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Nottingham Forest F.C.
2008–09 season
ChairmanNigel Doughty
ManagerColin Calderwood (until 26 December)
John Pemberton (caretaker)
Billy Davies (4 January onwards)
Football League Championship19th
FA CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Robert Earnshaw (12)
All: Robert Earnshaw (17)
Highest home attendance29,140 (vs. Derby County, Championship, 21 February 2009)
Lowest home attendance4,030 (vs. Morecambe, League Cup, 13 August 2008)

The 2008–09 season was Nottingham Forest's first season back in the Football League Championship, following promotion from League One in the 2007–08 season, after spending three years in the third tier. Forest finished in 19th place, seven points above the relegation zone, having been involved in the relegation scrap all season, with Billy Davies changing fortunes around to secure Championship status for the 2009–10 season.

Team kit

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Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Capital One

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Technical staff

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Pre-season and friendlies

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Summary

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Forest had a busy pre-season, making six promising signings, with seven players leaving as they prepared for the 2008–09 season. The players to come in were Welsh international striker Robert Earnshaw on a three-year deal for £2.65 million, Liverpool midfielder Paul Anderson on a one-year loan, ex-Manchester United striker Andy Cole on a 12-month contract, French midfielder Guy Moussi from Angers SCO, striker Mickael Darnet from AS Cannes and Joe Garner from Carlisle United for £1.14 million. Those departing Forest were striker Grant Holt to Shrewsbury Town, Northern Ireland international midfielder Sammy Clingan to Norwich City, Ghanaian international striker Junior Agogo to Egyptian side Zamalek Sporting Club, left-back Matt Lockwood to Colchester United and midfielder Kris Commons to Derby County.

Forest had a reasonably successful pre-season, winning four, drawing one and losing two in their seven pre-season fixtures. Their warm-ups included two games against Premier League opposition in Everton and Sunderland. Forest were then asked to partake in a friendly against a second-string Republic of Ireland side on 9 October during the international break, which Forest lost 2–0.

Results

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Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Referee Attendance Ref.
18 July 2008 Germany Offenbach Kickers A 2–1 McCleary, Davies — 5,000 [1]
22 July 2008 Burton Albion A 3–1 Davies 23', McGugan 47', Tyson 81' O. Langford 2,340 [2]
23 July 2008 AFC Telford United A 4–1 Thornhill 7', McCleary 20', Newbold 37', Sinclair 8' Steve Torr 1,441 [3]
25 July 2008 Everton H 1–1 Valente (og) 56' K. Friend 15,488 [4]
28 July 2008 Curzon Ashton A 1–2 Sinclair 68' Darren Bond 524 [5]
30 July 2008 Sunderland H 0–1 Andy Woolmer 12,573 [6]
2 August 2008 Notts County A 3–2 Earnshaw (2) 27', 74', Bennett 34' R. Booth 7,665 [7]
9 October 2008 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland XI A 0–2 Damien Hancock 4,040 [8]

Coca-Cola Championship

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Summary

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Forest kicked off the 2008–09 season with a goalless home draw against Reading before suffering their first league defeat in the Championship in a 3–1 loss at Swansea City. With four strikers injured, Forest secured the loan signing of Manchester United forward Lee Martin. Martin started the scoring in the 3–2 success over Watford with a 25-yard curler; the victory was Forest's first of the Championship campaign. Robert Earnshaw netted his first league goal for the club in the victory, with Nathan Tyson, returning from injury, taking just four minutes after stepping off the bench to net the winner to put Forest 14th in the league table. Forest finished the month with a 5–1 defeat to Wolves, who went top of the Championship following the result. This marked Tyson's first start of the season after a hamstring injury. Forest picked up one point in five games during September in a 0–0 home draw against Charlton sandwiched by 2–1 loses to both Burnley and Preston, and losses at Plymouth and Sheffield Wednesday. Forest then lost their first two games in October with a 2–0 home loss to Crystal Palace and a 2–1 defeat at QPR. They won a home point against Ipswich Town but lost again four days later to Cardiff City, with both goals conceded both penalties. This run of poor form saw Forest prop up the Championship. With two away games coming up, it was being touted[citation needed] that manager Colin Calderwood faced the sack if they could not record a victory, but they did with a 2–1 away victory at Crystal Palace, with goals coming from midfielders Chris Cohen and Matt Thornhill. This was Forest's first win in ten games and in more than two months, and saw Forest them off the foot of the league.

