham   League 2
12th Nov 2005   Notts County  2 - 3  Cheltenham   League 2
                           Julien Baudet  pen 45                 Brian Wilson 35
                           Mike Edwards 57                        Jamie Victory 78
                                                                               Grant McCann 84
  1st May 2010  Notts County  5 - 0  Cheltenham   League 2
                           Graeme Lee 21
                           Lee Hughes  22, 31
                           Ben Davies 25
                           Luke Rodgers 81
 11th Feb 2017  Notts County  2 - 1  Cheltenham   League 2
                           Jon Stead 24                               Manny Onariase 87
                           Richard Duffy 33
18th Nov 2017  Notts County  3 - 1  Cheltenham   League 2
                           Jorge Grant 30, 52                    Carl Winchester 35
                           Shaun Brisley 54

NOTTS COUNTY SLIP INTO BOTTOM TWO ON GOAL DIFFERENCE TO CHELTENHAM

NOTTS COUNTY ... 0   CHELTENHAM ... 3

     Manager less Notts County find themselves in the relegation zone behind their visitors today Cheltenham who won convincingly at Meadow Lane this afternoon.

     It was the home side who looked the more likely for the first half hour but Cheltenham stole the thunder when Luke Varney met Ryan Broom's cross with a looping header which found Ross Fitzsimons left hand corner of the net.

   Caretaker Manager Steve Chettle switched things around at half time opting for a back four instead of three for the second half but it didn't have the desired effect as Varney doubled his and the teams tally for the afternoon in the 66th minute with a well worked corner routine.

     To rub salt into the wounds Tyrone Barnett made it three with just three minutes of normal time left to play he seemed to have scuffed his shot but still found the back of the County net.

VISIT REVIEW

     Notts County may be the oldest league club in the EFL but their ground is is far from old looking, although the rebuild took place over twenty years ago it still looks fresh and far too good for their current status.  Let's hope they don't do what Tranmere did a few seasons back and have one of the most spectacular non league grounds in the National league Premier.  Hopefully they can find money to invest in the squad and keep them out of non league football and maintain their record of being the oldest league football team. 

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