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The 2017–18 season was Forest Green Rovers's 129th year in existence and their first in League Two following promotion via the play-offs last season.[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.
2017–18 season | |
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Chairman | Dale Vince |
Manager | Mark Cooper |
Stadium | The New Lawn |
EFL League Two | 21st |
FA Cup | Second round |
EFL Cup | First round (vs. Milton Keynes Dons) |
EFL Trophy | Third round |
Top goalscorer | League: Christian Doidge (20) All: Christian Doidge (25) |
The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2017 | CM | Reece Brown | Birmingham City | Free | [2] | |
1 July 2017 | CB | Lee Collins | Mansfield Town | Free | [3] | |
1 July 2017 | CM | Charlie Cooper | Birmingham City | Free | [4] | |
1 July 2017 | LB | Callum Evans | Barnsley | Free | [5] | |
1 July 2017 | LB | Scott Laird | Scunthorpe United | Free | [6] | |
13 July 2017 | CF | Luke James | Peterborough United | Free | [7] | |
19 July 2017 | MF | Jordan Simpson | Swindon Town | Free | [8] | |
22 July 2017 | GK | Harry Pickering | Port Vale | Free | [9] | |
24 August 2017 | CB | Mark Roberts | Cambridge United | Free | [10] | |
22 September 2017 | DM | Isaiah Osbourne | Walsall | Free | [11] | |
1 January 2018 | MF | Dayle Grubb | Weston-super-Mare | Undisclosed | [12] |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 July 2017 | AM | Mohamed Chemlal | Free agent | Released | [13] | |
1 July 2017 | LW | Anthony Jeffrey | Sutton United | Released | [13][lower-alpha 1] | |
1 July 2017 | LM | Marcus Kelly | Wrexham | Released | [13][lower-alpha 2] | |
1 July 2017 | AM | Louis McGrory | AFC Telford United | Released | [13][lower-alpha 3] | |
1 July 2017 | CB | Ethan Pinnock | Barnsley | Undisclosed | [17] | |
1 July 2017 | CM | Sam Wedgbury | Wrexham | Released | [13][lower-alpha 4] | |
25 July 2017 | GK | Simon Lefebvre | FC Lourdes | Mutual consent | [19] | |
4 August 2017 | CB | Aarran Racine | Free agent | Mutual consent | [20] | |
23 August 2017 | CM | Rob Sinclair | Oxford City | Mutual consent | [21][lower-alpha 5] | |
9 October 2017 | CM | Liam Noble | Notts County | Mutual consent | [23][lower-alpha 6] |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 July 2017 | GK | Bradley Collins | Chelsea | End of season | [25] | |
22 July 2017 | CB | Jack Fitzwater | West Bromwich Albion | January 2018 | [26] | |
31 July 2017 | CB | Alex Iacovitti | Nottingham Forest | 30 June 2018 | [27] | |
30 August 2017 | LW | Will Randall | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 June 2018 | [28] | |
31 August 2017 | CF | Toni Gomes | Liverpool | 30 June 2018 | [29] |
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 August 2017 | MF | Jordan Morris | Shortwood United | 3 January 2018 | [30] | |
11 August 2017 | GK | Harry Pickering | Shortwood United | 3 January 2018 | [30] | |
25 August 2017 | CF | Olly Mehew | Taunton Town | 3 January 2018 | [31] | |
1 September 2017 | MF | Jordan Simpson | Hungerford Town | 24 November 2017 | [32] | |
8 September 2017 | LM | Fabien Robert | Aldershot Town | 9 December 2017 | [33][lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] | |
15 September 2017 | LB | Callum Evans | Torquay United | 17 December 2017 | [36] | |
19 September 2017 | CF | Rhys Murphy | Torquay United | 21 December 2017 | [37] | |
20 October 2017 | MF | Tom Anderson | Cirencester Town | 3 January 2018 | [38][lower-alpha 3] | |
6 November 2017 | FW | Shamir Mullings | Macclesfield Town | 13 November 2017 | [40][lower-alpha 4] |
As of 22 June 2017, Forest Green Rovers have announced nine pre-season friendlies against Bristol Rovers, Kidderminster Harriers, Bishop's Cleeve, Weston-super-Mare, Shortwood United, Brimscombe & Thrupp, Swindon Supermarine,[42] Worthing[43] and Farense during a training camp in Portugal.[44]
11 July 2017 | Bishop's Cleeve | 0–2 | Forest Green Rovers | Bishop's Cleeve |
