After claiming just one victory in their last fifteen games,
The Magpies, ideally, need all three points against the Shakers to take their fate into their own hands. Anything less, and County will be left sweating on the results in-and-around them, with any one of seven teams still very much in contention for the final, unwanted relegation berth.
With Rushden & Diamonds already relegated, any one from Torquay, Macclesfield, Stockport, Barnet, Bury, Oxford and, of course, Notts are fighting against dropping through the trap-door of the Football League into the Conference.
Notts, of course, faced a similar scenario to avoid the drop to the then-Third Division in 2002, when a final day victory over
That day, almost 16,000 fans helped cheer the Magpies to victory. Now, with the club in danger of surrendering their proud 144-year history as a league club, current-manager Gudjon Thordarson has called for all supporters to help cheer his side over the finishing line in style come Saturday afternoon.
Speaking to the Nottingham Evening Post earlier today, Thordarson said, “It will be a nail-biting game. It is vital to get the home support there because with them we can get what will be required. We need that and we need the home fans to stay behind us. The players are down and I have to pick them up and get them going again.
"If ever there is a time for supporters to stay positive to help the team it is now.
''They have to do that for the whole game because it is 90 minutes and you can see loads of things and loads of changes throughout that. We have to make sure all of us approach Saturday in a positive manner."
''We need to win and approach the game with that in mind; we cannot sit and wait for other results.''
Tickets for Saturday's fixture have been reduced to £10 for adults, and £6 for concessions for, undoubtedly, the most important game of the club's proud history.