WHAT HAPPENED
2022-23 was, of course, our first season back in the Premier League after 23 seasons away! Steve Cooper achieved the miracle last year, taking us from the relegation zone to the Playoffs final at Wembley and then into the top tier, so this season was going to be the biggest in a generation, and it didn't disappoint.

Although we lost our first game away at Newcastle, we continued with a win in our first home game (against West Ham) and then a draw at Everton, before hitting a winless run that included two horrible 3-2 losses at home to the other two freshly-promoted teams, Bournemouth and Fulham. Losing 0-4 at Leicester appeared to be a catalyst to pick things up again though, and we fought very well in our next three results but then came Liverpool and the first of our two huge 1-0 wins at home

We also added in a massive League Cup run, beating Spurs at home on the way to a semi-final loss against eventual winners Manchester United.

That, however, sent us on another winless streak of 11 games without a win until a victory at home to Brighton gave us a glimmer of hope that we might yet avoid relegation - and we did! Beating Southampton at home and then drawing away at Chelsea set us up for the win of the season and the second of those huge 1-0 wins at home. Against a team that had been top nearly all season, we got a 1-0 result at home to Arsenal which not only robbed them of the title but meant we were safe with a game to go.

TABLE

PREMIER LEAGUE (Tier 1) - 2022-23

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away									Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result		Home	Away
1	Manchester City	38	28	5	5	94	33	17	1	1	60	17	11	4	4	34	16	61	89	Champions League Group Stage		1-1	0-6
2	Arsenal	38	26	6	6	88	43	14	3	2	53	25	12	3	4	35	18	45	84	Champions League Group Stage		1-0	0-5
3	Manchester United	38	23	6	9	58	43	15	3	1	36	10	8	3	8	22	33	15	75	Champions League Group Stage		0-2	0-3
4	Newcastle United	38	19	14	5	68	33	11	6	2	36	14	8	8	3	32	19	35	71	Champions League Group Stage		1-2	0-2
5	Liverpool	38	19	10	9	75	47	13	5	1	46	17	6	5	8	29	30	28	67	Europa League Group Stage		1-0	2-3
6	Brighton and Hove Albion	38	18	8	12	72	53	10	4	5	37	21	8	4	7	35	32	19	62	Europa League Group Stage		3-1	0-0
7	Aston Villa	38	18	7	13	51	46	12	2	5	33	21	6	5	8	18	25	5	61	Europa Conference League play-off		1-1	0-2
8	Tottenham Hotspur	38	18	6	14	70	63	12	1	6	37	25	6	5	8	33	38	7	60			0-2	1-3
9	Brentford	38	15	14	9	58	46	10	7	2	35	18	5	7	7	23	28	12	59			2-2	1-2
10	Fulham	38	15	7	16	55	53	8	5	6	31	29	7	2	10	24	24	2	52			2-3	0-2
11	Crystal Palace	38	11	12	15	40	49	7	7	5	21	23	4	5	10	19	26	-9	45			1-0	1-1
12	Chelsea	38	11	11	16	38	47	6	7	6	20	19	5	4	10	18	28	-9	44			1-1	2-2
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	11	8	19	31	58	9	3	7	19	20	2	5	12	12	38	-27	41			1-1	0-1
14	West Ham United	38	11	7	20	42	55	8	4	7	26	24	3	3	13	16	31	-13	40			1-0	0-4
15	Bournemouth	38	11	6	21	37	71	6	4	9	20	28	5	2	12	17	43	-34	39			2-3	1-1
16	Nottingham Forest	38	9	11	18	38	68	8	6	5	27	24	1	5	13	11	44	-30	38
17	Everton	38	8	12	18	34	57	6	3	10	16	27	2	9	8	18	30	-23	36			2-2	1-1
18	Leicester City	38	9	7	22	51	68	5	4	10	23	27	4	3	12	28	41	-17	34	Relegated		2-0	0-4
19	Leeds United	38	7	10	21	48	78	5	7	7	26	37	2	3	14	22	41	-30	31	Relegated		1-0	1-2
20	Southampton	38	6	7	25	36	73	2	5	12	19	37	4	2	13	17	36	-37	25	Relegated		4-3	1-0