19:30 BST | Report | Wishart ?' Mehew ?' |
Stadium: Kayte Lane Attendance: 225 |
14 July 2017 | Shortwood United | 0–4 | Forest Green Rovers | Nailsworth |
19:30 BST | Report | Doidge 5' Mehew 57' Morris 64' Stevens 80' |
Stadium: Meadowbank Ground Attendance: 368 Referee: Graham Pugh |
15 July 2017 | Brimscombe & Thrupp | 0–3 | Forest Green Rovers | Brimscombe and Thrupp |
15:00 BST | Report | Doidge 10', ?' (pen.) Mehew 70' |
Stadium: The Meadow Attendance: 520 Referee: Ben Williamson |
18 July 2017 | Weston-super-Mare | 1–2 | Forest Green Rovers | Weston-super-Mare |
19:45 BST | Collins 38' (o.g.) | Report | Brown 61' Mullings ?' |
Stadium: Woodspring Stadium Attendance: 200 |
22 July 2017 | Forest Green Rovers | 2–0 | Bristol Rovers | Nailsworth |
15:00 BST | Noble 14' Mullings 65' |
Report | Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,589 Referee: Sam Allison |
25 July 2017 | Farense | 2–1 | Forest Green Rovers | Albufeira, Portugal |
19:00 WEST | Gomes 3' Melo 85' |
Report | Bugiel 90' | Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira Attendance: 192 |
29 July 2017 | Forest Green Rovers | P–P[45] | Kidderminster Harriers | Nailsworth |
15:00 BST | Stadium: The New Lawn |
31 July 2017 | Swindon Supermarine | 1–3 | Forest Green Rovers | South Marston |
19:30 BST | Hooper ?' | Report | Doidge ?' Mullings 48', 70' |
Stadium: Hunts Copse |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 59 | 75 | −16 | 48 | |
20 | Port Vale | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 47 | |
21 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 54 | 77 | −23 | 47 | |
22 | Morecambe | 46 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 46 | |
23 | Barnet (R) | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 46 | Relegation to the National League |
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 27 | −16 |
Last updated: 3 February 2018.
Source: [citation needed]
On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.[46][47]
5 August 2017 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 2–2 | Barnet | Nailsworth |
15:00 BST | Doidge 41', 43' | Report | Akpa Akpro 58' Taylor 59' 90+5' Campbell-Ryce 63' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,171 Referee: Darren Drysdale |
12 August 2017 2 | Mansfield Town | 2–0 | Forest Green Rovers | Mansfield |
15:00 BST | Rose 51' Anderson 57' Benning 62' |
Report | Noble 36' Collins 39' Traoré 64' Mullings 79' Bennett 86' Monthé 90+2' |
Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,826 Referee: Carl Boyeson |
19 August 2017 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 4–3 | Yeovil Town | Nailsworth |
15:00 BST | Doidge 23' Brown 45+5' Cooper 49' 90' Monthé 59' Bugiel 79' |
Report | Olomola 9' Khan 14' (pen.) Zoko 35' James 69' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,615 Referee: David Webb |
26 August 2017 4 | Colchester United | 5–1 | Forest Green Rovers | Colchester |
15:00 BST | Reid 4' Kent 21' Szmodics 65' Vincent-Young 74' Senior 90+3' |
Report | Noble 23' Roberts 53' Cooper 90+5' |
Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,047 Referee: Craig Hicks |
2 September 2017 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 3–1 | Forest Green Rovers | High Wycombe |
15:00 BST | El-Abd 2' Cowan-Hall 7' Stewart 22' O'Nien 36' 82' |
Report | Doidge 68' Russell 70' |
Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,759 Referee: Scott Oldham |
9 September 2017 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 1–3 | Exeter City | Nailsworth |
15:00 BST | Mullings 75' Bennett 83' |
Report | Sweeney 4' Reid 18', 53' James 31' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,909 Referee: Robert Lewis |
12 September 2017 7 | Forest Green Rovers | 0–1 | Lincoln City | Nailsworth |
19:45 BST | Collins 26' Cooper 60' |
Report | Raggett 51' Dickie 57' Anderson 65' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,887 Referee: Lee Swabey |
