WHAT HAPPENED
We started 2021-22 with four league losses, exactly like we did last season. Before that, the previous time we lost the first four league games of the season was in 1954-55, when we lost the first five games (but still finished in 15th place and avoided relegation). So 2021 was our worst start to the season in 67 years. And then Steve Cooper joined.

Well, technically we fired Chris Hughton first. And then we asked first team coach Steven Reid to take over as caretaker manager, after only being at Forest for month. And then Derby were deducted 12 points for entering administration, to take us off the bottom of the league. But I digress, because then Steve Cooper joined.

We started great under the new manager with a draw and four wins before his first loss at champions-to-be Fulham. Then came an unbeaten streak of 9 games to lift us up to 7th place.
The FA Cup provided a lot of excitement as, after knocking out Arsenal in the 3rd Round, holders Leicester in the 4th Round and then Huddersfield Town in the 5th round we got the best tie possible for the Quarter Final. We were drawn at home to Liverpool, giving us our biggest home game for 20 years and, although we lost 1-0, we still played a tremendous game and Liverpool went on to win the trophy.

Back in the league, we briefly occupied a playoff spot for one game after beating Blackburn 2-0 away and then hovered just below it until we ended a 10-game unbeaten run in 3rd place and we stayed in the playoff zone until finally finishing 4th on the last day of the season. We met Sheffield United in the playoff semi finals and beat them on penalties in the second leg, before beating Huddersfield Town in the Playoff final at Wembley. That meant that after being bottom after 8 games, we had somehow made the Quarter Final of the FA Cup and are in the Premier League. Well not just somehow. Steve Cooper joined.


LEAGUE POSITIONS

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GAME COUNTS
ALL GAMES

Competitive Games:

55

Competitive Goals:

86

Goals per game:

1.6

LEAGUE GAMES

League Games:

49

League Points:

86 out of 147 (3 points per win)

Points Percentage:

58.5%

Results when we, or opponent, scored first

Who Scored First	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points won
Forest scored first	27	21	3	3	66 out of 81
Opponent scored first	20	4	6	10	18 out of 60

Results when leading and when behind

Leading or Behind	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points won
We take a lead	31	25	3	3	78 out of 93
We go behind	23	4	6	13	18 out of 69

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	18 times	14 times	5 times	5 times	1 time
Conceded	25 times	9 times		2 times
Won By	12 times	8 times	6 times	3 times
Lost By	11 times	2 times		2 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days			Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days		Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1			1	1	1	-	-	1	0	3	Fulham (1-0)
2			2	2	1	-	1	2	1	3	Blackburn Rovers (2-0), Bournemouth (0-1)
3	13		3	2	-	1	1	0	4	1	Fulham (0-4), West Bromwich Albion (0-0), Huddersfield Town (1-0)
4	7		4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	11		5	3	1	-	2	3	3	3	Stoke City (0-1), Queens Park Rangers (3-1), Luton Town (0-1), Sheffield United (2-1), Sheffield United (1-2)
6	3		6	2	1	-	1	2	1	3	Huddersfield Town (2-0), Huddersfield Town (0-1)
7	22		7	3	-	2	1	3	4	2	Bournemouth (1-2), Queens Park Rangers (1-1), Sheffield United (1-1)
8	25		8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	53		9	2	-	-	2	1	4	0	Blackburn Rovers (1-2), Middlesbrough (0-2)
10	13		10	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Cardiff City (1-2)
11			11	6	4	2	-	11	3	14	Bristol City (2-1), Luton Town (0-0), Millwall (1-0), Stoke City (2-2), Coventry City (2-0),
12	2		12	2	1	1	-	2	1	4	Blackpool (2-1), Preston North End (0-0)
13	27		13	1	1	-	-	4	1	3	Blackpool (4-1)
14	4		14	3	2	1	-	10	3	7	Derby County (1-1), Swansea City (4-1), Swansea City (5-1)
15	7		15	2	2	-	-	6	0	6	Birmingham City (3-0), Preston North End (3-0)
16	10		16	2	1	-	1	3	2	3	Coventry City (1-2), Bristol City (2-0)
17	18		17	2	-	2	-	2	2	2	Millwall (1-1), Sheffield United (1-1)
18	3		18	3	1	1	1	3	3	4	Middlesbrough (0-2), Birmingham City (2-0), Hull City (1-1)
19	1		19	2	1	1	-	3	2	4	Reading (1-1), Hull City (2-1)
20	9		20	2	1	-	1	4	3	3	Barnsley (3-1), Cardiff City (1-2)
21			21	1	1	-	-	4	0	3	Reading (4-0)
22	3		22	2	2	-	-	3	0	6	Peterborough United (2-0), Peterborough United (1-0)
23	9		23	1	1	-	-	2	1	3	Derby County (2-1)
24	34		24	1	1	-	-	3	0	3	Barnsley (3-0)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:

