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2007–08 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

English football club season

English football club season

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clubNottingham Forest
season2007–08
managerColin Calderwood
chairmanNigel Doughty
leagueFootball League One
league result2nd (promoted)
cup1FA Cup
cup1 resultSecond round
cup2League Cup
cup2 resultSecond round
cup3Football League Trophy
cup3 resultFirst round
league topscorer
Junior Agogo (13)
season topscorer
Junior Agogo (13)
highest attendance28,520 vs Yeovil Town (League One, 3 May 2008)
lowest attendance3,102 vs Peterborough United (Football League Trophy, 4 September 2008)
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Junior Agogo (13) Junior Agogo (13)

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 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

DateOpponentsH / AResult
F–AScorersAttendance
17 July 2007Ilkeston TownA5–0Thornhill (2) 48', 58', Sinclair 79', Brown (2) 83', 89'1,180
18 July 2007Rushden & DiamondsA1–1Davies 90'1,210
21 July 2007ChesterfieldA0–12,796
24 July 2007KilmarnockA3–1Holt (3) 19' (pen.), 39' (pen.), 51' (pen.)2,524
26 July 2007Dunfermline AthleticA1–2Sinclair 24'1,756
28 July 2007MotherwellA0–02,505
30 July 2007Notts CountyA2–1Chambers (2) 4', 85'7,070
31 July 2007Derby CountyA0–225,159
4 August 2007Sheffield UnitedA0–15,676

League One

Results

DateOpponentsH / AResult
F–AScorersAttendanceLeague
position
11 August 2007BournemouthH0–018,79116th
18 August 2007Swansea CityA0–017,22015th
25 August 2007Leeds UnitedH1–2Commons 50'25,23718th
1 September 2007Bristol RoversA2–2Anthony (og) 29', Holt 45+1'9,08018th
15 September 2007Port ValeA2–0Edwards (og) 3', Chambers 86'6,52114th
22 September 2007GillinghamH4–0Agogo (3) 43', 61', 73', Sinclair 84'16,33010th
29 September 2007Yeovil TownA3–0Chambers 57', Agogo 79', Commons 84'6,8188th
2 October 2007Huddersfield TownA1–1Commons 75'10,9948th
6 October 2007Hartlepool UnitedH2–1Commons 11', Agogo 83'17,5205th
13 October 2007Cheltenham TownA3–0Commons (3) 11', 45+1', 66'5,0123rd
20 October 2007Doncaster RoversH0–023,1084th
27 October 2007Luton TownA1–2Bennett 90+1'8,5247th
30 October 2007Oldham AthleticH0–016,4236th
3 November 2007Tranmere RoversH2–0Agogo 50'(pen), Tyson 78'16,8254th
6 November 2007Southend UnitedH4–1Breckin 41', Tyson 65', Agogo (2) 73', 88'26,0942nd
24 November 2007Crewe AlexandraH2–0Davies 45', Clingan 52'16,6502nd
4 December 2007WalsallA0–16,6054th
7 December 2007Brighton & Hove AlbionA2–0Tyson (2) 30', 49'6,5362nd
15 December 2007Northampton TownH2–2McGugan 15', Agogo 90'17,0813rd
22 December 2007Port ValeH2–0Agogo 24', McGugan 67'21,4071st
26 December 2007Oldham AthleticA0–08,1402nd
29 December 2007GillinghamA0–37,7122nd
1 January 2008Huddersfield TownH2–1Cohen 68', McGugan 90+2'18,7622nd
12 January 2008Leyton OrientH4–0Holt (2) 31', 54'(pen), Commons 72', Thornhill 89'17,8052nd
19 January 2008Swindon TownA1–2Chambers 63'9,8153rd
23 January 2008MillwallA2–2Cohen 85', Tyson 88'8,4362nd
29 January 2008Swansea cityH0–021,0653rd
2 February 2008BournemouthA0–27,2514th
9 February 2008MillwallH2–0Bennett 48', Chambers 58'17,0463rd
12 February 2008Leeds UnitedA1–1Bennett 69'29,5524th
16 February 2008Swindon TownH1–0Tyson 50'23,4393rd
23 February 2008Leyton OrientA1–0Agogo 61'7,1362nd
3 March 2008Carlisle UnitedH0–128,4874th
8 March 2008Crewe AlexandraA0–06,3414th
11 March 2008Southend UnitedA1–1Thornhill 65'8,3764th
15 March 2008WalsallH1–1Ormerod 49'17,1774th
21 March 2008Northampton TownA2–1Ormerod 9', Tyson 63'(pen)7,2444th
24 March 2008Brighton & Hove AlbionH0–018,1654th
28 March 2008Doncaster RoversA0–112,5084th
1 April 2008Carlisle UnitedA2–0Chambers 76', McCleary 90+3'9,9794th
5 April 2008Cheltenham TownH3–1Agogo (2) 26', 47', Chambers 45'19,8604th
8 April 2008Bristol RoversH1–1McGugan 33'15,8605th
12 April 2008Tranmere RoversA2–0Tyson 34', Morgan 51'8,6894th
19 April 2008Luton TownH1–0Tyson 67'17,3314th
26 April 2008Hartlepool UnitedA1–0McGugan 84'5,2063rd
3 May 2008Yeovil TownH3–2Bennett 12', Commons 18', McGugan 28'28,5202nd

