the club in the beginning played at park hollow at nottingham castle. in december 1864, the decision was made to play games against outside teams, and it was decided that the club needed to find a larger stadium. after playing at several places, the magpies settled at trent bridge cricket ground in 1883. when the ground was used for cricket, they played at castle ground or nottingham forest's town ground. the club moved to their current stadium, meadow lane, in 1910.