- 2007–08 Nottingham Forest F.C. season
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Nottingham Forest 2007–08 season Chairman 
Nigel DoughtyManager 
Colin CalderwoodFootball League One 2nd FA Cup Second Round League Cup Second Round Football League Trophy First Round Top goalscorer League: 
Junior Agogo (13)
All:
Junior Agogo (13)Highest home attendance 28,520 vs Yeovil Town (League One, 3 May 2008) Lowest home attendance 3,102 vs Peterborough United (Football League Trophy, 4 September 2008) 
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Third colours← 2006-07 2008-09 → The 2007–08 season was Nottingham Forest's third consecutive season in League One. The season was regarded a success with the team gaining promotion back to the Coca Cola Championship at the third attempt.
Forest's players were also successful on an individual level in the 2007–08 season, with Julian Bennett and Kris Commons in the PFA League One Team of the Year, while Paul Smith ended the season with 24 clean sheets in 46 games, the record for the league in that season. This achievement was recognised when he received the Puma Golden Glove award.
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Season Overview
In the 2007-08 campaign, Forest were named title favourites for the third consecutive year. Calderwood signed five players in summer 2007, most notably former Celtic captain Neil Lennon on a free transfer. Also captured were left-back Matt Lockwood from Leyton Orient, Preston North End defender Kelvin Wilson and Yeovil Town duo midfielder Chris Cohen and attacking winger Arron Davies all signing for undisclosed fees.
Forest started the 2007-08 campaign by failing to win in their first six competitive games. The Reds drew three times and lost 2-1 at home to rivals Leeds United, as well as losing 3-2 to Peterborough United in the Football League Trophy. However, Forest then hit an eight-game unbeaten run in the league (including five wins), scoring seventeen goals in the process. After losing to Luton, Forest went on another unbeaten run, this time of six games in all competitions. This briefly took Forest to the top of the league table over Christmas, the first time they had been top all season.
But they lost top spot as they failed to win away from home, in a run lasting seven games. After moving back into second place, Forest's away form once again was found lacking, which allowed Carlisle and Doncaster to overtake them into second and third place, respectively. Forest went on to collect just one win in seven games.
However, they turned their form around, and after being 11 points behind second-place at one point. A win Carlisle saw Forest then win six out of their last seven games of the season. Forest, who had only been in the automatic promotion places once all season got promoted to the Championship on a dramatic last day of the season, by beating Yeovil 3-2 at the City Ground to secure second place. The Reds kept a league record of 24 clean sheets out of 46 games, which helped them end their three-year spell in the league's third tier and gain their first promotion in ten years.
