General Information

Notts County Football Club
Meadow Lane
Nottingham
NG2 3HJ

Main Club Number: 0115 9529000
Fax Number: 0115 9553994
Email Address: info@nottscountyfc.co.uk
Ticket Office Number: 0115 9557204
Stadium Capacity: 20,300

How To Find Meadow Lane

By Car

Leave the M1 at Junction 26 and take the A610 towards Nottingham and then signs for Melton Mowbray. Turn left before the River Trent in to Meadow Lane.

By Train

Meadow Lane is around 10 minutes walk from Nottingham Railway Station. As you come out of the main station entrance, turn left and then left again. Follow the road down to London Road and then turn right. The stadium is about a 1/4 of a mile down the dual carriageway on the left.

Parking At Meadow Lane

You can park at the Cattle Market (opposite the away end £2) or in the club car park (opposite the club offices in Meadow Lane £2.50). Otherwise there is plenty of street parking.

Meadow Lane Stadium History

Notts County's early years saw the Magpies appear at the Meadows Cricket Ground, Trent Bridge, Beeston Cricket Club, Castle Cricket Club, for which they used as their home ground as well as occasionally using the City Ground before the Trustees of Trent Bridge Cricket Ground decided not to renew the club's lease when it expired in 1910.

Forced to look elsewhere, the club moved rapidly to rent ground from the City Council on Meadow Lane and the new "County Ground" was ready for the opening of the 1910/11 season. The stand at Trent Bridge (that stood where the Taverners Stand is now) was dismantled and taken to the new site at the Meadow Lane end. A main stand and a cover for the "County Road" side of the ground were built during the close season, to the design of architect Mr. Shepherd. Earth was dumped in order to form the kop. There was no County Road at this time; the Tinkers Leen flowed along behind the stand, and it is reported that a man was stationed on its banks with a net to fish the ball out when necessary. A new County Road stand was built in 1925.

The ground suffered bomb damage in 1941, which led to the club closing down temporarily for the 1941/42 season. 10 to 12 feet in height was added to the kop in 1949 to help accommodate the huge post war crowds. The old Meadow Lane stand was demolished in 1978, and squash courts and offices built on the site. The changing rooms were moved from the main stand to this new building. Terracing was rebuilt in 1980 to provide more crash barriers. The pitch had to be shortened by six feet in the summer of 1985 as spectators in the sponsors' boxes at the Meadow Lane end couldn't see the goalmouth directly below them.

Although there was much speculation over the years about a new stadium to be shared with Forest, first at Colwick, and then at the Wilford power station site, nothing was agreed. Meadow Lane was looking increasingly decrepit when the bold decision was made to rebuild; in any case, the Taylor Report had forced clubs to plan "all-seater" stadiums. Three new stands were erected n a frantic summer of work during 1992, leaving just the main stand in its original state. This was replaced in the summer of 1994. The new County Road stand was then named after Jimmy Sirrell.

At the end of the following season, 1993-1994, after just missing out on the playoffs, The Main Stand was demolished and an impressive new stand was built to make Meadow Lane an "All Seater Stadium", bringing the capacity to just under 20,000. The stand was named after Chairman Derek Pavis, and was known as the Derek Pavis Stand, although for a short period between 2002 and 2004 it was known as the Main Stand.

The stand itself houses the club's main offices, changing rooms, a gym and a Conference & Banqueting Centre, which is a major source of revenue to the club.

In June 2002, Notts announced a sponsorship deal with local company Aaron Scargill Estate Agents, which as well as shirt sponsorship saw Meadow Lane renamed as "The Aaron Scargill Stadium". However, Aaron Scargill went out of business before the season started and the ground was given back it's original name much to the joy of Notts County supporters.

For many years, moving Notts County supporters into the impressive Kop Stand was a great source of debate. In May 2008, it was confirmed for the very first time that the stand would be home territory for Magpies fans for the 2008/09 season after two 'trial games' against Accrington Stanley and Wycombe Wanderers in April 2008. Both were a success, with well over 2,500 fans piling into the Kop on both occasions. As a result, away fans we moved into the X Block of the Jimmy Sirrel Stand.