Nottingham Forest F.C. season 2008–09

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Nottingham Forest F.C.

Season 2008–09
Manager	Colin Calderwood until Boxing Day, John Pemberton Caretaker Billy Davies
Chairman	Nigel Doughty
Football League Championship	19th
FA Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Robert Earnshaw (12) All: Robert Earnshaw (17)
Highest home attendance	29,140 vs Derby County (Championship, 21 February 2009)
Lowest home attendance	4,030 vs Morecambe (League Cup, 13 August 2008)

The 2008–09 season is Nottingham Forest's first season back in the Football League Championship, following promotion from League One in the 2007–08 season, and after spending three years in the third tier.

Contents 1 Team kit 2 Technical staff 3 Pre-season and friendlies 3.1 Results 4 Coca-Cola Championship 5 August 6 September 7 October 8 November 9 December 10 January 11 February 12 March 13 April 13.1 Results 13.1.1 Results by round 13.2 League table 14 Carling Cup 15 FA Cup 16 Squad statistics 16.1 Appearances and goals 16.2 Top scorers 16.3 Disciplinary record 17 Transfers 17.1 In 17.2 Out 17.3 Loans in 17.4 Loans out 18 Notes

[edit] Team kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor: Capital One

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Source: Wikipedia Nottingham Forest Article

[edit] Technical staff

Name Role Billy Davies Manager David Kelly Assistant Manager John Pemberton Reserve team coach Peter Williams Goalkeeping coach Julian Darby First Team Coach Andrew Balderston Head Physiotherapist Steve Devine Physiotherapist Andy Hunt Physiotherapist Ryland Morgans Fitness coach

Name Role Nick Marshall Youth Academy Director Chris Fairclough Youth Academy Coach Russell Lovett Youth Academy Coach Tony Cook Youth Academy Coach Dr Frank Coffey Medical Consultant Terry Farndale Kit manager Keith Burt Chief scout David Pleat Consultant to the Club

[edit] Pre-season and friendlies

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 are the following: Wales international striker Robert Earnshaw on a 3 year deal for £2.65m, Liverpool midfielder Paul Anderson on a one year loan, ex-Manchester United striker Andrew 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 £1.14m. Players departing Forest include striker Grant Holt to Shrewsbury Town, Northern Ireland international midfielder Sammy Clingan to Norwich City, Ghanian international striker Junior Agogo to Egyptian side Zamalek Sporting Club, left back Matt Lockwood to Colchester United and midfielder Kris Commons to Derby County.

The Reds had a reasonably successful pre-season, winning four, drawing one and losing two in their seven pre-season fixtures. Their warm-ups including two games against Premier League opposition in Everton and Sunderland. Manager Colin Calderwood has confirmed that Forest will be spending no more money in the current transfer window, but has hinted that he may bring in one or two young players in on loan from the Premier League by 31 August. Forest were then asked to partake in a friendly against a second-string Republic of Ireland on 9 October during the international break, which Forest lost 2-0.

[edit] Results

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

[edit] Coca-Cola Championship

[edit] August

Forest kicked off the 2008–09 season with a goalless home draw against Reading and suffered their first league defeat in the Championship in a 3–1 loss at Swansea City. Following four strikers being injured, Forest secured the loan signing of Manchester United forward Lee Martin. Martin then started the scoring off with a 25-yard curler in the 3–2 success over Watford, Forest's first victory of the Championship campaign. Robert Earnshaw netted his first league goal for the club in the victory, with Nathan Tyson, who returned from injury, taking just four minutes after stepping off the bench to net the winner for the Reds to put them 14th in the league table. Forest finished the month with a 5–1 defeat by Wolves, who went top of the Championship following the result. This marked Tyson's first start of the season after a hamstring injury.

[edit] September

The Reds picked up one point in five games during September. This came in the middle of the month, after losing 2-1 to both Burnley and Preston. A 0-0 home draw against Charlton was followed by losses at Plymouth and Sheffield Wednesday.

[edit] October

Forest lost their first two games in October, with a 2-0 home loss to Crystal Palace and a 2-1 defeat at QPR, meaning they lost in four consecutive matches. They then grabbed a home point against Ipswich Town but then lost again four days later to Cardiff City, with the goals being conceded both from penalties. This 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, giving the Reds their first win in ten games and in more than two months and move them off the foot of the league.

[edit] November

The month started with the East Midlands derby against Derby County at Pride Park, the first time the two teams had met in a competitive fixture in three and a half years. The match proved to be controversial, with Emanuel Villa scoring at both ends to make the score 1-1. However, Lewis McGugan was given a straight red card for Forest, 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 Andrew 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 then 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 last season promotion hopefuls Bristol City which also saw Camp save another injury time penalty to save a point, seeing the Reds into a four-game unbeaten run. However, they lost 2-1 at home to Norwich City seeing them back bottom of the table, and a further 0-0 away draw at relegation rivals Doncaster Rovers saw mass tabloid speculation that manager Colin Calderwood is set to be replaced by Billy Davies.^{[citation needed]} In the next game at home to Barnsley, Forest won by a single goal, courtesy of a 36th-minute header from Joe Garner. They currently lie 23rd in the Championship table.

[edit] December

The Reds then drew 2-2 at Coventry City, twice coming from behind to claim a point. However, their poor home form continued with a 1-0 home loss to Sheffield United and a 0-0 draw against relegation rivals Blackpool. However, Forest 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. However, for Forest were 4-0 down within an hour, and were 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. They also dismissed assistant manager David Kerslake. Reserve-team manager John Pemberton took caretaker charge at Norwich City, which Forest won 3-2. This lifted Forest out of the relegation zone for the first time in three months and gained further ground on teams above them. This game saw the end of the loan spell of Lee Camp.

