2014–15 Nottingham Forest F.C. season
# 2014–15 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

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

| No. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Previous Club | Joined First Team | Player Contracted Until |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Karl Darlow | (1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 (age 32) | Newcastle United | 2014 | 2015 |
| 26 | Dimitar Evtimov | (1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 29) | Chavdar Etropole | 2011 | 2016 |
| 29 | Dorus de Vries | (1980-12-29) 29 December 1980 (age 42) | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2013 | 2017 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Eric Lichaj | (1988-11-17) 17 November 1988 (age 34) | Aston Villa | 2013 | 2017 |
| 4 | Michael Mancienne | (1988-01-08) 8 January 1988 (age 35) | Hamburg | 2014 | 2017 |
| 5 | Danny Collins | (1980-08-06) 6 August 1980 (age 42) | Stoke City | 2012 | 2015 |
| 6 | Kelvin Wilson | (1985-09-03) 3 September 1985 (age 37) | Celtic | 2013 | 2016 |
| 13 | Danny Fox | (1986-05-29) 29 May 1986 (age 37) | Southampton | 2014 | 2017 |
| 15 | Greg Halford | (1984-12-08) 8 December 1984 (age 38) | Portsmouth | 2012 | 2015 |
| 16 | Jamaal Lascelles | (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 29) | Newcastle United | 2014 | 2015 |
| 17 | Todd Kane | (1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 (age 29) | Chelsea | 2015 | 2015 |
| 20 | Louis Laing | (1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 30) | Sunderland | 2014 | 2016 |
| 25 | Jack Hobbs | (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 34) | Hull City | 2014 | 2018 |
| 33 | Roger Riera | (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 28) | Barcelona | 2014 | 2018 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 8 | Chris Cohen | (1987-03-05) 5 March 1987 (age 36) | Yeovil Town | 2007 | 2016 |
| 10 | Henri Lansbury | (1990-10-12) 12 October 1990 (age 32) | Arsenal | 2012 | 2017 |
| 11 | Andy Reid | (1982-07-29) 29 July 1982 (age 40) | Blackpool | 2011 | 2016 |
| 18 | Michail Antonio | (1990-03-28) 28 March 1990 (age 33) | Sheffield Wednesday | 2014 | 2017 |
| 21 | Jamie Paterson | (1991-12-20) 20 December 1991 (age 31) | Walsall | 2013 | 2018 |
| 22 | Gary Gardner | (1992-06-29) 29 June 1992 (age 31) | Aston Villa | 2015 | 2015 |
| 24 | David Vaughan | (1983-02-18) 18 February 1983 (age 40) | Sunderland | 2014 | 2016 |
| 27 | Chris Burke | (1983-12-02) 2 December 1983 (age 39) | Birmingham City | 2014 | 2016 |
| 30 | Stephen McLaughlin | (1990-06-14) 14 June 1990 (age 33) | Derry City | 2012 | 2015 |
| 37 | Jorge Grant | (1994-09-26) 26 September 1994 (age 28) | Academy Product | 2014 | 2017 |
| 38 | Ben Osborn | (1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 28) | Academy Product | 2012 | 2019 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Matty Fryatt | (1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 37) | Hull City | 2014 | 2017 |
| 9 | Britt Assombalonga | (1992-12-06) 6 December 1992 (age 30) | Peterborough United | 2014 | 2019 |
| 14 | Lars Veldwijk | (1991-08-21) 21 August 1991 (age 31) | Excelsior | 2014 | 2017 |
| 23 | Dexter Blackstock | (1986-05-20) 20 May 1986 (age 37) | Queens Park Rangers | 2009 | 2017 |
| 31 | Chuba Akpom | (1995-10-09) 9 October 1995 (age 27) | Arsenal | 2015 | 2015 |
| 34 | Tyler Walker | (1996-12-17) 17 December 1996 (age 26) | Academy Product | 2015 | — |

### New contracts

| Date | Position | Player | Length of Contract | Player Contracted Until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 July 2014 | GK | Dimitar Evtimov | 2 Years | 2016 |
| 22 August 2014 | MF | Henri Lansbury | 3 Years | 2017 |
| 30 December 2014 | DF | Eric Lichaj | 2.5 Years | 2017 |
| 9 February 2015 | GK | Dorus de Vries | 2 Years | 2017 |
| 10 February 2015 | DF | Frederik Nielsen | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| 10 February 2015 | MF | Matty Cash | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| 10 February 2015 | ST | Nikolay Todorov | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| 10 February 2015 | ST | Tyler Walker | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
| 23 February 2015 | MF | Jorge Grant | 2.5 Years | 2017 |