November started with the East Midlands derby against Derby County at Pride Park Stadium, the first time the two teams had met in a competitive fixture in over three years. The match proved to be controversial, with Emanuel Villa scoring at both ends to make the score 1–1. Lewis McGugan was given a straight red card, then a 93rd-minute penalty for Derby was saved by former Ram Lee Camp, with manager Colin Calderwood commenting after that the save would go down in the folklore.[citation needed] Veteran striker Andy Cole then had his contract cancelled by "mutual consent"[citation needed] after the ex-Manchester United forward had fallen out with the club, as he was often being left on the bench. Forest followed up the Derby draw with another 1–1 draw at home to promotion-chasing Birmingham City and then a 2–2 draw away to Bristol City; the latter match saw Camp save another injury-time penalty and a point, seeing Forest into a four-game unbeaten run. However, they then lost 2–1 at home to Norwich City to return to the bottom of the table. A further 0–0 away draw at relegation rivals Doncaster Rovers saw mass tabloid speculation that manager Colin Calderwood was set to be replaced by Billy Davies.[citation needed] In the next game, at home to Barnsley, Forest won by a 36th-minute header from Joe Garner, moving off the foot of the table to 23rd. Forest drew 2–2 at Coventry City, twice coming from behind to claim a point, but their poor home form continued with a 1–0 home loss to Sheffield United and a 0–0 draw against relegation rivals Blackpool. Forest then recorded an important victory away at Southampton, with defender Wes Morgan scoring his first goal of the season and Joe Garner chipping the goalkeeper from 35 yards. This took Forest to just one point off safety, with their next game at home to bottom-of-the-table Doncaster Rovers, but Forest were 4–0 down within an hour and down to ten men for much of the second half after Julian Bennett came off injured after Forest had used all their substitutions, with a cruciate-ligament injury ruling the left-back out for the rest of the season. Forest replied with two late goals, but immediately after the game the Forest board terminated manager Colin Calderwood's contract after two and a half years in charge of the club; assistant manager David Kerslake was also dismissed. Reserve-team manager John Pemberton took caretaker charge at Norwich City, which Forest won 3–2 to rise out of the relegation zone for the first time in three months; this game saw the end of Lee Camp's loan spell.

