The 2011–12 season was Nottingham Forest Football Club's fourth 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 would once again compete in the second tier. 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 #PosPlayerFromFeeDateSource 11 MF Andy Reid Blackpool Free 1 July 2011 14 MF Jonathan Greening Fulham £616,000 18 July 2011 6 MF George Boateng Skoda Xanthi Free 20 July 2011 8 FW Matt Derbyshire Olympiacos Free1 10 August 2011 9 FW Ishmael Miller West Bromwich Albion £1,188,000 15 August 2011 18 FW Marlon Harewood Guangzhou R&F Free 1 January 2012
Transfers out #PosPlayerToFeeDate FW Nialle Rodney Bradford City Released 14 June 2011 MF Mark Byrne Barnet Released 14 June 2011 DF Kelvin Wilson Celtic Free 1 July 2011 FW Nathan Tyson Derby County Free 1 July 2011 MF Paul McKenna Hull City Released 1 July 2011 FW Dele Adebola Hull City Free 1 July 2011 DF Julian Bennett Sheffield Wednesday Free 5 July 2011 FW Robert Earnshaw Cardiff City Free 6 July 201118 FW Joe Garner Watford £200,0001 31 August 201130 DF Karlton Watson Lincoln City Released 23 December 201131 DF Neill Byrne Rochdale Released 23 December 20115 DF Wes Morgan Leicester City £990,0001 30 January 201240 FW Patrick Bamford Chelsea £1,584,0001 31 January 2012
1Fee was officially reported as Undisclosed.
Loans in #PosPlayerFromStartEnd3 DF Clint Hill Queens Park Rangers 22 September 2011 21 October 20113 DF Greg Cunningham Manchester City 25 October 2011 30 June 201222 MF Adlène Guedioura Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 January 2012 30 June 20125 DF Danny Higginbotham Stoke City 31 January 2012 30 June 20122 DF Scott Wootton Manchester United 31 January 2012 30 June 201226 DF George Elokobi Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 February 2012 30 June 2012
Loans out #PosPlayerToStartEnd30 DF Karlton Watson Eastwood Town 2 September 2011 2 October 2011 GK Ben Gathercole Ilkeston 9 September 2011 30 November 201117 FW David McGoldrick Sheffield Wednesday 15 September 2011 15 October 2011 GK Dimitar Evtimov Ilkeston 23 September 2011 10 October 201141 DF Kieron Freeman Mansfield Town 4 November 2011 4 December 2011 GK Dimitar Evtimov Gainsborough Trinity 9 November 2011 9 December 201141 DF Kieron Freeman Notts County 13 January 2012 13 February 201238 GK Karl Darlow Newport County 9 March 2012 9 April 201244 DF Jamaal Lascelles Stevenage 9 March 2012 31 May 201232 MF Danny Meadows 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
PositionNationNumberNameChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotal1 12 Garath McCleary 9 0 0 92 23 Dexter Blackstock 8 0 0 83 28 Radosław Majewski 6 0 1 74 20 Marcus Tudgay 5 0 1 6= 24 Robbie Findley 3 0 3 66 10 Lewis McGugan 3 0 2 57 9 Ishmael Miller 3 0 1 48 33 Joel Lynch 3 0 0 39 5 Wes Morgan 1 0 1 2= 11 Andy Reid 2 0 0 2= 8 Matt Derbyshire 1 0 1 212 5 Danny Higginbotham 1 0 0 1= 6 George Boateng 1 0 0 1= 16 Chris Gunter 1 0 0 1= 22 Adlène Guedioura 1 0 0 1Totals4801058
Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches. Players with one card or more included only.
Last updated on 12 May 2012
PositionNationNumberNameChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotalYYYRYYYRYYYRYYYRGK 1 Lee Camp 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0DF 2 Scott Wootton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0DF 3 Greg Cunningham 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0DF 4 Luke Chambers 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1DF 5 Wes Morgan 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0MF 6 George Boateng 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0FW 8 Matt Derbyshire 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0FW 9 Ishmael Miller 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0MF 10 Lewis McGugan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0MF 11 Andy Reid 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0MF 12 Garath McCleary 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1MF 14 Jonathan Greening 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0MF 15 Chris Cohen 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0DF 16 Chris Gunter 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0MF 19 Guy Moussi 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0FW 20 Marcus Tudgay 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0MF 22 Adlène Guedioura 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0FW 23 Dexter Blackstock 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0DF 26 George Elokobi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0DF 33 Joel Lynch 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0Totals60321003006431
Club Coaching staff
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Kit
The kits shown here are those of the 2011–12 season. The Home and Goalkeeper Home kits were worn for the first time in the first home game, against Barnsley. The Away Alternative is a combination of the Away shirt, Home shorts and last season's Away socks, and was worn in the away match at Doncaster Rovers. The Away kit was debuted at Southampton away and the Goalkeeper away at Wycombe Wanderers away in the League Cup. All the kits had the same Umbro and Victor Chandler logos across the front of them.
Other information
Competitions
Overall
Championship
Table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Competitive
Championship
Last updated: 28 April 2012Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.
League Cup
Last updated: 30 September 2011Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.
FA Cup
Last updated: 17 January 2012Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.
Pre-season
Last updated: 30 July 2016Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.
References