2006–07 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was Nottingham Forest's 2nd consecutive season in the League One.

Nottingham Forest

2006–07 season
Chairman	Nigel Doughty
Manager	Colin Calderwood
Football League One	4th
Play-offs	Semi-final
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Southern Area quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Grant Holt (14) All: Grant Holt (18)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Pre-season and friendlies

Results

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
14 July 2006	Ilkeston Town	A	5–0	Commons 8', Harris 9', James 13', Tyson 79', Muller (og) 85'	2,254
17 July 2006	Rushden & Diamonds	A	2–0[permanent dead link]	Lester (2) 15', 81'(pen)	4,174
19 July 2006	Milton Keynes Dons	A	0–0[permanent dead link]		2,680
22 July 2006	Mansfield Town	A	0 – 1	Match abandoned after 71 mins due to a storm	5,329
26 July 2006	Lincoln City	A	0 – 1[permanent dead link]		2,386
29 July 2006	Leeds United	H	2 – 3[permanent dead link]	Tyson 41', Holt 47'	8,513

League One

Results

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
5 August 2006	Bradford City	H	1–0[permanent dead link]	Bennett 10'	19,665	9th
8 August 2006	Blackpool	A	2–0[permanent dead link]	Lester 45', Holt 73'	7,635	2nd
12 August 2006	Northampton Town	A	1–0	Doig (o.g.) 46'	7,172	2nd
19 August 2006	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	2–1[permanent dead link]	Holt (2) 63'(pen.), 78'	18,686	2nd
26 August 2006	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1[permanent dead link]	Holt 34'	11,720	1st
2 September 2006	Chesterfield	H	4–0[permanent dead link]	Lester 35', Harris 45+1', Holt 49'(pen), Southall 69'	19,480	1st
9 September 2006	Yeovil Town	A	1–0	Holt 88'	6,925	1st
12 September 2006	Oldham Athletic	H	0–2[permanent dead link]		17,446	1st
16 September 2006	Carlisle United	H	0–0		19,535	1st
23 September 2006	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–0		11,444	1st
26 September 2006	Port Vale	A	1–1	Breckin 33'	7,388	1st
30 September 2006	Swansea City	H	3–1	Perch 54', Commons 56', Agogo 67'	19,034	1st
7 October 2006	Scunthorpe United	H	0–4		22,640	1st
14 October 2006	Gillingham	A	1–0	Southall 57'	7,800	1st
21 October 2006	Bristol City	H	1–0	Southall 9'	23,466	1st
28 October 2006	Cheltenham Town	A	2–0	Southall (2) 32', 36'	6,554	1st
4 November 2006	Brentford	H	2–0	Commons (2) 10', 37'	18,003	1st
18 November 2006	Rotherham United	A	1–1	Tyson 88'	7,809	1st
25 November 2006	Millwall	H	3–1	Agogo 65', Perch 67', Breckin 82'	19,410	1st
5 December 2006	Bournemouth	A	0–2		7,067	1st
9 December 2006	Crewe Alexandra	A	4–1	Holt 32', Tyson (3) 37', 43', 45'	7,253	1st
16 December 2006	Leyton Orient	H	1–3	Breckin 58'	23,109	1st
23 December 2006	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–1		8,923	1st
26 December 2006	Port Vale	H	3–0	Tyson 13', Holt (2) 66', 90+3'	22,999	1st
30 December 2006	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	Perch 72'	19,729	2nd
1 January 2007	Oldham Athletic	A	0–5		9,768	3rd
13 January 2007	Yeovil Town	H	1–0	Holt 48'	17,885	1st
20 January 2007	Swansea City	A	0–0		16,849	3rd
31 January 2007	Carlisle United	A	0–1		9,022	4th
3 February 2007	Bradford City	A	2–2	Tyson 10', Lester 18'	10,160	3rd

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Bristol City (P)	46	25	10	11	63	39	+24	85	Promotion to Football League Championship
3	Blackpool (O, P)	46	24	11	11	76	49	+27	83	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Nottingham Forest	46	23	13	10	65	41	+24	82
5	Yeovil Town	46	23	10	13	55	39	+16	79
6	Oldham Athletic	46	21	12	13	69	47	+22	75

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

FA Cup

Results

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
11 November 2006	Round One	Yeading	H	5–0	Commons (3) 19', 32', 45+1', Agogo (2) 54 (pen.), 63'	7,704
3 December 2006	Round Two	Salisbury City	A	1–1	Tyson 27'	3,100
12 December 2006	Round Two – Replay	Salisbury City	H	2–0	Tyson 53', Southall 81'	6,177
6 January 2007	Round Three	Charlton Athletic	H	2–0	Agogo 28', Holt 32'	19,017
28 January 2007	Round Four	Chelsea	A	0–3	–	41,516

League Cup

Results

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
21 August 2006	Round One	Accrington Stanley	A	0–1		2,146

Johnstone's Paint Trophy

Results

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
18 October 2006	Round One	Gillingham	A	2–1	Lester 7', Holt 55'	1,647
31 October 2006	Round Two	Brentford	H	2–1	Southall 47', Holt 56'	2,031
29 November 2006	Southern Area – Quarter-Final	Bristol City	H	2–2 (2–4p)	Morgan 45+1', Holt 79'	4,107

