Nottingham Forest 1-2 Burnley: result and report
Championship · Saturday 13 September 2008
Result
Nottingham Forest 1-2 Burnley
Championship · Saturday 13 September 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Nottingham Forest 1-2 Burnley: match report
Nottingham Forest were beaten by Burnley 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 13 September 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Graham Alexander opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Nottingham Forest's goal came from Robert Earnshaw (52'). Burnley scored through Graham Alexander (25') and Graham Alexander (70', penalty).
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received no yellow cards; Burnley received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 16th on 4 points from 4 and Burnley 23rd on 2 points from 4. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Burnley 2nd with 85.
Going into the match Nottingham Forest's last five read L-W-L-D and Burnley's D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 25'Goal · Graham Alexander
- 52'Goal · Robert Earnshaw
- 55'Yellow card · Russell Anderson
- 62'Yellow card · Wade Elliott
- 70'Penalty goal · Graham Alexander