2014–15 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

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

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.

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 England 8 October 1990 Newcastle United 2014 2015
26 Dimitar Evtimov Bulgaria 7 September 1993 Chavdar Etropole 2011 2016
29 Dorus de Vries Netherlands 29 December 1980 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2013 2017
Defenders
2 Eric Lichaj United States 17 November 1988 Aston Villa 2013 2017
4 Michael Mancienne England 8 January 1988 Hamburg 2014 2017
5 Danny Collins Wales 6 August 1980 Stoke City 2012 2015
6 Kelvin Wilson England 3 September 1985 Celtic 2013 2016
13 Danny Fox Scotland 29 May 1986 Southampton 2014 2017
16 Jamaal Lascelles England 11 November 1993 Newcastle United 2014 2015
17 Todd Kane England 17 September 1993 Chelsea 2015 2015
25 Jack Hobbs England 18 August 1988 Hull City 2014 2018
Midfielders
8 Chris Cohen England 5 March 1987 Yeovil Town 2007 2016
10 Henri Lansbury England 12 October 1990 Arsenal 2012 2017
11 Andy Reid Republic of Ireland 29 July 1982 Blackpool 2011 2016
18 Michail Antonio England 28 March 1990 Sheffield Wednesday 2014 2017
21 Jamie Paterson England 20 December 1991 Walsall 2013 2018
22 Gary Gardner England 29 June 1992 Aston Villa 2015 2015
24 David Vaughan Wales 18 February 1983 Sunderland 2014 2016
27 Chris Burke Scotland 2 December 1983 Birmingham City 2014 2016
37 Jorge Grant England 26 September 1994 Academy Product 2014 2017
38 Ben Osborn England 5 August 1994 Academy Product 2012 2019
Forwards
7 Matty Fryatt England 5 March 1986 Hull City 2014 2017
9 Britt Assombalonga Democratic Republic of the Congo 6 December 1992 Peterborough United 2014 2019
14 Lars Veldwijk Netherlands 21 August 1991 Excelsior 2014 2017
23 Dexter Blackstock Antigua and Barbuda 20 May 1986 Queens Park Rangers 2009 2017
31 Chuba Akpom England 9 October 1995 Arsenal 2015 2015
34 Tyler Walker England 17 December 1996 Academy Product 2015

New contracts

Date Position Nationality Player Length of Contract Player Contracted Until Reference
25 July 2014GKBulgariaDimitar Evtimov2 Years2016[2]
22 August 2014MFEnglandHenri Lansbury3 Years2017[3]
30 December 2014DFUnited StatesEric Lichaj2.5 Years2017[4]
9 February 2015GKNetherlandsDorus de Vries2 Years2017[5]
10 February 2015DFDenmarkFrederik NielsenUndisclosedUndisclosed[6]
10 February 2015MFEnglandMatty CashUndisclosedUndisclosed[6]
10 February 2015STBulgariaNikolay TodorovUndisclosedUndisclosed[6]
10 February 2015STEnglandTyler WalkerUndisclosedUndisclosed[6]
23 February 2015MFEnglandJorge Grant2.5 Years2017[7]

Player transfers

Transfers in

First team
Date Position Nationality Name From Transfer Fee Reference
1 July 2014 ST England Matty Fryatt Free Agent Free Transfer [8]
1 July 2014 DF England Louis Laing Free Agent Free Transfer [9]
1 July 2014 MF Wales David Vaughan Free Agent Free Transfer [10]
16 July 2014 DF England Michael Mancienne Hamburg Undisclosed [11]
29 July 2014 MF Scotland Chris Burke Free Agent Free Transfer [12]
6 August 2014 MF England Michail Antonio Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed [13]
6 August 2014 ST Democratic Republic of the Congo Britt Assombalonga Peterborough United Undisclosed[lower-alpha 1] [15]
14 August 2014 MF Germany Robert Tesche Free Agent Free Transfer [16]
Academy
Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Reference
15 July 2014 DF Spain Roger Riera Free Agent Free Transfer [17]
10 September 2014 DF Denmark Frederik Fisker Viborg Undisclosed [18]
8 October 2014 MF England Matty Cash FAB Academy Scholarship [19]
10 February 2015 DF Scotland Jordan Gabriel Southend United Scholarship [6]
2 June 2015 GK Sweden Tim Erlandsson Halmstad Undisclosed [20]

