Forest Green Rovers F.C.
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| Full name | Forest Green Rovers Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Rovers The Green |
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| Founded | 1890 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | The New Stadium (unnamed) Nailsworth Stroud Valley |
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| Capacity | 5,147 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Colin Gardner |
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| Manager | Jim Harvey |
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| League | Conference National | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Conference National, 20th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Forest Green Rovers F.C. are an English football team based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, currently playing in the Nationwide Conference.
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[edit] Current season
This season, Rovers will be looking to improve on finishing in a low position although with Cambridge United, Oxford United FC, York City and Exeter City amongst the teams to contend with, it will be difficult.
The team need to start taking all 3 points rather than drawing so they can afford slip ups against these large teams.
[edit] Stadium
The Lawn had been home to the club since it was founded in 1890, and remained little more than a field until the club's continued progress demanded a series of upgrades from the 1950s, Terraces, famously partial leveling of the pitch, the Trevor Horsley Stand and new Barnfield Terrace sponsored by Rockwool, the latter two being moved to the new facility in 2006.
At the start of the 2006-07 season, Forest Green opened their new stadium. It is still unnamed because the club is awaiting a sponsor to pay £30,000 for the rights to name the new ground. The northern covered terrace is known as the Rockwool stand because of its sponsor. This is the liveliest part of the ground. The western covered seated stand contains the boxes and 'green man' bar. The eastern open terrace is allocated for away fans and the southern covered terrace has yet to be finished. The western stand also contains the 5 valleys leisure centre. Although the stadium can hold 5147 fans, the highest attendance was 3021 against Oxford. Usual attendance is 800-1100 for conference fixtures and around 1500 for cup fixtures.
[edit] History
- 1968-69 - Founder members of Gloucestershire County League
- 1975-76 - Joined Hellenic League Premier Division
- 1981-82 - Hellenic League Champions. FA Vase Winners; promoted to Southern League Midland Division
- 1989 - Changed name to Stroud F.C.
- 1992 - Changed name back to Forest Green Rovers
- 1995-96 - Switched to Southern Division
- 1996-97 - Southern League Southern Division Champions; promoted to Premier Division
- 1997-98 - Southern League Champions; promoted to Conference
- 1998-99 - FA Trophy runner-up
- 2000-01 - FA Trophy runner-up
- Best league position: 9th in Conference (level 5), 2002-03
- Best FA Cup performance: 2nd round, 1999-00
- Best FA Trophy performance: finalists, 1998-99 and 2000-01.
- Best FA Vase performance: winners, 1981-82.
- Best Football League Trophy performance: 1st round, 2003-04
Source: Forest Green Rovers at the Football Club History Database
[edit] Honours
- FA Vase winners 1982
- Southern League Premier Division champions 1998
- Southern League Southern Division champions 1997
- Hellenic League champions 1982
[edit] Current squad
As of 1 December 2006:
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[edit] Coaching staff
- Jim Harvey
- Paul Wanless (player/coach)
- Adam Coyle
[edit] External links
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