2010–11 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest F.C.

2010–11 season
Chairman	Nigel Doughty
Manager	Billy Davies
Stadium	City Ground
Football League Championship	6th
FA Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Lewis McGugan (13) All: Lewis McGugan (13)
Highest home attendance	29 490 vs. Derby County (npower Championship, 29 December 2010)
Lowest home attendance	19 411 vs. Burnley (npower Championship, 12 April 2011)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 season was Nottingham Forest's third season in the Football League Championship, following promotion from League One in the 2007–08 season after spending three years in the third tier. Forest remained in this division after losing in the 2010 Football League play-offs. In addition to the Championship, Forest also entered the League Cup in the first round, where they were knocked out by Bradford City and the FA Cup in the third round, where they eventually were knocked out by West Ham United in the fourth round. In the league Forest once again made it the playoffs, losing to eventual winners Swansea City.

Summary

Forest announced their first pre-season friendly very early, the beginning of April the previous season, away at local neighbours Mansfield Town.^[1]

Early May saw Forest sign their first player of the new season, with the announcement that Radosław Majewski would be signing for Forest on a three-year deal, after a successful season-long loan, for £1 million.^[2] A day later, a second friendly was announced, for the same night as the Mansfield game. Forest would send a team to Prenton Park to play Tranmere Rovers.^[3]

On 20 May 2010, Forest announced that they would play Peterborough United and Kidderminster Harriers in friendlies on the same date.^[4]

Changes to members of the Forest Academy were seen on 2 June. Shane Redmond, Jordan Fairclough, Jean Biansumba, Danny Elliott, Tim Hopkinson, Sean McCashin, Carl Sibson, Matthew Sykes, George Thomson, Max Wright and Tony Diagne were all released with none of them making first team appearances. However, 5 youth players were offered new contracts. Mark Byrne had spent a successful season on loan at Rushden and Diamonds to earn his contract, with Young Player of the Year Karlton Watson, Tom Mullen, Zannettos Mytides and Kieron Freeman also earning new contracts.^[5]

Forest announced their 5th pre-season friendly against League One Playoff runners-up, Swindon Town, to be played on 31 July 2010.^[6] It was announced on 16 June that Forest would play Champions League semi-finalists Olympique Lyonnais at the City Ground, to be played 28 July.^[7] More foreign opposition was confirmed in the form of SC Olhanense to be played during Forest's pre-season stay in Portugal.^[8]

July started with the announcement that long time player James Perch was to leave the Reds for newly promoted Newcastle United. Perch signed a 4-year deal for an undisclosed fee.^[9]

Two more players left the City Ground after Perch, but this time in loan switches. Mark Byrne made his way to Barnet ^[10] and Joe Garner to Huddersfield Town ^[11] both on six month long deals. Between these two deals, Forest won their first pre-season match 2–1 with goals coming from Robert Earnshaw and Matt Thornhill against Portuguese outfit S.C. Olhanense. Forest's first games on English soil saw them send out two teams to Mansfield and Tranmere. An arguably better side lost 2–0 to Tranmere, whilst a different eleven beat Mansfield 2–1. Three days later Forest again sent out two sides. A youthful Forest side saw them lose 3–0 to Kidderminster and a first team lost 1–0 to Peterborough, last season loanee George Boyd getting the goal for Peterborough.

Forest displayed an impressive performance against top European side Lyon, despite losing 3–1, and then went on to lose against Swindon in the final pre-season game, Kelvin Wilson on return from injury scoring an own goal. This completed Forest's programme of pre-season fixtures and was followed by Forest's first new arrival. Ryan Bertrand came to Forest on loan from Chelsea, until the turn of the year.^[12]

A day before Forest kicked off their season opener they let Julian Bennett go out on loan to fellow npower Championship side Crystal Palace for 6 months to help him get game time after being out with an injury for 18 months.^[13]

The fixtures were released on 17 June and saw Forest play relegated Burnley at Turf Moor. 3 days before the match Forest defender Luke Chambers put pen to paper on a new 2 deal to see him stay at the club until 2012,^[14] however The Reds went on to lose their first fixture 1–0. The following week Forest played their first home league match of the season against Leeds United. Dexter Blackstock headed in an early goal to give Forest the lead, but was followed by Leeds getting an equaliser before the break to see the match finish in a draw. Reading were Forest's next opponents. Forest played well for the whole game but managed to go down 1–0. However, after a freak error from the opposition keeper, Robert Earnshaw took full advantage to open his account for the season and to gain a point for his side. Forest's second home match saw them get a 3rd consecutive 1–1 draw against Norwich City. Dexter Blackstock fired Forest into the lead from the penalty spot, but Norwich managed to get an instant equaliser.