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		Johnstone's Paint Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Paul Smith	52	0	47	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Nicky Eaden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ARG	Gino Padula	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Luke Chambers	16	0	12+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	SCO	Gary Holt	48	2	32+9	2	5	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	Wes Morgan	49	1	31+9	0	5	0	1	0	3	1
6	DF	ENG	Ian Breckin	54	3	48	3	4	0	1	0	1	0
7	MF	ENG	David Prutton	13	2	11+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Nicky Southall	35	7	26+1	5	4+1	1	0+1	0	2	1
8	MF	SCO	Kris Commons	40	13	30+4	10	3	3	0	0	1+2	0
9	FW	ENG	Nathan Tyson	30	9	12+12	7	4+1	2	0	0	1	0
10	FW	SCO	Scott Dobie	26	1	4+17	1	0+4	0	0	0	0+1	0
11	FW	ENG	Grant Holt	55	18	34+12	14	4+1	1	0+1	0	3	3
12	DF	ENG	Alan Wright	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	ENG	Ross Gardner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Jack Lester	45	7	26+11	6	0+4	0	0+1	0	3	1
15	FW	ENG	Neil Harris	24	1	11+8	1	1+1	0	1	0	0+2	0
15	MF	ENG	James Henry	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	NIR	Sammy Clingan	35	0	25+3	0	2+1	0	1	0	3	0
17	MF	ENG	James Perch	55	6	45+3	6	4	0	0	0	3	0
18	DF	IRL	John Thompson	16	0	6+8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	GK	DEN	Rune Pedersen	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
21	DF	ENG	John Curtis	49	0	40+3	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
22	DF	ENG	Danny Cullip	25	0	19+1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
23	FW	GHA	Junior Agogo	34	10	20+9	7	4	3	0	0	1	0
24	MF	ENG	James Beaumont	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	ENG	Kevin James	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	JAM	David Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	ENG	Robert Hughes	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
29	DF	ENG	Julian Bennett	37	2	24+7	2	3	0	0	0	3	0
30	FW	ENG	Spencer Weir-Daley	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
33	DF	FRA	Vincent Fernandez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
34	GK	ENG	Paddy Gamble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	USA	Jon-Paul Pittman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	IRL	Brendan Moloney	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	GER	Felix Bastians	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	ENG	Lewis McGugan	18	2	13+2	2	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
38	GK	IRL	Shane Redmond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	ALG	Hamza Bencherif	0	0	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.

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship	League Cup	FA Cup	Johnstone's Paint Trophy	Total
1		11	Grant Holt	14	0	1	3	18
2		8	Kris Commons	10	0	3	0	13
3		23	Junior Agogo	7	0	3	0	10
4		9	Nathan Tyson	7	0	2	0	9
5		7	Nicky Southall	5	0	1	1	7
=		14	Jack Lester	6	0	0	1	7
7		17	James Perch	6	0	0	0	6
8		6	Ian Breckin	3	0	0	0	3
9		4	Gary Holt	2	0	0	0	2
=		7	David Prutton	2	0	0	0	2
=		29	Julian Bennett	2	0	0	0	2
=		37	Lewis McGugan	2	0	0	0	2
13		10	Scott Dobie	1	0	0	0	1
=		15	Neil Harris	1	0	0	0	1
=		5	Wes Morgan	0	0	0	1	1
			Own Goals	1	0	0	0	1
			TOTALS	69	0	10	6	85

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
1	GK	Paul Smith	Southampton	£500,000[1]	11 July 2006
23	FW	Junior Agogo	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed	30 August 2006
3	DF	Luke Chambers	Northampton Town	Undisclosed	30 January 2007

Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
-	MF	Eugen Bopp	Rotherham United	Free	3 August 2006
24	MF	James Beaumont	Northwich Victoria	Free	29 December 2006
15	FW	Neil Harris	Millwall	Free	9 January 2007
12	MF	Ross Gardner	Port Vale	Free	9 January 2007
7	MF	Nicky Southall	Gillingham	Free	31 January 2007
22	DF	Danny Cullip	Queens Park Rangers	Free	31 January 2007

Loan In

#	Pos	Player	From	Start	End
7	MF	David Prutton	Southampton	30 January 2007	19 May 2007
12	DF	Alan Wright	Sheffield United	16 March 2007	19 May 2007
15	MF	James Henry	Reading	22 March 2007	8 April 2007

Loan Out

#	Pos	Player	To	Start	End
25	MF	Kevin James	Yeovil Town	3 August 2006	3 September 2006
35	FW	Jon-Paul Pittman	Bury	3 August 2006	17 September 2006
33	DF	Vincent Fernandez	Wycombe Wanderers	30 August 2006	7 October 2006
2	DF	Nicky Eaden	Lincoln City	31 August 2006	1 January 2007
30	FW	Spencer Weir-Daley	Macclesfield Town	31 August 2006	30 November 2006
18	DF	John Thompson	Tranmere Rovers	26 October 2006	6 December 2006
25	MF	Kevin James	Grimsby Town	27 October 2006	27 November 2006
36	MF	Felix Bastians	Northwich Victoria	2 November 2006	2 January 2007
12	MF	Ross Gardner	Port Vale	8 November 2006	8 January 2007
33	DF	Vincent Fernandez	Blackpool	23 November 2006	2 January 2007
30	FW	Spencer Weir-Daley	Lincoln City	1 January 2007	18 March 2007
33	DF	Vincent Fernandez	Grays Athletic	3 January 2007	3 February 2007
36	MF	Felix Bastians	Halifax Town	25 January 2007	17 March 2007
18	DF	John Thompson	Tranmere Rovers	31 January 2007	6 May 2007
2	DF	Nicky Eaden	Lincoln City	31 January 2007	18 May 2007
36	MF	Felix Bastians	Gillingham	22 March 2007	15 April 2007
25	MF	Kevin James	Swindon Town	22 March 2007	6 May 2007
30	FW	Spencer Weir-Daley	Bradford City	22 March 2007	29 April 2007
34	GK	Paddy Gamble	York City	26 March 2007	8 May 2007