No. Nottingham is the city. Notts is the county of Nottinghamshire. You don’t say Lincs City or Northants Town. And Notts Forest is equally wrong.
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Ironically, Notts County play in Nottingham, whilst Nottingham Forest play in West Bridgford in the county of Notts.
sep 1, 2025, 9:26 am • 4 1 • view
no one cares about your local idioms. which are obviously based on some sort of medieval superstition. its nottingham forest, or, notts forest. that's what the rest of the entire world uses and has used forever. its 2025. get with the programme.
sep 1, 2025, 4:02 pm • 1 0 • view
sep 1, 2025, 4:07 pm • 1 0 • view
Is it Nottinghamshire County FC. Asking for a friend 🎣
sep 1, 2025, 1:30 pm • 1 0 • view
We were originally Nottingham FC, and a founding member of the Football League under that name, until about 1892, when Nottingham Forest joined the league with their admission supported by “Notts. County”. Note the punctuation. “Notts.” is clearly an abbreviation of “Nottinghamshire”.
sep 1, 2025, 1:43 pm • 2 0 • view
Notts Forest is used the world over regardless of recent local use. Also Notts Forest’s ground is in Notts rather than Nottingham itself isn’t it?
sep 1, 2025, 9:35 am • 6 0 • view
It’s a bit like saying Bayern Munich (it should be either Bayern Munchen or Bavaria Munich) or HSV Hamburg. It might be common usage, but it’s wrong and intensely irritating.
sep 1, 2025, 10:10 am • 0 0 • view
I believe the club and fans used it in their earlier years so it’s probably caused by that as much as anything
sep 1, 2025, 10:19 am • 0 0 • view
Perhaps; but I’ve been watching County for over 40 years and it’s always been clear that fans of both clubs and the clubs themselves agree on this. Calling Forest “Notts” comes over as either ignorant or deliberately insulting. It’s a rookie error when either a commentator or a pundit gets it wrong.
sep 1, 2025, 10:57 am • 5 0 • view
It’s no good telling people who won’t listen, Graham. Have they brought the Miners’ Strike up yet?
sep 1, 2025, 2:53 pm • 0 0 • view
I wasn’t here for that Wendy and no I haven’t
sep 1, 2025, 3:22 pm • 0 0 • view
It is the only issue which unites Notts and Forest fans. Only one Notts.
sep 1, 2025, 3:23 pm • 1 0 • view
It’s difficult from the outside when all you’ve ever known is Notts Forest with no malice intended
sep 1, 2025, 3:28 pm • 1 0 • view
But please try. Pretty please, because you are Founder Members too. Getting names right is important.
sep 1, 2025, 3:30 pm • 1 0 • view
It’s been used by non-Notts Forest fans with no intention of insult for generations. It’s more commonly used outside of Nottingham whether it’s based upon ignorance or not.
sep 1, 2025, 11:05 am • 0 0 • view
The land Nottingham Forest play on is actually owned by the City, hence the name City Ground. I see Bramley Moore FC have had a good start to their new season. (evolving language old chap dont ya know) I think pronouns can be quite contentious
sep 1, 2025, 12:38 pm • 1 0 • view
Town Ground in the Meadows was renamed City Ground in 1897 when the city status was granted. The City gave the club a lease for the new ground in the same year on land that the Town had owned since 1551, (and rented out to cover the maintenance of Trent Bridge), and the name moved to the new ground.
sep 1, 2025, 1:20 pm • 3 0 • view
Both clubs shared both grounds until County moved across the river to Meadow Lane in 1910.
sep 1, 2025, 1:45 pm • 2 0 • view
...like I said, bait.
sep 1, 2025, 2:55 pm • 1 0 • view
Not at all. It didn’t start out with that intention.
sep 1, 2025, 2:56 pm • 0 0 • view
The only way it could have been more is if you'd gone with the double r attempt as well.
sep 1, 2025, 3:36 pm • 0 0 • view
Ha that would be blasphemy I guess!
sep 1, 2025, 3:37 pm • 1 0 • view
You're already there.... that would have just compounded the excommunication.
sep 1, 2025, 3:42 pm • 1 0 • view
Wasn't really a share County played at Trent Bridge and only played at the City ground early and late season as the cricket took priority. They got kicked off TB in 1908 and hence moved to the meadows in 1910. Somewhat ironic as we got kicked out of TB to accommodate County moving in.
sep 1, 2025, 1:56 pm • 1 0 • view
You would call us Merseyside FC or Lancashire FC wouldn’t you?
sep 1, 2025, 12:45 pm • 0 0 • view
No I'm going with Bramley Moore FC feels more simpatico with the toffee moniker.
sep 1, 2025, 1:02 pm • 1 0 • view
Notts Forest home stadium is in the county. Not the city.
sep 1, 2025, 3:37 pm • 0 0 • view
You think I don’t know that? The land they play on has been owned by the city since the 16th century. But there’s only one Notts and we’re the only team in Nottingham.
sep 1, 2025, 6:02 pm • 1 0 • view
Notts Forest? Besides its Sherwood. And the forest is in Nottinghamshire too.
sep 1, 2025, 6:29 pm • 0 0 • view
I say Northants Town as well as Notts Forest. What of it?
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