2014–15 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

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. The club also participated in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015.

Nottingham Forest

2014–15 season
Owner	Fawaz Al-Hasawi
Chairman	Fawaz Al-Hasawi
Manager	Stuart Pearce (until 1 February) Dougie Freedman (from 1 February)
Ground	The City Ground West Bridgford (Capacity: 30,445)
Championship	14th
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Britt Assombalonga (15) All: Michail Antonio Britt Assombalonga (15)
Highest home attendance	30,227 (vs. Derby County, Football League Championship, 14 September)
Lowest home attendance	19,619 (vs. Wigan Athletic, Football League Championship, 11 February)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Stuart Pearce, who made over 500 appearances for the club as a player, began the season as manager before he was replaced by another former Forest player, Dougie Freedman, on 1 February 2015.

First team squad

As of 5 May 2015[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (Age)	Previous Club	Joined First Team	Player Contracted Until
Goalkeepers
1	Karl Darlow		(1990-10-08) 8 October 1990	Newcastle United	2014	2015
26	Dimitar Evtimov		(1993-09-07) 7 September 1993	Chavdar Etropole	2011	2016
29	Dorus de Vries		(1980-12-29) 29 December 1980	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2013	2017
Defenders
2	Eric Lichaj		(1988-11-17) 17 November 1988	Aston Villa	2013	2017
4	Michael Mancienne		(1988-01-08) 8 January 1988	Hamburg	2014	2017
5	Danny Collins		(1980-08-06) 6 August 1980	Stoke City	2012	2015
6	Kelvin Wilson		(1985-09-03) 3 September 1985	Celtic	2013	2016
13	Danny Fox		(1986-05-29) 29 May 1986	Southampton	2014	2017
15	Greg Halford		(1984-12-08) 8 December 1984	Portsmouth	2012	2015
16	Jamaal Lascelles		(1993-11-11) 11 November 1993	Newcastle United	2014	2015
17	Todd Kane		(1993-09-17) 17 September 1993	Chelsea	2015	2015
20	Louis Laing		(1993-05-06) 6 May 1993	Sunderland	2014	2016
25	Jack Hobbs		(1988-08-18) 18 August 1988	Hull City	2014	2018
33	Roger Riera		(1995-02-17) 17 February 1995	Barcelona	2014	2018
Midfielders
8	Chris Cohen		(1987-03-05) 5 March 1987	Yeovil Town	2007	2016
10	Henri Lansbury		(1990-10-12) 12 October 1990	Arsenal	2012	2017
11	Andy Reid		(1982-07-29) 29 July 1982	Blackpool	2011	2016
18	Michail Antonio		(1990-03-28) 28 March 1990	Sheffield Wednesday	2014	2017
21	Jamie Paterson		(1991-12-20) 20 December 1991	Walsall	2013	2018
22	Gary Gardner		(1992-06-29) 29 June 1992	Aston Villa	2015	2015
24	David Vaughan		(1983-02-18) 18 February 1983	Sunderland	2014	2016
27	Chris Burke		(1983-12-02) 2 December 1983	Birmingham City	2014	2016
30	Stephen McLaughlin		(1990-06-14) 14 June 1990	Derry City	2012	2015
37	Jorge Grant		(1994-09-26) 26 September 1994	Academy Product	2014	2017
38	Ben Osborn		(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994	Academy Product	2012	2019
Forwards
7	Matty Fryatt		(1986-03-05) 5 March 1986	Hull City	2014	2017
9	Britt Assombalonga		(1992-12-06) 6 December 1992	Peterborough United	2014	2019
14	Lars Veldwijk		(1991-08-21) 21 August 1991	Excelsior	2014	2017
23	Dexter Blackstock		(1986-05-20) 20 May 1986	Queens Park Rangers	2009	2017
31	Chuba Akpom		(1995-10-09) 9 October 1995	Arsenal	2015	2015
34	Tyler Walker		(1996-12-17) 17 December 1996	Academy Product	2015	—