Pre-season and Friendlies
Results
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 17 July 2007 Ilkeston Town A 5 – 0 Thornhill (2) 48', 58', Sinclair 79', Brown (2) 83', 89' 1,180 18 July 2007 Rushden & Diamonds A 1 – 1 Davies 90' 1,210 21 July 2007 Chesterfield A 0 – 1 2,796 24 July 2007 KilmarnockA 3 – 1 Holt (3) 19' (pen.), 39' (pen.), 51' (pen.) 2,524 26 July 2007 Dunfermline AthleticA 1 – 2 Sinclair 24' 1,756 28 July 2007 MotherwellA 0 – 0 2,505 30 July 2007 Notts County A 2 – 1 Chambers (2) 4', 85' 7,070 31 July 2007 Derby County A 0 – 2 25,159 4 August 2007 Sheffield United A 0 – 1 5,676 Coca-Cola League One
Results
Date Opponents H / A Result F – A
Scorers Attendance League position
11 August 2007 Bournemouth H 0 – 0 18,791 16th 18 August 2007 Swansea City A 0 – 0 17,220 15th 25 August 2007 Leeds United H 1 – 2 Commons 50' 25,237 18th 1 September 2007 Bristol Rovers A 2 – 2 Anthony (og) 29', Holt 45+1' 9,080 18th 15 September 2007 Port Vale A 2 – 0 Edwards (og) 3', Chambers 86' 6,521 14th 22 September 2007 Gillingham H 4 – 0 Agogo (3) 43', 61', 73', Sinclair 84' 16,330 10th 29 September 2007 Yeovil Town A 3 – 0 Chambers 57', Agogo 79', Commons 84' 6,818 8th 2 October 2007 Huddersfield Town A 1 – 1 Commons 75' 10,994 8th 6 October 2007 Hartlepool United H 2 – 1 Commons 11', Agogo 83' 17,520 5th 13 October 2007 Cheltenham Town A 3 – 0 Commons (3) 11', 45+1', 66' 5,012 3rd 20 October 2007 Doncaster Rovers H 0 – 0 23,108 4th 27 October 2007 Luton Town A 1 – 2 Bennett 90+1' 8,524 7th 30 October 2007 Oldham Athletic H 0 – 0 16,423 6th 3 November 2007 Tranmere Rovers H 2 – 0 Agogo 50'(pen), Tyson 78' 16,825 4th 6 November 2007 Southend United H 4 – 1 Breckin 41', Tyson 65', Agogo (2) 73', 88' 26,094 2nd 24 November 2007 Crewe Alexandra H 2 – 0 Davies 45', Clingan 52' 16,650 2nd 4 December 2007 Walsall A 0 – 1 6,605 4th 7 December 2007 Brighton and Hove Albion A 2 – 0 Tyson (2) 30', 49' 6,536 2nd 15 December 2007 Northampton Town H 2 – 2 McGugan 15', Agogo 90' 17,081 3rd 22 December 2007 Port Vale H 2 – 0 Agogo 24', McGugan 67' 21,407 1st 26 December 2007 Oldham Athletic A 0 – 0 8,140 2nd 29 December 2007 Gillingham A 0 – 3 7,712 2nd 1 January 2008 Huddersfield Town H 2 – 1 Cohen 68', McGugan 90+2' 18,762 2nd 12 January 2008 Leyton Orient H 4 – 0 Holt (2) 31', 54'(pen), Commons 72', Thornhill 89' 17,805 2nd 19 January 2008 Swindon Town A 1 – 2 Chambers 63' 9,815 3rd 23 January 2008 Millwall A 2 – 2 Cohen 85', Tyson 88' 8,436 2nd 29 January 2008 Swansea city H 0 – 0 21,065 3rd 2 February 2008 Bournemouth A 0 – 2 7,251 4th 9 February 2008 Millwall H 2 – 0 Bennett 48', Chambers 58' 17,046 3rd 12 February 2008 Leeds United A 1 – 1 Bennett 69' 29,552 4th 16 February 2008 Swindon Town H 1 – 0 Tyson 50' 23,439 3rd 23 February 2008 Leyton Orient A 1 – 0 Agogo 61' 7,136 2nd 3 March 2008 Carlisle United H 0 – 1 28,487 4th 8 March 2008 Crewe Alexandra A 0 – 0 6,341 4th 11 March 2008 Southend United A 1 – 1 Thornhill 65' 8,376 4th 15 March 2008 Walsall H 1 – 1 Ormerod 49' 17,177 4th 21 March 2008 Northampton Town A 2 – 1 Ormerod 