On 1 January, Nottingham Forest appointed Billy Davies as their new manager, signing a three-and-a-half-year deal with David Kelly named as his assistant manager. Davies watched the next match, against nouveau-riche Premier League side Manchester City in the FA Cup third round, which saw Forest won 3–0 with goals from strikers Nathan Tyson, Robert Earnshaw and Joe Garner. Davies' first game in charge saw Forest go to bottom of the table Charlton Athletic and beat the strugglers 2–0, with Tyson and Earnshaw netting for the Reds. Their third victory in a row pushed Forest up to 21st and moved them closer to teams directly above them. A 2–0 home win Plymouth Argyle moved them into 20th before a big rival match in the FA Cup against Derby County at Pride Park, which ended 1–1,[9] with a replay arranged on 4 February at the City Ground. This was followed up by a 2–1 home win against Sheffield Wednesday, in which Forest came from behind to win. The result put them 17th, four points clear of the relegation zone. February saw just one win for Forest at the end of the month against promotion chasing Reading. Forest lost their opening game of February to local rivals Derby in the FA Cup. Forest then drew 1–1 with QPR before going on a three-game losing streak to Birmingham City, Ipswich Town and Derby this time in the league. After the bitter disappointment of picking up just one victory in February, Forest were looking to get off to the best possible start, and they did against Preston in a 2–1 victory with a brace from Rob Earnshaw sending Forest three places up the table into 18th and looking a lot less likely to face the drop after another good result this time a 1–1 draw to Swansea City. However another three game losing streak to Watford, a 5–0 loss to Burnley and then a 1–0 defeat to Wolves thanks to a Michael Kightly goal saw Forest take another dramatic downturn and they slipped in the league table to the regulation place of 22nd. Forest knew that with just six games left to stay in the Championship they needed something special. After a 1–1 draw against Barnsley following a desperate equaliser from Rob Earnshaw, Forest still sat in the drop zone. Up next were Bristol City, when city went ahead through Ivan Sproule things looked bleak again at the City Ground. Rob Earnshaw again showed his fantastic ability to score vital goals after grabbing an equaliser but with twelve minutes to go Forest went 2–1 down thanks to Dele Adebola. Forest turned things round in a fantastic comeback, Joe Garner making it 2–2 and then in stoppage time on loan Dexter Blackstock grabbed the late winner to give Forest a vital three points and climb themselves out of the drop zone. A midweek match against Sheffield United followed the fantastic win against City but it was a dull affair. After Kelvin Wilson was sent off early on, Forest's best chance fell to Joe Garner who fired over the crossbar and the Red's had to settle for a 0–0 draw that put them back into the drop zone on goal difference with Barnsley. Coventry City was the next opponents Forest had to face. Forest seemed more likely too pick up a result as the match was at the City Ground following the hysterics last week against Bristol City. And the only goal from James Perch after 46 minutes gave Forest a well-deserved win sending them up to 20th and out the drop zone, however they could not be complacent yet as both Norwich City and Barnsley, the two teams behind them had games in hand. Following the draw at Coventry, Forest saw that both Barnsley and Norwich failed to pick up a result that threatened Forest's safety. The early kick off saw on 25 April saw Forest hold Blackpool to a 1–1 draw at Bloomfield Road. Barnsley played Wolves and looked to have won what was a vital game however a late equaliser for Wolves saw Forest with a chance to stay up if Norwich were to lose to Reading. And they did, two goals from Shane Long meant Forest had escaped the drop. On the final day Forest beat already relegated Southampton 3–1 and secure 19th place just behind rivals Derby County.