New contracts

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	Length of Contract	Player Contracted Until	Reference
25 July 2014	GK		Dimitar Evtimov	2 Years	2016	[2]
22 August 2014	MF		Henri Lansbury	3 Years	2017	[3]
30 December 2014	DF		Eric Lichaj	2.5 Years	2017	[4]
9 February 2015	GK		Dorus de Vries	2 Years	2017	[5]
10 February 2015	DF		Frederik Nielsen	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	[6]
10 February 2015	MF		Matty Cash	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	[6]
10 February 2015	ST		Nikolay Todorov	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	[6]
10 February 2015	ST		Tyler Walker	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	[6]
23 February 2015	MF		Jorge Grant	2.5 Years	2017	[7]

Player transfers

Transfers in

First team

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Transfer Fee	Reference
1 July 2014	ST		Matty Fryatt	Free Agent	Free Transfer	[8]
1 July 2014	DF		Louis Laing	Free Agent	Free Transfer	[9]
1 July 2014	MF		David Vaughan	Free Agent	Free Transfer	[10]
16 July 2014	DF		Michael Mancienne	Hamburg	Undisclosed	[11]
29 July 2014	MF		Chris Burke	Free Agent	Free Transfer	[12]
6 August 2014	MF		Michail Antonio	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	[13]
6 August 2014	ST		Britt Assombalonga	Peterborough United	Undisclosed[lower-alpha 1]	[15]
14 August 2014	MF		Robert Tesche	Free Agent	Free Transfer	[16]

Academy

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Reference
15 July 2014	DF		Roger Riera	Free Agent	Free Transfer	[17]
10 September 2014	DF		Frederik Nielsen	Viborg	Undisclosed	[18]
8 October 2014	MF		Matty Cash	FAB Academy	Scholarship	[19]
10 February 2015	DF		Jordan Gabriel	Southend United	Scholarship	[6]
2 June 2015	GK		Tim Erlandsson	Halmstad	Undisclosed	[20]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date Until	Reference
22 July 2014	DF		Jack Hunt	Crystal Palace	31 December 2014	[21]
9 August 2014	GK		Karl Darlow	Newcastle United	30 June 2015	[22]
	DF		Jamaal Lascelles
30 October 2014	MF		Tom Ince	Hull City	22 December 2014	[23]
8 January 2015	DF		Todd Kane	Chelsea	30 June 2015	[24]
10 January 2015	MF		Gary Gardner	Aston Villa	30 June 2015	[25]
12 March 2015	MF		Modou Barrow	Swansea City	25 April 2015	[26]
26 March 2015	ST		Chuba Akpom	Arsenal	31 May 2015	[27]

Transfers out

First team

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Reference
15 July 2014	ST		Rafik Djebbour	Free Agent (Later joined APOEL)[28]	Contract Terminated	[29]
1 August 2014	ST		Darius Henderson	Free Agent (Later joined Leyton Orient)[30]	Contract Terminated	[31]
7 August 2014	ST		Simon Cox	Reading	Undisclosed	[32]
9 August 2014	GK		Karl Darlow	Newcastle United	Undisclosed[lower-alpha 2]	[33]
	DF		Jamaal Lascelles

Academy

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Transfer Fee	Reference
1 July 2014	MF		David Morgan	Free Agent (Later joined Ilkeston) [34]	Released	[34]
29 August 2014	ST		James Demetriou	Swansea City	Free Transfer	[35]

Loans out

Date From	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date Until	Reference
29 July 2014	MF		Radosław Majewski	Huddersfield Town	30 June 2015	[36]
8 August 2014	ST		Jamie Mackie	Reading	30 June 2015	[37]
19 August 2014	GK		Dimitar Evtimov	Mansfield Town	5 January 2015	[38][39]
12 September 2014	DF		Louis Laing	Notts County	13 December 2014	[40][41]
29 September 2014	MF		Stephen McLaughlin	Notts County	30 December 2014	[42][43]
4 November 2014	DF		Greg Halford	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 June 2015	[44][45][46]
5 January 2015	DF		Dan Harding	Millwall	30 June 2015	[47]
30 January 2015	DF		Louis Laing	Motherwell	30 June 2015	[48]
2 February 2015	MF		Wilfried Gnahoré	Ilkeston	30 June 2015	[49]
	MF		Edouard Schoenecker
3 February 2015	MF		Djamel Abdoun	Lokeren	30 June 2015	[50]
24 February 2015	MF		Oliver Burke	Bradford City	22 March 2015	[51]
2 March 2015	MF		Robert Tesche	Birmingham City	30 June 2015	[52]
26 March 2015	MF		Stephen McLaughlin	Southend United	30 June 2015	[53]

