Editing Stuart Pearce (section)

===Nottingham Forest===
[[File:Stuart Pearce first game back as Nottingham Forest manager.jpg|thumb|right|Pearce returned as [[Nottingham Forest]] manager in 2014]]
Pearce was appointed as the manager of Nottingham Forest, effective from 1 July 2014.<ref name="Nottingham Forest confirm Reds legend as boss">{{cite news|title=Nottingham Forest confirm Reds legend as boss|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26867437|access-date=3 April 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|date=3 April 2014}}</ref> Under Pearce, Forest broke their transfer record by signing striker [[Britt Assombalonga]] from [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Forest sign £5.5m striker Assombalonga|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28681698|access-date=2020-09-18}}</ref>

After leading Forest to an unbeaten start to the [[2014–15 Football League Championship|season]], with thirteen points from an available fifteen, Pearce was named as a candidate for the league's Manager of the Month award for August.<ref>{{cite web |title=Red recognition |url=http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/article/manager-of-the-month-august-1896555.aspx |publisher=Nottingham Forest F.C. |date=4 September 2014 |access-date=6 September 2014}}</ref> He was beaten by [[Kenny Jackett]] of [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]], despite taking Forest to the top of the table by the end of August 2014 after a 1–0 away win against [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sky Bet Manager of the Month 2014/15 |url=http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/ManageroftheMonthArticle |publisher=The Football League |access-date=21 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224170304/http://www.coca-cola.co.uk/football/footballleague/Mom.aspx |archive-date=24 December 2007 }}</ref> On 14 September 2014, Forest lost key players [[Chris Cohen (footballer)|Chris Cohen]] and [[Andy Reid (Irish footballer)|Andy Reid]] to injury in a 1–1 draw with [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]], and Forest quickly lost form.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-20|title=Costly Derby draw sparked Stuart Pearce's Forest decline|url=https://sportchippers.com/stuart-pearce/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=Robin Chipperfield|language=en-US}}</ref> The team managed only three wins in twenty-one Championship matches, and was also knocked out of the [[FA Cup]] by [[Rochdale A.F.C.|Rochdale]]. Pearce did manage to win the reverse fixture against Derby and bring the [[Brian Clough Trophy]] back to the [[City Ground]], but this was not enough to keep him in his job. He was sacked on 1 February 2015 with Forest in 12th position in the Championship.<ref>{{cite web|last=Percy|first=John|title=Stuart Pearce sacked by Nottingham Forest after dismal run of results|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/nottingham-forest/11383009/Stuart-Pearce-sacked-by-Nottingham-Forest-after-dismal-run-of-results.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/nottingham-forest/11383009/Stuart-Pearce-sacked-by-Nottingham-Forest-after-dismal-run-of-results.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=telegraph.co.uk|date=1 February 2015|access-date=1 February 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>