Results

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Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance League
position 		Ref.
10 August 2008 Reading H 0–0 21,571 13th [10]
16 August 2008 Swansea City A 1–3 Perch 35' 16,611 20th [11]
23 August 2008 Watford H 3–2 Martin 10', Earnshaw 35', Tyson 69' 20,005 14th [12]
30 August 2008 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–5 Stearman (og) 54' 25,301 16th [13]
13 September 2008 Burnley H 1–2 Earnshaw 52' 20,504 21st [14]
16 September 2008 Preston North End A 1–2 Mawene (og) 67' 13,145 23rd [15]
20 September 2008 Charlton Athletic H 0–0 18,771 23rd [16]
27 September 2008 Plymouth Argyle A 0–1 12,594 24th [17]
30 September 2008 Sheffield Wednesday A 0–1 20,823 24th [18]
4 October 2008 Crystal Palace H 0–2 22,811 24th [19]
18 October 2008 Queens Park Rangers A 1–2 McGugan 84' 15,122 24th [20]
21 October 2008 Ipswich Town H 1–1 McCleary 32' 19,455 24th [21]
25 October 2008 Cardiff City H 0–1 19,468 24th [22]
28 October 2008 Crystal Palace A 2–1 Cohen 28', Thornhill 81' 15,162 23rd [23]
2 November 2008 Derby County A 1–1 Villa (og) 57' 33,010 23rd [24]
8 November 2008 Birmingham City H 1–1 Perch 52' 21,415 23rd [25]
15 November 2008 Bristol City A 2–2 Garner 11', Tyson 47' 17,440 23rd [26]
22 November 2008 Norwich City H 1–2 Anderson 38' 18,566 24th [27]
25 November 2008 Doncaster Rovers A 0–0 12,612 24th [28]
29 November 2008 Barnsley H 1–0 Garner 36' 24,974 23rd [29]
6 December 2008 Coventry City A 2–2 Earnshaw 27', Garner 61' 17,542 23rd [30]
9 December 2008 Sheffield United H 0–1 19,541 23rd [31]
13 December 2008 Blackpool H 0–0 19,103 22nd [32]
20 December 2008 Southampton A 2–0 Morgan 42', Garner 75' 26,580 22nd [33]
26 December 2008 Doncaster Rovers H 2–4 Hird (og) 68', Garner 85' 26,501 22nd [34]
28 December 2008 Norwich City A 3–2 Thornhill 17', McGugan 30', Earnshaw 89' 25,475 21st [35]
10 January 2009 Charlton Athletic A 2–0 Tyson 34', Earnshaw 36' 24,553 20th [36]
17 January 2009 Plymouth Argyle H 2–0 Earnshaw 24', Anderson 21' 20,392 18th [37]
27 January 2009 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–1 Tyson 34', Chambers 75' 22,618 17th [38]
31 January 2009 Cardiff City A 0–2 18,779 17th [39]
7 February 2009 Queens Park Rangers H 2–2 McGugan 45+1' (pen.), Cohen 67' 25,859 18th [40]
14 February 2009 Birmingham City A 0–2 17,631 19th [41]
18 February 2009 Ipswich Town A 1–2 Tyson 77' 19,930 20th [42]
21 February 2009 Derby County H 1–3 Earnshaw 87' 29,140 20th [43]
28 February 2009 Reading A 1–0 McGugan 61' 21,196 21st [44]
3 March 2009 Preston North End H 2–1 Earnshaw (2) 58', 71' 17,568 18th [45]
7 March 2009 Swansea City H 1–1 McGugan 76' 20,475 20th [46]
10 March 2009 Watford A 1–2 Thornhill 17' 14,730 20th [47]
14 March 2009 Burnley A 0–5 13,055 21st [48]
21 March 2009 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–1 24,510 22nd [49]
4 April 2009 Barnsley A 1–1 Earnshaw 68' 19,681 22nd [50]
11 April 2009 Bristol City H 3–2 Earnshaw 32', Garner 83', Blackstock 89' 22,776 21st [51]
13 April 2009 Sheffield United A 0–0 28,374 22nd [52]
18 April 2009 Coventry City H 1–0 Perch 46', 27,856 20th [53]
25 April 2009 Blackpool A 1–1 Blackstock 9' 9,279 20th [54]
3 May 2009 Southampton H 3–1 Garner 73', Chambers 87', Earnshaw 90+2' 29,008 19th [55]

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAH
ResultDLWLLLDLLLLDLWDDDLDWDLDWLWWWWLDLLLWWDLLLDWDWDW
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Coventry City 46 13 15 18 47 58 −11 54
18 Derby County 46 14 12 20 55 67 −12 54
19 Nottingham Forest 46 13 14 19 50 65 −15 53
20 Barnsley 46 13 13 20 45 58 −13 52
21 Plymouth Argyle 46 13 12 21 44 57 −13 51
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2009. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

League Cup

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Results

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Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Referee Attendance Ref.
13 August 2008 Round One Morecambe H 4–0 Cohen 14', Earnshaw (2) 62', 88', Newbold 81' C. Boyeson 4,030 [56]
27 August 2008 Round Two Sunderland H 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Earnshaw 60' I. Williamson 9,198 [57]

FA Cup

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Results

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Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Referee Attendance Ref.
3 January 2009 Round Three Manchester City A 3–0 Tyson 38', Earnshaw 42', Garner 75' L. Probert 31,869 [58]
23 January 2009 Round Four Derby County A 1–1 Earnshaw 64' H. Webb 32,035 [59]
4 February 2009 Round Four – Replay Derby County H 2–3 Cohen 2', Tyson 14' (pen.) C. Foy 29,001 [60]

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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The statistics for the following players are for their time during 2008–09 season playing for Nottingham Forest. Any stats from a different club during 2008–09 are not included.

