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2011–12 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Nottingham Forest
season	2011–12
manager	Steve McClaren (until 2 October)
Rob Kelly (caretaker)
Steve Cotterill (from 17 October)
mgrtitle	Manager
chairman	Nigel Doughty (until 2 October)
Frank Clark (from 13 October)
chrtitle	Chairman
stdtitle	Ground
stadium	City Ground
league	Championship
league result	19th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Third round
league topscorer	Garath McCleary (9)
season topscorer	Garath McCleary (9)
highest attendance	27,356 vs. Derby County (Championship, 17 September 2011)
lowest attendance	10,208 vs. Newcastle United (League Cup, 20 September 2011)
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prevseason	2010–11
nextseason	2012–13

Rob Kelly (caretaker) Steve Cotterill (from 17 October) Frank Clark (from 13 October) The 2011–12 season will be '''Nottingham Forest Football Club''''s 4th consecutive season in the Championship. Nottingham Forest's expectations were to once again seek promotion from the Championship. However, the season was spent in a relegation battle which they survived meaning they will once again compete in the Championship. Forest also competed in the FA Cup and the League Cup, being knocked out in the third round of both.

Key events

12 June 2011: Billy Davies's contract was terminated with the club.
13 June 2011: Steve McClaren became the new Nottingham Forest manager.
14 June 2011: Young players Nialle Rodney and Mark Byrne were released from their contracts, with Byrne joining Barnet, and Rodney going to Bradford City.
16 June 2011: Forest were drawn against local rivals Notts County in the first round of the League Cup. Assistant manager David Kelly, first team coach Julian Darby, assistant first team coach Chris Fairclough, performance coach Darren Robinson and goalkeeping coach Pete Williams all left Forest.
1 July 2011: Dele Adebola joined Hull City after his contract expired, and it was confirmed Kelvin Wilson and Nathan Tyson joined Celtic and Derby County respectively. Paul McKenna was also released from his contract so he could join Hull City.
2 July 2011: Forest made their first signing of the season with Andy Reid joining for free from Blackpool.
5 July 2011: Julian Bennett joined Sheffield Wednesday after his contract expired.
6 July 2011: Robert Earnshaw joined Cardiff City, his hometown club, after his contract expired.
18 July 2011: Fulham midfielder Jonathan Greening signed a three-year deal at Forest. The fee was £600,000.
19 July 2011: Guy Moussi signs a new contract, keeping him at Forest until 2014.
20 July 2011: Midfielder George Boateng signed a one-year contract deal at Forest on a free transfer.
29 July 2011: Forest appointed Rob Kelly to the post of assistant manager, while also confirming the appointments of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Bill Bestwick, Paul Barron and Alessandro Schoenmaker.
10 August 2011: Striker Matt Derbyshire signed from Olympiacos for an undisclosed fee.
15 August 2011: Ishmael Miller was signed by Forest on a three-year deal for £1.2m from Premier League side West Bromwich Albion.
31 August 2011: Striker Joe Garner joined Watford for an undisclosed fee.
9 September 2011: Young goalkeeper Ben Gathercole joined Ilkeston on loan for a month and it was announced that Karlton Watson has joined Eastwood Town for month on loan.
15 September 2011: Striker David McGoldrick went on loan to Sheffield Wednesday for a month.
22 September 2011: Forest signed Clint Hill on an emergency loan from Queens Park Rangers.
2 October 2011: Manager Steve McClaren resigned from the club.
2 October 2011: Nigel Doughty announced his resignation as Chairman after 10 years at the club.
13 October 2011: Frank Clark was announced as the new Chairman of Nottingham Forest.
17 October 2011: Steve Cotterill was confirmed as the new manager of Forest.
25 October 2011: Forest signed Greg Cunningham from Manchester City on an emergency loan.
4 November 2011: Youngster Kieron Freeman joined Mansfield Town on an emergency loan.
1 January 2012: Marlon Harewood returned to Forest from Guangzhou R&F and signed a four-month contract until the end of the season.
30 January 2012: Wes Morgan left Forest and signed for Leicester City, for an undisclosed fee.
30 January 2012: Adlène Guedioura signed for Forest on loan for the remainder of the season, from Wolverhampton Wanderers.
31 January 2012: Young player Patrick Bamford signed for Chelsea for an undisclosed fee.
31 January 2012: Forest made two deadline day loan signings, with Danny Higginbotham coming from Stoke City and Scott Wootton from Manchester United. Both signed for the remainder of the season
4 February 2012: Nottingham Forest Owner Nigel Doughty died at his home in Lincolnshire
9 February 2012: Forest signed George Elokobi on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers for the remainder of the season

Players

Squad information

Transfers in

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
11	MF	IRL Andy Reid	ENG Blackpool	Free	1 July 2011
14	MF	ENG Jonathan Greening	ENG Fulham	£616,000	18 July 2011
6	MF	NED George Boateng	GRE Skoda Xanthi	Free	20 July 2011
8	FW	ENG Matt Derbyshire	GRE Olympiacos	Free1	10 August 2011
9	FW	ENG Ishmael Miller	ENG West Bromwich Albion	£1,188,000	15 August 2011
18	FW	ENG Marlon Harewood	PRC Guangzhou R&F	Free	1 January 2012