September began with Forest giving Millwall an early lead in a hardly fought match. However Blackstock struck again late on to earn a point, salvaging Forest's unbeaten home record stretching from a year earlier. The next game saw McGugan get his first start of the season, which proved to pay off. Forest dominated the game and unlucky to go in at the break losing. However, McGugan scored two brilliant goals to give his side their first away win of the season and was the beginning of an excellent run of form for the player. Forest met Hull City in front of the Sky Sports cameras and played out a bore-draw 0–0. Forest's next game had nothing boring about it though. McGugan scored two more for himself as well as Radoslaw Majewski scoring one to see Forest comfortable beat promotion hopefuls Swansea City with class. A late consolation for The Swans could do nothing to stop Forest claiming an impressive 3 points. Paul McKenna then got his first goal of the season, all be it with a lot of luck, from outside the area to help Forest earn another home point against Sheffield United.

Forest started October with two away games against Yorkshire opposition. The first was against Doncaster Rovers which ended in a tight 1–1 draw, Blackstock scoring first before Adam Lockwood struck back quickly. Forest then traveled to Barnsley and despite a fantastic strike from McGugan, the Reds played poorly and lost 3–1. However they turned this around with two impressive home displays. McGugan again scored a wonder goal to see off Middlesbrough 1–0 before scoring possibly his best goal of them all against Ipswich Town. He pile drived a free kick from 35 yards right into the top corner after David McGoldrick's first ever City Ground goal to win 2–0. However Forest's poor away form saw them end the month on a low with a 2–1 defeat to Portsmouth, despite a Paul Anderson opener.

November was a successful month for Forest. It began with a good away point at Watford, courtesy of another McGugan belter. Then Forest played Coventry City at home. It began with a Chambers own goal, but this was put right a few later with a great strike from Majewski. Chris Cohen then bagged his first goal of the season to give Forest a 2–1 win. Forest fought out a 0–0 draw with the league leaders Queens Park Rangers and then played the league leaders again but this time it was Cardiff City away. McGugan yet again scored from outside the area to give Forest a first half lead and then Blackstock got a late goal to secure the win. However the afternoon ended a sour note with Blackstock getting a bad leg injury, ruling him out for the rest of the season. This paved the way for Nialle Rodney to make his first ever Football League appearance, all be it only for a few minutes. Forest made two mid-season loan signings on 25 November, the loan signing deadline. These were in the form of Sheffield Wednesday striker Marcus Tudgay with a view to a permanent deal ^[15] and Arsenal wonderkid Aaron Ramsey on loan till January.^[16] However these two new faces couldn't help Forest again ending the month badly due to their away form, losing 1–0 to local team Leicester City.

Due to the poor weather conditions Forest's games against Bristol City, Scunthorpe United and Middlesbrough were all postponed, meaning they only played two games throughout December. Forest overran Crystal Palace at home with a 3–0 win, with Luke Chambers, Marcus Tudgay and Garath McCleary all getting their first goals of the season. Forest signed American striker Robbie Findley on 23 December after he was released from Real Salt Lake, subject to a work permit.^[17] Then they played against their biggest rivals Derby County which saw Forest get their biggest crowd for 8 years. Luke Chambers got his second goal in as many matches with just two minutes on the clock to give Forest the lead. Despite a Derby setback, Marcus Tudgay bagged two goals against his home town club to send Forest into the break with a 3–1 lead. Robert Earnshaw got a goal against his former club followed a quick Derby goal to make the score 4–2. With a few minutes left Earnshaw made the score emphatic, making it 5–2 and extending Forest's unbeaten home record to 30 league games.

Forest started the New Year slow, going down 2–0 to Barnsley at home. However Forest were handed a lifeline when McGugan scored a penalty and then Nathan Tyson got an equaliser for the Reds in a match they deserved from. Forest got a good away victory against Ipswich Town 2 days later, winning 1–0 courtesy of an own goal. On 12 January Forest released young professionals Tom Mullen and Robbie Gibbons from the club.^[18] Forest's next home game was against Portsmouth and for the majority of the game they were losing 1–0. However with 3 minutes left Portsmouth scored an own goal to equalise the game and then in stoppage time Tudgay grabbed a winner to give Forest all 3 points. Earnshaw then scored a late winner at Pride Park to Forest a second win of the season against rivals Derby. This was the first time Forest had done the double over Derby for 21 years. Forest then continued their winning run with 3 wins over Bristol City, Coventry City and Watford taking them into February in 2nd place.

