The City Ground Nottingham is easy to find. I drove and followed the directions to football and cricket parking from the outskirts of the city and made my way to Notts County's ground Meadow Lane. Parking there was ample and the stewards on duty were helpful and friendly. It also gave me the added advantage of yet another football ground to photograph, but that's a story for another day. The walk from Meadow Lane to The City Ground took about 5-10 minutes over the River Trent.
A side view of the Trent End Stand.
The City Ground is situated right on the river bank and you can see see the River Trent on the left of the picture. As well as the home of Nottingham Forest the homes of Notts County and Nottingham Rugby Club (Meadow Lane) and Nottinghamshire CCC (Trent Bridge) are all in the vicinity. 
This is a view down the side of the Trent End Stand in to the ground.
On the right hand side of the picture is the end of the Main Stand, which looks like the oldest stand at The City Ground compared to the others. It's not easy to photograph from the outside either!
The walkway underneath The Trent Stand.
You can just see the bridge over the River Trent in the right hand side of the picture. In the left hand side there are some windows and on display there are various pictures of Forest heroes and legends of days gone past. As I walked past there was a Grandparent stood there telling a story to his Grandson about how good one of the players pictured was. Unfortunately, because of the lighting and the reflections I couldn't get any decent photographs.
The other side of The Trent Stand.
So, this is the view after you walk out from the walkway underneath the stand. The two Forest fans in the centre of the picture, wearing 23 and 24 in pretty much identical attire made me smile.
This is the view of the centre of The Brian Clough Stand.
I took this photograph from the extremes of the car park. This Stand is probably the biggest at the ground and was to the right of where the Pompey fans were. From the outside it is not the most aesthetically pleasing piece of architecture to look at - it reminded me of parts of Stamford Bridge. But who am I to comment?! LOL! 
The view of the Brian Clough Stand taken from the The Bridgford Stand corner of the ground.
The Bridgford Stand I/II.
The Bridgford Stand II/II.
This is where the away supporters enter the ground. As you can see the Bridgford Stand is sponsored by The Money Shop. I didn't realise that until I just looked at this photograph again. There was no sponsorship reference on the matchday ticket.
Five Lucketts coaches parked up.
Home fans approach The City Ground.
This is another entrance to the ground at the end of a street in a seemingly quiet residential area. I assume this gave home fans access to the Bridgford Stand Upper. Fancy having all this at the end of the street!Pictures Taken Inside The City Ground
The Main Stand.
The Trent End Stand.
The Brian Clough Stand.
Other Items Of Note
At every away ground I've visted in the last couple of seasons there has always been something a bit special, a bit different or a bit quirky to see. The City Ground was no different and came up with these two absolute gems.
The Brian Clough mosaic above the Executive Suite Entrance to The Brian Clough Stand.
This is just great! I assumed this mosaic had been there for some time. However, it would seem that this is a recent addition so I'm pleased I found it especially as I wasn't able to get in to Nottingham City Centre on this occasion to see the Brian Clough statue. In the matchday programme for the Pompey game there is a short article about this piece, on page 23. It was created by a lifelong Forest fan and ceramic artist Robert Lally who donated it to Nottingham Forest a couple of years ago. You can see more of Robert's work at www.rialtoceramix.co.uk .
The ticket office hatches to buy seats for the game.
This is at the River Trent end of the Brian Clough Stand. It's a small red brick building which just looks like it comes from a different era with its tiny openings, covered in 'chicken wire', the signage and to top it all off some Derby County fans have left their mark on it too. A brilliant find IMHO to top off a great day out, the two-nil defeat aside. BlueThruAndThru