  • Nottingham Forest have also had four own-goals scored for them during 2008–09
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Paul Smith 33 0 28 0 3 0 2 0
2 DF England ENG Kelvin Wilson 39 0 35+1 0 2+1 0 0 0
3 DF England ENG Joel Lynch 24 0 20+3 0 1 0 0 0
4 DF England ENG Luke Chambers 44 2 32+7 2 3 0 2 0
5 DF England ENG Wes Morgan 46 1 42 1 2 0 2 0
6 DF England ENG Ian Breckin 28 0 17+6 0 3 0 2 0
7 MF England ENG James Perch 42 3 36+1 3 3 0 2 0
8 MF England ENG Lewis McGugan 36 5 25+8 5 3 0 0 0
9 FW England ENG Nathan Tyson 39 7 28+7 5 3 2 0+1 0
10 FW Wales WAL Robert Earnshaw 36 17 26+6 12 2 2 2 3
11 MF England ENG Paul Anderson 28 2 24+2 2 2 0 0 0
12 MF England ENG Garath McCleary 43 1 14+25 1 1+1 0 1+1 0
14 MF Wales WAL Arron Davies 16 0 3+10 0 0+2 0 1 0
15 MF England ENG Chris Cohen 46 4 41 2 3 1 2 1
16 FW England ENG Joe Garner 30 8 19+9 7 0+2 1 0 0
17 MF England ENG Lee Martin 14 1 9+4 1 0 0 1 0
17 DF Wales WAL Chris Gunter 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF England ENG Isaiah Osbourne 8 0 7+1 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF France FRA Guy Moussi 19 0 14+1 0 2 0 2 0
20 MF Wales WAL Carl Fletcher 5 0 4+1 0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Scotland SCO Iain Turner 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK Northern Ireland NIR Lee Camp 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF England ENG Gary McSheffrey 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW England ENG Dexter Blackstock 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 0
24 MF Ireland EIR Mark Byrne 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
25 DF England ENG Richard Tait 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF England ENG Matt Thornhill 28 3 13+11 3 2 0 1+1 0
27 DF Ireland EIR Brendan Moloney 12 0 9+3 0 0 0 0 0
28 FW England ENG Emile Sinclair 4 0 0+3 0 0 0 0+1 0
29 DF England ENG Julian Bennett 13 0 10+2 0 0 0 1 0
30 GK England ENG Dale Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK England ENG Karl Darlow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK England ENG Paddy Gamble 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF Algeria ALG Hamza Bencherif 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF England ENG Liam Hook 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF England ENG Reece Staples 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW England ENG Nialle Rodney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF England ENG Tom Sharpe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF England ENG Joe Heath 12 0 9+1 0 0+1 0 1 0
37 FW England ENG Adam Newbold 6 1 0+4 0 0+1 0 0+1 1
38 FW France FRA Mickael Darnet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF Ireland EIR Gavin Kavanagh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 GK England ENG Barry Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Ireland EIR Shane Redmond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 MF England ENG James Reid 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
42 FW England ENG Ryan Whitehurst 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 DF England ENG Aaron Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 MF England ENG James Dunne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top scorers

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Last updated on 26 October 2008.
P Player FLC FAC LC Total
1 Wales Robert Earnshaw 12 2 3 17
2 England Joe Garner 7 1 8
3 England Nathan Tyson 5 2 7
4 England Lewis McGugan 5 5
5 England Chris Cohen 2 1 1 4
6 England Matt Thornhill 3 3
7 England James Perch 3 3
8 England Dexter Blackstock 2 2
9 England Luke Chambers 2 2
10 England Paul Anderson 2 2
11 England Wes Morgan 1 1
12 England Lee Martin 1 1
13 England Garath McCleary 1 1
14 England Adam Newbold 1 1
- Own Goals 4 4

Disciplinary record

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Last updated on 19 July 2009.

