# 2011–12 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

The 2011–12 season will be Nottingham Forest Football Club's 4th 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 will once again compete in the Championship. 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

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Previous Club | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Lee Camp | 40 | EU | 2009 | 115 | 0 | 2013 | £100,000 | Queens Park Rangers | |
| 2 | DF | Scott Wootton | 33 | EU | 2012 (Winter) | 0 | 0 | 2012 | Loan | Manchester United | On loan from Manchester United |
| 3 | DF | Greg Cunningham | 33 | EU | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 2012 | Loan | Manchester City | On loan from Manchester City |
| 4 | DF | Luke Chambers (C) | 39 | EU | 2007 (Winter) | 182 | 19 | 2012 | Undisclosed | Northampton Town | |
| 5 | DF | Wes Morgan | 40 | EU | 2003 | 352 | 12 | Undisclosed | Youth system | Youth Academy | |
| 5 | DF | Danny Higginbotham | 46 | EU | 2012 (Winter) | 0 | 0 | 2012 | Loan | Stoke City | On loan from Stoke City |
| 6 | MF | George Boateng | 49 | EU | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 2012 | Free | Skoda Xanthi | |
| 7 | MF | Paul Anderson | 36 | EU | 2009 | 111 | 11 | 2012 | £250,000 | Liverpool | |
| 8 | FW | Matt Derbyshire | 38 | EU | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 2014 | Undisclosed | Olympiacos | |
| 9 | FW | Ishmael Miller | 37 | EU | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 2014 | £1,200,000 | West Bromwich Albion | |
| 10 | MF | Lewis McGugan | 36 | EU | 2006 | 155 | 31 | Undisclosed | Youth system | Youth Academy | |
| 11 | MF | Andy Reid | 42 | EU | 2011 | 160 | 25 | 2013 | Free | Blackpool | |
| 12 | MF | Garath McCleary | 37 | EU | 2008 (Winter) | 100 | 4 | 2012 | Undisclosed | Bromley | |
| 14 | MF | Jonathan Greening | 46 | EU | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 2014 | £600,000 | Fulham | |
| 15 | MF | Chris Cohen | 37 | EU | 2007 | 189 | 12 | 2013 | Undisclosed | Yeovil Town | |
| 16 | DF | Chris Gunter | 35 | EU | 2009 | 105 | 1 | 2014 | £1,750,000 | Tottenham Hotspur | |
| 17 | FW | David McGoldrick | 37 | EU | 2009 | 62 | 9 | 2013 | £1,000,000 | Southampton | |
| 18 | FW | Marlon Harewood | 45 | EU | 2012 (Winter) | 204 | 56 | 2012 | Free | Guangzhou R&F | |
| 19 | MF | Guy Moussi | 39 | EU | 2008 | 79 | 3 | 2014 | Undisclosed | Angers SCO | |
| 20 | FW | Marcus Tudgay | 37 | EU | 2011 (Winter) | 24 | 7 | 2013 | £500,000 | Sheffield Wednesday | |
| 21 | GK | Paul Smith | 45 | EU | 2006 | 140 | 1 | 2012 | £500,000 | Southampton | |
| 22 | MF | Adlène Guedioura | 39 | EU | 2012 (Winter) | 0 | 0 | 2012 | Loan | Wolverhampton Wanderers | On loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 23 | FW | Dexter Blackstock | 38 | EU | 2009 | 69 | 21 | 2013 | Undisclosed | Queens Park Rangers | |
| 24 | FW | Robbie Findley | 39 | Non-EU | 2011 (Winter) | 2 | 0 | 2013 | Free | Real Salt Lake | |
| 26 | DF | George Elokobi | 38 | EU | 2012 (Winter) | 0 | 0 | 2012 | Loan | Wolverhampton Wanderers | On loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 27 | DF | Brendan Moloney | 35 | EU | 2006 | 23 | 0 | 2013 | Youth system | Youth Academy | |
| 28 | MF | Radosław Majewski | 38 | EU | 2010 | 68 | 6 | 2013 | £1,000,000 | Polonia Warszawa | |
| 32 | MF | Danny Meadows | 32 | EU | 2011 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | Youth system | Youth Academy | |
| 33 | DF | Joel Lynch | 37 | EU | 2009 | 51 | 0 | 2012 | £200,000 | Brighton & Hove Albion | |
| 38 | GK | Karl Darlow | 34 | EU | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 2013 | Youth system | Youth Academy | |
| 40 | FW | Patrick Bamford | 31 | EU | 2011 | 2 | 0 | Undisclosed | Youth system | Youth Academy | |
| 41 | DF | Kieron Freeman | 32 | EU | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 2013 | Youth system | Youth Academy | |
| 44 | DF | Jamaal Lascelles | 31 | EU | 2011 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | Youth system | Youth Academy | |
* Last updated: 12 May 2012
* Source: Nottingham Forest F.C. and soccerbase.com

