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 each)
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)

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	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	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	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	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	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]
9 August 2014	DF	Jamaal Lascelles	Newcastle United	30 June 2015	[22]
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	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]
9 August 2014	DF	Jamaal Lascelles	Newcastle United	Undisclosed[lower-alpha 2]	[33]

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	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]
2 February 2015	MF	Edouard Schoenecker	Ilkeston	30 June 2015	[49]
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]

Reported by the BBC to have been a club record fee of £5.5 million.[14]
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

Players whose names are in italics spent time on loan at other clubs during the course of the season.
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	Football League Cup	Total
1	9	Striker	Britt Assombalonga	15	0	15
1	18	Midfielder	Michail Antonio	14	1	15
2	10	Midfielder	Henri Lansbury	10	1	11
3	7	Striker	Matty Fryatt	6	0	6
3	27	Midfielder	Chris Burke	6	0	6
4	23	Striker	Dexter Blackstock	5	0	5
5	22	Midfielder	Gary Gardner	4	0	4
6	38	Midfielder	Ben Osborn	3	0	3
6	Own goals			2	1	3
7	32	Midfielder	Robert Tesche	2	0	2
8	5	Defender	Danny Collins	1	0	1
	16	Defender	Jamaal Lascelles	1	0	1
	17	Defender	Todd Kane	1	0	1
	21	Striker	Jamie Paterson	1	0	1
	34	Striker	Tyler Walker	1	0	1
	37	Midfielder	Jorge Grant	0	1	1
TOTAL				72	4	76

Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

Disciplinary record

As of match played 5 May 2015

No.	Position	Player
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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[15] Reported by the BBC to have been a club record fee of £5.5 million.[14]

[34] 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.

[56] Players whose names are in italics spent time on loan at other clubs during the course of the season.

[57] Players whose names appear emboldened left the club on a permanent basis having appeared in a competitive fixture this season.

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 August 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Dimitar Evtimov signs new Forest deal". Nottingham Forest F.C. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

[3] "Lansbury signs new Nottingham Forest contract". SeatPitch. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

[4] "Eric Lichaj: Nottingham Forest defender extends contract". BBC Sport. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2016.

[5] "De Vries signs contract extension". Nottingham Forest F.C. 9 February 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

[Pro_deals_for_young_reds-6] "Pro deals for young Reds". Nottingham Forest F.C. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2017.

[7] "Nottingham Forest: Jorge Grant signs contract extension". BBC Sport. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2017.

[8] "Matty Becomes A Red". Nottingham Forest F.C. 9 June 2014.

[9] "Louis Laing Signs For Forest". Nottingham Forest F.C. 19 June 2014.

[10] "Vaughan Agrees Permanent Deal". Nottingham Forest F.C. 20 April 2014.

[11] "Reds Swoop For Mancienne". Nottingham Forest F.C. 16 July 2014.

[12] "Burke agrees Reds deal". Nottingham Forest F.C. 29 July 2014.

[13] "Forest sign Wednesday winger". Nottingham Forest F.C. 6 August 2014.

[14] "Britt Assombalonga:Forest seal deal for Peterborough striker". BBC Sport. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

[16] "Reds land front man". Nottingham Forest F.C. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014.

[17] "Reds bring in Tesche". Nottingham Forest F.C. 14 August 2014.

[18] "Roger's A Red". Nottingham Forest F.C. 15 July 2014.

[19] Nicolai Kristensen (10 September 2014). "Frederik Fisker til Nottingham Forest" (in Danish). Viborg Fodsports Forening Official Website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.

[20] Alan Feldberg (8 October 2014). "West goes north after offer from the City Ground". Bucks Free Press. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

[21] "Erlandsson signs permanent deal". Nottingham Forest F.C. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

[22] "Forest sign Palace's Jack Hunt". Nottingham Forest F.C. 22 July 2014.

[23] "Magpies swoop for Jamaal and Karl". Nottingham Forest F.C. 9 August 2014.

[24] "Forest land Ince on loan". Nottingham Forest F.C. 30 October 2014.

[25] "Chelsea defender signs". Nottingham Forest F.C. 8 January 2015.

[26] "Another new face". Nottingham Forest F.C. 10 January 2015.

[27] "Barrow joins on loan". Nottingham Forest F.C. 12 March 2015.

[28] "Akpom joins on loan". Nottingham Forest F.C. 26 March 2015.

[29] "Σύναψη συμφωνίας με Rafik Djebbour" (in Greek). APOEL FC. 5 August 2014.

[30] "Striker Leaves Forest". Nottingham Forest F.C. 15 July 2014.

[31] "Orient Sign Darius Henderson". Leyton Orient F.C. 1 August 2014.

[32] "Striker departs Forest". Nottingham Forest F.C. 1 August 2014.

[33] "Forest striker signs for Reading". Nottingham Forest F.C. 7 August 2014.

[35] "Magpies swoop for Jamaal and Karl". Nottingham Forest F.C. 9 August 2014.

[Former_Nottingham_Forest_youngster_David_Morgan_signs_for_Ilkeston_FC-36] "Former Nottingham Forest youngster David Morgan signs for Ilkeston FC". Nottingham Post. 13 August 2014.

[37] "Swansea sign James Demetriou on a free transfer". Sky Sports. 29 August 2014.

[38] "Majewski makes Terriers move". Nottingham Forest F.C. 29 July 2014.

[39] "Another Red heads south". Nottingham Forest F.C. 8 August 2014.

[40] "Evtimov joins on loan". Mansfield Town F.C. 19 August 2014.

[41] "Dimi returns". Nottingham Forest F.C. 5 January 2015.

[42] "Louis heads for the Lane". Nottingham Forest F.C. 12 September 2014.

[43] "Laing staying at the Lane". Nottingham Forest F.C. 14 October 2014.

[44] "McLaughlin agrees loan switch". Nottingham Forest F.C. 29 September 2014.

[45] "Back to the Lane". Nottingham Forest F.C. 6 November 2014.

[46] "Seagulls swoop for Halford". Nottingham Forest F.C. 4 November 2014.

[47] "Halford to stay with Seagulls". Nottingham Forest F.C. 28 November 2014.

[48] "Halford back at Brighton". Nottingham Forest F.C. 2 January 2015.

[49] "Harding heads south". Nottingham Forest F.C. 5 January 2015.

[50] "Laing heads north of the border". Nottingham Forest F.C. 30 January 2015.

[Ilkeston_FC:_Robins_sign_Nottingham_Forest_duo_on_loan-51] "Ilkeston FC: Robins sign Nottingham Forest duo on loan". Derby Telegraph. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 6 August 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

[52] "Abdoun departs on loan". Nottingham Forest F.C. 3 February 2015.

[53] "Bantams loan move for Burke". Nottingham Forest F.C. 24 February 2015.

[54] "Tesche joins the Blues". Nottingham Forest F.C. 2 March 2015.

[55] "McLaughlin signs for Southend". Nottingham Forest F.C. 26 March 2015.