25/04/2008 - John Armstrong-Holmes: If you care about Notts County, show it on Saturday
You probably won't be surprised to learn that I've had an interesting supply of letters and e-mails in the past Notts County chairman week or so, containing a complete cross-section of views and suggestions.
Many would be unprintable; others are more complimentary and constructive - but the common denominator with all of them is that they have clearly been sent by people who care very deeply about Notts County.
Long-standing fans - and I definitely include myself among them - have been through so much suffering in the past six years and we are all heartily fed up with it.
Some of us grew up on the successes generated by Jimmy Sirrel and Neil Warnock when, at worst, we sat comfortably in the second tier of English football.
But I'm very conscious of the fact that any supporters Notts County have picked up in the past 13 years have never experienced life at that level.
That has to change and although you may think me ridiculous to say it at a time when we are fighting for our League lives, I'm absolutely determined that the fortunes of this famous old club will be transformed.
One of those e-mails I mentioned was sent by a man I have never met and I have to say that I was grateful to him for sending it.
His point was that even though he had never met me, he was very much against me, and the Supporters' Trust, when the club changed hands earlier in the season.
He was keen to tell me, however, that he has changed his opinion because he can now see what we were trying to achieve and the way we were going about it.
He added that we could count on his support in the future - no matter what happens in our next two matches.
We have lots of big plans for moving this club forward. Some of them supporters already know about - like our determination to re-establish the youth scheme for which we were once renowned - but there are other plans that we are not yet ready to disclose.
From a personal point of view, I was determined that after years of sitting on the fence, we would do what was necessary to ensure that The Kop stand was made available to our supporters.
To be honest, my target was to work with the police and Nottingham City Council, our ground safety authority, to bring about that situation next season.
But desperate measures were required in a bid to lift the players and after 2,700 supporters generated a great atmosphere from The Kop to inspire victory over Accrington, I'm delighted that it will be available to us again this weekend.
The actual capacity of that stand is more than 5,000 and although there may have been some novelty value for supporters wanting to use it against Accrington, I very much hope for a repeat performance.
Our board have taken the decision to let people into that area of the ground for just £5 and as we've agreed, the money is of no significance.
What we want is for everyone who cares about Notts County Football Club to come and show it on Saturday at what will undoubtedly be one of the most important games in our long history.
If we can beat Wycombe then regardless of what the other strugglers do, we will still be able to claim that we are the oldest League club in the world.
We do have to go to Chesterfield the following week, of course, but if we still need points when we go to Saltergate, that will be more than my nerves can stand.
I desperately want us to get the job done on Saturday, not least because that will act as the green light for many of our plans for next season, and I urge people to invest a fiver - and help to make it a really memorable occasion.