Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English football club, based at the City Ground, which is outside the boundary of Nottingham on the south side of the River Trent. The ground is in the town of West Bridgford in the borough of Rushcliffe. The club lies directly across the Trent from its city rivals, Notts County.
Nottingham Forest takes its name from the Forest Recreation Ground, a public space in the city proper where the club was formed, and not, contrary to popular belief, Sherwood Forest (although the Recreation Ground was carved from it). The club are often referred to as simply 'Forest', the title the club carries on its badge. They are unrelated to the earlier amateur team called Forest F.C. (better known as The Wanderers F.C.).
Their name is often incorrectly abbreviated to Notts Forest. Fans of the club hugely dislike the team being referred to by this name. This is because 'Notts' is an abbreviation of Nottinghamshire which is the name of their rivals across the river.
They currently play in League One of the Coca-Cola Football League, formerly known as the third division, and second division after the creation the Premiership. Their relegation to this league in May 2005 made them the first European Cup winners ever to later play outside their country's top two divisions.
Nottingham Forest are known to have pioneered many of today's footballing rules and features, including floodlighting, shinpads, and even lettering on the stands
- Ground: City Ground
- Inauguration: 3 September 1898
- Capacity: 30,600 seats
- Record Attendance: 49,946; Nottingham-Man Utd, 1967
- Address: Pavillion Road, Nottingham, NG2 5FJ
- Inauguration: 1865
- Club colours: Red & White
- The City Ground,
- Nottingham,
- NG2 5FJ
- Tel: 0115 982 4444
- Fax: 0115 982 4455
- Email: info@nottinghamforest.co.uk
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Notts County
Notts County Football Club are a football club based in Nottingham, England and is the oldest professional football team in the world. The team currently plays in Football League Two, of the Coca-Cola league section of the English football league system. "The Magpies" play their home games at the Meadow Lane stadium and play in a black and white striped kit, which was the inspiration for Juventus's strip of the same design, after it had been borrowed by the Italian club.
Though they have not won a great deal of major silverware in their history, County are considered to be one of the most famous of the little clubs in English football.
The club have gone through hard times in recent years which has led to an increasing rivalry with Nottinghamshire neighbours Mansfield Town.
They have had several spells in the top division of English football. The most recent one came in 1991-92, when they played in the last season of the First Division before the Premiership was created.
Well known former managers of Notts County include Jimmy Sirrel, Neil Warnock Sam Allardyce.
- Nickname(s) The Magpies
- Founded 1862
- Ground Meadow Lane
- Nottingham
- Capacity 20,300
- Chairman Jeff Moore
- Manager Steve Thompson
- League League Two
- 2005-06 League Two, 21st
- Nottingham Rugby,
- The Bay,
- 1 Holme Road,
- West Bridgford,
- Nottingham,
- NG2 5AA
- Tel: 0115) 907 0070
- Email:enquiries@nottinghamrugby .co.uk
Nottingham Rugby Club
Nottingham Rugby Football Club a club based in Nottingham, England .When Alick Birkin returned to Nottingham from Rugby School at the age of 16 in 1877, he gathered some friends around him to form a rugby playing team. This is generally regarded as the date of the formation of Nottingham Rugby Football Club, although the earliest reports of matches in the local press were published in 1885/86. The first minutes of an AGM date back to 1898.
Alick Birkin, or Sir Alexander Russell Birkin to give him his full title, maintained his active interest in the club until his death in 1942. The Birkin family "were"Nottingham RFC - members of the family being associated with the club from 1877 to 1956.
Without their commitment, the club would never have got off the ground. Indeed, the ground at Ireland Avenue, Beeston, was given to the club in 1904 by Leslie Birkin, brother of Alick. Ireland Avenue remained the club's home until its sale in 2006.
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