The month continued well with a 1–1 draw away at league leaders Queens Park Rangers despite Forest's Majewski getting sent off. Forest then had their game in hand, away to lowly Scunthorpe United. However, Forest missed the chance to keep pressure on the top club by slumping to a disappointing 1–0 loss. Forest did not let this affect them thought. They beat promtion candidates Cardiff for the second time in the season with an impressive 2–1 home win to take them back up to second. Forests next home game was against bottom club Preston. The game looked to be finishing 1–1 before Chris Cohen scored what looked to be a winner deep into stoppage time. However even later in stoppage time Preston scored again to deny Forest a win. Away draws to Millwall and Middlesbrough saw them enter March in the playoffs.

Forest's 18-month home run finally ended at the hands of Hull City who beat The Reds 1–0. A further loss to Sheffield United away and a home 0–0 draw to Doncaster Rovers meant Forest had slipped far from the automatic places and were on the verge of slipping out the playoff places. This was confirmed when Forest conceded 11 goals in just 3 games all against promotion rivals, Swansea City, Leeds United and Reading, heading into April.

Forest got their first win in 10 matches against Burnley thanks to a brace from David McGoldrick. This boosted Forest's spirits and gave them belief they could still make the playoffs. This was again dealt a blow however when they lost 2–1 away to Norwich City. A week later Forest were back into the playoff places. They led three times before finally seeing off Leicester City 3–2. Forest then beat Bristol City, Scunthorpe United and Crystal Palace to secure themselves sixth place and a Playoff Semi-Final against Swansea City. Young goalkeeper Karl Darlow made his debut in the away game at Crystal Palace, playing 15 minutes for in the place of Lee Camp, who was brought off with a slight ankle injury.

Forest finished in sixth place in the league which meant they drew Swansea City in the Semi-Finals of the Playoffs, with Cardiff City playing Reading in the other semi. The first leg was played at the City Ground, where despite Swansea going down to ten men early on, it finished 0–0. The second leg saw Swansea get two goals in quick concession in the first half. Robert Earnshaw managed to get a goal back before hitting the post but in stoppage time, with Lee Camp out of his net due to a Forest corner, Swansea hit them on the break and got a third goal to finish the tie.

The draw for the First Round of the Carling Cup was made on 16 June, with Forest playing the same team as last season, but this time it would be played at Bradford City's Coral Windows Stadium.^[19] Forest scored first in this fixture with the goal coming from young midfielder Matt Thornhill with a well placed finish. However, the home team managed to get an equaliser to take the game to extra time and then got the winner to progress to the next round, despite an encouraging performance from Forest. Also in this fixture, young players Nialle Rodney, Kieron Freeman and Robbie Gibbons all made it onto the bench for their first time in their careers, although they did not make an appearance.

Forest entered the competition in the Third Round due to them competing in the Football League Championship. The draw was made on Sunday 28 November 2010 at Wembley Stadium and pitted Forest against Preston North End from the same division at Deepdale.^[20] Forest had won in the league away the previous Monday and made sure this form continued into the FA Cup. Despite a first half goal from Preston, Paul Anderson and Luke Chambers made sure Forest were in the draw for the Fourth Round. The draw, held on 9 January, handed Forest an away trip to Premier League outfit West Ham United.^[21]

Squad stats

Appearances and Goals

This is a list of the of the First Team players from the 2010–11 season.^[22].Playoff stats are included under Championship.