16 September 2017 8 | Port Vale | 1–1 | Forest Green Rovers | Burslem |
15:00 BST | Turner 21' | Report | Bugiel 68' Doidge 90+4' |
Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 3,910 Referee: Martin Coy |
22 September 2017 9 | Forest Green Rovers | 0–2 | Swindon Town | Nailsworth |
19:45 BST | Bennett 43' Roberts 65' Cooper 87' |
Report | Robertson 58' Lancashire 86' Taylor 90' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,305 Referee: Darren Drysdale |
26 September 2017 10 | Cambridge United | 3–0 | Forest Green Rovers | Cambridge |
19:45 BST | Ibehre 15' Ikpeazu 55', 61' |
Report | Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,545 Referee: Ross Joyce |
30 September 2017 11 | Forest Green Rovers | 0–1 | Accrington Stanley | Nailsworth |
15:00 BST | Report | Conneely 56' Thorniley 70' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,594 Referee: John Busby |
7 October 2017 12 | Notts County | 1–1 | Forest Green Rovers | Nottingham |
15:00 BST | Duffy 2' Milsom 76' 90+6' |
Report | Traoré 7' Collins 19' Bugiel 30' Cooper 90+1' |
Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 13,267 Referee: Lee Probert |
14 October 2017 13 | Forest Green Rovers | 0–4 | Newport County | Nailsworth |
15:00 BST | Report | Amond 14', 41' Bennett 50' 78' Labadie 56' McCoulsky 86' White 90+4' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,864 Referee: Carl Boyeson |
17 October 2017 14 | Coventry City | 0–1 | Forest Green Rovers | Coventry |
19:45 BST | McDonald 23' Doyle 45+1' Nazon 79' McNulty 90+1' |
Report | Marsh-Brown 29' Brown 90+2' |
Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 6,366 Referee: Simon Hooper |
21 October 2017 15 | Stevenage | 1–2 | Forest Green Rovers | Stevenage |
15:00 BST | Smith 21' Godden 43' King 90+2' |
Report | Brown 61' Doidge 73' Iacovitti 81' Bennett 83' |
Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,099 Referee: Lee Collins |
28 October 2017 16 | Forest Green Rovers | 2–0 | Morecambe | Nailsworth |
15:00 BST | Marsh-Brown 30' Laird 64' |
Report | Conlan 45+3' McGurk 85' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,515 Referee: Charles Breakspear |
11 November 2017 17 | Crawley Town | 1–1 | Forest Green Rovers | Crawley |
15:00 BST | Morris 37' Connolly 42' Payne 70' Verheydt 79' |
Report | Monthé 46' Doidge 67' |
Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,149 Referee: Tom Nield |
18 November 2017 18 | Forest Green Rovers | 3–2 | Crewe Alexandra | Nailsworth |
15:00 GMT | Doidge 44', 83' Traoré 66' Bugiel 90+1' Iacovitti 90+2' |
Report | Porter 14' Bowery 54' Dagnall 67' Grant 87' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,221 Referee: Chris Sarginson |
21 November 2017 19 | Chesterfield | 3–2 | Forest Green Rovers | Chesterfield |
19:45 GMT | McCourt 22', 54' Dennis 81' |
Report | Fitzwater 20' Traoré 29' Monthé 49' Doidge 60', 90+3' |
Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 4,306 Referee: Robert Jones |
25 November 2017 20 | Forest Green Rovers | 1–1 | Cheltenham Town | Nailsworth |
15:00 GMT | Doidge 8' Osbourne 38' Bugiel 90+6' |
Report | Pell 31' Eisa 39' Storer 75' Dawson 90+6' Morrell 90+7' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,641 Referee: Scott Oldham |
9 December 2017 21 | Grimsby Town | 1–0 | Forest Green Rovers | Cleethorpes |
15:00 GMT | Rose 39' Summerfield 74' Dembélé 76' McKeown 90+1' |
Report | Fitzwater 33' 37' Roberts 64' |
Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,398 Referee: Carl Boyeson |
16 December 2017 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 0–2 | Luton Town | Nailsworth |
15:00 | Laird 81' Doidge 90' |
Report | Potts 20' Mullins 22' Sheehan 45+1' Stacey 60' Hylton 68' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,546 Referee: Lee Swabey |
23 December 2017 23 | Forest Green Rovers | 0–1 | Carlisle United | Nailsworth |
15:00 | Roberts 81' Stevens 84' Laird 90+4' |
Report | Bennett 28' Grainger 86' Miller 90+4' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,489 Referee: Kevin Johnson |
