Editing Nottingham (section)

===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>