Last updated on 17 May 2011

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Lee Camp	51	0	48+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
3		DF	Ryan Bertrand	19	0	19+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3		DF	Paul Konchesky	15	1	14+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
4		DF	Luke Chambers	49	7	45+1	6	2+0	1	1+0	0
5		DF	Wes Morgan	51	1	48+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0
6		DF	Kelvin Wilson	10	0	8+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7		MF	Paul Anderson	39	4	28+9	3	1+0	1	1+0	0
8		MF	Lewis McGugan	45	13	36+6	13	2+0	0	1+0	0
9		FW	Dele Adebola	32	3	4+25	2	1+1	1	0+1	0
10		FW	Robert Earnshaw	38	9	27+9	9	1+1	0	0+0	0
11		FW	Nathan Tyson	35	2	12+20	2	0+2	0	1+0	0
12		MF	Garath McCleary	22	2	7+12	2	0+2	0	1+0	0
14		FW	Joe Garner	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15		MF	Chris Cohen	47	2	43+1	2	2+0	0	1+0	0
16		DF	Chris Gunter	47	0	42+3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
17		FW	David McGoldrick	24	6	11+11	5	2+0	1	0+0	0
18		MF	Paul McKenna	35	2	31+2	2	1+0	0	0+1	0
19		MF	Guy Moussi	34	0	26+6	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
20		FW	Marcus Tudgay	24	7	20+4	7	0+0	0	0+0	0
21		GK	Paul Smith	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22		FW	Kris Boyd	13	6	8+4	6	0+0	0	0+1	0
23		FW	Dexter Blackstock	18	5	13+4	5	0+0	0	0+1	0
24		MF	Aaron Ramsey	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24		FW	Robbie Findley	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26		MF	Matt Thornhill	1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
27		DF	Brendan Moloney	8	0	7+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28		MF	Radosław Majewski	28	2	21+6	2	1+0	0	0+0	0
29		DF	Julian Bennett	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31		MF	Mark Byrne	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33		DF	Joel Lynch	15	0	8+4	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
38		GK	Karl Darlow	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
41		DF	Keiron Freeman	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
42		MF	Robbie Gibbons	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
43		FW	Nialle Rodney	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44		DF	Jamaal Lascelles	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top Scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by league goals when total goals are equal. Playoff stats are included under Championship.

Last updated on 17 May 2011

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1		8	Lewis McGugan	13	0	0	13
2		10	Robert Earnshaw	9	0	0	9
3		20	Marcus Tudgay	7	0	0	7
=		4	Luke Chambers	6	0	1	7
5		22	Kris Boyd	6	0	0	6
=		17	David McGoldrick	5	0	1	6
7		23	Dexter Blackstock	5	0	0	5
8		7	Paul Anderson	3	0	1	4
9		9	Dele Adebola	2	0	1	3
10		28	Radosław Majewski	2	0	0	2
=		15	Chris Cohen	2	0	0	2
=		12	Garath McCleary	2	0	0	2
=		11	Nathan Tyson	2	0	0	2
=		18	Paul McKenna	2	0	0	2
15		3	Paul Konchesky	1	0	0	1
=		5	Wes Morgan	1	0	0	1
=		26	Matt Thornhill	0	1	0	1
			Own Goals	2	0	0	2
			TOTALS	69	1	4	74

Disciplinary Record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only. Playoff stats are included under Championship.

Last updated on 17 May 2011

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship			League Cup			FA Cup			Total
				Y	YY	R	Y	YY	R	Y	YY	R	Y	YY	R
GK		1	Lee Camp	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
DF		3	Ryan Bertrand	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
DF		3	Paul Konchesky	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
DF		4	Luke Chambers	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
DF		5	Wes Morgan	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
DF		6	Kelvin Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
MF		7	Paul Anderson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
MF		8	Lewis McGugan	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
FW		10	Robert Earnshaw	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
FW		11	Nathan Tyson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
MF		12	Garath McCleary	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
MF		15	Chris Cohen	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1
MF		16	Chris Gunter	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
FW		17	David McGoldrick	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
MF		18	Paul McKenna	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
MF		19	Guy Moussi	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
FW		20	Marcus Tudgay	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
FW		22	Kris Boyd	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
FW		23	Dexter Blackstock	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
MF		24	Aaron Ramsey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
MF		28	Radosław Majewski	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
DF		33	Joel Lynch	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
28	MF	Radosław Majewski	Polonia Warszawa	£1 Million	1 June 2010
24	FW	Robbie Findley	Real Salt Lake	Free	23 December 2010
20	FW	Marcus Tudgay	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	5 January 2011

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
2	DF	James Perch	Newcastle United	Undisclosed	5 July 2010
42	MF	Robbie Gibbons	Alki Larnaca	Released	12 January 2011
26	MF	Matt Thornhill	Hibernian	Free	21 January 2011

Loans In

#	Pos	Player	From	Start	End
3	DF	Ryan Bertrand	Chelsea	5 August 2010	3 January 2011
20	FW	Marcus Tudgay	Sheffield Wednesday	25 November 2010	3 January 2011
24	MF	Aaron Ramsey	Arsenal	25 November 2010	3 January 2011
3	DF	Paul Konchesky	Liverpool	31 January 2010	4 May 2011
22	FW	Kris Boyd	Middlesbrough	8 March 2011	31 May 2011

