Nottingham Forest have this evening terminated the contract of manager Colin Calderwood with immediate effect.

First team coach David Kerslake has also left the club.

The move came following Forest's 4-2 home defeat at the hands of Doncaster which left the club in the bottom three of the Championship.

Chief Executive Mark Arthur said: "We're grateful to Colin for his efforts over the last two and a half years, in particular for leading us to promotion from League One.

"But we're in a result business and it's imperative that the club stays in the Championship. We need to give ourselves every opportunity to do that."

The club will not be making any further statement at this stage.