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Notts
/ nɒts /
abbreviation for
- Nottinghamshire
Example Sentences
Coote, from Nottingham, is registered as a Notts County fan and is therefore unable to officiate County or Nottingham Forest matches.
The Notts County forward had netted a hat-trick in the 1894 FA Cup final to help the Magpies clinch their first major trophy with a 4-1 win over Bolton Wanderers.
Buried in an unmarked pauper's grave in Loughborough Cemetery, more than 300 miles away from his family home in Ayr, his body would lie there anonymously for another 120 years until some Notts County fans launched a campaign to "put right the wrong".
But it was at Notts County where he reached his zenith, scoring regularly before his cup final heroics at Goodison Park.
"It was as if his entire career peaked on that day, that's how it looks to me," says author Dave Fells, who wrote the book Jimmy Logan: The Life and Career of a Notts County Legend.
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