Includes cards collected whilst at other clubs during 2008–09

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Notes
2 DF England Kelvin Wilson 2 0 1
8 MF England Lewis McGugan 3 0 1
5 DF England Wes Morgan 6 1 0
26 MF England Matt Thornhill 2 1 0
7 MF England James Perch 10 0 0
16 FW England Joe Garner 8 0 0
9 FW England Nathan Tyson 7 0 0
4 DF England Luke Chambers 7 0 0
15 MF England Chris Cohen 6 0 0
27 DF Republic of Ireland Brendan Moloney 5 0 0
6 DF England Ian Breckin 5 0 0
12 MF England Garath McCleary 4 0 0
23 FW England Dexter Blackstock 4 0 0
29 DF England Julian Bennett 3 0 0
18 FW England Andy Cole 3 0 0
3 DF England Joel Lynch 2 0 0
28 FW England Emile Sinclair 2 0 0
17 MF England Lee Martin 1 0 0
19 MF France Guy Moussi 1 0 0
21 GK Northern Ireland Lee Camp 1 0 0
20 MF Wales Carl Fletcher 1 0 0
14 MF Wales Arron Davies 1 0 0
36 DF England Joe Heath 1 0 0
11 MF England Paul Anderson 1 0 0
37 FW England Adam Newbold 1 0 0
10 FW Wales Robert Earnshaw 1 0 0
18 MF England Isaiah Osbourne 1 0 0

Source: [citation needed]
Only competitive matches
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Transfers

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In

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# Pos Player From Fee Date
10 FW Wales Robert Earnshaw England Derby County £2.65 million 30 May 2008
19 MF France Guy Moussi France Angers SCO Undisclosed 1 July 2008
18 FW England Andy Cole England Sunderland Free 4 July 2008
16 FW England Joe Garner England Carlisle United £1.14 million 25 July 2008

Out

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# Pos Player To Fee Date
– MF Scotland Kris Commons England Derby County Free 21 May 2008
– MF Germany Felix Bastians Switzerland BSC Young Boys Free 21 May 2008
– MF Republic of Ireland Alan Power England Hartlepool United Free 21 May 2008
– FW Ghana Junior Agogo Egypt El Zamalek Undisclosed 2 June 2008
– DF England Matt Lockwood England Colchester United Undisclosed 3 June 2008
– MF Northern Ireland Sammy Clingan England Norwich City Free 17 June 2008
– FW England Grant Holt England Shrewsbury Town £170,000 24 June 2008
18 FW England Andy Cole Retired Released 31 October 2008

Loans in

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# Pos From Player Start End
11 MF England Paul Anderson England Liverpool 26 June 2008 1 June 2009
17 MF England Lee Martin England Manchester United 13 August 2008 31 December 2008
3 DF England Joel Lynch England Brighton and Hove Albion 25 September 2008 1 June 2009
20 MF Wales Carl Fletcher England Crystal Palace 17 October 2008 24 November 2008
21 GK Northern Ireland Lee Camp England Queens Park Rangers 20 October 2008 31 December 2008
– MF England James Dunne England Arsenal 24 October 2008 31 December 2008
18 MF England Isaiah Osbourne England Aston Villa 3 March 2009 1 June 2009
22 MF England Gary McSheffrey England Birmingham City 5 March 2009 22 March 2009
17 DF Wales Chris Gunter England Tottenham Hotspur 12 March 2009 1 June 2009
20 GK Scotland Iain Turner England Everton 19 March 2009 1 June 2009
23 FW England Dexter Blackstock England Queens Park Rangers 26 March 2009 1 June 2009

Loans out

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# Pos To Player Start End
31 GK England Paddy Gamble England Mansfield Town 8 August 2008 31 December 2008
35 DF England Tom Sharpe England Stalybridge Celtic 20 September 2008 1 June 2009
40 GK Republic of Ireland Shane Redmond England Eastwood Town 20 September 2008 1 June 2009
30 GK England Dale Roberts England Rushden and Diamonds 1 October 2008 1 June 2009
28 FW England Emile Sinclair England Mansfield Town 17 October 2008 1 June 2009
27 DF Republic of Ireland Brendan Moloney England Rushden and Diamonds 24 October 2008 27 November 2008

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