The invitation was based on a little-known historical connection between the clubs that dates right back to 1903 - and is directly linked to the famous black and white shirts.
Not to put too fine a point on it, if it hadn't been for Notts County, Juve would have spent the past century playing in pink.
The story is a charming one. In 1903 an English member of Juventus, John Savage, wrote to Notts County, formed in 1862 and then in the old English First Division, asking for a set of their black and white shirts.
At that point Juve, founded by students six years earlier, were playing in pink. Another club, Palermo, played in the same colour and Juve didn't want to be confused with them.
Notts County were happy to oblige. Thus the link was made, and has remained intact ever since, despite the very different fortunes the two clubs have experienced during the following century. Juventus are now one of the biggest clubs in the world - Notts County are only notable for the fact that they are the oldest club in the world still playing professional football.
To mark this relationship, Juventus and their young president Andrea Agnelli, chose Notts County as the side to take part in the inauguration of the club's new stadium in September 2011. "If there has been a more elegant gesture in the history of football, it would be good to hear of it," The Guardian said of the invitation.
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