[edit] January

On 1 January 2009, Nottingham Forest appointed Billy Davies as their new manager, signing a three-and-a-half year deal. David Kelly has been named as the new assistant. He oversaw the next game at Manchester City in the FA Cup third round. Forest won 3-0, with the goals coming 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.^[1] There will be a replay 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.

[edit] February

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.

[edit] March

After the bitter dissapointment 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 likley 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 releguation place of 22nd.

[edit] April

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 a equaliser but with twelve mintues 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 the 25th 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 eqailiser 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 FC 3-1 and secure 19th place just behind rivals Derby County

[edit] Results

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

[edit] Results by round

Round	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	W

[edit] League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
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 games played on 3 May 2009
Source: Nottingham Forest The Official Website
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Carling Cup

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

[edit] FA Cup

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

[edit] Squad statistics

[edit] Appearances and goals

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.	Nat.	Position	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Paul Smith	22	0	18	0	2	0	2	0
2		DF	Kelvin Wilson	24	0	23	0	1	0	0	0
3		DF	Joel Lynch	14	0	13	0	1	0	0	0
4		DF	Luke Chambers	29	1	25	1	2	0	2	0
5		DF	Wes Morgan	30	1	27	1	1	0	2	0
6		DF	Ian Breckin	14	0	10	0	2	0	2	0
7		MF	James Perch	30	2	26	2	2	0	2	0
8		MF	Lewis McGugan	18	2	16	2	2	0	0	0
9		FW	Nathan Tyson	28	5	25	4	2	1	1	0
10		FW	Robert Earnshaw	25	11	21	6	2	2	2	3
11		MF	Paul Anderson	17	1	16	1	1	0	0	0
12		MF	Garath McCleary	23	1	21	1	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Arron Davies	13	0	11	0	1	0	1	0
15		MF	Chris Cohen	27	3	24	2	1	0	2	1
16		FW	Joe Garner	16	6	15	5	1	1	0	0
17		MF	Lee Martin	14	1	13	1	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Guy Moussi	12	0	10	0	0	0	2	0
20		MF	Carl Fletcher	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
21		GK	Lee Camp	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
24		MF	Mark Byrne	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25		DF	Richard Tait	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26		MF	Matt Thornhill	19	2	16	2	1	0	2	0
27		DF	Brendan Moloney	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
28		FW	Emile Sinclair	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
29		DF	Julian Bennett	13	0	12	0	0	0	1	0
30		GK	Dale Roberts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31		GK	Paddy Gamble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32		DF	Hamza Bencherif	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33		MF	Liam Hook	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34		MF	Reece Staples (RIP)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35		DF	Tom Sharpe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36		DF	Joe Heath	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
37		FW	Adam Newbold	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
38		FW	Mickael Darnet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39		DF	Gavin Kavanagh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39		GK	Barry Richardson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40		GK	Shane Redmond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41		MF	James Reid	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
42		FW	Ryan Whitehurst	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45		DF	Aaron Mitchell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46		MF	James Dunne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Top scorers

Last updated on 26 October 2008.

P	Player	FLC	FAC	LC	Total
1	Robert Earnshaw	5	1	3	9
2	Joe Garner	5	1		6
3	Nathan Tyson	3	1		4
4	James Perch	2			2
5	Lewis McGugan	2			2
6	Matt Thornhill	2			2
7	Chris Cohen	1		1	2
8	Garath McCleary	1			1
9	Lee Martin	1			1
10	Paul Anderson	1			1
11	Wes Morgan	1			1
12	Adam Newbold			1	1
-	Own Goals	4			4

[edit] Disciplinary record

Last updated on 26 October 2008.

N	P	Name	Nationality				Notes
7	MF	James Perch	ENG	7
8	MF	Lewis McGugan	ENG	1		1
9	FW	Nathan Tyson	ENG	5
5	DF	Wes Morgan	ENG	1	1
26	MF	Matt Thornhill	ENG	1	1
16	FW	Joe Garner	ENG	4
15	MF	Chris Cohen	ENG	4
29	DF	Julian Bennett	ENG	3
18	FW	Andrew Cole	ENG	3
4	DF	Luke Chambers	ENG	3
27	DF	Brendan Moloney	IRL	2
17	MF	Lee Martin	ENG	1
19	MF	Guy Moussi	FRA	1
2	DF	Kelvin Wilson	ENG	1
12	MF	Garath McCleary	ENG	1
21	GK	Lee Camp	ENG	1
20	MF	Carl Fletcher	WAL	1
3	DF	Joel Lynch	ENG	1
14	MF	Arron Davies	WAL	1
6	DF	Ian Breckin	ENG	1
36	DF	Joe Heath	ENG	1

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

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

[edit] Out

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

[edit] Loans in

#	Pos	From	Player	Start	End
11	MF	Paul Anderson	Liverpool	26 June 2008	3 May 2009
17	MF	Lee Martin	Manchester United	13 August 2008	31 December 2008
3	DF	Joel Lynch	Brighton and Hove Albion	25 September 2008	3 May 2009
20	MF	Carl Fletcher	Crystal Palace	17 October 2008	24 November 2008
21	GK	Lee Camp	Queens Park Rangers	20 October 2008	31 December 2008
–	MF	James Dunne	Arsenal	24 October 2008	31 December 2008

[edit] Loans out

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

[edit] Notes

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