### Transfers in

| # | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| 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 | Free | 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

| # | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| | 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 2011 |
| 18 | FW | Joe Garner | Watford | £200,000 | 31 August 2011 |
| 30 | DF | Karlton Watson | Lincoln City | Released | 23 December 2011 |
| 31 | DF | Neill Byrne | Rochdale | Released | 23 December 2011 |
| 5 | DF | Wes Morgan | Leicester City | £990,000 | 30 January 2012 |
| 40 | FW | Patrick Bamford | Chelsea | £1,584,000 | 31 January 2012 |
$^1$Fee was officially reported as Undisclosed.

### Loans in

| # | Pos | Player | From | Start | End |
| 3 | DF | Clint Hill | Queens Park Rangers | 22 September 2011 | 21 October 2011 |
| 3 | DF | Greg Cunningham | Manchester City | 25 October 2011 | 30 June 2012 |
| 22 | MF | Adlène Guedioura | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 January 2012 | 30 June 2012 |
| 5 | DF | Danny Higginbotham | Stoke City | 31 January 2012 | 30 June 2012 |
| 2 | DF | Scott Wootton | Manchester United | 31 January 2012 | 30 June 2012 |
| 26 | DF | George Elokobi | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 9 February 2012 | 30 June 2012 |

### Loans out

| # | Pos | Player | To | Start | End |
| 30 | DF | Karlton Watson | Eastwood Town | 2 September 2011 | 2 October 2011 |
| | GK | Ben Gathercole | Ilkeston | 9 September 2011 | 30 November 2011 |
| 17 | FW | David McGoldrick | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 September 2011 | 15 October 2011 |
| | GK | Dimitar Evtimov | Ilkeston | 23 September 2011 | 10 October 2011 |
| 41 | DF | Kieron Freeman | Mansfield Town | 4 November 2011 | 4 December 2011 |
| | GK | Dimitar Evtimov | Gainsborough Trinity | 9 November 2011 | 9 December 2011 |
| 41 | DF | Kieron Freeman | Notts County | 13 January 2012 | 13 February 2012 |
| 38 | GK | Karl Darlow | Newport County | 9 March 2012 | 9 April 2012 |
| 44 | DF | Jamaal Lascelles | Stevenage | 9 March 2012 | 31 May 2012 |
| 32 | 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.
    As of 12 May 2012
| 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 | NIR | Lee Camp | 50 | 0 | 46+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Scott Wootton | 13 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Clint Hill | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | EIR | Greg Cunningham | 28 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Luke Chambers | 46 | 0 | 43+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Wes Morgan | 25 | 2 | 22+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Danny Higginbotham | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NED | George Boateng | 7 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Paul Anderson | 20 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Matt Derbyshire | 16 | 2 | 7+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Ishmael Miller | 23 | 4 | 13+8 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Lewis McGugan | 40 | 5 | 27+8 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | EIR | Andy Reid | 43 | 2 | 22+17 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Garath McCleary | 23 | 9 | 21+1 | 9 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Jonathan Greening | 36 | 0 | 24+7 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Chris Cohen | 9 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | WAL | Chris Gunter | 50 | 1 | 44+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | David McGoldrick | 10 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Joe Garner | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Marlon Harewood | 6 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Guy Moussi | 37 | 0 | 33+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Marcus Tudgay | 38 | 6 | 24+10 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Paul Smith | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ALG | Adlène Guedioura | 19 | 1 | 19+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ATG | Dexter Blackstock | 24 | 8 | 16+6 | 8 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | USA | Robbie Findley | 27 | 6 | 10+13 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 3 |
| 26 | DF | CMR | George Elokobi | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | EIR | Brendan Moloney | 10 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | POL | Radosław Majewski | 31 | 7 | 23+5 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Joel Lynch | 39 | 3 | 28+7 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | ENG | Patrick Bamford | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | WAL | Kieron Freeman | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ENG | Jamaal Lascelles | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by league goals when total goals are equal.
    Last updated on 12 May 2012
