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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==