Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Friday 24 August 2012

Result

Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Friday 24 August 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Nottingham Forest: match report

Bolton Wanderers drew with Nottingham Forest 2-2 in the Championship on Friday 24 August 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Lewis McGugan opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Bolton Wanderers's goals came from Chris Eagles (39') and Marvin Sordell (49'). Nottingham Forest scored through Lewis McGugan (15') and A. Reid (57').

Discipline: Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bolton Wanderers were 14th on 3 points from 2 and Nottingham Forest 6th on 4 points from 2. Bolton Wanderers went on to finish that season 7th with 68 points, and Nottingham Forest 8th with 67.

Bolton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-4-2.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · Kevin DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 15'Goal · Lewis McGuganNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 33'Yellow card · A. ReidNottingham Forest
  • 39'Goal · Chris EaglesBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Brendan MoloneyNottingham Forest
  • 49'Goal · Marvin SordellBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 57'Goal · A. ReidNottingham Forest · 2-2
  • 64'Yellow card · A. GuédiouraNottingham Forest
  • 77'Yellow card · Tyrone MearsBolton Wanderers
  • 87'Yellow card · Zat KnightBolton Wanderers

Team news

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)

Ádám Bogdán, Tyrone Mears, Matthew Mills, Zat Knight, Chris Eagles, Keith Andrews, Mark Davies, Chung-yong Lee, Marvin Sordell, Kevin Davies, Samuel Ricketts

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-4-2)

Danny Collins, Greg Halford, Brendan Moloney, Simon Gillett, Adlène Guédioura, Lewis McGugan, Andy Reid, Simon Cox, Dexter Blackstock, Lee Camp, Dan Harding