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Following his January transfer move from West Ham to Ajax, Sebastien Haller would’ve been hoping to kickstart his career in the Netherlands with some impressive performances in the Eredivisie and Europa League. Unfortunately, at least for the latter, that definitely will not be happening. Embed from Getty Images The current Dutch champions accidentally left their […]
Forest Green Rovers head coach Mark Cooper questioned his players fight as they fell to a 3-2 defeat at Tranmere Rovers. Late goals from substitutes Elliott Whitehouse and Scott Wagstaff weren’t enough as Rovers fell to only their fifth league defeat of the campaign. Early goals in either half from Paul Lewis and James Vaughan […]
Forest Green Rovers fell to a disappointing 3-2 defeat to Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park on Saturday. Late goals from Elliott Whitehouse and Scott Wagstaff weren’t enough as the Gloucestershire side missed the chance to go second in League Two. Here are five things we learned from the game: Slow starters Only Grimsby and Stevenage […]
Forest Green Rovers head coach Mark Cooper is expecting a “feisty” battle as his promotion-chasing side travel to Tranmere Rovers this evening (7pm). Despite being fourth in the table, Forest Green have won just one of their last five games, and they will be keen to get back to winning ways against a side who […]
Forest Green Rovers manager Mark Cooper says his side need to be wary of a ‘wounded animal’ ahead of their trip to Harrogate Town this weekend. Rovers come into the game off the back of a 1-1 draw with table-toppers Newport County, and are sitting fourth in the division, one point off of the automatic […]
With a new regional coronavirus tier system announced, the question on many sports fans’ lips remains; ‘When will fans be allowed back in stadiums?’. Gloucestershire was been confirmed this morning as a tier 2 region in a government announcement confirming it’s status. This is good news for the county’s sports fans, as it confirms that […]
The football season is over and teams will be part of England’s fourth tier via promotion or relegation, so we take a look at the teams joining Cheltenham Town and Forest Green Rovers in League Two next season… Promoted from National League: Macclesfield Town Macclesfield had a spectacular season in the National League winning it by […]
Forest Green Rovers have announced that the club’s academy has been upgraded to Category 3 status by the Premier League and EFL. Embed from Getty Images The Green Devils invested significant funds and recruited new support staff to their youth set up following the club’s promotion to League 2, and after just one season in the […]
Cheltenham Town are the biggest benefactors of ParkLifeSport’s Twitter poll to find Gloucestershire’s top eleven football players over the past season – after nine Robins were named in the team. The 4-4-2 team, voted for by fans on Twitter yesterday, celebrates all that was good in Gloucestershire football during the 2017/18 campaign. Here, you can find the […]
Following the news that Forest Green Rovers defender Dale Bennett’s contract has been mutually terminated, we take a look at three potential transfer destinations for the 28 year-old after 5 years and 196 appearances for the Gloucestershire-based club: Embed from Getty Images 1.Colchester United Having grown up in North London, Enfield, Bennett could be tempted […]