Loans Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Start	End
31	MF	Mark Byrne	Barnet	14 July 2010	3 January 2011
14	FW	Joe Garner	Huddersfield Town	21 July 2010	3 January 2011
29	DF	Julian Bennett	Crystal Palace	6 August 2010	3 January 2011
14	FW	Joe Garner	Scunthorpe United	31 January 2011	31 May 2011
31	MF	Mark Byrne	Barnet	2 March 2011	31 May 2011
43	FW	Nialle Rodney	Burton Albion	8 March 2011	5 April 2011
21	GK	Paul Smith	Middlesbrough	8 March 2011	31 May 2011

Academy Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
	GK	Shane Redmond	Chesterfield	Released	2 June 2010
	DF	Jordan Fairclough	Shepshed Dynamo	Released	2 June 2010
	FW	Jean Biansumba	Shepshed Dynamo	Released	2 June 2010
	MF	Danny Elliott	Tamworth	Released	2 June 2010
	FW	Tim Hopkinson	Old Dominion Monarchs	Released	2 June 2010
	DF	Sean McCashin	Jerez Industrial	Released	2 June 2010
	DF	Carl Sibson	Shepshed Dynamo	Released	2 June 2010
	DF	Matthew Sykes	Loughborough Dynamo	Released	2 June 2010
	MF	George Thomson	Jerez Industrial	Released	2 June 2010
	MF	Max Wright	Shepshed Dynamo	Released	2 June 2010
	DF	Tony Diagne	CM Aubervilliers	Released	2 June 2010
	FW	Tom Mullen		Released	12 January 2011

Club

Coaching Staff

2010–11 is Billy Davies' 3rd season with Nottingham Forest.

Position	Staff
Manager	Billy Davies
Assistant Manager	David Kelly
First Team Coach	Julian Darby
Goalkeeping Coach	Peter Williams
Assistant First Team Coach	Chris Fairclough
Head Physiotherapist	Andrew Balderston
Physiotherapist	Steve Devine
Physiotherapist	Andy Hunt
Youth Academy Director	Nick Marshall
Youth Academy Coach	Russel Lovett
Youth Academy Coach	Tony Cook
Head Academy Scout	Tasos Makis
Medical Consultant	Dr Frank Coffey
Chief Scout	Keith Burt
Performance Coach	Darren Robinson
Kit Manager	Terry Farndale
Football Analyst	John Harrower
Club Consultant	David Pleat

Last updated: 11 May 2011
Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

Kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Victor Chandler

Home	Away	Third

Goalkeeper Home

Goalkeeper Away

Goalkeeper Third

Other Information

Role	Nat	Name
Chairman		Nigel Doughty
Chief Executive		Mark Arthur
Finance Director		John Pelling
Associate Director		Tim Farr

Competitions

Npower Championship

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Queens Park Rangers (C) (P)	46	24	16	6	71	32	+39	88	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Norwich City (P)	46	23	15	8	83	58	+25	84
3	Swansea City (P)	46	24	8	14	69	42	+27	80	Qualification to the League Championship playoffs
4	Cardiff City	46	23	11	12	76	54	+22	80
5	Reading	46	20	17	9	77	51	+26	77
6	Nottingham Forest	46	20	15	11	69	50	+19	75
7	Leeds United	46	19	15	12	81	70	+11	72
8	Burnley	46	18	14	14	65	61	+4	68
9	Millwall	46	18	13	15	62	48	+14	67
10	Leicester City	46	19	10	17	76	71	+5	67
11	Hull City	46	16	17	13	52	51	+1	65
12	Middlesbrough	46	17	11	18	68	68	0	62
13	Ipswich Town	46	18	8	20	62	68	−6	62
14	Watford	46	16	13	17	77	71	+6	61
15	Bristol City	46	17	9	20	62	65	−3	60
16	Portsmouth	46	15	12	19	52	60	−8	57
17	Barnsley	46	14	14	18	55	66	−11	56
18	Coventry City	46	14	13	19	54	58	−4	55
19	Derby County	46	13	10	23	58	71	−13	49
20	Crystal Palace	46	12	12	22	44	69	−25	48
21	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	15	20	55	81	−26	48
22	Preston North End (R)	46	10	12	24	54	79	−25	42	Relegation to the Football League One
23	Sheffield United (R)	46	11	9	26	44	79	−35	42
24	Scunthorpe United (R)	46	12	6	28	43	87	−44	42

Updated to games played on 7 May 2011
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(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.