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GAME COUNTS

Competitive Games:

45

Competitive Goals:

49

Goals per game:

1.1

League Games:

38

League Points:

38 out of 114 (3 points per win)

Points Percentage:

33.3%

RESULTS
Results when we, or opponent, scored first

Who Scored First	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points won
Forest scored first	19	8	6	5	30 out of 57
Opponent scored first	18	1	4	13	7 out of 54

Results when leading and when behind

Leading or Behind	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points won
We take a lead	20	9	6	5	33 out of 60
We go behind	25	1	6	18	9 out of 75

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	19 times	8 times	2 times	2 times
Conceded	11 times	12 times	7 times	3 times	2 times
Won By	7 times	3 times	2 times
Lost By	7 times	7 times	3 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	1	1	Manchester City (1-1)
2			2	3	1	-	2	1	11	3	Manchester City (0-6), Arsenal (0-5), Arsenal (1-0)
3			3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4			4	3	-	-	3	1	7	0	Tottenham Hotspur (0-2), Tottenham Hotspur (1-3), Manchester United (0-2)
5			5	2	-	-	2	1	5	0	Manchester United (0-3), Newcastle United (1-2)
6			6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7			7	3	1	1	1	1	2	4	Brighton and Hove Albion (0-0), Liverpool (1-0), Aston Villa (0-2)
8			8	3	1	-	2	5	6	3	Fulham (0-2), Liverpool (2-3), Brighton and Hove Albion (3-1)
9			9	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Chelsea (1-1), Brentford (1-2)
10	12		10	2	1	-	1	3	3	3	Fulham (2-3), Crystal Palace (1-0)
11	1		11	3	-	3	-	5	5	3	Brentford (2-2), Chelsea (2-2), Crystal Palace (1-1)
12	1		12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	41		13	2	1	1	-	3	1	4	Leicester City (2-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-1)
14	26		14	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Newcastle United (0-2)
15	15		15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	35		16	2	-	1	1	3	4	1	Bournemouth (2-3), Aston Villa (1-1)
17	9		17	2	1	1	-	2	1	4	Bournemouth (1-1), Leeds United (1-0)
18	75		18	5	-	2	3	4	10	2	Everton (1-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-1), West Ham United (0-4), Everton (2-2), Leeds United (1-2)
19	49		19	1	1	-	-	1	0	3	West Ham United (1-0)
20	32		20	3	2	-	1	5	7	6	Leicester City (0-4), Southampton (1-0), Southampton (4-3)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:

29,514 (Arsenal)

Lowest League Attendance:

26,854 (Fulham)

Average League Attendance:

29,093

Highest Cup Attendance:

29,325 (Manchester United)

Lowest Cup Attendance:

28,384 (Tottenham Hotspur)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:

10

Yellow Cards:

92

Red Cards:

1   (Orel Mangala)

Own goals (for):

2   (scored by opponents for us)

Own goals (against):

0   (scored by us for opponents)   

Penalties scored:

3

Penalties conceded:

4

Penalties missed:

3

Penalties saved:

