Nottingham Forest F.C. season 2008-09

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Season 2008–09
Nottingham Forest
Manager	Colin Calderwood
Chairman	Nigel Doughty
League	Coca-Cola Championship
Final league position	n/a
FA Cup	n/a
Carling Cup	n/a
Top goalscorer	League: n/a All: n/a

The 2008-09 season is Nottingham Forest's current season, their first season back into the Coca-Cola Championship, following promotion from League One in the 2007-08 season, and after spending three years in the third tier.

1 May-Present
2 Pre-season and Friendlies
3 Transfers
4 Kits
5 Notes

[edit] May-Present

Forest have begun preparing for the 2008-09 season with the release of three players: Kris Commons, Felix Bastians and Alan Power. The club offered six players new contracts: Sammy Clingan, Dale Roberts, Paddy Gamble, Shane Redmond, Hamza Bencherif and Joe Heath. ^[1] The Reds have signed one player so far this summer, with the capture of striker Robert Earnshaw from Derby in a £2.65million deal. ^[2] The club have also sold Matt Lockwood to Colchester United for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £100,000, and are believed to have accepted a bid from Egyptian club El Zamalek for striker Junior Agogo. ^[3] Manager Colin Calderwood has stressed the need to sign a further four or five players this summer, in order to mount a promotion challenge in the Football League Championship, after three years in Football League One. ^[4] Despite this, Calderwood has said that the youngsters in the team will be given a chance to impress next season. ^[5]

[edit] Pre-season and Friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A
22 July 2008	Burton Albion	A	–
23 July 2008	AFC Telford	A	–
25 July 2008	Everton	H	–
28 July 2008	Curzon Ashton	A	–
30 July 2008	Sunderland	H	–
2 August 2008	Notts County	A	–

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
May 30, 2008	FW	Robert Earnshaw	Derby County	£2.65million

[edit] Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
May 21, 2008	MF	Kris Commons	Derby County	Bosman Free
May 21, 2008	MF	Felix Bastians	Released	Free
May 21, 2008	MF	Alan Power	Hartlepool United	Bosman Free
June 3, 2008	DF	Matt Lockwood	Colchester United	Undisclosed