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	20	15	11	69	50	+19	75	13	8	2	43	22	+21	7	7	9	26	28	−2

Last updated: 11 July 2011
Source: Football League

Results by Round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W
Position	18	19	20	18	17	15	17	11	11	11	15	13	10	13	14	10	10	6	9	8	8	10	7	8	6	5	4	2	4	4	2	4	5	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	7	7	6	6	6	6

Last updated: 11 July 2011.
Source: competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Competitive

Npower Championship

Last updated: 28 April 2011
Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

1 7 August 2010	Burnley	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Burnley
15:00 BST	Iwelumo  45'+1' Mears 71' Iwelumo 81'	(Report)	87' Morgan	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 17,496 Referee: C. Webster

2 15 August 2010	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Leeds United	Nottingham
13:15 BST	Blackstock  9' Bertrand 68' Wilson 75' Gunter 81'	(Report)	37' Sam 53' Kilkenny 81' Watt	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 24,986 Referee: T. Bates

3 21 August 2010	Reading	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Reading
15:00 BST	Pearce  15', 84' Howard 64'	(Report)	31' Blackstock  50' Earnshaw 80' Bertrand	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,324 Referee: L. Probert

4 28 August 2010	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Norwich City	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Blackstock  35' (pen.), 46' Cohen 57'	(Report)	42' Crofts	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,890 Referee: S. Mathieson

5 11 September 2010	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Millwall	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Blackstock  80' Morgan 87'	(Report)	5', 87' Morison 74' Barron 78' Dunne	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 23,342 Referee: N. Miller

6 14 September 2010	Preston North End	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Preston
19:45 BST	Parkin  42', 88'	(Report)	69',  81' McGugan	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 9,779 Referee: R. Shoebridge

7 18 September 2010	Hull City	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Kingston upon Hull
17:20 BST	Dawson 56' McShane 65'	(Report)		Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 21,180 Referee: M. Halsey

8 25 September 2010	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Swansea City	Nottingham
15:00 BST	McGugan  12',  60' (pen.) Moussi 55' McKenna 72' Majewski  84' Bertrand 90'	(Report)	11' de Vries 72' Allen  90' van der Gun	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,974 Referee: N. Swarbrick

9 28 September 2010	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Sheffield United	Nottingham
19:45 BST	McGugan 62' McKenna  69'	(Report)	6' Cresswell 36' Montgomery 44' Ertl	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,782 Referee: Mick Russell

10 2 October 2010	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Lockwood  33' Oster 77'	(Report)	28' Blackstock 51' Cohen 54' Bertrand 90'+3' McGoldrick	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 10,759 Referee: G. Salisbury

11 16 October 2010	Barnsley	3–1	Nottingham Forest	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Doyle  4', 67' Gray  56' Hassell 67' Butterfield  87'	(Report)	52' Moussi 54' Blackstock  68' McGugan	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,844 Referee: P. Crossley

12 19 October 2010	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Middlesbrough	Nottingham
19:45 BST	McGugan  51' Bertrand 71'	(Report)	90' Wheater	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 22,115 Referee: S. Tanner

13 23 October 2010	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Ipswich Town	Nottingham
15:00 BST	McGoldrick  13' McGugan  45'	(Report)	44' Leadbitter	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 22,935 Referee: A. Woolmer

14 30 October 2010	Portsmouth	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Sonko  18' Lawrence  62'	(Report)	27' Anderson 39' Majewski	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 19,715 Referee: M. Haywood

15 6 November 2010	Watford	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Watford
15:00 GMT	Mutch  3'	(Report)	20' McGugan	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 14,708 Referee: J. Moss

16 9 November 2010	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Coventry City	Nottingham
19:45 GMT	Majewski  41' Chambers 45' Cohen  62'	(Report)	35' (o.g.) Chambers 55' Wood 69' Clingan	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,501 Referee: A. Marriner

17 13 November 2010	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Blackstock 28' McKenna 85'	(Report)	65' Hulse 90'+3' Derry	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 22,859 Referee: A. D'Urso

18 20 November 2010	Cardiff City	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
15:00 GMT		(Report)	McGugan  23' Chambers 64' McCleary 71' Cohen 81' Blackstock  84'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,526 Referee: C. H. Webster

19 29 November 2010	Leicester City	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Leicester
19:45 GMT	King  59'	(Report)	24' Cohen 45'+1' Bertrand	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 24.659 Referee: M. Oliver

20 18 December 2010	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Crystal Palace	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Chambers  31' Tudgay  46' McCleary  85'	(Report)		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 22.359 Referee: N. Swarbrick

21 29 December 2010	Nottingham Forest	5–2	Derby County	Nottingham
19:45 BST	Chambers  2' Tudgay  24',  45+1' Earnshaw  53',  90+3', 90'	(Report)	8' Leacock  14' Moore 22' Moxey  55', 57' Commons	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 29.490 Referee: A. Bates

