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(Image: Prosports Images- Wayne Tuckwell) Steve Cotterill says Forest Green Rovers 1-0 National League win over Hartlepool United on Saturday was achieved by the entire squad after a difficult week on the road. Rovers earned the only goal of the game on 71 minutes through Charlie McCann’s fourth goal of the season sweeping an Emmanuel […]
Forest Green Rovers Women moved to the top of the Regen Arable South West Regional Women’s Football League Premier Division table after a 5-1 win over Bishops Lydeard Ladies at Hartpury College on Sunday. Rovers went behind after 19 minutes after Holly Meakins lobbed goalkeeper Flo Stiddard, but battled back to score three goals in […]
Forest Green Rovers boss Steve Cotterill revealed his disappointment that the squad didn’t progress into the next round of the FA Cup following a 2-1 defeat to Stockport County “I thought they (the players) were magnificent,” Cotterill said. “We ended up losing a game we didn’t deserve to lose. I thought we were excellent in […]
Forest Green Rovers forward Christian Doidge believes that his team have progressed in leaps and bounds after a 2-1 extra-time defeat to Stockport County. Doidge’s late equaliser wasn’t enough for Rovers to progress to the second round of the famous competition, but there is a belief that the National League side have improved in the […]
Forest Green Rovers play host to bottom side Ebbsfleet United as they look to continue a run of eight wins in 10 games, which has seen them draw level with Barnet at the top of the National League. With title rivals Barnet away to third place York City, a win against the Kent based side […]
(Featured image: Courtesy of Talksport) Gloucestershire teams have been drawn in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Forest Green have Winchester City or Weymouth FC at the New Lawn. Bishop’s Cleeve or Chesham United have been drawn against Yeovil Town at home in round four of the FA Cup, setting the stakes for their […]
It’s fair to say that it has been a year to forget for Gloucestershire football’s big three. Cheltenham Town ended their three-year spell in League One. Forest Green Rovers faced back-to-back relegations and have now been dumped out of the football league. Whilst Gloucester City are to play in the seventh tier of English football […]
The three stalwarts in the county’s football scene have endured underwhelming campaigns with rotten recruitment, poor financial backing and lacklustre decision-making Tomorrow evening could bring with it a hat-trick of relegation as Cheltenham Town host Peterborough United (who are looking to achieve automatic promotion) in a must-win game at the Completely-Suzuki Stadium. Last Tuesday, Gloucestershire’s […]
Photo Credit: Cheltenham Town FC/ Nizaam Jones With the international break currently going on, it saw six players from Gloucestershire clubs go out on international duty. Five came from Cheltenham Town Football club, and one from Forest Green Rovers. The internationals from Cheltenham allowed for their game against Wycombe to be postponed, while Forest Green […]
It was the FA Cup first round draw on Sunday and three local teams featured in the pool. Although unlucky for some, it was Cheltenham Town that was represented by ball 13, and managed to draw AFC Wimbledon away. These two sides faced each other twice last season, with Cheltenham being undefeated in the fixtures, […]
Forest Green Rovers have today announced they have appointed Marcus Reynolds as the club’s new chief executive officer (CEO). The designation comes following the news in January that Henry Staelens was stepping down from his role after five years as CEO. In a statement published on the club website, Reynolds said: “I am humbled to […]