## Player transfers

### Loans in

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

### Loans out

| Date From | Position | Name | To | Date Until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 July 2014 | MF | Radosław Majewski | Huddersfield Town | 30 June 2015 |
| 8 August 2014 | ST | Jamie Mackie | Reading | 30 June 2015 |
| 19 August 2014 | GK | Dimitar Evtimov | Mansfield Town | 5 January 2015 |
| 12 September 2014 | DF | Louis Laing | Notts County | 13 December 2014 |
| 29 September 2014 | MF | Stephen McLaughlin | Notts County | 30 December 2014 |
| 4 November 2014 | DF | Greg Halford | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 June 2015 |
| 5 January 2015 | DF | Dan Harding | Millwall | 30 June 2015 |
| 30 January 2015 | DF | Louis Laing | Motherwell | 30 June 2015 |
| 2 February 2015 | MF | Wilfried Gnahoré | Ilkeston | 30 June 2015 |
| 2 February 2015 | MF | Edouard Schoenecker | Ilkeston | 30 June 2015 |
| 3 February 2015 | MF | Djamel Abdoun | Lokeren | 30 June 2015 |
| 24 February 2015 | MF | Oliver Burke | Bradford City | 22 March 2015 |
| 2 March 2015 | MF | Robert Tesche | Birmingham City | 30 June 2015 |
| 26 March 2015 | MF | Stephen McLaughlin | Southend United | 30 June 2015 |

* ↑ Reported by the BBC to have been a club record fee of £5.5 million.
* ↑ 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.

## Competitions

### Championship

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 |

## Squad statistics

### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 5 May 2015

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Karl Darlow | 44 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Eric Lichaj | 44 | 0 | 36+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Dan Harding | 10 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Michael Mancienne | 38 | 0 | 34+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | WAL | Danny Collins | 8 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Kelvin Wilson | 25 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | ST | ENG | Matty Fryatt | 26 | 6 | 17+8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Chris Cohen | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | ST | COD | Britt Assombalonga | 32 | 15 | 27+2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Henri Lansbury | 40 | 11 | 36+3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | IRL | Andy Reid | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | SCO | Danny Fox | 30 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | ST | NED | Lars Veldwijk | 14 | 0 | 0+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Greg Halford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Jamaal Lascelles | 28 | 1 | 20+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Jack Hunt | 19 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Todd Kane | 8 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Michail Antonio | 49 | 15 | 46 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | GAM | Modou Barrow | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Tom Ince | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Louis Laing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | ST | ENG | Jamie Paterson | 25 | 1 | 4+17 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Gary Gardner | 18 | 4 | 16+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | ST | ATG | Dexter Blackstock | 20 | 5 | 11+8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | WAL | David Vaughan | 15 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Jack Hobbs | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | BUL | Dimitar Evtimov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Chris Burke | 44 | 6 | 34+7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | POL | Radosław Majewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | NED | Dorus de Vries | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | EIR | Stephen McLaughlin | 9 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 31 | ST | ENG | Chuba Akpom | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Robert Tesche | 25 | 2 | 18+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 34 | ST | ENG | Tyler Walker | 7 | 1 | 0+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SCO | Oliver Burke | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | ENG | Ross Durrant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Jorge Grant | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Ben Osborn | 40 | 3 | 27+10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ALG | 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 | FA Cup | Football League Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | Striker | Britt Assombalonga | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 1 | 18 | Midfielder | Michail Antonio | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 10 | Midfielder | Henri Lansbury | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | 7 | Striker | Matty Fryatt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 27 | Midfielder | Chris Burke | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 23 | Striker | Dexter Blackstock | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 22 | Midfielder | Gary Gardner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 38 | Midfielder | Ben Osborn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 32 | Midfielder | Robert Tesche | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | Defender | Danny Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 16 | Defender | Jamaal Lascelles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 17 | Defender | Todd Kane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 21 | Striker | Jamie Paterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 34 | Striker | Tyler Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 37 | Midfielder | Jorge Grant | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 72 | 0 | 4 | 76 |

Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 5 May 2015

| No. | Position | Player | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | 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 | TOTAL | TOTAL | 68 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 72 | 4 |

Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

