Notts County to ask Juventus for a favour 116 years in the making 🦓 | OneFootball

Cash-strapped National League club Notts County are set to ask Juventus to repay a 116-year-old favour.

The Nottingham club are currently wearing last season’s shirts, with fresh designs from Puma yet to be delivered as they have not been paid for.

Notts are in dire financial straits at the moment with club employees not having been paid since the end of the season.

New owners are expected to be announced soon, but in the meantime, Lilian Greenwood MP is set to write to Juventus on the club’s behalf, and ask for help paying for the new jerseys.

The Member of Parliament for Nottingham South will write to Juve this week and ask to repay a favour that first began in 1903.

At that time, Juve abandoned their previous pink kit and asked their English player, Tom Savage, if he had any friends back home who could help with getting new shirts.

He did, at Notts County, who sent a bundle of their black and white stripped shirts to Turin, with the Bianconeri using the colours ever since.

The two teams have gone on to share a common bond, and back in 2011 it was Notts who opened Juve’s new Allianz Arena by playing the first ever match there.

So, go on Juve, do the right thing and help out your stripped brethren.