| Position | Number | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 12 | Garath McCleary | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 23 | Dexter Blackstock | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 28 | Radosław Majewski | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 20 | Marcus Tudgay | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| = | 24 | Robbie Findley | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 10 | Lewis McGugan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 9 | Ishmael Miller | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 33 | Joel Lynch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | Wes Morgan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | 11 | Andy Reid | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 8 | Matt Derbyshire | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 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 | 1 |
| | | Totals | 48 | 0 | 10 | 58 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with one card or more included only.
    Last updated on 12 May 2012
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Championship | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Y | YY | R | Y | YY | R | Y | YY | R | Y | YY | R |
| GK | | 1 | Lee Camp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | | 2 | Scott Wootton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | | 3 | Greg Cunningham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | | 4 | Luke Chambers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | | 5 | Wes Morgan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | | 6 | George Boateng | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | | 8 | Matt Derbyshire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | | 9 | Ishmael Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | | 10 | Lewis McGugan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | | 11 | Andy Reid | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 12 | Garath McCleary | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | | 14 | Jonathan Greening | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | | 15 | Chris Cohen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | | 16 | Chris Gunter | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | | 19 | Guy Moussi | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | | 20 | Marcus Tudgay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 22 | Adlène Guedioura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | | 23 | Dexter Blackstock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | | 26 | George Elokobi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | | 33 | Joel Lynch | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | Totals | 60 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 3 | 1 |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager (until 2 October) | Steve McClaren |
| Manager (from 17 October) | Steve Cotterill |
| Assistant Manager | Rob Kelly |
| First Team Coach | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink |
| First Team Coach (from 19 January) | Sean O'Driscoll |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Paul Barron |
| Fitness Coach | Alessandro Schoenmaker |
| Head Physiotherapist | Andrew Balderston |
| Medical Consultant | Dr Frank Coffey |
| Director of Recruitment and Scouting | Keith Burt |
Last updated: 23 January 2012 Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

### 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.
Supplier: Umbro Sponsor(s): Victor Chandler
| Home | Home alt | Away | Away Alt | GK Home | GK Away |
Last updated: 6 November 2011. Source: Nottingham Forest F.C. Online Store

### Other information

| Chairman (until 2 October) | Nigel Doughty |
| Chairman (from 13 October) | Frank Clark |
| Chief Executive | Mark Arthur |
| Director of Finance | John Pelling |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | City Ground (30,576 / 115x78 meters) |
Updated to match played 6 November 2011 Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| 2011–12 Football League Championship | — | 20th | 19th | 13 August | 28 April |
| 2011-12 Football League Cup | 1st Round | — | 3rd Round | 9 August | 20 September |
| FA Cup | 3rd round | — | 3rd round | 7 January | 17 January |
Updated to match played 28 April 2012 Source: Competitions

### Championship
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 17 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 56 |
| 18 | Peterborough United | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 67 | 77 | −10 | 50 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 50 |
| 20 | Bristol City | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 49 |
| 21 | Barnsley | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 49 | 74 | −25 | 48 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 April 2012. Source: Football League

#### Results by round

| 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 15 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 |

## Matches
### Competitive
#### Championship

Last updated: 28 April 2012 Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

#### League Cup

Last updated: 30 September 2011 Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

#### FA Cup

Last updated: 17 January 2012 Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.

### Pre-season

Last updated: 30 July 2016 Source: Nottingham Forest F.C.