22 1 January 2011	Nottingham Forest	2–2	Barnsley	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Chambers 39' McGugan  68' (pen.) Tyson  80'	(Report)	17' Hill  50' Gray 73' Hassell	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 22,179 Referee: D. Whitestone

23 3 January 2011	Ipswich Town	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Norris 35' Leadbitter  90+4'	(Report)	30' Camp  45' (o.g.) Delaney 66' Ramsey	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,455 Referee: D. Sheldrake

24 15 January 2011	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Portsmouth	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Lynch 54' Sonko  87' (o.g.) Tudgay  90'+4'	(Report)	26' Kanu 42' Mullins 77' Mokoena 90'+3' Kilbey	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,856 Referee: K. Friend

25 22 January 2011	Derby County	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Derby
13:00 BST	Leacock 23' Savage 35' Bueno 61' Moxey  68', 90'+5'	(Report)	45'+4' Anderson  79', 80' Earnshaw 90' Lynch	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 33,010 Referee: G. Salisbury

26 25 January 2011	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Bristol City	Nottingham
19:45 BST	Chambers  47'	(Report)		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,694 Referee: D. McDermid

27 1 February 2011	Coventry City	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Coventry
19:45 BST	King  26'	(Report)	31' McGugan  36' Earnshaw	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 14,631 Referee: A. D'Urso

28 5 February 2011	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Watford	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Tudgay  1', 88' Majewski 58' Konchesky 75'	(Report)	28' Drinkwater 30' Eustace	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 23,393 Referee: G. Scott

29 13 February 2011	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Shepherd's Bush, London
13:15 BST	Smith  16' Taarabt 48' Gorkss 56' Derry 61'	(Report)	McGoldrick  26' Majewski  23' Tyson 88'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,227 Referee: M. Clattenburg

30 16 February 2011	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	Gunter  19' (o.g.) Reid 64' Raynes 77'	(Report)	48' McKenna	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 5,578 Referee: M. Russell

31 19 February 2011	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Cardiff City	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Morgan  32' Earnshaw  68'	(Report)	57' Olofinjana 61' Hudson  65' (pen.) Whittingham 75' Bothroyd	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 26,019 Referee: J. Moss

32 22 February 2011	Nottingham Forest	2–2	Preston North End	Nottingham
19:45 BST	McGugan 41' Konchesky  54' McGoldrick 57' McKenna 83' Cohen  90'+2'	(Report)	16', 64' Nicholson 75' Ashbee  90'+6', 90'+6' Jones	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 28,310 Referee: D. Deadman

33 26 February 2011	Millwall	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Bermondsey, London
15:00 BST	Henry 12' Bouazza 20' Mkandawire 45'	(Report)	McGoldrick 48' Tudgay 82'	Stadium: The New Den Attendance: 14,226 Referee: K. Hill

34 1 March 2011	Middlesbrough	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	McDonald  51' Arca 56' McMahon 67' Robson 88'	(Report)	85' McCleary  90'+4' Adebola	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 15,341 Referee: E. Ilderton

35 5 March 2011	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Hull City	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Tudgay 43'	(Report)	64', 67' Fryatt 90'+1' Dawson	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 25,119 Referee: S. A. Hooper

36 8 March 2011	Sheffield United	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Vokes  74' Lowton  80' Mattock 60'	Report	42' Adebola 40' Tudgay 45' Morgan	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 20,547 Referee: A. Bates

37 12 March 2011	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Doncaster	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Morgan 81'	Report	90+3' Hayter	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 25,542 Referee: K. Stroud

38 19 March 2011	Swansea City	3–2	Nottingham Forest	Swansea
15:00 BST	Sinclair  21' Borini 26', 56'	Report	34',  90+3' Anderson  44' Boyd 48' Konchesky 53' Cohen	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,371 Referee: S.W.Mathieson

39 2 April 2011	Leeds United	4–1	Nottingham Forest	Leeds
12:45 BST	Howson 51' Becchio  58' Bromby 68' Gradel  73', 87'	Report	36' Cohen 45' Tudgay 45+3' Boyd  65' 77' McCleary 68' Tyson 73' Morgan	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 29,524 Referee: M. Halsey

40 9 April 2011	Nottingham Forest	3–4	Reading	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Boyd  38' (pen.) Earnshaw  51', 57' McGugan  87' (pen.)	Report	19' Harte  54' Karacan  62', 62' Kébé 87' Griffin  90' (o.g.) Chambers	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 22,495 Referee: C L Pawson

