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Meadow Lane is a football stadium in Nottingham, England. It is the home ground of Notts County, who have played there since it opened in 1910. The stadium was also home to Notts County Ladies F.C. from 2014 to 2017. It currently has an all-seated capacity of 19,841 for EFL games, [2] although its maximum capacity is 20,229. [3]
Opposite the City Ground, still within the city boundaries, lies Meadow Lane, home of Notts County. The City Ground was the first football ground to have elliptically shaped goalposts when it was presented with a new set of goals by the Nottingham-based Standard Goals Company in 1922. Before this, goalposts had usually been round or square.
In 1878–79 season, Nottingham Forest entered into the FA Cup for the first time. Forest beat Notts County 3–1 in the first round at Beeston Cricket Ground before eventually losing 2–1 to Old Etonians in the semi-final. [7] Nottingham Forest's application was rejected to join the Football League at its formation in 1888. [7]
The following season, the club reached the third round of the tournament, where it played Nottingham Forest, at home. Notably, while Jardines were at full strength, Forest fielded mostly reserves; already Forest and Notts County were eschewing the local competition in favour of more lucrative friendlies. Forest beat Jardines 3–2, one of the ...
Comparative chart of yearly League positions of County and Forest. The first meeting of Derby County and Nottingham Forest came in the 1892–93 First Division.Derby, founder members of the Football League in 1888, had finished in 10th place in the previous campaign, whereas Forest had been competing in the rival Football Alliance, and had won the title in the competition's final year.
Notts County are an English professional football club based in Nottingham, England, playing in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system, as of the 2024–25 season. The club was founded in 1862, [ 1 ] and has played its home matches at Meadow Lane since 1910.
In the third round, Notts were drawn to play First Division Nottingham Forest at the latter's Town Ground. The match drew a record crowd for the Town Ground; the Nottingham Evening Post reported that spectators climbed trees to gain a good view and that "there would have been quite 20,000 people present when the match commenced."
The 2024–25 season is the 159th season in the history of Nottingham Forest Football Club, and the club's third consecutive season competing in the Premier League.In addition to the domestic league, the club is also participating in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.