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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 […]
Forest Green will have to be at their “very best”, if they are to get a much-needed result away at Plymouth Argyle, who currently sit second in the League One table just three points off the top spot, says Duncan Ferguson. Forest Green’s season hasn’t gone the way Ferguson would have liked with his side […]
Forest Green Rovers head coach Duncan Ferguson and owner Dale Vince were in attendance at The Bolt New Lawn last night for the club’s second Fans Forum of the season. The pair were met by roughly 150 Rovers fans in the Carole Embrey Suite for what was the first event of the sort since Ferguson’s […]
Charlie Savage, son of former Wales international Robbie Savage netted his first goal in professional senior football on Saturday, as he scored the opener in Forest Green Rovers’ 3-1 defeat to Bristol Rovers. The 19 year old joined the League One outfit late in the January transfer window and has impressed during his short time […]
Duncan Ferguson was critical of the technical side of his Forest Green Rovers team following their 3-1 defeat at home to Bristol Rovers on Saturday. FGR took the lead inside the first 15 minutes through Charlie Savage but ended up on the wrong side of the score, extending their winless run to an unwelcome 16 […]
Survival hopes for League One side Forest Green Rovers took another blow as they were defeated 4-0 by Ipswich Town at Portman Road. Conor Chaplin opened the scoring inside five minutes and Nathan Broadhead doubled the home sides lead just before half-time. The second half proved no better for Rovers as Chaplin latched onto a […]