41 12 April 2011	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Burnley	Nottingham
19:45 BST	McKenna 33' Konchesky 51' McGoldrick  73',  90+3'	(Report)	32' Bartley 49' Bikey 65' Fox 72' Duff	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,411 Referee: J Moss

42 15 April 2011	Norwich City	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Norwich
19:45 BST	Holt  10' Surman  37'	(Report)	3' Tyson  38', 90'+1' Konchesky	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,188 Referee: N Swarbrick

43 22 April 2011	Nottingham Forest	3–2	Leicester City	Nottingham
17:15 BST	Tudgay  15' Earnshaw  73' McKenna  84'	(Report)	11' Kamara  21' Oakley  74' Vassel 90'+4' Vítor	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 24,217 Referee: M Clattenburg

44 25 April 2011	Bristol City	2–3	Nottingham Forest	Bristol
15:00 BST	Carey 42' Elliott  49' Stead  60' Jackson 90'+3'	(Report)	4',  43' (pen.) Boyd 31' McGugan  72' Chambers 87' Cohen 90+5' McKenna	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 14,867 Referee: R East

45 30 April 2011	Nottingham Forest	5–1	Scunthorpe United	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Boyd  8',  89' Chambers  25',  81' Earnshaw  45', 88' Anderson  47'	(Report)	35' (pen.) O'Connor 52' Miller	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 27,949 Referee: D Whitestone

46 7 May 2011	Crystal Palace	0–3	Nottingham Forest	South Norwood, London
12:45 BST	Moxey  25'	(Report)	17' McGugan  70' Tudgay  80' McGoldrick 90' Gunter	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 18,843 Referee: S J Tanner

Npower Championship Playoffs

Semi-Final, 1st Leg 12 May 2011	Nottingham Forest	0 – 0	Swansea City	Nottingham
19:45 BST	Gunter 47' Morgan 51' McGugan 90'	(Report)	2' Taylor 80' Angel Rangel	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 27,881 Referee: M. Dean

Semi-Final, 2nd Leg 16 May 2011	Swansea City	3 – 1	Nottingham Forest	Swansea
19:45 BST	Britton  28' Dobbie  33' Pratley  90'+3', 90'+3'	(Report)	25' Gunter  80' Earnshaw	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 19,816 Referee: A. Marriner

Last updated: 25 June 2011
Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

Carling Cup

R1 10 August 2010	Bradford City	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Nottingham Forest	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Syers  57' Hanson  100'	(Report)	Thornhill  35'	Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 5.175 Referee: E. Ilderton

Last updated: 25 June 2011
Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

FA Cup

R3 8 January 2011	Preston North End	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Preston
15:00 GMT	Carter  35' Russell 90'	(Report)	25',  89' Chambers  50' Anderson 89' Moussi	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 9,636 Referee: P Crossley

R4 30 January 2011	West Ham United	3–2	Nottingham Forest	Upton Park, London
14:00 GMT	Obinna  4', 42', 52' (pen.) Gabbidon 19'	(Report)	18' Adebola  40' McGoldrick 51' Lynch 65' Gunter	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 29,287 Referee: M. Oliver

Last updated: 25 June 2011
Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

Pre-season and Friendlies

Friendly 18 July 2010	S.C. Olhanense	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Olhão, Portugal
21:00 BST	Toy  75'	(Report)	6' Earnshaw  20' Thornhill	Stadium: Estádio José Arcanjo

Friendly 21 July 2010	Mansfield Town	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Mansfield
19:30 BST	Williams  73' (pen.)	(Report)	10' Tyson  27' Adebola	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,247 Referee: Russell Booth

Friendly 21 July 2010	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Birkenhead
19:30 BST	Wood  45' Thomas-Moore  63'	(Report)		Stadium: Prenton Park Referee: Mike Dean

Friendly 24 July 2010	Peterborough United	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Boyd  8'	(Report)		Stadium: London Road Stadium Referee: Kevin Wright

Friendly 25 July 2010	Kidderminster Harriers	3–0	Nottingham Forest	Kidderminster
15:00 BST	Morris  30' McPhee  34', 45'	(Report)		Stadium: Aggborough Attendance: 859 Referee: S. Bratt

Friendly 28 July 2010	Nottingham Forest	1–3	Olympique Lyonnais	Nottingham
19:30 BST	Adebola  34'	(Report)	8', 40' Gomis  63' Briand	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 7,178 Referee: P. Walton

Friendly 31 July 2010	Swindon Town	3–2	Nottingham Forest	Swindon
15:00 BST	Dossevi  8', 29' Wilson  67' (o.g.)	(Report)	21', 25' McCleary	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,799 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Last updated: 25 June 2011
Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

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