Subsequent Wembley appearances
Incredibly, Notts would make three further trips to Wembley Stadium during the following five seasons; Two Anglo-Italian Cup finals were reached in 1994 and 1995, the first of which was lost to Brecia whilst the 1995 final against Ascoli saw Notts lift their third trophy received from Wembley's Royal box, but this achievement was little consolation in the latter stages of what was to be the first of many woeful seasons around the turn of the millennium. Notts were relegated back down to the 3rd tier, yet somehow prized out an opportunity - by way of another play off final - for an immediate return to the upper divisions in 1996, sadly this was to be easily Notts worst performance at the old Empire stadium, Notts lost 2-0 to Bradford City which has since proved to be the Magpies' most costly defeat ever, County are still yet to recover having sunk into administration inbetween two miserable demotions to the 4th tier. During this unhappy period, the old Wembley Stadium has been knocked down, re-built, and re-opened again with a huge new arch replacing the former landmark twin towers. Notts missed out on the chance of playing at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff (where all finals, both cup and play off, had been played during the 6 seasons that Wembley was unavailable) but perhaps a return to England's national stadium is a brighter prospect for the increasing numbers of Notts fans too young to remember the glory days of the 1990's.