2014–15 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

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Nottingham Forest
2014–15 season
Chairman Fawaz Al-Hasawi
Manager Stuart Pearce
(until 1 February)
Dougie Freedman
(from 1 February)
Ground City Ground
Championship 14th
FA Cup Third Round
League Cup Third Round
Top goalscorer League:
Britt Assombalonga (15)
All:
Britt Assombalonga (15)
Michail Antonio (15)
Highest home attendance 30,227 vs Derby County
(14 September 2014)
Lowest home attendance 19,619 vs Wigan Athletic
(11 February 2015)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2014–15 season was Nottingham Forest Football Club's 149th season in existence and 7th consecutive season in the Championship since promotion in 2007–08. It was Stuart Pearce's first season as manager, until he was replaced by Dougie Freedman on 1 February 2015.

First team squad

As of 27 April 2015[1]
No. Name Nationality Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed Contract expiration
Goalkeepers
1 Karl Darlow England (1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 (age 33) England Newcastle United 9 August 2014 30 June 2015
26 Dimitar Evtimov Bulgaria (1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 30) Bulgaria Chavdar Etropole 1 July 2011 2016
29 Dorus de Vries Netherlands (1980-12-29) 29 December 1980 (age 43) England Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 July 2013 2017
Defenders
2 Eric Lichaj United States (1988-11-17) 17 November 1988 (age 35) England Aston Villa 19 June 2013 2017
4 Michael Mancienne England (1988-01-08) 8 January 1988 (age 36) Germany Hamburg 16 July 2014 2017
5 Danny Collins Wales (1980-08-06) 6 August 1980 (age 43) England Stoke City 25 July 2012 2015
6 Kelvin Wilson England (1985-09-03) 3 September 1985 (age 38) Scotland Celtic 9 August 2013 2016
13 Danny Fox Scotland (1986-05-29) 29 May 1986 (age 38) England Southampton 9 May 2014 2017
16 Jamaal Lascelles England (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 30) England Newcastle United 9 August 2014 30 June 2015
17 Todd Kane England (1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 (age 30) England Chelsea 8 January 2015 30 June 2015
25 Jack Hobbs England (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 35) England Hull City 31 January 2014 2018
Midfielders
8 Chris Cohen (c) England (1987-03-05) 5 March 1987 (age 37) England Yeovil Town 6 July 2007 2016
10 Henri Lansbury England (1990-10-12) 12 October 1990 (age 33) England Arsenal 28 August 2012 2017
11 Andy Reid (vc) Republic of Ireland (1982-07-29) 29 July 1982 (age 41) England Blackpool 1 July 2011 2016
18 Michail Antonio England (1990-03-28) 28 March 1990 (age 34) England Sheffield Wednesday 6 August 2014 2017
21 Jamie Paterson England (1991-12-20) 20 December 1991 (age 32) England Walsall 2 July 2013 2018
22 Gary Gardner England (1992-06-29) 29 June 1992 (age 31) England Aston Villa 10 January 2015 30 June 2015
24 David Vaughan Wales (1983-02-18) 18 February 1983 (age 41) England Sunderland 1 July 2014 2016
27 Chris Burke Scotland (1983-12-02) 2 December 1983 (age 40) England Birmingham City 29 July 2014 2016
37 Jorge Grant England (1994-09-26) 26 September 1994 (age 29) England Nike Football Academy 2013 2017
38 Ben Osborn England (1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 29) Nottingham Forest Academy 2012 2019
Forwards
7 Matty Fryatt England (1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 38) England Hull City 1 July 2014 2017
9 Britt Assombalonga Democratic Republic of the Congo (1992-12-06) 6 December 1992 (age 31) England Peterborough United 6 August 2014 2019
14 Lars Veldwijk Netherlands (1991-08-21) 21 August 1991 (age 32) Netherlands Excelsior 12 June 2014 2017
23 Dexter Blackstock Antigua and Barbuda (1986-05-20) 20 May 1986 (age 38) England Queens Park Rangers 22 July 2009 2017
31 Chuba Akpom England (1995-10-09) 9 October 1995 (age 28) England Arsenal 26 March 2015 31 May 2015
34 Tyler Walker England (1996-12-17) 17 December 1996 (age 27) Nottingham Forest Academy 10 February 2015

