Town Ground (Nottingham)

The Town Ground was a football ground in Nottingham in England. It was the home ground of Nottingham Forest, and the first ground to host a football match using crossbars and goal nets.

History

In July 1890 Nottingham Forest bought "Councilllor Woodward's Field", a site at the end of Arkwright Street, in order to build a new ground. The construction works cost £1,000, and the ground was opened during the 1890–91 season with a friendly match against Queen's Park. It consisted of a covered 1,000-capacity stand with a standing area in front on the northern touchline. The southern touchline was a large embankment with six steps running the whole length of the pitch. The western end also had an embankment with areas of uncovered seating.

In 1891 the Town Ground hosted a game between the North and the South, which was also the first match to be played using crossbars and goalnets. Forest were elected to the Football League in 1892, and the first League match at the ground was played on 10 September 1892, with Forest losing 4–3 to Stoke in front of 9,000 spectators. The ground was also used on three occasions in 1895 and 1896 by Notts County when their Trent Bridge ground was being used for cricket.

Town Ground

Town Ground may refer to:

Cricket grounds

It is also a former name of the Bass Worthington Ground in Burton-on-Trent.

Football grounds

Suburbs

Nottingham

Nottingham (ⁱ/ˈnɒtɪŋəm/ NOT-ing-əm) is a city in Nottinghamshire, England, 30 miles (48 km) south of Sheffield and 30 miles (48 km) north of Leicester.

Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle (notably Raleigh bikes) and tobacco industries. It was granted its city charter in 1897 as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Nottingham is a tourist destination; in 2011, visitors spent over £1.5 billion - the thirteenth highest amount in England's 111 statistical territories.

In 2013, Nottingham had an estimated population of 310,837 with the wider urban area, which includes many of the city's suburbs, having a population of 729,977. Its urban area is the largest in the East Midlands and the second largest in the Midlands. The population of the Nottingham/Derby metropolitan area is estimated to be 1,543,000. Its metropolitan economy is the seventh largest in the United Kingdom with a GDP of $50.9bn (2014). The city is also ranked as a sufficiency-level world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.

Hawkwind videography

The British space rock group Hawkwind have been active since 1969, but their earliest video release is Night Of The Hawk from their Earth Ritual Tour recorded at Ipswich on 9 March 1984. Since then, there have been numerous video releases covering the evolution of the band; some are professional broadcast shoots, others commercial, and a few are amateur.

There have also been some live video shoots of the band during the 1970s, although none have seen a commercial release. These include an early 12 April 1970 The Roundhouse, London performance and a Hawklords performance at Brunel University, Uxbridge on 24 November 1978.

The Hawkestra event, a reunion featuring appearances from all past and present members on 21 October 2000 at the Brixton Academy, was professionally filmed but disputes between band members would indicate any forthcoming release unlikely.

Promotional

Space Ritual

Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)

Nottingham was a parliamentary borough in Nottinghamshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295. In 1885 the constituency was abolished and the city of Nottingham divided into three single-member constituencies.

History

Nottingham sent two representatives to Parliament from 1283 onwards.

The constituency was abolished in 1885 and replaced by Nottingham East, Nottingham South and Nottingham West.

Members of Parliament

1295–1640

1640–1885

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