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Nottingham

American  
[not-ing-uhm, -ham] / ˈnɒt ɪŋ əm, -ˌhæm /

noun

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

  2. Nottinghamshire.


Nottingham British  
/ 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's defeat by Brighton on Sunday was a bit of a sickener for Sean Dyche, because he had made such a good start there.

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I don't think they can be as bad as they were in their last two home games, against Nottingham Forest and PSV Eindhoven.

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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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