Editing Nottingham (section)

==Sport==
{{main|Sport in Nottingham}}

===Football===
[[File:The two closest football grounds in England (50285299147).png|thumb|[[Meadow Lane]] (left) and the [[City Ground]] (right) either side of the [[River Trent]], the two closest professional football grounds in England]]
Nottingham is home to two professional football clubs: [[EFL League Two]] club [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] and [[Premier League]] club [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]. Their two football grounds, facing each other on opposite sides of the River Trent, are noted for geographically being the closest in [[English league football]]. Notts County, formed in 1862, is the oldest professional football club in the world.<ref>''Notts County – A Pictorial History'' by Paul Wain, page 8, {{ISBN|0-9547830-3-4}}</ref> It was also among the [[Football League]]'s founder members in 1888. For most of its history the team have played their home games at [[Meadow Lane]], which currently holds some 20,000 spectators, all seated. They currently play in League Two of the English Football League (most recently played at Level 1 in May 1992).<ref>{{fchd|id=NOTTSCO|name=Notts County}}</ref> 

Nottingham Forest, who currently play in the [[Premier League]], were Division One English League champions in 1978 and won the [[European Cup]] twice over the next two seasons under the management of [[Brian Clough]], who was the club's manager from January 1975 to May 1993, leading them to four [[Football League Cup]] triumphs in that time. They have played at the [[City Ground]], on the south bank of the [[River Trent]], since 1898. Nottingham Forest joined the Football League in 1892, four years after its inception when it merged with the rival [[Football Alliance]], and 100 years later, they were among the [[FA Premier League]]'s founder members in 1992—though they had not played top division football from May 1999 until their promotion from the Level 2 [[EFL Championship]] in the [[2021–22 EFL Championship|2021/2022 season]], 23 years later.<ref>{{fchd|id=NOTTINGF|name=Nottingham Forest}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Forest return to Premier League after 23-year wait |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61539298 |access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref> The [[City Ground]] played host to group stage games in the [[Euro 96|1996 European Football Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Euro '96's forgotten city |url=http://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/1010-Euro-96/6902-euro-96s-forgotten-city |date=14 August 1996 |work=When Saturday Comes |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310230309/http://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/1010-Euro-96/6902-euro-96s-forgotten-city |archive-date=10 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Nottingham won the title of 2015 City of Football after five months of campaigning, which resulted in £1.6m in funding for local football ventures and to encourage more people to play the sport.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/City-Football-Nottingham-wins/story-22930174-detail/story.html |title=City of Football: Nottingham wins title and £1.6 million for sport |work=Nottingham Post |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919094844/http://www.nottinghampost.com/City-Football-Nottingham-wins/story-22930174-detail/story.html |archive-date=19 September 2014}}</ref> Nottingham was selected to be a host city for the [[England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The 12 cities which will form England's 2018 World Cup bid |newspaper=The Guardian |date=16 December 2009 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2009/jul/09/world-cup-2018-england-cities |access-date=10 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416180609/http://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2009/jul/09/world-cup-2018-england-cities |archive-date=16 April 2015 |url-status=live |last1=Hunter |first1=Andy |last2=Jackson |first2=Jamie |last3=Landi |first3=Martyn |last4=Stafford |first4=Mikey |last5=Taylor |first5=Daniel |last6=Taylor |first6=Louise}}</ref> It was proposed that if the bid were successful, the city would have received a new Nottingham Forest Stadium.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nottingham Forest hope new ground will stage 2018 World Cup matches |date=7 September 2009 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/6151835/Nottingham-Forest-hope-new-ground-will-stage-2018-World-Cup-matches.html |access-date=10 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416211049/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/6151835/Nottingham-Forest-hope-new-ground-will-stage-2018-World-Cup-matches.html |archive-date=16 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Other sports===
[[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club]] is based at [[Trent Bridge]], a [[List of Test cricket grounds|test cricket ground]] that was one of the venues for the [[2009 ICC World Twenty20]] tournament. Nottinghamshire won the [[2010 County Championship]].

The [[rugby union]] team, [[Nottingham R.F.C.]], competes in the [[RFU Championship]], playing their home games at the Nottinghamshire Sports Club in the Lady Bay area of the city. The [[Nottingham Outlaws (rugby league team)|Nottingham Outlaws]] are an amateur [[rugby league]] team that plays in the [[Yorkshire Men's League]]. The [[Nottingham Caesars]] are the city's [[American football]] club, playing their games at the [[Harvey Hadden Stadium]] in the Bilborough area of Nottingham.

The city was the birthplace and training location for [[Torvill and Dean]], who won gold medals in [[ice dance]] at the [[1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Sarajevo Olympics]]. The [[National Ice Centre]], which first opened in 2000, is the home base of the [[Nottingham Panthers]] ice hockey team, and hosts an array of winter sporting events including the UK [[Speed skating|Speed Skating]] Championships. The plaza at the front of the ice centre is named "Bolero Square" after Torvill and Dean's gold medal-winning performance.

Other sporting events in the city include the annual [[Nottingham Trophy (tennis)|Nottingham Trophy]] tennis tournament (staged at the [[Nottingham Tennis Centre]]), the [[Nottingham Marathon|"Robin Hood" Marathon]] and the Outlaw Triathlon.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk/whats-on/the-outlaw-triathlon-2018-p492501 |title=The Outlaw Triathlon 2018 |publisher=Visit Nottinghamshire 2018 |access-date=15 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316084838/https://www.visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk/whats-on/the-outlaw-triathlon-2018-p492501 |archive-date=16 March 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Nottingham has two [[roller derby]] leagues: [[Nottingham Roller Derby]] (formerly Nottingham Roller Girls, formed 2010, and home to the Super Smash Brollers from 2013 to 2020)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-29 |title=Nottingham Roller Derby {{!}} Nottingham Roller Derby |url=https://nottsrollerderby.co.uk/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/nottinghamrollerderby |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> and East Midlands Open Roller Derby (formed 2020, after the Super Smash Brollers team left the Nottingham Roller Derby banner to become a new, standalone league).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/EMORollerDerbyUK |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> The [[Nottingham Hellfire Harlots Roller Derby|Nottingham Hellfire Harlots]] were a [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association|WTFDA-ranked]] league from 2010 to 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hellfire-harlots.co.uk/ |title=Hellfire Harlots |access-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505015324/http://hellfire-harlots.co.uk/ |archive-date=5 May 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> They announced their disbanding on 3 August 2023, citing the difficulties with continuing to run a grassroots sports team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/hellfire.harlots.nottingham/posts/pfbid028YHu5LBEZRJWgcW6EYhpbJWUiAZ1k5xJeX8yD3v35NALbDsx4kE7y3tjXWRtvs3Xl |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref>

In October 2015, Nottingham was named as the official Home of Sport by [[VisitEngland]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-34611032|title=Nottingham named as 'Home of English Sport'|date=23 October 2015|access-date=5 February 2019|publisher=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424145823/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-34611032|archive-date=24 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mynottinghamnews.co.uk/weve-won-nottingham-is-named-as-englands-official-home-of-sport/|title=We've Won! Nottingham is named as England's official 'Home of Sport'|date=23 October 2015|website=My Nottingham News|publisher=[[Nottingham City Council]]|access-date=5 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020457/http://www.mynottinghamnews.co.uk/weve-won-nottingham-is-named-as-englands-official-home-of-sport/|archive-date=7 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> for its sporting contributions and in recognition of its development of football, cricket, ice hockey, boxing, tennis, athletics, gymnastics, and water sports.