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Ben Stevenson felt “it was the right time” to leave former club Colchester United after moving to Forest Green Rovers this past summer. The midfielder made just shy of 100 appearances for the U’s helping them reach the League Two play-offs in the 2019/20 season. In the run up to facing his former club for […]
Forest Green Rovers travel to Boundary Park this weekend, as they look to extend their eight match unbeaten league run against Oldham Athletic. The league leaders come into this match off the back of a very impressive 4-1 win at promotion rivals Harrogate Town on Tuesday. Goals from Jack Aitchison, Nicky Cadden, Jamille Matt and […]
Clubs across League One, League Two and the National League will be boosted by further funding from the Premier League as they continue their recovery from the Pandemic. The Premier League announced a further £20 million for teams in League One and Two for the 2021/22 season and £5 million to clubs from National League […]
First-team coach Chris Hicks predicts a ‘difficult’ game against Pucklechurch in FA Women’s trophy despite playing their games in two leagues above. Pucklechurch play their league games in Division One of the Gloucestershire County Women’s Football League, two leagues below Forest Green Rovers who play in the South West Regional Women’s Football League Premier. Currently […]
With the regular football season drawing to a close across the country and the play-offs preparing to commence as early as Monday night in the Championship, retained lists are starting to be announced around the English Football League. It’s no different for Gloucestershire’s footballing sides, with newly crowned League Two champions Cheltenham Town releasing their […]
Ex-forest Green Rovers and Newport County defender Jamie Turley has weighed in on the sides play-off semi-final meeting on Tuesday, highlighting the absence of Jamille Matt as a ‘massive loss’. Turley, who made 98 appearances for the Gloucestershire side when they were in the National League admitted that Jimmy Ball’s side didn’t convince him this […]
On May 14, 2017, Forest Green Rovers won promotion to the Football League via the play-offs with a 3-1 win over Tranmere at Wembley. All of the players who featured for Rovers that day have moved on, but where are they now? Here’s a look at what that famous starting XI are up to four […]
April 10 2021, Walsall 2-1 Forest Green Rovers. Defeat at The Banks’s Stadium to Brian Dutton’s out-of-form Saddlers, left Forest Green Rovers sixth in League Two, after four consecutive losses and six games without a win. Despite remaining in the play-off positions in the league table and being just five points shy of the automatic […]
When Forest Green Rovers face Newport County on Tuesday evening it will be their fifth play-off appearance in six years. Sadly for the Rovers, the play-offs have not been too kind for them in previous years with just one victorious campaign. Here is how they’ve fared in their recent play-off fixtures: 2015 – Lost to […]
Ahead of Forest Green Rovers’ massive play-off clash with Newport County we spoke to Chris Kirwan of South Wales Argus to get some insight on the Exiles. Newport ended the season in pretty strong form, unbeaten in their last five games, do you expect Michael Flynn’s side to continue their form? Flynn’s found a good […]