Loans in

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

Transfers out

First team
Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Reference
15 July 2014 ST Algeria Rafik Djebbour Free Agent (Later joined APOEL)[28] Contract Terminated [29]
1 August 2014 ST England Darius Henderson Free Agent (Later joined Leyton Orient)[30] Contract Terminated [31]
7 August 2014 ST Republic of Ireland Simon Cox Reading Undisclosed [32]
9 August 2014 GK England Karl Darlow Newcastle United Undisclosed[lower-alpha 2] [33]
DF England Jamaal Lascelles
Academy
Date Position Nationality Name To Transfer Fee Reference
1 July 2014 MF Northern Ireland David Morgan Free Agent (Later joined Ilkeston) [34] Released [34]
29 August 2014 ST Cyprus James Demetriou Swansea City Free Transfer [35]

Loans out

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

Competitions

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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAAH
ResultWDWWWDWDDDDLDLLLWWLDDDLLLWLLWWDWWWLWDWLLDLLDLL
Position331111112225671011118910991010131212121210109999999999910111214

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

Matches

FA Cup

Football League Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 5 May 2015[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipFA CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK England Karl Darlow 4404200020
2 DF United States Eric Lichaj 44036+501020
3 DF England Dan Harding 1006+200020
4 DF England Michael Mancienne 38034+200020
5 DF Wales Danny Collins 817+110000
6 DF England Kelvin Wilson 25022+101010
7 ST England Matty Fryatt 26617+86000+10
8 MF England Chris Cohen 60600000
9 ST Democratic Republic of the Congo Britt Assombalonga 321527+215101+10
10 MF England Henri Lansbury 401136+3100011
11 MF Republic of Ireland Andy Reid 60600000
12 ST Scotland Jamie Mackie 00000000
13 DF Scotland Danny Fox 30025+201020
14 ST Netherlands Lars Veldwijk 1400+1101020
15 DF England Greg Halford 00000000
16 DF England Jamaal Lascelles 28120+610020
17 DF England Jack Hunt 19015+20001+10
17 DF England Todd Kane 817+110000
18 MF England Michail Antonio 491546141021
19 MF The Gambia Modou Barrow 402+200000
19 MF England Tom Ince 604+200000
20 DF England Louis Laing 00000000
21 ST England Jamie Paterson 2514+1710+1030
22 MF England Gary Gardner 18416+240000
23 ST Antigua and Barbuda Dexter Blackstock 20511+85000+10
24 MF Wales David Vaughan 15010+301010
25 DF England Jack Hobbs 1901701010
26 GK Bulgaria Dimitar Evtimov 00000000
27 MF Scotland Chris Burke 44634+76101+10
28 MF Poland Radosław Majewski 00000000
29 GK Netherlands Dorus de Vries 60401010
30 MF Republic of Ireland Stephen McLaughlin 901+500+101+10
31 ST England Chuba Akpom 705+200000
32 MF Germany Robert Tesche 25218+42101+10
34 ST England Tyler Walker 710+710000
35 MF Scotland Oliver Burke 300+20000+10
37 MF England Jorge Grant 310+10001+11
38 MF England Ben Osborn 40327+1030030
39 MF Algeria Djamel Abdoun 00000000
  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 9StrikerBritt Assombalonga150015
18MidfielderMichail Antonio140115
2 10MidfielderHenri Lansbury100111
3 7StrikerMatty Fryatt6006
27MidfielderChris Burke6006
4 23StrikerDexter Blackstock5005
5 22MidfielderGary Gardner4004
6 38MidfielderBen Osborn3003
Own goals2013
7 32MidfielderRobert Tesche2002
8 5DefenderDanny Collins1001
16DefenderJamaal Lascelles1001
17DefenderTodd Kane1001
21StrikerJamie Paterson1001
34StrikerTyler Walker1001
37MidfielderJorge Grant0011
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
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
10MidfielderHenri Lansbury1300000130
18MidfielderMichail Antonio70000070
4DefenderMichael Mancienne60000161
16DefenderJamaal Lascelles60000060
2DefenderEric Lichaj50000050
13DefenderDanny Fox40000040
32MidfielderRobert Tesche40000040
9StrikerBritt Assombalonga21100031
17DefenderJack Hunt30000030
22MidfielderGary Gardner30000030
24MidfielderDavid Vaughan30000030
27MidfielderChris Burke20100030
6DefenderKelvin Wilson22000022
38MidfielderBen Osborn10001020
1GoalkeeperKarl Darlow10000010
7StrikerMatty Fryatt10000010
8MidfielderChris Cohen10000010
11MidfielderAndy Reid10000010
17DefenderTodd Kane10000010
19MidfielderTom Ince10000010
21StrikerJamie Paterson10000010
25DefenderJack Hobbs00001010
TOTAL 68 3 2 0 2 1 72 4

Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

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