Notts County

Notts County hold a place in football history that no other club can claim: they are the world's oldest professional football club, founded in 1862 in Nottingham. The Magpies' black and white stripes are said to have directly inspired Juventus to adopt their famous colours in 1903, giving County a connection to one of the world's great clubs. Though they spent time outside the Football League, their promotion back to it in 2023 was a cause for genuine celebration across the entire game.

Founded in 1862, Notts County are the world's oldest professional football club and are based in Nottingham, England. They play at Meadow Lane and compete in the EFL. The club are nicknamed The Magpies. Their home kit features black and white vertical stripes. Notable honours include the FA Cup in 1894. The club has competed across all four tiers of English football throughout their history.

The black and white stripes of Notts County are among the most storied in world football. The legend that Juventus adopted their famous black and white colours in 1903 after a County player gifted them a set of shirts has never been fully confirmed, but it remains one of the game's great stories and it gives these simple stripes an almost mythological status. County's Victorian-era kits were functional and plain, but the stripes have endured through every era. The classic magpie black and white has appeared in various configurations over the decades, while away kits have sometimes gone amber or red, but the home stripes remain the irreducible identity of this remarkable club.