Until recently, Sol Campbell had spent the whole of his football career at the top level of English football. A product of Lilleshall and the Spurs youth academy, his previous trips to lower division grounds had been largely reserved for the early stages of domestic cup competitions. As such, it is perhaps that he took one look at the glaring reality of football in League Two and decided that perhaps it wasn't worth all the effort.

Perhaps it was the joys of Christie Park, perhaps he didn't fancy Port Vale at home, or perhaps he genuinely did have concerns over the future of Notts County. Whatever his reasons, Sol Campbell's departure from the League's oldest club has thrown the Magpies and their 'project' back into the limelight, with sports journalists across the county digging into the reasons for his departure.

The former Football League clubs that currently ply their trade in the Blue Square Premier must occasionally wonder how it has come to this. The match at The Abbey Stadium this afternoon between Cambridge United and Luton Town is being played between a crowd of almost 5,000 people but this match, a division higher, is being watched by only just over a third of that number.