City Ground, Football stadium in West Bridgford, Nottingham, England
City Ground is a football stadium in West Bridgford on the northern bank of the River Trent, home to Nottingham Forest since opening. The ground features four stands holding 30,602 spectators, with the largest being the two-tier Peter Taylor Stand facing the river.
The ground opened on September 3, 1898 when Nottingham Forest left their earlier site to play Blackburn Rovers in front of 15,000 people. Bomb damage during World War II and severe flooding in March 1947 marked its early decades.
The name comes from the open fields that once covered this stretch of the riverbank before football arrived here. On match days, supporters dressed in red fill every section and sing songs passed down through generations of local families.
The ground lies roughly twenty minutes on foot from Nottingham railway station, with the route crossing Trent Bridge along the way. Bus routes 5 through 11 from the city center stop near the main entrance and run more often on match days.
The ground sits so close to the river that floodwaters have entered the pitch and spectator areas on several occasions, with the March 1947 event being the worst. This riverside location remains part of daily life as walkers pass along the bank and boats drift by while football continues inside.
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