Norwich City 2-3 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Sunday 28 December 2008

Result

Norwich City 2-3 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Sunday 28 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Norwich City 2-3 Nottingham Forest: match report

Norwich City lost to Nottingham Forest 2-3 in the Championship on Sunday 28 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-2.

M. Thornhill opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Norwich City's goals came from an own goal by Ian Breckin (73') and an own goal by Joe Garner (90'). Nottingham Forest scored through M. Thornhill (17'), Lewis McGugan (30') and Robert Earnshaw (89').

Discipline: Norwich City received 2 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 20th on 26 points from 25 and Nottingham Forest 22nd on 21 points from 25. Norwich City went on to finish that season 22nd with 46 points, and Nottingham Forest 19th with 53.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Norwich City win, 0 draws and 0 for Nottingham Forest.

Going into the match Norwich City's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Nottingham Forest's L-W-D-L-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · M. ThornhillNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · James PerchNottingham Forest
  • 30'Goal · Lewis McGuganNottingham Forest · 0-2
  • 52'Yellow card · Lee CroftNorwich City
  • 70'Yellow card · Joe HeathNottingham Forest
  • 73'Own goal · Ian BreckinNorwich City · 1-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Ian BreckinNottingham Forest
  • 83'Yellow card · Darel RussellNorwich City
  • 89'Goal · Robert EarnshawNottingham Forest · 1-3
  • 90'Own goal · Joe GarnerNorwich City · 2-3
  • 90'Yellow card · Luke ChambersNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Norwich City 1, draws 0, Nottingham Forest 0.