3

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (32) - £177,000,000					Out (47) - £1,500,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee		Date	Player	Details	Fee
Jan 07, 2022	Dean Henderson	Loan In			Jan 07, 2022	Ethan Horvath	Loan Out
Jun 25, 2022	Taiwo Awoniyi	Bought	£17,000,000		Jun 01, 2022	Josh Bowler	Loan Out
Jul 03, 2022	Giulian Biancone	Bought	£9,000,000		Jul 01, 2022	Alex Gibson-Hammond	Released
Jul 06, 2022	Moussa Niakhaté	Bought	£9,000,000		Jul 08, 2022	Tyrese Fornah	Loan Out
Jul 09, 2022	Omar Richards	Bought	£8,500,000		Jul 08, 2022	Will Swan	Loan Out
Jul 10, 2022	Neco Williams	Bought	£17,000,000		Jul 12, 2022	Jonathan Panzo	Loan Out
Jul 14, 2022	Wayne Hennessey	Bought	£550,000		Jul 13, 2022	Fin Back	Loan Out
Jul 18, 2022	Brandon Aguilera	Bought	£150,000		Jul 15, 2022	Lewis Grabban	Released
Jul 20, 2022	Harry Toffolo	Bought	£2,750,000		Jul 16, 2022	Riley Harbottle	Loan Out
Jul 20, 2022	Lewis O'Brien	Bought	£3,850,000		Jul 18, 2022	Brandon Aguilera	Loan Out
Jul 21, 2022	Jesse Lingard	Bought	Free		Jul 27, 2022	Nicholas Ioannou	Sold
Jul 31, 2022	Orel Mangala	Bought	£14,000,000		Aug 02, 2022	Xande Silva	Sold
Aug 13, 2022	Cheikhou Kouyaté	Bought	Free		Aug 04, 2022	Braian Ojeda	Loan Out
Aug 13, 2022	Emmanuel Dennis	Bought	£14,000,000		Aug 05, 2022	Richie Laryea	Loan Out
Aug 14, 2022	Remo Freuler	Bought	£10,000,000		Aug 06, 2022	Nuno da Costa	Sold
Aug 19, 2022	Morgan Gibbs-White	Bought	£25,000,000		Aug 11, 2022	Nicky Hogarth	Loan Out
Aug 26, 2022	Hwang Ui-jo	Bought	£4,400,000		Aug 15, 2022	Joe Lolley	Sold
Aug 27, 2022	Loïc Badé	Loan In			Aug 26, 2022	Hwang Ui-jo	Loan Out
Aug 27, 2022	Renan Lodi	Loan In			Aug 28, 2022	Alex Mighten	Loan Out
Sep 01, 2022	Josh Bowler	Bought	£2,200,000		Sep 01, 2022	Josh Bowler	Loan Out
Sep 01, 2022	Willy Boly	Bought	£6,600,000		Jan 04, 2023	Loïc Badé	Loan Out
Sep 06, 2022	Sèrge Aurier	Bought			Jan 13, 2023	Lewis Salmon	Loan Out
Sep 20, 2022	Adnan Kanuric	Bought			Jan 20, 2023	Dale Taylor	Loan Out
Dec 04, 2022	Gustavo Scarpa	Bought			Jan 31, 2023	Ateef Konaté	Loan Out
Jan 16, 2023	Danilo	Bought	£16,000,000		Jan 31, 2023	Brandon Aguilera	Loan Out
Jan 20, 2023	Chris Wood	Loan In			Feb 01, 2023	Billy Fewster	Loan Out
Jan 31, 2023	Felipe	Bought			Feb 01, 2023	Jordan Smith	Loan Out
Jan 31, 2023	Jonjo Shelvey	Bought	£7,000,000		Mar 20, 2023	Lewis O'Brien	Loan Out
Jan 31, 2023	Keylor Navas	Loan In			May 18, 2023	Will Swan	Sold
Feb 02, 2023	André Ayew	Bought			Jun 01, 2023	Adnan Kanuric	Released
Feb 16, 2023	Chris Wood	Bought	£10,000,000		Jun 01, 2023	André Ayew	Released
Jun 01, 2023	Ryan Hammond	Bought	Free		Jun 01, 2023	Billy Fewster	Released
					Jun 01, 2023	Cafú	Released
					Jun 01, 2023	Jack Colback	Released
					Jun 01, 2023	Jesse Lingard	Released
					Jun 01, 2023	Jordan Smith	Released
					Jun 01, 2023	Lewis Salmon	Released
					Jun 01, 2023	Loïc Badé	Sold
					Jun 01, 2023	Lyle Taylor	Released
					Jun 01, 2023	Mohamed Dräger	Sold
					Jun 01, 2023	Nicky Hogarth	Released
					Jun 01, 2023	Ryan Hammond	Released
					Jul 19, 2023	Riley Harbottle	Sold
					Jul 25, 2023	Sam Surridge	Sold
					Aug 01, 2023	Braian Ojeda	Sold
					Aug 05, 2023	Tyrese Fornah	Sold
					Aug 09, 2023	Steve Cook	Sold	£1,500,000