30 December 2017 24 | Lincoln City | 2–1 | Forest Green Rovers | Lincoln |
15:00 | Rhead 8' 57' Bostwick 62' |
Report | Doidge 24' Collins 25' |
Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,964 Referee: Martin Coy |
1 January 2018 25 | Forest Green Rovers | 1–2 | Wycombe Wanderers | Nailsworth |
15:00 | Osbourne 35' Cooper 39' Fitzwater 70' |
Report | Bloomfield 26' Saunders 40' Mackail-Smith 42' de Havilland 67' O'Nien 90+8' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,727 Referee: Anthony Coggins |
6 January 2018 26 | Forest Green Rovers | 1–0 | Port Vale | Nailsworth |
15:00 | Reid 61' | Report | Pope 82' | Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,437 Referee: Keith Stroud |
13 January 2018 27 | Swindon Town | 1–0 | Forest Green Rovers | Swindon |
15:00 | Dunne 45+7' Anderson 59' Norris 79' Mullin 83' |
Grubb 70' Reid 87' Wishart 87' Gunning 90+3' |
Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,062 Referee: Dean Whitestone |
20 January 2018 28 | Forest Green Rovers | 5–2 | Cambridge United | Nailsworth |
15:00 | Doidge 18' 82' Grubb 43', 74' Campbell 90+4' |
Report | Maris 3' Carroll 22' Elito 25' Ikpeazu 64' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,228 Referee: Ben Toner |
27 January 2018 29 | Carlisle United | 1–0 | Forest Green Rovers | Carlisle |
15:00 | Devitt 27' Bonham 66' Joyce 89' |
Report | Bennett 41' Gunning 60' Collins 89' Campbell 90+6' |
Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,176 Referee: Eddie Ilderton |
31 January 2018 30 | Exeter City | 2–0 | Forest Green Rovers | Exeter |
19:45 | Stockley 51' Sweeney 57' (pen.) Holmes 82' |
Report | Gunning 67' Collins 68' |
Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,382 Referee: Brett Huxtable |
3 February 2018 31 | Forest Green Rovers | 2–1 | Coventry City | Nailsworth |
15:00 | Bray 39' Collins 64' |
Report | Kelly 38' McNulty 59' (pen.) |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,623 Referee: Darren Handley |
10 February 2018 | Newport County | Postponed | Forest Green Rovers | Newport |
15:00 | Stadium: Rodney Parade |
13 February 2018 32 | Forest Green Rovers | 3–1 | Stevenage | Nailsworth |
19:45 | Reid 45+1' Wishart 54' Osbourne 56' Rawson 61' Doidge 81' |
Report | Wilkinson 26' Revell 30' Henry 50' Bowditch 90+2' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,825 Referee: Graham Salisbury |
17 February 2018 33 | Morecambe | 1–1 | Forest Green Rovers | Morecambe |
15:00 | McGowan 59' Winnard 67' Rose 84' Conlan 89' Wylde 90' |
Report | Clements 13' Grubb 78' |
Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,447 Referee: Anthony Backhouse |
24 February 2018 34 | Forest Green Rovers | 2–0 | Crawley Town | Nailsworth |
15:00 GMT | Reid 10' Doidge 24' Osbourne 79' |
Report | Yorwerth 36' Connolly 90+5' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,346 Referee: Andy Woolmer |
6 March 2018 35 | Newport County | 3–3 | Forest Green Rovers | Newport |
19:45 GMT | Butler 9' Hayes 17', 38' |
Report | Butler 6' (og) Gunning 30' Collins 82' |
Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,862 Referee: Chris Sarginson |
10 March 2018 36 | Forest Green Rovers | 1–2 | Notts County | Nailsworth |
15:00 GMT | Campbell 72' Collins 86' Cooper 90+3' |
Report | Noble 34' 89' Tootle 80' Duffy 87' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,893 Referee: Mark Heywood |
17 March 2018 37 | Accrington Stanley | 3–1 | Forest Green Rovers | Accrington |
15:00 GMT | Johnson 3' Clark 81' Jackson 90+2' |
Report | Reid 64' | Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,313 Referee: David Webb |
20 March 2018 38 | Crewe Alexandra | 3–1 | Forest Green Rovers | Crewe |
19:45 GMT | Bowery 44' 61' Kirk 59' |
Report | Grubb 64' | Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,158 Referee: Anthony Backhouse |
24 March 2018 39 | Forest Green Rovers | 2–0 | Mansfield Town | Nailsworth |
