Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 August 2008

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 30 August 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 4-0

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Nottingham Forest 5-1 in the Championship on Saturday 30 August 2008. The half-time score was 4-0.

David Jones opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from David Jones (14'), an own goal by Wes Morgan (29'), Michael Kightly (43'), Chris Iwelumo (44') and Michael Kightly (62'). Nottingham Forest scored through an own goal by Richard Stearman (55').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received no yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 2nd on 7 points from 3 and Nottingham Forest 14th on 4 points from 3. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Nottingham Forest 19th with 53.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · David JonesWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 29'Own goal · Wes MorganWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-0
  • 43'Goal · Michael KightlyWolverhampton Wanderers · 3-0
  • 44'Goal · Chris IwelumoWolverhampton Wanderers · 4-0
  • 55'Own goal · Richard StearmanNottingham Forest · 4-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Luke ChambersNottingham Forest
  • 62'Goal · Michael KightlyWolverhampton Wanderers · 5-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Julian BennettNottingham Forest