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Nottingham was later captured by the Danes (Vikings) and in the 9th century became one of the five boroughs (fortified towns) of the Danelaw.
Nottingham is home to two football teams: Nottingham Forest (currently in the Football League One) (who under their most famous manager, the late Brian Clough, won the European Cup twice in succession) and Notts County (who play in the Football League Two).
The county was settled by Angles around the 5th century, and became part of the Kingdom, and later Earldom, of Mercia.
The traditional county town, and the largest settlement in the traditional and ceremonial county, is Nottingham.
Worksop, in the north of the county, is also an Anglo-Saxon market town which grew rapidly in the industrial revolution with the arrival of canals and railways and the discovery of coal.