1. Reported by the BBC to have been a club record fee of £5.5 million.[14]
2. The combined fee for Darlow and Lascelles was reported by sources such as the Nottingham Post and the Mirror to be £7,000,000. As part of the agreement, both players remained at Forest on loan for the 2014–15 season.

Pre-season friendlies

Ilkeston v Nottingham Forest

12 July 2014	Ilkeston	0–4	Nottingham Forest	Ilkeston
13:00 BST		Report	77', 83' Cox  81', 90' Osborn	Stadium: New Manor Ground Attendance: 3,020

Porto B v Nottingham Forest

16 July 2014	Porto B	2–3	Nottingham Forest	Vila Nova de Gaia
18:00 BST	Kléber  4' David Bruno  59'	Report	44' Lansbury  82' Veldwijk  88' McLaughlin	Stadium: CTFD PortoGaia

Rio Ave v Nottingham Forest

19 July 2014	Rio Ave	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Esposende
18:00 BST	Diego Lopes  71'	Report		Stadium: Complexo Desportivo

Rotherham United v Nottingham Forest

23 July 2014	Rotherham United	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Rotherham
19:30 BST	Agard  65'	Report		Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 3,600

Milton Keynes Dons v Nottingham Forest

27 July 2014	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Milton Keynes
15:00 BST	Reeves  11'	Report		Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 4,121

York City v Nottingham Forest

30 July 2014	York City	1–2	Nottingham Forest	York
19:30 BST	Platt  51'	Report	52' Mackie  57' Cox	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 1,714 Referee: Ross Joyce

Nottingham Forest v West Bromwich Albion

2 August 2014	Nottingham Forest	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	West Bridgford
13:30 BST	Fryatt  25'	Report		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 6,423 Referee: Andre Marriner

Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

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

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
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Nottingham Forest v Blackpool

9 August 2014 1	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Blackpool	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Antonio  25' Burke  30' Hunt  64'	Report	76' Mellis  81' Orlandi	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 28,028 Referee: Tony Harrington

Bolton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest

16 August 2014 2	Bolton Wanderers	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Horwich
15:00 BST	Mason  4' Wheater  29' Spearing  37' Pratley  85' Mills  90'	Report	27'  35' (pen.) Assombalonga	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 15,753 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest

19 August 2014 3	Bournemouth	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Bournemouth
19:45 BST	Wilson  58' Ritchie  66' Cook  90'	Report	37' Fox  67' Assombalonga  72'  89' Fryatt  90' Hunt	Stadium: Goldsands Stadium Attendance: 10,768 Referee: Kevin Friend

Nottingham Forest v Reading

23 August 2014 4	Nottingham Forest	4–0	Reading	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Antonio  17'  47' Fryatt  53' Assombalonga  64' Cohen  69'	Report	80' Blackman	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 22,795 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Sheffield Wednesday v Nottingham Forest

30 August 2014 5	Sheffield Wednesday	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Sheffield
12:15 BST	Semedo  21' Loovens  31' Mattock  34' Palmer  53' Maghoma  90'	Report	29' Antonio  37' Lansbury  90' Burke  90' Assombalonga	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 20,656 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Nottingham Forest v Derby County

14 September 2014 6	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Derby County	West Bridgford
13:15 BST	Reid  38' Osborn  47' Lansbury  59' Assombalonga  72' Burke  80'	Report	7' Eustace  57'  87' Buxton  80' Shotton	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 30,227 Referee: Paul Tierney