Transfers out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
	FW	ENG Nialle Rodney	ENG Bradford City	Released	14 June 2011
	MF	IRL Mark Byrne	ENG Barnet	Released	14 June 2011
	DF	ENG Kelvin Wilson	SCO Celtic	Free	1 July 2011
	FW	ENG Nathan Tyson	ENG Derby County	Free	1 July 2011
	MF	ENG Paul McKenna	ENG Hull City	Released	1 July 2011
	FW	NGA Dele Adebola	ENG Hull City	Free	1 July 2011
	DF	ENG Julian Bennett	ENG Sheffield Wednesday	Free	5 July 2011
	FW	WAL Robert Earnshaw	WAL Cardiff City	Free	6 July 2011
18	FW	ENG Joe Garner	ENG Watford	£200,0001	31 August 2011
30	DF	ENG Karlton Watson	ENG Lincoln City	Released	23 December 2011
31	DF	IRL Neill Byrne	ENG Rochdale	Released	23 December 2011
5	DF	ENG Wes Morgan	ENG Leicester City	£990,0001	30 January 2012
40	FW	ENG Patrick Bamford	ENG Chelsea	£1,584,0001	31 January 2012

1Fee was officially reported as Undisclosed.

Loans in

#	Pos	Player	From	Start	End
3	DF	ENG Clint Hill	ENG Queens Park Rangers	22 September 2011	21 October 2011
3	DF	IRL Greg Cunningham	ENG Manchester City	25 October 2011	30 June 2012
22	MF	ALG Adlène Guedioura	ENG Wolverhampton Wanderers	30 January 2012	30 June 2012
5	DF	ENG Danny Higginbotham	ENG Stoke City	31 January 2012	30 June 2012
2	DF	ENG Scott Wootton	ENG Manchester United	31 January 2012	30 June 2012
26	DF	CMR George Elokobi	ENG Wolverhampton Wanderers	9 February 2012	30 June 2012

Loans out

#	Pos	Player	To	Start	End
30	DF	ENG Karlton Watson	ENG Eastwood Town	2 September 2011	2 October 2011
	GK	ENG Ben Gathercole	ENG Ilkeston	9 September 2011	30 November 2011
17	FW	ENG David McGoldrick	ENG Sheffield Wednesday	15 September 2011	15 October 2011
	GK	BUL Dimitar Evtimov	ENG Ilkeston	23 September 2011	10 October 2011
41	DF	WAL Kieron Freeman	ENG Mansfield Town	4 November 2011	4 December 2011
	GK	BUL Dimitar Evtimov	ENG Gainsborough Trinity	9 November 2011	9 December 2011
41	DF	WAL Kieron Freeman	ENG Notts County	13 January 2012	13 February 2012
38	GK	ENG Karl Darlow	WAL Newport County	9 March 2012	9 April 2012
44	DF	ENG Jamaal Lascelles	ENG Stevenage	9 March 2012	31 May 2012
32	MF	ENG Danny Meadows	ENG Alfreton Town	22 March 2012	31 May 2012

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

This is a list of the First Team players from the 2011–12 season.

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by league goals when total goals are equal.

:Last updated on 12 May 2012

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	ENG	12	Garath McCleary	9	0	0	9
2	ATG	23	Dexter Blackstock	8	0	0	8
3	POL	28	Radosław Majewski	6	0	1	7
4	ENG	20	Marcus Tudgay	5	0	1	6
=	USA	24	Robbie Findley	3	0	3	6
6	ENG	10	Lewis McGugan	3	0	2	5
7	ENG	9	Ishmael Miller	3	0	1	4
8	ENG	33	Joel Lynch	3	0	0	3
9	ENG	5	Wes Morgan	1	0	1	2
=	IRL	11	Andy Reid	2	0	0	2
=	ENG	8	Matt Derbyshire	1	0	1	2
12	ENG	5	Danny Higginbotham	1	0	0	1
=	NED	6	George Boateng	1	0	0	1
=	WAL	16	Chris Gunter	1	0	0	1
=	ALG	22	Adlène Guedioura	1	0	0	1
	Totals	48	0	10	58

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with one card or more included only.

:Last updated on 12 May 2012

Y	YY	R	Y	YY	R	Y	YY	R	YY	R
GK	NIR	1	Lee Camp	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	ENG	2	Scott Wootton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	IRL	3	Greg Cunningham	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	ENG	4	Luke Chambers	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
DF	ENG	5	Wes Morgan	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	NED	6	George Boateng	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	ENG	8	Matt Derbyshire	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	ENG	9	Ishmael Miller	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	ENG	10	Lewis McGugan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	IRE	11	Andy Reid	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
MF	ENG	12	Garath McCleary	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
MF	ENG	14	Jonathan Greening	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	ENG	15	Chris Cohen	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	WAL	16	Chris Gunter	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	FRA	19	Guy Moussi	7	1	0	0	0	0	0
FW	ENG	20	Marcus Tudgay	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	ALG	22	Adlène Guedioura	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	ATG	23	Dexter Blackstock	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	CMR	26	George Elokobi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	ENG	33	Joel Lynch	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	60	3	2	1	0	0	3	0	64

Starting XI

Last updated: 14 Audust 2011 Source: Appearance and Starting Formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used Starting Formation. Sorted by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Overall

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