15:00 GMT | Osbourne 28' Bennett 36' Reid 54', 73' Campbell 72' Grubb 78' |
Report | Pearce 17' 84' Atkinson 51' Miller 65' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,827 Referee: Antony Coggins |
30 March 2018 P | Yeovil Town | Postponed | Forest Green Rovers | Yeovil |
Stadium: Huish Park |
2 April 2018 40 | Forest Green Rovers | 1–2 | Colchester United | Nailsworth |
15:00 BST | Reid 37' (pen.) | Report | Dr. Wright 1' Stevenson 47' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,869 Referee: Brett Huxtable |
7 April 2018 41 | Barnet | 1–0 | Forest Green Rovers | Canons Park |
15:00 BST | Nicholls 45+3', 48' Akinde 50' Payne 86' |
Report | Osbourne 60' Bennett 64' Rawson 83' Clements 84' |
Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,764 Referee: Nick Kinseley |
14 April 2018 42 | Cheltenham Town | 0–1 | Forest Green Rovers | Cheltenham |
15:00 BST | Eisa 49' | Report | Gunning 40' Doidge 43' Clements 72' Osbourne 90' |
Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 4,744 Referee: Ollie Yates |
21 April 2018 43 | Forest Green Rovers | 4–1 | Chesterfield | Nailsworth |
15:00 BST | Laird 27' Doidge 78', 90+6' (pen.) Osbourne 80' Gunning 86' Grubb 90+4' |
Report | Dennis 36' (pen.) | Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,336 Referee: Scott Duncan |
24 April 2018 44 | Yeovil Town | 0–0 | Forest Green Rovers | Yeovil |
19:45 BST | Report | Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 2,789 Referee: John Brooks |
28 April 2018 45 | Luton Town | 3–1 | Forest Green Rovers | Luton |
15:00 BST | Collins 9' Hylton 20' 25' McCormack 59' Lee 86' Mpanzu 89' 90' |
Report | Doidge 53' Collins 66' Gunning 90' |
Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,029 Referee: Lee Collins |
5 May 2018 46 | Forest Green Rovers | 0–3 | Grimsby Town | Nailsworth |
15:00 BST | Gunning 19' | Report | Hooper 52', 84', 90' Fox 67' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,880 Referee: Seb Stockbridge |
On 16 October 2017, Forest Green Rovers were drawn at home to Macclesfield Town in the first round.[48] Another home tie was confirmed for the second round, against Exeter City.[49]
4 November 2017 First round | Forest Green Rovers | 1–0 | Macclesfield Town | Nailsworth |
15:00 GMT | Doidge 42' Bennett 69' |
Report | Baba 52' | Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,387 Referee: Trevor Kettle |
2 December 2017 Second round | Forest Green Rovers | 3–3 | Exeter City | Nailsworth |
15:00 GMT | Doidge 26', 90+2' Laird 88' |
Report | Boateng 39' Moore-Taylor 58' Stockley 64', 90+4' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Gavin Ward |
12 December 2017 Second round replay | Exeter City | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Forest Green Rovers | Exeter |
19:45 GMT | Moore-Taylor 29' Seaborne 50' Tillson 56' 63' Stockley 64' 115' Harley 73' (pen.) Sweeney 90' Taylor 105' |
Report | Doidge 30' (pen.) Cooper 42' Monthé 64' 109' Bugiel 118' |
Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2,923 Referee: Charles Breakspear |
On 16 June 2017, Forest Green Rovers were drawn at home to MK Dons in the first round.[50]
8 August 2017 First round | Forest Green Rovers | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Milton Keynes Dons | Nailsworth |
19:45 BST | Report | Cissé 28' Ebanks-Landell 37' Williams 45' Ariyibi 110' Downing 112' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,608 Referee: Anthony Backhouse |
On 12 July 2017, Forest Green Rovers were drawn in Southern Group E against Cheltenham Town, Newport County and Swansea City U23s.[51][52] After finished as runners-up in the group stages, FGR were drawn away to Swindon Town in the second round.[53] A third round trip to Yeovil Town was next on the cards after seeing off Swindon Town in the previous round.[54]
Pos | Lge | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ACA | Swansea City U21s (Q) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Round 2 |
