Nottingham Forest F.C. season 2007-08

Infobox Football club season
club = Nottingham Forest

season = 2007–08
manager = flagicon|SCO Colin Calderwood
chairman = flagicon|ENG Nigel Doughty
league = Coca-Cola League One
league result = 2nd (promoted)
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = Second Round
cup2 = Carling Cup
cup2 result = Second Round
cup3 = Johnstone's Paint Trophy
cup3 result = First Round
league topscorer =
Junior Agogo (13)
season topscorer =
Junior Agogo (13)
highest attendance = 28,520 vs Yeovil Town (League One, 3 May 2008)
lowest attendance = 3,102 vs Peterborough United (Johnstone's Paint Trophy, 4 September 2008)

The 2007–08 season was Nottingham Forest's 3rd consecutive season in the League One. The season was regarded a success with the team gaining promotion back to the Coca Cola Championship at the 3rd attmept. In the cup however the team failed to deliver after throwing away the chance to play Premiership oppostion, in both the Carling Cup and the FA Cup, of Aston Villa and Liverpool respectively. With a dramatic last day of the season ending in promotion, nothing else mattered as the targeted promotion was finally achieved.

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.

eason 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 poorly to the 2007-08 campaign as they failed 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 with some poor results, 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 hit a poor spell of results, seeing them collect just one win in seven games.

However, they turned their form around, and after being 11 points behind second-place at one point, Forest amazingly turned it around. 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.

Matches

Pre-season and Friendlies

Carling Cup

Transfers

In

Loan Out

Kits

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