Nike have gone for another traditional Notts County style shirt, with black and white stripes, however the arm only contains one strip which is on the underside of the kit.

At half-time Luke Rodgers, Karl Hawley and new keeper Stuart Nelson came on to replace Hughes, Burgess and new no.1 Rob Burch.

[18] Notts County begin their League One season with 3–0 defeats to both Huddersfield Town and Oldham Athletic, keeping them bottom of the table.

County notched their first league win of the season against newly promoted Dagenham & Redbridge, and followed it with a hard-fought 3–3 away draw against Bournemouth.

After losing their next league match 2–1 at Bristol Rovers, County recorded a midweek 3–2 away win against Peterborough United in a bad-tempered affair which saw players and officials involved in a fracas on the pitch.

Exeter City and Tranmere Rovers extended Notts County's losing run to 4 games before Lee Hughes scored the only goal in a win over Swindon Town.

[19] However, their luck had changed the following game, beating Milton Keynes Dons 2–0, this was followed by a 1–1 draw with Plymouth and consecutive wins against Walsall and Hartlepool United.

County then suffered three consecutive 1–0 defeats to the hands of Rochdale, Bristol Rovers and league-leaders Brighton & Hove Albion.

Notts County finally ended their club-record nine game losing streak in the league when they beat fellow strugglers Tranmere Rovers 1–0 away.

A draw with Brentford meant that the team were still not safe from relegation to League Two, and County failed again to secure safety after a 2–1 defeat to Milton Keynes Dons.