9', Tyson 63'(pen) 7,244 4th 24 March 2008 Brighton and Hove Albion H 0 – 0 18,165 4th 28 March 2008 Doncaster Rovers A 0 – 1 12,508 4th 1 April 2008 Carlisle United A 2 – 0 Chambers 76', McCleary 90+3' 9,979 4th 5 April 2008 Cheltenham Town H 3 – 1 Agogo (2) 26', 47', Chambers 45' 19,860 4th 8 April 2008 Bristol Rovers H 1 – 1 McGugan 33' 15,860 5th 12 April 2008 Tranmere Rovers A 2 – 0 Tyson 34', Morgan 51' 8,689 4th 19 April 2008 Luton Town H 1 – 0 Tyson 67' 17,331 4th 26 April 2008 Hartlepool United A 1 – 0 McGugan 84' 5,206 3rd 3 May 2008 Yeovil Town H 3 – 2 Bennett 12', Commons 18', McGugan 28' 28,520 2nd League Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1 Swansea City (C) (P) 46 27 11 8 82 42 +40 92 Promotion to the League Championship 2 Nottingham Forest (P) 46 22 16 8 64 32 +32 82 3 Doncaster Rovers (P) 46 23 11 12 65 41 +24 80 Qualification to the Football League One playoffs 4 Carlisle United 46 23 11 12 64 46 +18 80 5 Leeds United 46 27 10 9 72 38 +34 76* 6 Southend United 46 22 10 14 70 55 +15 76 7 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 19 12 15 58 50 +8 69 8 Oldham Athletic 46 18 13 15 58 45 +13 67 9 Northampton Town 46 17 15 14 60 55 +5 66 10 Huddersfield Town 46 20 6 20 50 62 −12 66 11 Tranmere Rovers 46 18 11 17 52 47 +5 65 12 Walsall 46 16 16 14 52 46 +6 64 13 Swindon Town 46 16 13 17 63 56 +7 61 14 Leyton Orient 46 16 12 18 49 63 −14 60 15 Hartlepool United 46 15 9 22 62 65 −3 54 16 Bristol Rovers 46 12 17 17 45 53 −8 53 17 Millwall 46 14 10 22 45 61 −16 52 18 Yeovil Town 46 14 10 22 38 59 −21 52 19 Cheltenham Town 46 13 12 21 42 64 −22 51 20 Crewe Alexandra 46 12 14 20 47 65 −18 50 21 Bournemouth (R) 46 17 7 22 62 72 −10 48* Relegation to the League Two 22 Gillingham (R) 46 11 13 22 44 73 −29 46 23 Port Vale (R) 46 9 11 26 47 81 −34 38 24 Luton Town (R) 46 11 10 25 43 63 −20 33* Updated to games played on 3 May 2008
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
* Leeds deducted 15 points for failure to comply with rules on insolvency, Luton and Bournemouth deducted 10 points each for entering administration.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.FA Cup
Results
Date Round Opponents H / A Result F – A
Scorers Attendance 10 November 2007 Round 1 Lincoln City A 1 – 1 McGugan 25' 7,361 27 November 2007 Round 1 Replay Lincoln City H 3 – 1 Commons 35', Tyson (2) 49', 61' 6,783 11 December 2007 Round 2 Luton Town A 0 – 1 5,758 Carling Cup
Results
Date Round Opponents H / A Result F – A
Scorers Attendance 14 August 2007 Round 1 Chester City A 0 – 0
(4 – 2p)2,720 28 August 2007 Round 2 Leicester City H Match abandoned at half time[1] 15,638 18 September 2007 Round 2 Leicester City H 2 – 3 Smith 1', Tyson 64' 15,519 Johnstone's Paint Trophy
Results
Date Round Opponents H / A Result F – A
Scorers Attendance 4 September 2007 Round 1 Peterborough United H 2 – 3 Chambers (2) 33', 49' 3,102 Squad Statistics
Appearances and Goals
The statistics for the following players are for their time during 2007-08 season playing for Nottingham Forest. Any stats from a different club during 2007-08 are not included.