Nottingham Forest v Fulham

17 September 2014 7	Nottingham Forest	5–3	Fulham	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Assombalonga  9'  21' (pen.)  79' Antonio  77' Paterson  89'  90' Lascelles  90'	Report	20' Hutchinson  20' Burn  31'  65' McCormack  50' Fotheringham  51' Rodallega  58' Amorebieta  69' Bodurov  73' Parker	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 22,572 Referee: Darren Deadman

Millwall v Nottingham Forest

20 September 2014 8	Millwall	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Southwark
15:00 BST	Beevers  54' Williams  86'	Report	51' Lansbury  55' Mancienne  79' Darlow	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,038 Referee: Graham Scott

Nottingham Forest v Brighton & Hove Albion

27 September 2014 9	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Fox  40' Tesche  55'	Report	52' Bennett  79' Colunga  85' Ince	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 23,811 Referee: Bobby Madley

Wigan Athletic v Nottingham Forest

30 September 2014 10	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Wigan
19:45 BST	Huws  89'	Report	26' Lansbury  52' Mancienne  85' Hunt	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 14,078 Referee: Kevin Wright

Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town

5 October 2014 11	Nottingham Forest	2–2	Ipswich Town	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Lansbury  57' Tesche  63' Antonio  90'	Report	19'  71' Murphy	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 24,354 Referee: James Linington

Cardiff City v Nottingham Forest

18 October 2014 12	Cardiff City	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
12:15 BST	Macheda  22' Whittingham  27' Noone  45'	Report	41' Wilson  54' Lansbury  88'  89' Assombalonga	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,263 Referee: Mike Jones

Watford v Nottingham Forest

21 October 2014 13	Watford	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Watford
19:45 BST	Ighalo  29' Vydra  52' (pen.)	Report	31'  67' Antonio  42' Mancienne	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 16,095 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Nottingham Forest v Blackburn Rovers

25 October 2014 14	Nottingham Forest	1–3	Blackburn Rovers	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Fryatt  37'	Report	35' Evans  66' Baptiste  75' Gestede  77' Rhodes  90' Williamson	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,345 Referee: Oliver Langford

Huddersfield Town v Nottingham Forest

1 November 2014 15	Huddersfield Town	3–0	Nottingham Forest	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Lynch  1' Wells  20' Coady  51' Holt  54'	Report	37' Lichaj  68' Fox	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 15,317 Referee: Andy Davies

Nottingham Forest v Brentford

5 November 2014 16	Nottingham Forest	1–3	Brentford	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Lansbury  20' Antonio  82'	Report	17' Toral  35' Gray  48' (pen.)  70' Pritchard  55' Douglas	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 21,072 Referee: Mark Heywood

Nottingham Forest v Norwich City

8 November 2014 17	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Norwich City	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Assombalonga  85' Tesche  88' Antonio  90'  90'	Report	2' Martin  16' Howson  63' Tettey  82' Lafferty	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 24,783 Referee: Andrew Madley

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest

22 November 2014 18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–3	Nottingham Forest	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Doherty  49' Stearman  81'	Report	21'  83' Lansbury  45' Lascelles  65' Assombalonga  68' Fryatt  69' Lichaj	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 25,513 Referee: Paul Tierney

Birmingham City v Nottingham Forest

29 November 2014 19	Birmingham City	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Cotterill  10' Gray  45' Caddis  89' (pen.)	Report	61' Ince  80' Antonio  84'  88' Assombalonga  90' Lansbury  90' Lascelles	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 18,595 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Nottingham Forest v Charlton Athletic

6 December 2014 20	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Charlton Athletic	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Lansbury  7' Tesche  59'  72'	Report	10' Harriott  30' Coquelin	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 22,297 Referee: Kevin Wright

Rotherham United v Nottingham Forest

13 December 2014 21	Rotherham United	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Pringle  52' Lawrence  82'	Report	42' Fox	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 11,228 Referee: Richard Clark

