Notts have play-off 'drama' knowhow- Jones

For the sixth time in seven seasons, Notts County find themselves battling for promotion in the play-offs. And for the third time in six years, they face Chesterfield in a high-stakes tie. Sunday's League Two play-off semi-final first leg (18:00 BST) comes just short of three years after they twice came from behind at Wembley to overcome the Spireites on penalties in the National League promotion final.

Jodi Jones, one of the last promotion-winning Notts players that remains at the club, says a Magpies squad stacked with footballers "who have been here before" go into the latest play-off campaign full of "belief and excitement". And when asked if it is possible that a side can get used to such showdowns, the Malta international replied: "Yeah, you could say that to be fair. "There is always football drama, and we have been involved in a lot recently.

" This from a player that provided one of the Notts' most iconic play-off moments, scoring the last-minute extra-time winner against Boreham Wood at Meadow Lane in 2023 to send the Magpies to that National Stadium where they sensationally beat Chesterfield. Magpies face Chesterfield play-off after Rovers draw Listen to the latest Notts County interviews on BBC Radio Nottingham The Derbyshire club were promoted to League Two a year later and have not been beaten by the Magpies in their four meeting since regaining their English Football League status. It is a run that includes beating Notts both home and away this season, as they finished just one spot and one point below the fifth-placed Magpies in the table.

It means Chesterfield host the first leg of their play-off on Sunday before the tie is taken to Meadow Lane five days later. "Since I've been here, we've had some good games with Chezzy and it does come across like a rivalry and derby," Jones told BBC East Midlands Today. "We know they are good team and we also know what we are capable of.