- Grant Holt's red card was for two yellow cards
- Nottingham Forest also had two own goals scored for them during 2007-08
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup Carling Cup Johnstone's Paint Trophy Total Discipline Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 
1 GK Paul Smith46 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 52 1 0 0 2 DF Kelvin Wilson (vc)40 (2) 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 45 (2) 0 4 1 3 DF Matt Lockwood11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 4 DF Luke Chambers40 (2) 5 3 0 2 0 1 2 46 (2) 7 3 0 5 DF Wes Morgan37 (5) 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 41 (5) 1 6 0 6 DF Ian Breckin (c)22 (6) 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 25 (6) 1 6 0 7 MF James Perch19 (11) 0 1 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 21 (13) 0 1 1 8 MF Kris Commons29 (10) 9 2 (1) 1 2 0 1 0 34 (11) 10 2 0 9 FW Nathan Tyson26 (8) 9 3 2 1 1 1 0 31 (8) 12 2 0 10 FW Grant Holt22 (10) 3 1 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 24 (11) 3 5 1* 11 FW Scott Dobie1 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 (1) 0 0 0 11 FW Will Hoskins2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 MF Garath McCleary3 (5) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 (5) 1 0 0 13 MF 
Felix Bastians0 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 (1) 0 0 0 14 MF 
Arron Davies9 (10) 1 1 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 10 (12) 1 2 0 15 MF Chris Cohen40 (1) 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 44 (1) 2 5 0 16 MF 
Sammy Clingan40 (2) 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 44 (2) 1 6 1 17 MF Lewis McGugan25 (8) 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 28 (8) 7 5 0 18 MF Neil Lennon15 (3) 0 1 0 2 0 0(1) 0 18 (4) 0 4 0 18 ST Brett Ormerod13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 0 0 20 GK 
Dimitrios Konstantopoulos0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 FW Junior Agogo27 (8) 13 1 (2) 0 1 (1) 0 1 0 30 (11) 13 0 0 24 FW Emile Sinclair0 (12) 1 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (14) 1 0 0 25 MF 
Alan Power0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 MF Matt Thornhill5 (9) 2 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 5 (11) 2 1 0 27 DF Brendan Moloney2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 28 DF Joe Heath0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 DF Julian Bennett33 (1) 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 38 (1) 4 8 0 30 GK Dale Roberts0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 MF Mark Byrne0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 32 GK Shane Redmond0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 MF James Reid0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 GK Barry Richardson0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 DF 
Hamza Bencherif0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - GK Paddy Gamble0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - DF Tom Sharpe0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - ST David Brown0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Transfers
In
Date Pos. Name From Fee 12 June 2007 MF Neil LennonCeltic Free 5 July 2007 DF Matt LockwoodLeyton Orient Undisclosed 6 July 2007 MF Arron DaviesYeovil Town Undisclosed 6 July 2007 MF Chris CohenYeovil Town Undisclosed 16 July 2007 DF Kelvin WilsonPreston North End £300k 22 January 2008 MF Garath McClearyBromley Undisclosed Out
Date Pos. Name To Fee 23 January 2008 FW Scott DobieCarlisle United Nominal 30 January 2008 FW David BrownBradford City Free 31 January 2008 MF Neil LennonWycombe Wanderers Free Loan In
Date From Date Until Pos. Name From 8 February 2008 13 April 2008 FW Will HoskinsWatford 7 March 2008 4 May 2008 FW Brett OrmerodPreston North End 25 March 2008 4 May 2008 GK Dimitrios KonstantopoulosCoventry City Loan Out
Date Pos. Name To 5 July 2007 GK Paddy GambleStalybridge Celtic 1 October 2007 DF Hamza BencherifLincoln City 1 October 2007 MF Felix BastiansChesterfield 22 November 2007 FW Emile SinclairBrentford 22 November 2007 DF Tom SharpeBury 22 November 2007 MF Alan PowerGrays Athletic 4 January 2008 MF Felix BastiansNotts County 10 January 2008 DF Brendan MoloneyChesterfield 11 January 2008 DF Tom SharpeHalifax Town 23 January 2008 GK Dale RobertsRushden and Diamonds 14 February 2008 MF Felix BastiansMilton Keynes Dons 20 March 2008 FW Grant HoltBlackpool Nottingham Forest Football Club The Club Stadia Rivalries Nottingham Forest F.C. seasons · 1865–66 · 1866–67 · 1867–68 · 1868–69 · 1869–70 · 1870–71 · 1871–72 · 1872–73 · 1873–74 · 1874–75 · 1875–76 · 1876–77 · 1877–78 · 1878–79 · 1879–1980
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