2 | L2 | Forest Green Rovers (Q) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | L2 | Cheltenham Town (E) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | L2 | Newport County (E) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
29 August 2017 Group Game 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 2–0 | Newport County | Nailsworth |
19:30 BST | Wishart 20' Noble 60' James 84' |
Report | Willmott 45' Owen-Evans 67' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,090 |
3 October 2017 Group Game 2 | Cheltenham Town | 1–2 | Forest Green Rovers | Cheltenham |
19:45 BST | Bower 34' Davey 39' Hinds 50' Cranston 70' Wright 83' |
Report | Brown 79' 90+2' Stevens 80' |
Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,576 Referee: Trevor Kettle |
31 October 2017 Group Game 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 0–2 | Swansea City U23s | Nailsworth |
19:45 GMT | Report | Blair 11' King 75' Gorré 79' |
Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 590 Referee: Graham Horwood |
5 December 2017 Second round | Swindon Town | 0–1 | Forest Green Rovers | Swindon |
19:45 GMT | Anderson 53' 90+5' Taylor 89' |
Report | Bennett 28' 90+6' Doidge 79' |
Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,320 Referee: Robert Lewis |
9 January 2018 Third round | Yeovil Town | 2-0 | Forest Green Rovers | Yeovil |
19:45 GMT | Smith 3' Smith 26' Sowunmi 57' Zoko 88' |
Report | Traoré 82' | Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 1,395 Referee: John Busby |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | League Two | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Football League Trophy | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | GK | ENG | Bradley Collins | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
23 | GK | ENG | Sam Russell | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Defenders | |||||||||||||
2 | DF | ENG | Dale Bennett | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
3 | DF | SCO | Scott Laird | 21 | 1 | 16+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
5 | DF | ENG | Lee Collins | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | DF | CMR | Manny Monthé | 12 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
16 | DF | ENG | Jack Fitzwater | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
18 | DF | ENG | Callum Evans | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | DF | SCO | Alex Iacovitti | 16 | 1 | 9+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
21 | DF | ENG | Mark Roberts | 14 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
4 | MF | CIV | Drissa Traoré | 22 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
7 | MF | ENG | Keanu Marsh-Brown | 11 | 2 | 7+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
8 | MF | ENG | Liam Noble | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10 | MF | ENG | Reece Brown | 18 | 3 | 12+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
15 | MF | ENG | Charlie Cooper | 16 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
19 | MF | ENG | Will Randall | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
34 | MF | ENG | Isaiah Osbourne | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
35 | MF | ENG | Jordan Stevens | 4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
Forwards | |||||||||||||
9 | FW | WAL | Christian Doidge | 23 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
11 | FW | LBN | Omar Bugiel | 18 | 3 | 3+13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
14 | FW | ENG | Shamir Mullings | 9 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
17 | FW | ENG | Dan Wishart | 15 | 1 | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
25 | FW | POR | Toni Gomes | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
33 | FW | ENG | Luke James | 15 | 1 | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Players transferred out during the season |
Last updated: 30 November 2017
Source: [55]
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