29,293 (Birmingham City)

Lowest League Attendance:

23,830 (Middlesbrough)

Average League Attendance:

27,217

Highest Cup Attendance:

28,762 (Leicester City)

Lowest Cup Attendance:

9,514 (Bradford City)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:

19

Yellow cards:

90

Red cards:

3

Own goals (for):

3 (scored by opponents for us)

Own goals (against):

2 (scored by us for opponents)

Penalties scored:

4

Penalties conceded:

4

Penalties missed:

1

Penalties saved:

1

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (16) - £2,200,000					Out (25) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee		Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Baba Fernandes	Bought			Jan 23, 2021	Jordan Wright	Sold
Jul 13, 2021	Ethan Horvath	Bought			Jun 25, 2021	George Shelvey	Loan Out
Aug 07, 2021	Philip Zinckernagel	Loan In			Jul 04, 2021	Nicholas Ioannou	Loan Out
Aug 10, 2021	Jordi Osei-Tutu	Loan In			Aug 16, 2021	Fouad Bachirou	Sold
Aug 22, 2021	James Garner	Loan In			Aug 17, 2021	Josh Barnes	Loan Out
Aug 27, 2021	Max Lowe	Loan In			Aug 31, 2021	Harry Arter	Loan Out
Aug 31, 2021	Braian Ojeda	Bought			Aug 31, 2021	Jordan Gabriel	Sold
Aug 31, 2021	Djed Spence	Loan In			Aug 31, 2021	Nuno Da Costa	Loan Out
Aug 31, 2021	Mohamed Dräger	Bought			Oct 05, 2021	Jordan Wright	Loan Out
Aug 31, 2021	Xande Silva	Bought			Dec 07, 2021	Jayden Richardson	Loan Out
Sep 02, 2021	Rodrigo Ely	Bought			Jan 23, 2022	Joao Carvalho	Sold
Jan 01, 2022	Keinan Davis	Loan In			Jan 27, 2022	Lyle Taylor	Loan Out
Jan 04, 2022	Steve Cook	Bought			Jan 31, 2022	Carl Jenkinson	Loan Out
Jan 08, 2022	Richie Laryea	Bought			Jan 31, 2022	Rodrigo Ely	Released
Jan 31, 2022	Jonathan Panzo	Bought			Jan 31, 2022	Tyrese Fornah	Loan Out
Jan 31, 2022	Sam Surridge	Bought	£2,200,000		Feb 02, 2022	Mohamed Dräger	Loan Out
					Mar 15, 2022	Harry Arter	Loan Out
					Jun 08, 2022	Baba Fernandes	Released
					Jun 08, 2022	Carl Jenkinson	Released
					Jun 08, 2022	Gaëtan Bong	Released
					Jun 08, 2022	Josh Barnes	Released
					Jun 08, 2022	Sam Sanders	Released
					Jun 08, 2022	Tobias Figueiredo	Released
					Jun 20, 2022	Jayden Richardson	Sold
					Jul 05, 2022	Brice Samba	Sold