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	1	Dean Henderson Loan In	England	20	7	5	8		2				1	On loan from Manchester United until the end of the season
GK	12	Jordan Smith Loan Out	England										1	On loan to Huddersfield for the rest of the season; left at the end of the season
GK	12	Keylor Navas Loan In	Costa Rica	17	4	4	9		2					On loan from Paris St Germain until the end of the season
GK	13	Wayne Hennessey	Wales	9	3	2	4						15	Bought from Burnley at the start of the season
GK	43	George Shelvey	England
GK	47	Nicky Hogarth Loan Out	Scotland											On loan to Falkirk until January
GK	53	Ryan Hammond	England
GK		Adnan Kanuric	Bosnia											Bought on a free transfer
GK		Ethan Horvath Loan Out	USA											On loan to Luton Town until the end of the season
Defenders
D	2	Giulian Biancone	France	3	1	1	1					2	8	Bought from Troyes at the start of the season
D	3	Steve Cook	England	14	3	4	7		4		3	2	2	Left to join Queens Park Rangers at the end of the season
D	4	Joe Worrall	England	34	11	9	14	1	7			4	4
D	6	Loïc Mbe Soh	France	3	2		1						3
D	7	Neco Williams	Wales	36	9	8	19	1	6		3	4		Bought from Liverpool at the start of the season
D	15	Harry Toffolo	England	21	5	7	9		2		2	2	2	Bought from Huddersfield Town at the start of the season
D	19	Moussa Niakhaté	France	14	4	3	7		1		2			Bought from Mainz 05 at the start of the season
D	24	Sèrge Aurier	Ivory Coast	28	10	9	9	1	3		3	1		Bought on a free transfer at the start of the season
D	26	Scott McKenna	Scotland	24	5	5	14		4				1
D	27	Omar Richards	England											Bought from Bayern Munich at the start of the season
D	28	Loïc Badé Loan In	France										1	On loan from Rennes until the end of the season
D	30	Willy Boly	France	15	8	3	4	1	2		1		8	Bought from Wolverhampton Wanderers at the start of the season
D	32	Renan Lodi Loan In	Brazil	32	10	7	15	1	6		3	1	1	On loan from Atletico Madrid until the end of the season
D	38	Felipe	Brazil	16	3	4	9		4					Bought in the January window
D	44	Pharrell Johnson	England
D	46	Zach Abbott	England	1	1							1
D	48	Ben Hammond	Wales
D	50	Aaron Donnelly	N. Ireland	1	1
D	54	James Clarridge	England
D	55	Alex Gibson-Hammond	England										1
D		Danny Preston	England
D		Ethan Stewart	England
D		Jonathan Panzo Loan Out	England											On loan to Coventry City until the end of the season
D		Nicholas Ioannou	Cyprus											Left to join Como 1907 before the start of the season
D		Rezart Rama	Albania
D		Richie Laryea Loan Out	Canada											On loan to Toronto FC for the season
D		Riley Harbottle Loan Out	England											Left to join Hibernian at the end of the season
D		Justin Hanks	Wales
Midfielders
M	5	Orel Mangala	Belgium	31	11	8	12	1	4	1	3	4	3	Bought from VfB Stuttgart at the start of the season
M	6	Jonjo Shelvey	England	8		2	6		1					Bought in the January window
M	8	Jack Colback	England	16	7	3	6		2			4	1	Left at the end of contract
M	10	Morgan Gibbs-White	England	38	10	11	17	5	5		4	2		Bought from Wolverhampton Wanderers at the start of the season
M	11	Jesse Lingard	England	20	5	3	12	2	2		9	3	2	Bought as a free agent at the start of the season; left at the end of the season
M	14	Lewis O'Brien Loan Out	England	17	5	3	9	1	2		4	5	1	On loan to DC United for the rest of the season
M	18	Cafú	Portugal	2	2						1	1	1	Left at the end of the season