Nottingham Forest v Leeds United

20 December 2014 22	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Leeds United	West Bridgford
17:15 GMT	Mancienne  23' Fryatt  45' Antonio  73' Lichaj  82'	Report	24' Byram  54' (pen.) Sharp	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 22,664 Referee: Roger East

Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest

26 December 2014 23	Middlesbrough	3–0	Nottingham Forest	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Friend  53' Vossen  79' Leadbitter  88' (pen.)	Report	39' Mancienne  54'  67' Wilson	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 32,277 Referee: Scott Duncan

Nottingham Forest v Birmingham City

28 December 2014 24	Nottingham Forest	1–3	Birmingham City	West Bridgford
12:00 GMT	Lansbury  34' Assombalonga  90'	Report	35' Cotterill  38'  45'  74' Donaldson	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 26,212 Referee: Simon Hooper

Nottingham Forest v Sheffield Wednesday

10 January 2015 25	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Vaughan  89'	Report	45' Lee  50' Maguire	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 22,209 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Derby County v Nottingham Forest

17 January 2015 26	Derby County	1–2	Nottingham Forest	Derby
12:15 GMT	Lansbury  16' (o.g.) Ward  21' Mascarell  74'	Report	30' Wilson  36' Gardner  75' Assombalonga  90' Osborn	Stadium: iPro Stadium Attendance: 32,705 Referee: Andrew Madley

Fulham v Nottingham Forest

21 January 2015 27	Fulham	3–2	Nottingham Forest	Hammersmith & Fulham
19:45 GMT	McCormack  7'  18'  35' Grimmer  84' Kačaniklić  90'	Report	45'  62' Lansbury	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 15,512 Referee: Andy Haines

Nottingham Forest v Millwall

31 January 2015 28	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Millwall	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Antonio  32' Tesche  53'	Report	34' Upson  81' Williams  83' Fuller	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 23,018 Referee: Mark Heywood

Brighton & Hove Albion v Nottingham Forest

7 February 2015 29	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–3	Nottingham Forest	Falmer
15:00 GMT	Dunk  42' Ince  62' Kayal  90'	Report	44' Collins  63' Lansbury  86' Osborn	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 26,267 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

Nottingham Forest v Wigan Athletic

11 February 2015 30	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Wigan Athletic	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Assombalonga  33' Burke  50' Lansbury  61'	Report		Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 19,619 Referee: Oliver Langford

Blackpool v Nottingham Forest

14 February 2015 31	Blackpool	4–4	Nottingham Forest	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	McMahon  23' Aldred  40'  77' Madine  45' O'Dea  60' Orlandi  66'  67' Cameron  69' Davies  73' Ferguson  90'	Report	68' Blackstock  70' Gardner  77' (pen.) Lansbury  90' Burke	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,712 Referee: Lee Probert

Nottingham Forest v Bolton Wanderers

21 February 2015 32	Nottingham Forest	4–1	Bolton Wanderers	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Burke  8'  68' Antonio  17' Lansbury  65' (pen.)	Report	44'  47' Mills  45' (pen.)  73' Le Fondre  90' Dervite	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 22,441 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Nottingham Forest v Bournemouth

25 February 2015 33	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Bournemouth	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Lascelles  21' Lichaj  33' Lansbury  44'	Report	3' Surman	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 20,637 Referee: Nigel Miller

Reading v Nottingham Forest

28 February 2015 34	Reading	0–3	Nottingham Forest	Reading
15:00 GMT	McCleary  60'	Report	56' Osborn  70' Fryatt  80' Gardner	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 18,586 Referee: Mick Russell

Charlton Athletic v Nottingham Forest

3 March 2015 35	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Greenwich
19:45 GMT	Bulot  7'  38'	Report	6' Lascelles  14'  90' Antonio  32' Lansbury  90' Lichaj	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 14,937 Referee: Simon Hooper

Nottingham Forest v Middlesbrough

7 March 2015 36	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Middlesbrough	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Gardner  34' Blackstock  65'	Report	27',  44' Leadbitter  90' Nsue	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 24,200 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Leeds United v Nottingham Forest