Transfers

In

# Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
13 DF Scotland Danny Fox England Southampton Free 9 May 2014 [2]
14 FW Netherlands Lars Veldwijk Netherlands Excelsior Undisclosed 12 June 2014 [3]
7 FW England Matty Fryatt England Hull City Free 1 July 2014[lower-alpha 1] [4]
20 DF England Louis Laing England Sunderland Free 1 July 2014[lower-alpha 2] [5]
24 MF Wales David Vaughan England Sunderland Free 1 July 2014[lower-alpha 3] [6]
33 DF Spain Roger Riera Spain Barcelona Free 15 July 2014 [7]
4 DF England Michael Mancienne Germany Hamburg Undisclosed 16 July 2014 [8]
27 MF Scotland Chris Burke England Birmingham City Free 29 July 2014 [9]
18 MF England Michail Antonio England Sheffield Wednesday £1,500,000 6 August 2014 [10]
9 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Britt Assombalonga England Peterborough United £5,500,000 6 August 2014 [11]
32 MF Germany Robert Tesche Germany Hamburg Free 14 August 2014 [12]
  1. Fryatt's signing was announced on 9 June 2014, but he officially joined Forest on 1 July 2014 after his contract with Hull City expired.
  2. Laing's signing was announced on 19 June 2014, but he officially joined Forest on 1 July 2014 after his contract with Sunderland expired.
  3. Vaughan's signing was announced on 20 April 2014, but he officially joined Forest on 1 July 2014 after his contract with Sunderland expired.

Out

#[lower-alpha 1] Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
27 FW England Matt Derbyshire England Rotherham United[lower-alpha 2] Free transfer (Released) 27 May 2014 [13][14]
4 MF England Simon Gillett England Yeovil Town[lower-alpha 3] Free transfer (Released) 27 May 2014 [15][16]
14 MF England Jonathan Greening England Tadcaster Albion[lower-alpha 4] Free transfer (Released) 27 May 2014 [17][18]
18 DF Chile Gonzalo Jara Germany Mainz 05[lower-alpha 5] Free transfer (Released) 27 May 2014 [19][20]
17 FW England Ishmael Miller England Blackpool[lower-alpha 6] Free transfer (Released) 27 May 2014 [21][22]
6 MF France Guy Moussi England Birmingham City[lower-alpha 7] Free transfer (Released) 27 May 2014 [23][24]
20 FW England Marcus Tudgay England Coventry City[lower-alpha 8] Free transfer (Released) 27 May 2014 [25][26]
19 FW Algeria Rafik Djebbour Cyprus APOEL[lower-alpha 9] Mutual Consent 15 July 2014 [27][28]
9 FW England Darius Henderson England Leyton Orient[lower-alpha 10] Mutual Consent 1 August 2014 [29][30]
31 FW Republic of Ireland Simon Cox England Reading Undisclosed 7 August 2014 [31]
1 GK England Karl Darlow England Newcastle United Undisclosed[lower-alpha 11] 9 August 2014 [32]
16 DF England Jamaal Lascelles England Newcastle United Undisclosed[lower-alpha 12] 9 August 2014 [33]
FW Cyprus James Demetriou Wales Swansea City Free transfer (Released) 29 August 2014 [34]
  1. Shirt numbers are according to Nottingham Forest at the time of the player's departure from the club.
  2. Following his release from Nottingham Forest, Derbyshire signed a contract with Rotherham United on 30 May 2014.
  3. Following his release from Nottingham Forest, Gillett signed a contract with Yeovil Town on 7 August 2014.
  4. Following his release from Nottingham Forest, Greening signed a contract with Tadcaster Albion on 19 September 2014.
  5. Following his release from Nottingham Forest, Jara signed a contract with Mainz 05 on 16 July 2014.
  6. Following his release from Nottingham Forest, Miller signed a contract with Blackpool on 6 August 2014.
  7. Following his release from Nottingham Forest, Moussi signed a contract with Birmingham City on 20 November 2014.
  8. Following his release from Nottingham Forest, Tudgay signed a contract with Coventry City on 29 July 2014.
  9. Following his departure from Nottingham Forest, Djebbour signed a contract with APOEL on 5 August 2014.
  10. Following his departure from Nottingham Forest, Henderson signed a contract with Leyton Orient on 1 August 2014.
  11. Although officially undisclosed, the combined fee for Darlow and Lascelles was widely reported by sources such as the Nottingham Post and the Mirror to be £7,000,000. As part of the transfer agreement, both players were loaned back to Forest for the 2014-15 season.
  12. See the above note.