League table

FA Cup

Results

DateRoundOpponentsH / AResult
F – AScorersAttendance
10 November 2007Round 1Lincoln CityA1–1McGugan 25'7,361
27 November 2007Round 1 replayLincoln CityH3–1Commons 35', Tyson (2) 49', 61'6,783
11 December 2007Round 2Luton TownA0–15,758

League Cup

Results

DateRoundOpponentsH / AResult
F – AScorersAttendance
14 August 2007Round 1Chester CityA0–0
(4–2p)2,720
28 August 2007Round 2Leicester CityHMatch abandoned at half time http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/6963502.stm15,638
18 September 2007Round 2Leicester CityH2–3Smith 1', Tyson 64'15,519

Football League Trophy

Results

DateRoundOpponentsH / AResult
F – AScorersAttendance
4 September 2007Round 1Peterborough UnitedH2–3Chambers (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.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupFootball League TrophyTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals[[File:Yellow card.svg13px]][[File:Red card.svg13px]]
1GKENG Paul Smith46030211052100
2DFENG Kelvin Wilson (vc)40 (2)030200045 (2)041
3DFENG Matt Lockwood11010000012010
4DFENG Luke Chambers40 (2)530201246 (2)730
5DFENG Wes Morgan37 (5)110201041 (5)160
6DFENG Ian Breckin (c)22 (6)120001025 (6)160
7MFENG James Perch19 (11)01 (1)00 (1)01021 (13)011
8MFSCO Kris Commons29 (10)92 (1)1201034 (11)1020
9FWENG Nathan Tyson26 (8)932111031 (8)1220
10FWENG Grant Holt22 (10)3101 (1)00024 (11)351*
11FWSCO Scott Dobie1 (1)00010002 (1)000
11FWENG Will Hoskins200000002000
12MFENG Garath McCleary3 (5)10000003 (5)100
13MFGER Felix Bastians0 (1)00010102 (1)000
14MFWAL Arron Davies9 (10)11 (2)0000010 (12)120
15MFENG Chris Cohen40 (1)230100044 (1)250
16MFNIR Sammy Clingan40 (2)120200044 (2)161
17MFENG Lewis McGugan25 (8)631000028 (8)750
18MFNIR Neil Lennon15 (3)010200(1)018 (4)040
18STENG Brett Ormerod13200000013200
20GKGRE Dimitrios Konstantopoulos0000000000000
23FWGHA Junior Agogo27 (8)131 (2)01 (1)01030 (11)1300
24FWENG Emile Sinclair0 (12)1000 (1)00 (1)00 (14)100
25MFIRL Alan Power000000101000
26MFENG Matt Thornhill5 (9)20 (1)00 (1)0005 (11)210
27DFIRL Brendan Moloney200000002000
28DFENG Joe Heath000000000000
29DFENG Julian Bennett33 (1)420201038 (1)480
30GKENG Dale Roberts000000000000
31MFIRL Mark Byrne0 (1)00000000 (1)000
32GKIRL Shane Redmond000000000000
37MFENG James Reid000000000000
38GKENG Barry Richardson000000000000
39DFALG Hamza Bencherif000000000000

Transfers

In

DatePos.NameFromFee
12 June 2007MFNIR Neil LennonCelticFree
5 July 2007DFENG Matt LockwoodLeyton OrientUndisclosed
6 July 2007MFWAL Arron DaviesYeovil Towndate=2007-07-06title=Forest seal deal for Glovers duourl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/nottm_forest/6276878.stmaccess-date=2024-09-01work=BBC Sportlanguage=en-GB}}
6 July 2007MFENG Chris CohenYeovil TownUndisclosed
16 July 2007DFENG Kelvin WilsonPreston North End£300k
22 January 2008MFENG Garath McClearyBromleyUndisclosed

Out

DatePos.NameToFee
23 January 2008FWSCO Scott DobieCarlisle UnitedNominal
30 January 2008FWENG David BrownBradford CityFree
31 January 2008MFNIR Neil LennonWycombe WanderersFree

Loan In

Date FromDate UntilPos.NameFrom
8 February 200813 April 2008FWENG Will HoskinsWatford
7 March 20084 May 2008FWENG Brett OrmerodPreston North End
25 March 20084 May 2008GKGRE Dimitrios KonstantopoulosCoventry City

Loan Out

DatePos.NameTo
5 July 2007GKENG Paddy GambleStalybridge Celtic
1 October 2007DFALG Hamza BencherifLincoln City
1 October 2007MFGER Felix BastiansChesterfield
22 November 2007FWENG Emile SinclairBrentford
22 November 2007DFENG Tom SharpeBury
22 November 2007MFIRL Alan PowerGrays Athletic
4 January 2008MFGER Felix BastiansNotts County
10 January 2008DFIRL Brendan MoloneyChesterfield
11 January 2008DFENG Tom SharpeHalifax Town
23 January 2008GKENG Dale RobertsRushden and Diamonds
14 February 2008MFGER Felix BastiansMilton Keynes Dons
20 March 2008FWENG Grant HoltBlackpool

References

References

  1. (2007-07-06). "Forest seal deal for Glovers duo". BBC Sport.
  2. (2008-01-31). "Lennon leaves Forest".
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