M	21	Cheikhou Kouyaté	Senegal	22	6	7	9	1	3		9	3	1	Bought on a free transfer at the start of the season
M	22	Ryan Yates	England	31	10	9	12	2	7		2	2
M	23	Remo Freuler	Switz	33	8	8	17		5		3	2	3	Bought from Atalanta at the start of the season
M	28	Danilo	Brazil	15	4	4	7	3	1					Bought in the January window
M	31	Gustavo Scarpa	Brazil	10	3	1	6		1					Bought on a free transfer
M	41	Ollie Hammond	England	2	1		1					1	2
M	42	Ateef Konaté	France
M	45	Billy Fewster Loan Out	England	1			1						1	On loan to Scunthorpe for the rest of the season
M	52	Jamie McDonnell	N. Ireland
M		Braian Ojeda Loan Out	Paraguay											On loan to Real Salt Lake for the season
M		Brandon Aguilera Loan Out	Costa Rica											On loan to Oxford for the rest of the season
M		Fin Back Loan Out	England											On loan to Carlisle United until the end of the season
M		Harry Arter	Rep. of Ire.
M		Joe Lolley	England											Left to join Sydney FC at the start of the season
M		Tyrese Fornah Loan Out	England											On loan to Reading until the end of the season
Forwards
F	9	Taiwo Awoniyi	Nigeria	30	9	7	14	11	2		7	8	2	Bought from Union Berlin at the start of the season
F	16	Sam Surridge	England	27	10	5	12	3	4		2	7	6	Left to join Nashville at the end of the season
F	17	Alex Mighten	England	3	1		2				1	1	3	On loan to Sheffield Wednesday until January
F	20	Brennan Johnson	Wales	44	12	11	21	10	7		4	3
F	25	Emmanuel Dennis	Nigeria	25	3	5	17	2	2		4	6	4	Bought from Watford at the start of the season
F	33	Lyle Taylor	Montserrat										2	Left at the end of the season
F	34	André Ayew	Ghana	13	2	3	8		1					Bought in the January window; Left at the end of season
F	36	Dale Taylor	N. Ireland	1	1							1	1	On loan to Burton Albion from January to the end of the season
F	39	Chris Wood Loan In	New Zealand	7	1	3	3	1						On loan from Newcastle United until the end
F	40	Julian Larsson	Sweden
F	49	Detlef Osong	England	1			1
F	51	Lewis Salmon	England
F		Hwang Ui-jo Loan Out	S Korea											On loan to Olympiakos for the season
F		Josh Bowler Loan Out	England											On loan to Blackpool for the rest of the season
F		Nuno da Costa	Cape Verde											Left to join Auxerre at the start of the season
F		Will Swan Loan Out	England											Left to join Mansfield Town at the end of the season
F		Xande Silva	Portugal											Left to join Dijon before the start of the season

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
11	Taiwo Awoniyi	30
10 (1)	Brennan Johnson	44
5	Morgan Gibbs-White	38
3	Danilo	15
3	Sam Surridge	27
2	Emmanuel Dennis	25
2	Jesse Lingard	20
2	Own Goals	45
2	Ryan Yates	31
1	Cheikhou Kouyaté	22
1	Chris Wood	7
1	Joe Worrall	34
1	Lewis O'Brien	17
1	Neco Williams	36
1	Orel Mangala	31
1	Renan Lodi	32
1	Sèrge Aurier	28
1	Willy Boly	15

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

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Southampton	Wed Jan 04, 2023	Away	1-0		Mon May 08, 2023	Home	4-3

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

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Fulham	Fri Sep 16, 2022	Home	2-3		Sat Feb 11, 2023	Away	0-2
Manchester United	Tue Dec 27, 2022	Away	0-3		Sun Apr 16, 2023	Home	0-2
Newcastle United	Sat Aug 06, 2022	Away	0-2		Fri Mar 17, 2023	Home	1-2
Tottenham Hotspur	Sun Aug 28, 2022	Home	0-2		Sat Mar 11, 2023	Away	1-3

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