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Country	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	1	USA	Ethan Horvath	11	6	2	3					1	44	Bought on free transfer at beginning of season
GK	12	England	Jordan Smith										5
GK	30	Congo	Brice Samba	45	24	9	12		6	1	1		5	Left to join Lens at the end of the season
GK	47	England	Jordan Wright											Left to join Lincoln City in January
GK		England	George Shelvey Loan Out											On loan to Mansfield United until January
Defenders
D	2	England	Djed Spence Loan In	46	28	10	8	3	6		2	1		On loan from Middlesbrough until the end of the season
D	3	Portugal	Tobias Figueiredo	27	13	7	7		5		7	4	26	Left at the end of the season
D	4	England	Joe Worrall	46	26	11	9	1	9
D	5	Brazil	Rodrigo Ely											Released by mutual consent
D	6	France	Loïc Mbe Soh	2			2				1		5
D	13	Cameroon	Gaëtan Bong	7	1	4	2					3	18	Left at the end of the season
D	14	Canada	Richie Laryea	5	3	1	1				1	4	11	Bought from Toronto FC in the January window
D	15	England	Max Lowe Loan In	23	14	5	4	1	2		2	2	1	On loan from Sheff Utd until the end of the season
D	16	England	Carl Jenkinson											On loan to Melbourne City since January; left at the end of the season
D	24	England	Jonathan Panzo	1		1					1			Bought from Dijon in the January window
D	24	England	Jordi Osei-Tutu Loan In	4	2		2		1		3			On loan from Arsenal until January
D	25	Tunisia	Mohamed Dräger Loan Out										1	Bought from Olympiakos in the August window
D	26	Scotland	Scott McKenna	51	28	10	13	2	7		4		1
D	27	England	Jordan Gabriel	4		1	3		1	1			2	Left to join Blackpool
D	27	England	Steve Cook	20	14	3	3		1		3	1	1	Bought from Bournemouth in the January window
D	43	Portugal	Baba Fernandes	2	1		1				1
D	45	England	Jayden Richardson Loan Out	4	2		2					2	1	Left to join Aberdeen at the end of the season
D	46	England	Riley Harbottle	2	1		1				1		2
D		N. Ireland	Aaron Donnelly
D		England	Danny Preston
D		England	Ethan Stewart
D		Cyprus	Nicholas Ioannou Loan Out											On loan to Como 1907 until end of season
D		Albania	Rezart Rama
D		England	Tyler Blackett
Midfielders
M	8	England	Jack Colback	46	27	7	12	4	11	1	11	4	5
M	10	Portugal	Joao Carvalho	8	2	1	5	2	1		2	5	16	Left to join Olympiakos in January
M	11	Denmark	Philip Zinckernagel Loan In	50	26	10	14	7	7		33	7	2	On loan from Watford until the end of the season
M	18	Portugal	Cafú	20	11	2	7	1	1			17	23
M	21	Paraguay	Braian Ojeda	3	1	1	1				2		11	Bought from Olimpia in the August window
M	22	England	Ryan Yates	51	29	9	13	9	7		2	3
M	23	England	Joe Lolley	30	13	8	9		1		9	19	9
M	37	England	James Garner Loan In	49	28	10	11	4	9		6	5	1	On loan from Man Utd until the end of the season
M	38	England	Tyrese Fornah Loan Out	3	1		2					1	4	On loan to Shrewsbury Town until the end of the season
M	41	England	Ollie Hammond	1			1				1		1
M	42	France	Ateef Konaté	3	2		1					1
M	44	England	Fin Back	5	1		4					1	3
M	49	England	Josh Barnes Loan Out											On loan to Truro City for one month
M		Rep. of Ire.	Harry Arter Loan Out											On loan to Notts County until the end of the season
Forwards
F	7	England	Lewis Grabban	34	17	6	11	13	2		13	10	1	Left at the end of season after contract expired
F	9	England	Keinan Davis Loan In	22	15	3	4	5	5		16	4		On loan from Aston Villa until the end of the season
F	16	England	Sam Surridge	23	15	4	4	8	2		6	15		Bought from Stoke City in the January window
F	17	England	Alex Mighten	27	10	8	9	1			4	21	18
F	19	Portugal	Xande Silva	10	4	1	5				2	8	9	Bought from West Ham in the August window
F	20	Wales	Brennan Johnson	53	28	11	14	19	3		13	2	1
F	29	Cape Verde	Nuno da Costa Loan Out	1	1							1		On loan to Caen until the end of the season
F	33	Montserrat	Lyle Taylor Loan Out	19	6	5	8	3	3		6	11	10	On loan to Birmingham City until the end of the season
F	36	N. Ireland	Dale Taylor										1
F	48	England	Will Swan
F		Sweden	Julian Larsson
F		England	Sam Sanders

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
19 (2)	Brennan Johnson	53
13 (1)	Lewis Grabban	34
9	Ryan Yates	51
8	Sam Surridge	23
7	Philip Zinckernagel	50
5	Keinan Davis	22
4	Jack Colback	46
4	James Garner	49
3	Djed Spence	46
3 (1)	Lyle Taylor	19
3	Own Goals	55
2	Joao Carvalho	8
2	Scott McKenna	51
1	Alex Mighten	27
1	Cafú	20
1	Joe Worrall	46
1	Max Lowe	23

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Barnsley	Wed Sep 29, 2021	Away	3-1		Tue Jan 25, 2022	Home	3-0
Birmingham City	Sat Oct 02, 2021	Away	3-0		Sat Apr 09, 2022	Home	2-0
Blackpool	Sat Oct 16, 2021	Home	2-1		Sat Apr 02, 2022	Away	4-1
Bristol City	Tue Oct 19, 2021	Away	2-1		Sat Feb 26, 2022	Home	2-0
Peterborough United	Sat Dec 04, 2021	Home	2-0		Sat Apr 23, 2022	Away	1-0
Swansea City	Sat Dec 11, 2021	Away	4-1		Sat Apr 30, 2022	Home	5-1

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Bournemouth	Sat Aug 14, 2021	Home	1-2		Tue May 03, 2022	Away	0-1
Cardiff City	Sun Sep 12, 2021	Home	1-2		Sun Jan 30, 2022	Away	1-2
Middlesbrough	Wed Sep 15, 2021	Home	0-2		Sun Dec 26, 2021	Away	0-2

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