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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 […]
Forest Green Rovers will be looking to edge further clear in the League Two automatic promotion places as they take on an in-form Harrogate Town at The Innocent New Lawn on Saturday. A stoppage time equaliser from Morecambe’s Carlos Mendes Gomes in Rovers’ last game this past Tuesday night prevented them from going top of […]
March 7, 2020. That was the last time Forest Green played in front of a jam-packed crowd. 9,758 watched Rovers shock table-toppers Swindon Town at the County Ground with a 2-0 win. That was to be Rovers’ last competitive action for six months. Other than a pilot event against Bradford and two games in December, […]
There was no success for Cheltenham Town or Forest Green Rovers in the League Two Manager and Player of the Month Awards that were announced this morning. Both Gloucestershire clubs enjoyed rewarding Februarys as both the Robins and the Greens won four of their five fixtures to establish themselves in the top three of the […]
Forest Green Rovers boss Mark Cooper wants his side to adapt in order to cope with Newport County’s pitch conditions and their recent new style of play. Newport County host Forest Green Rovers on Sunday for their League Two clash, a game which was meant to be played on Saturday. Welsh Rugby Union side Dragons […]
Forest Green Rovers head coach Mark Cooper has confirmed that defender Jordan Moore-Taylor will have an injection in his knee to get him through the rest of the season. Moore-Taylor was absent from Rovers’ matchday squad against Oldham Athletic on Tuesday night and Cooper revealed post-match that the former Exeter City defender has been dealing […]
Forest Green Rovers beat Oldham Athletic 4-3 in a chaotic game at The innocent New Lawn on Tuesday night. It was the seventh 4-3 match that Mark Cooper has been involved in during his time in Gloucestershire. Here’s a look at five of the craziest games the Rovers manager has seen during his time in […]
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 […]