Loans

In

# Position Player Loaned from Date Loan expires Source
17 DF England Jack Hunt England Crystal Palace 22 July 2014 31 December 2014 [35]
1 GK England Karl Darlow England Newcastle United 9 August 2014 30 June 2015 [36]
16 DF England Jamaal Lascelles England Newcastle United 9 August 2014 30 June 2015 [37]
19 MF England Tom Ince England Hull City 30 October 2014 22 December 2014 [38][39]
17 DF England Todd Kane England Chelsea 8 January 2015 30 June 2015 [40]
22 MF England Gary Gardner England Aston Villa 10 January 2015 30 June 2015 [41]
19 MF The Gambia Modou Barrow England Swansea City 12 March 2015 25 April 2015 [42]
31 FW England Chuba Akpom England Arsenal 26 March 2015 31 May 2015 [43]

Out

#[lower-alpha 1] Position Player Loaned to Date Loan expires Source
28 MF Poland Radosław Majewski England Huddersfield Town 29 July 2014 30 June 2015 [44]
12 FW Scotland Jamie Mackie England Reading 8 August 2014 30 June 2015 [45]
26 GK Bulgaria Dimitar Evtimov England Mansfield Town 19 August 2014 3 January 2015 [46][47]
20 DF England Louis Laing England Notts County 12 September 2014 13 December 2014 [48][49]
30 MF Republic of Ireland Stephen McLaughlin England Notts County 29 September 2014 30 December 2014 [50][51]
15 DF England Greg Halford England Brighton & Hove Albion 4 November 2014 30 June 2015 [52][53][54]
3 DF England Dan Harding England Millwall 5 January 2015 30 June 2015 [55]
20 DF England Louis Laing Scotland Motherwell 30 January 2015 30 June 2015 [56]
39 MF Algeria Djamel Abdoun Belgium Lokeren 3 February 2015 30 June 2015 [57]
35 MF Scotland Oliver Burke England Bradford City 24 February 2015 24 March 2015 [58]
32 MF Germany Robert Tesche England Birmingham City 2 March 2015 30 June 2015 [59]
30 MF Republic of Ireland Stephen McLaughlin England Southend United 26 March 2015 30 June 2015 [60]
  1. Shirt numbers are according to Nottingham Forest at the time of the player's departure from the club.

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Scotland Dougie Freedman
Assistant Manager England Lennie Lawrence
Goalkeeping Coach England Steve Sutton
Physiotherapist Northern Ireland Steve Devine

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 5 May 2015
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Karl Darlow 44 0 42 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF United States Eric Lichaj 44 0 36+5 0 1 0 2 0
3 DF England Dan Harding 10 0 6+2 0 0 0 2 0
4 DF England Michael Mancienne 38 0 34+2 0 0 0 2 0
5 DF Wales Danny Collins 8 1 7+1 1 0 0 0 0
6 DF England Kelvin Wilson 25 0 22+1 0 1 0 1 0
7 FW England Matty Fryatt 26 6 17+8 6 0 0 0+1 0
8 MF England Chris Cohen 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Britt Assombalonga 32 15 27+2 15 1 0 1+1 0
10 MF England Henri Lansbury 40 11 36+3 10 0 0 1 1
11 MF Republic of Ireland Andy Reid 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF Scotland Danny Fox 30 0 25+2 0 1 0 2 0
14 FW Netherlands Lars Veldwijk 14 0 0+11 0 1 0 2 0
16 DF England Jamaal Lascelles 28 1 20+6 1 0 0 2 0
17 DF England Todd Kane 8 1 7+1 1 0 0 0 0
17 DF England Jack Hunt 19 0 15+2 0 0 0 1+1 0
18 MF England Michail Antonio 49 15 46 14 1 0 2 1
19 MF England Tom Ince 6 0 4+2 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF The Gambia Modou Barrow 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW England Jamie Paterson 25 1 4+17 1 0+1 0 3 0
22 MF England Gary Gardner 18 4 16+2 4 0 0 0 0
23 FW Antigua and Barbuda Dexter Blackstock 20 5 11+8 5 0 0 0+1 0
24 MF Wales David Vaughan 15 0 10+3 0 1 0 1 0
25 DF England Jack Hobbs 19 0 17 0 1 0 1 0
27 MF Scotland Chris Burke 44 6 34+7 6 1 0 1+1 0
29 GK Netherlands Dorus de Vries 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
30 MF Republic of Ireland Stephen McLaughlin 9 0 1+5 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
31 FW England Chuba Akpom 7 0 5+2 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Germany Robert Tesche 25 2 18+4 2 1 0 1+1 0
34 FW England Tyler Walker 7 1 0+7 1 0 0 0 0
35 MF England Oliver Burke 3 0 0+2 0 0 0 0+1 0
37 MF England Jorge Grant 3 1 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 1
38 MF England Ben Osborn 40 3 27+10 3 0 0 3 0

Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

Top scorers

As of 5 May 2015
Rank No. Nationality Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo Britt Assombalonga 15 0 0 15
18 England Michail Antonio 14 0 1 15
2 10 England Henri Lansbury 10 0 1 11
3 7 England Matty Fryatt 6 0 0 6
27 Scotland Chris Burke 6 0 0 6
4 23 Antigua and Barbuda Dexter Blackstock 5 0 0 5
5 22 England Gary Gardner 4 0 0 4
6 38 England Ben Osborn 3 0 0 3
7 32 Germany Robert Tesche 2 0 0 2
8 5 Wales Danny Collins 1 0 0 1
16 England Jamaal Lascelles 1 0 0 1
17 England Todd Kane 1 0 0 1
21 England Jamie Paterson 1 0 0 1
34 England Tyler Walker 1 0 0 1
37 England Jorge Grant 0 0 1 1
TOTAL 70 0 3 73

Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

Disciplinary record

As of 5 May 2015
No. Nationality Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
1 England Karl Darlow 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 United States Eric Lichaj 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 England Michael Mancienne 6 0 0 0 0 1 6 1
6 England Kelvin Wilson 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
7 England Matty Fryatt 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 England Chris Cohen 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Democratic Republic of the Congo Britt Assombalonga 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1
10 England Henri Lansbury 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
11 Republic of Ireland Andy Reid 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Scotland Danny Fox 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
16 England Jamaal Lascelles 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
17 England Todd Kane 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 England Jack Hunt 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
18 England Michail Antonio 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
19 England Tom Ince 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 England Jamie Paterson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 England Gary Gardner 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
24 Wales David Vaughan 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
25 England Jack Hobbs 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
27 Scotland Chris Burke 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
32 Germany Robert Tesche 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
38 England Ben Osborn 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
TOTAL 68 3 2 0 2 1 72 4

Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

Competitions

Championship

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League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bournemouth (C, P) 46 26 12 8 98 45 +53 90 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Watford (P) 46 27 8 11 91 50 +41 89
3 Norwich City (O, P) 46 25 11 10 88 48 +40 86 Qualification for Championship play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Middlesbrough 46 25 10 11 68 37 +31 85
5 Brentford 46 23 9 14 78 59 +19 78
6 Ipswich Town 46 22 12 12 72 54 +18 78
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 22 12 12 70 56 +14 78
8 Derby County 46 21 14 11 85 56 +29 77
9 Blackburn Rovers 46 17 16 13 66 59 +7 67
10 Birmingham City 46 16 15 15 54 64 −10 63
11 Cardiff City 46 16 14 16 57 61 −4 62
12 Charlton Athletic 46 14 18 14 54 60 −6 60
13 Sheffield Wednesday 46 14 18 14 43 49 −6 60
14 Nottingham Forest 46 15 14 17 71 69 +2 59
15 Leeds United 46 15 11 20 50 61 −11 56
16 Huddersfield Town 46 13 16 17 58 75 −17 55
17 Fulham 46 14 10 22 62 83 −21 52
18 Bolton Wanderers 46 13 12 21 54 67 −13 51
19 Reading 46 13 11 22 48 69 −21 50
20 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 10 17 19 44 54 −10 47
21 Rotherham United 46 11 16 19 46 67 −21 46[lower-alpha 2]
22 Millwall (R) 46 9 14 23 42 76 −34 41 Relegation to Football League One
23 Wigan Athletic (R) 46 9 12 25 39 64 −25 39
24 Blackpool (R) 46 4 14 28 36 91 −55 26
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Sky Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.
  2. Rotherham United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[61]

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 15 14 17 71 69  +2 59 9 5 9 37 32  +5 6 9 8 34 37  −3

Last updated: 3 May 2015.
Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

Results by matchday

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 H A A H A H H A H A H A A H A H H A A H A H A H H A A H A H A H H A A H A H A H A H H A A H
Result W D W W W D W D D D D L D L L L W W L D D D L L L W L L W W D W W W L W D W L L D L L D L L
Position 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 5 6 7 10 11 11 8 9 10 9 9 10 10 13 12 12 12 12 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 11 12 14

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

FA Cup

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League Cup

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Pre-season

References

  1. http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/team/
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