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Nottingham

[not-ing-uhm, -ham]

noun

  1. a city in SW Nottinghamshire, in central England.

  2. Nottinghamshire.



Nottingham

/ ˈnɒtɪŋəm /

noun

  1. a city in N central England, administrative centre of Nottinghamshire, on the River Trent: scene of the outbreak of the Civil War (1642); famous for its associations with the Robin Hood legend; two universities. Pop: 249 584 (2001)

  2. a unitary authority in N central England, in Nottinghamshire. Pop: 273 900 (2003 est). Area: 78 sq km (30 sq miles)

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Nottingham Forest have held a minute's silence in memory of teenager Joshua Travis who was fatally hit by a train in Nottinghamshire.

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Bonds was also in charge when West Ham reached the FA Cup semi-final in 1991, but West Ham never recovered from Tony Gale's controversial first-half sending off, losing 4-0 to Nottingham Forest.

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Michiel Holemans, who lives in Nottingham, put up about 20 A4 flyers across the city inviting people to take a photo with a printed picture of "Aggie" and send them to him.

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The defeat came on the heels of consecutive 3-0 shellackings by Nottingham Forest and Manchester City, which means that Liverpool has now racked up three consecutive defeats by at least three goals for the first time in 77 years.

The 3-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest at home on Saturday was bad but the loss against PSV was arguably the low point of Liverpool's season.

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