14 March 2015 37	Leeds United	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Bellusci  50' Morison  66' Mowatt  77' Murphy  86'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 30,722 Referee: Keith Hill

Nottingham Forest v Rotherham United

18 March 2015 38	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Rotherham United	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Gardner  37' Blackstock  43' Antonio  45'	Report	30' Smallwood  38' Árnason	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 20,569 Referee: Michael Bull

Norwich City v Nottingham Forest

21 March 2015 39	Norwich City	3–1	Nottingham Forest	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Olsson  17' Howson  45' Jerome  56' Hoolahan  59' (pen.)	Report	66' Mancienne  76' Burke	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,976 Referee: James Linington

Nottingham Forest v Wolverhampton Wanderers

3 April 2015 40	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Gardner  15' Lascelles  75' Blackstock  90'	Report	46' Afobe  66' Price  72' (pen.) Sako	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 27,185 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Brentford v Nottingham Forest

6 April 2015 41	Brentford	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Hounslow
15:00 BST	Gray  80' Jota  90'	Report	37' Vaughan  61' Walker  77' Kane  90' Lansbury	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,499 Referee: David Webb

Nottingham Forest v Huddersfield Town

11 April 2015 42	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Huddersfield Town	West Bridgford
15:00 BST		Report	43' Scannell  51' Gobern	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 21,572 Referee: Darren Deadman

Nottingham Forest v Watford

15 April 2015 43	Nottingham Forest	1–3	Watford	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Wilson  60' Gardner  72'	Report	4' Ighalo  41' Connolly  52' Deeney  55'  87' Abdi  65' Motta	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 20,723 Referee: Paul Tierney

Blackburn Rovers v Nottingham Forest

18 April 2015 44	Blackburn Rovers	3–3	Nottingham Forest	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Gestede  3'  35'  82' Williamson  90'	Report	7'  88' Antonio  45' Lansbury  62' Vaughan	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 13,876 Referee: Andy Haines

Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest

25 April 2015 45	Ipswich Town	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Murphy  22' Sears  83' Anderson  90'	Report	53' (o.g.) Berra	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 25,199 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City

5 May 2015 46	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Cardiff City	West Bridgford
12:15 BST	Lascelles  41' Antonio  45' Kane  66' Lansbury  76' Blackstock  90'	Report	14' Ralls  16' Peltier  24' Doyle  57' Gunnarsson  76' Marshall	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 21,988 Referee: Peter Bankes

FA Cup

Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup

Rochdale v Nottingham Forest

3 January 2015 Third Round	Rochdale	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Vincenti  12' (pen.)	Report	65' Assombalonga  86' Burke	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,791 Referee: Gary Sutton

Football League Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup

Tranmere Rovers v Nottingham Forest

12 August 2014 First Round	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Birkenhead
19:45 BST		Report	12' Antonio  27' Osborn  33' Hobbs  45'  53' Mancienne	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 4,374 Referee: David Webb

Huddersfield Town v Nottingham Forest

26 August 2014 Second Round	Huddersfield Town	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Huddersfield
19:45 BST	Lynch  71'	Report	72' (o.g.) Vaughan  82' Lansbury	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 6,509 Referee: Mark Brown

Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest

24 September 2014 Third Round	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Nottingham Forest	Haringey
19:45 BST	Mason  72' Soldado  83' Kane  90'	Report	61' Grant	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 31,912 Referee: Andre Marriner

