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Meadow Lane

Meadow Lane is the home of the oldest professional football club in the world: Notts County. Nowadays, Notts County are a lower league side, so it is easy to buy tickets on matchdays and the atmosphere is always very safe and friendly.

The stadium's capacity is 20,300. Tickets for adults for a Notts County league game cost £16.

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Website: http://www.nottscountyfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Welcome

The City Ground

The City Ground is the home of Nottingham Forest Football Club, who were European Champions twice. I have seen some very good games here, including Forest's last European run, when they beat Auxerre and Lyon before losing spectacularly to a Jurgen Klinsmann inspired Bayern Munich side. This was also one of the stadiums which hosted the 1996 European Championships, and I saw Turkey play Croatia here, when there were 10,000 Turkish fans inside the stadium. If you are interested in the history of European football, the City Ground has seen a lot of it!

The stadium's capacity is 30,602. Adult tickets for a Nottingham Forest league game on matchdays cost £22-26. There is a £2 discount if you buy your ticket in advance.

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Website: http://www.nottinghamforest.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Welcome

National Ice Centre

The National Ice Centre is one of the top ice stadiums in the country. It cost £43 million to build and houses two ice rinks, one of which transforms into Nottingham Arena for concerts. Britain's oldest ice hockey team, the Nottingham Panthers play here, with seats for 7,500 spectators. It is also one of the top venues for ice skating.

Phone: 0115 948 4526

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Website: http://nottingham-arena.com/nic_new/index.htm

Trent Bridge

Trent Bridge is the third oldest international cricket ground in the world. The first test match played here was in 1899 when England played Australia.

I've watched England play Australia, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka here and also been to Nottinghamshire county games. It's a great place to watch cricket.

The opening of the Fox Road Stand in 2002, increased the ground's capacity to 15,350. The William Clarke Stand is where the "Barmy Army" and assorted drunks in fancy dress hang out. If you like your cricket noisy and rowdy, this is the place for you. Personally, I prefer the Radcliffe Road stand, where you can get a great view of the game form behind the wicket and look down at the Barmy Army, without getting showered with beer and being forced to take part in countless Mexican waves. If you have loads of money, like wearing a jacket and tie to cricket and getting really close to the players, then the Members' Pavilion is the place.

Phone: 0115 982 3000

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Website: http://www.nottsccc.co.uk/