The fans who vanish from the terraces live on in the memories of the supporters they leave behind. Or perhaps more to the point, what becomes of the scunnered, the disillusioned and the bored? But sometimes diehard supporters stop going to matches after years or even decades of faithful attendances. Death is an obvious reason, or having to work on a Saturday, increased family responsibilities, poor health, the cost of living, moving away from the area, taking up a competing pursuit, falling out with friends, taking the huff with the club directors, or quite simply becoming fed up with football.
Shortly before the season began, the club was subject to a high-profile takeover by Munto Finance, purportedly a wealthy Middle East-based consortium with ambitions to take the club to the Premier League.
In reality, Munto Finance was controlled by the convicted fraudster Russell King , and the club had been acquired as part of an elaborate scheme to list a fake mining company on the stock exchange.
The promised money did not exist, King fled when the scheme collapsed and Notts County were left deeply in debt. Eriksson resigned following a further takeover by Ray Trew , who prevented bankruptcy and oversaw a successful conclusion to the season, with the team winning the League Two championship and promotion to Football League One.
The team also fared well in the FA Cup , reaching the last sixteen of the competition. The Manchester City manager was talking after Khusanov endured a difficult debut against Chelsea recently, when the year-old gave away a goal and picked up a yellow card inside the first five minutes.