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 5 May 2015[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Karl Darlow	44	0	42	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF		Eric Lichaj	44	0	36+5	0	1	0	2	0
3	DF		Dan Harding	10	0	6+2	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF		Michael Mancienne	38	0	34+2	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF		Danny Collins	8	1	7+1	1	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Kelvin Wilson	25	0	22+1	0	1	0	1	0
7	ST		Matty Fryatt	26	6	17+8	6	0	0	0+1	0
8	MF		Chris Cohen	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
9	ST		Britt Assombalonga	32	15	27+2	15	1	0	1+1	0
10	MF		Henri Lansbury	40	11	36+3	10	0	0	1	1
11	MF		Andy Reid	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Danny Fox	30	0	25+2	0	1	0	2	0
14	ST		Lars Veldwijk	14	0	0+11	0	1	0	2	0
15	DF		Greg Halford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Jamaal Lascelles	28	1	20+6	1	0	0	2	0
17	DF		Jack Hunt	19	0	15+2	0	0	0	1+1	0
17	DF		Todd Kane	8	1	7+1	1	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Michail Antonio	49	15	46	14	1	0	2	1
19	MF		Modou Barrow	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Tom Ince	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF		Louis Laing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	ST		Jamie Paterson	25	1	4+17	1	0+1	0	3	0
22	MF		Gary Gardner	18	4	16+2	4	0	0	0	0
23	ST		Dexter Blackstock	20	5	11+8	5	0	0	0+1	0
24	MF		David Vaughan	15	0	10+3	0	1	0	1	0
25	DF		Jack Hobbs	19	0	17	0	1	0	1	0
26	GK		Dimitar Evtimov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Chris Burke	44	6	34+7	6	1	0	1+1	0
28	MF		Radosław Majewski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK		Dorus de Vries	6	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
30	MF		Stephen McLaughlin	9	0	1+5	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
31	ST		Chuba Akpom	7	0	5+2	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Robert Tesche	25	2	18+4	2	1	0	1+1	0
34	ST		Tyler Walker	7	1	0+7	1	0	0	0	0
35	MF		Oliver Burke	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
36	GK		Ross Durrant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Jorge Grant	3	1	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	1
38	MF		Ben Osborn	40	3	27+10	3	0	0	3	0
39	MF		Djamel Abdoun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1. Players whose names are in italics spent time on loan at other clubs during the course of the season.
2. Players whose names appear emboldened left the club on a permanent basis having appeared in a competitive fixture this season.

Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

Goal scorers

As of match played 5 May 2015

Rank	No.	Position	Player	Championship	FA Cup	Football League Cup	Total
1	9	Striker	Britt Assombalonga	15	0	0	15
	18	Midfielder	Michail Antonio	14	0	1	15
2	10	Midfielder	Henri Lansbury	10	0	1	11
3	7	Striker	Matty Fryatt	6	0	0	6
	27	Midfielder	Chris Burke	6	0	0	6
4	23	Striker	Dexter Blackstock	5	0	0	5
5	22	Midfielder	Gary Gardner	4	0	0	4
6	38	Midfielder	Ben Osborn	3	0	0	3
	Own goals			2	0	1	3
7	32	Midfielder	Robert Tesche	2	0	0	2
8	5	Defender	Danny Collins	1	0	0	1
	16	Defender	Jamaal Lascelles	1	0	0	1
	17	Defender	Todd Kane	1	0	0	1
	21	Striker	Jamie Paterson	1	0	0	1
	34	Striker	Tyler Walker	1	0	0	1
	37	Midfielder	Jorge Grant	0	0	1	1
TOTAL				72	0	4	76

Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

Disciplinary record

As of match played 5 May 2015

No.	Position	Player	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
10	Midfielder	Henri Lansbury	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
18	Midfielder	Michail Antonio	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
4	Defender	Michael Mancienne	6	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
16	Defender	Jamaal Lascelles	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2	Defender	Eric Lichaj	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
13	Defender	Danny Fox	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
32	Midfielder	Robert Tesche	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
9	Striker	Britt Assombalonga	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
17	Defender	Jack Hunt	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	Midfielder	Gary Gardner	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
24	Midfielder	David Vaughan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
27	Midfielder	Chris Burke	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
6	Defender	Kelvin Wilson	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
38	Midfielder	Ben Osborn	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
1	Goalkeeper	Karl Darlow	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7	Striker	Matty Fryatt	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	Midfielder	Chris Cohen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	Midfielder	Andy Reid	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	Defender	Todd Kane	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	Midfielder	Tom Ince	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	Striker	Jamie Paterson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	Defender	Jack Hobbs	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
TOTAL			68	3	2	0	2	1	72	4

Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

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