2020–21 Forest Green Rovers F.C. season

Forest Green Rovers
2020–21 season
Chairman	Dale Vince
Head Coach	Mark Cooper; (until 11 April); Jimmy Ball; (interim as of 11 April)
Stadium	The New Lawn
League Two	6th (lost playoffs semi-final)
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jamille Matt (17); All: ; Jamille Matt (17)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was Forest Green Rovers' 132nd season in their history and the fourth consecutive season in EFL League Two. Along with League Two, the club also participated in this season's editions of the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	CB	Dan Sweeney	Barnet	Free transfer	^[2]
3 July 2020	LM	Nicky Cadden	Greenock Morton	Free transfer	^[3]
7 July 2020	LB	Jack Evans	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer	^[4]
8 July 2020	RB	Kane Wilson	West Bromwich Albion	Free transfer	^[5]
15 July 2020	GK	Luke McGee	Portsmouth	Free transfer	^[6]
16 July 2020	FW	Jake Young	Sheffield United	Free transfer	^[7]
20 July 2020	CF	Jamille Matt	Newport County	Free transfer	^[8]
21 July 2020	CB	Jordan Moore-Taylor	Milton Keynes Dons	Free transfer	^[9]
10 August 2020	CM	Elliott Whitehouse	Grimsby Town	Free transfer	^[10]
26 August 2020	RM	Scott Wagstaff	AFC Wimbledon	Free transfer	^[11]
7 January 2021	CB	Baily Cargill	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed	^[12]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
23 September 2020	RB	Jayden Richardson	Nottingham Forest	End of season	^[13]
16 October 2020	AM	Odin Bailey	Birmingham City	End of season	^[14]^[15]
11 January 2021	LW	Isaac Hutchinson	Derby County	End of season	^[16]
19 January 2021	CF	Josh Davison	Charlton Athletic	End of season	^[17]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
15 August 2020	GK	Adam Smith	Yeovil Town	End of season	^[18]
8 October 2020	CF	Vaughn Covil	Salisbury	November 2020	^[19]
12 October 2020	LW	Taylor Allen	Hednesford Town		^[20]
27 November 2020	LW	Taylor Allen	Leamington	December 2020	^[21]
1 December 2020	LB	Jack Evans	Hungerford Town	January 2021	^[22]
5 January 2021	CF	Josh March	Harrogate Town	End of season	^[23]
5 January 2021	CF	Matty Stevens	Stevenage	End of season	^[24]
8 February 2021	LB	Jack Evans	Gloucester City	March 2021	^[25]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	RM	Kevin Dawson	Gloucester City	Released	^[26]^[27]
1 July 2020	LM	Elliott Frear	Heart of Midlothian	Released	^[26]^[28]
1 July 2020	LW	Dayle Grubb	Weston-super-Mare	Released	^[26]^[29]
1 July 2020	CB	Nathan McGinley	Motherwell	Free transfer	^[30]
1 July 2020	CB	Matt Mills	Retired		^[26]^[31]
1 July 2020	LW	Junior Mondal	AFC Fylde	Released	^[26]^[32]
1 July 2020	CB	Farrend Rawson	Mansfield Town	Released	^[26]^[33]
1 July 2020	RB	Liam Shephard	Newport County	Released	^[26]^[34]
1 July 2020	AM	George Williams	Grimsby Town	Released	^[26]^[35]
2 July 2020	MF	Oliver Artwell	Hungerford Town	Free transfer	^[36]
31 July 2020	RB	Alfie Saunders	Aldershot Town	Free transfer	^[37]
8 August 2020	LB	Joseph Mills	Northampton Town	Free transfer	^[38]
3 September 2020	RB	Daniel Bradshaw	Winchester City	Free transfer	^[39]
5 January 2021	CB	Liam Kitching	Barnsley	Undisclosed	^[40]
10 January 2021	CM	Carl Winchester	Sunderland	Undisclosed	^[41]

Pre-season

15 August 2020 Friendly	Yate Town	0–2	Forest Green Rovers	Yate
15:00 BST		Report	Winchester 79' March 88'	Stadium: Lodge Road Attendance: 0

18 August 2020 Friendly	Melksham Town	0–6	Forest Green Rovers	Melksham
19:00 BST		Report	Collins x2 March x2 Stevens Whitehouse	Stadium: Oakfield Stadium Attendance: 0

22 August 2020 Friendly	Forest Green Rovers	4–3	Bristol Rovers	Nailsworth
13:00 BST	Cadden 20' Wilson 35' Adams 51' Winchester 67'	Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0

29 August 2020 Friendly	Plymouth Argyle	2–1	Forest Green Rovers	Plymouth
13:00 BST	Hardie 41' Jephcott 87'	Report	Sweeney 50'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 0

1 September 2020 Friendly	Swansea City	2–1	Forest Green Rovers	Swansea
13:30 BST	Lowe 9' Dhanda 28'	Report	Wilson 36'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Dean John

Competitions

EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Cambridge United (P)	46	24	8	14	73	49	+24	80	Promotion to the EFL League One
3	Bolton Wanderers (P)	46	23	10	13	59	50	+9	79	Promotion to the EFL League One
4	Morecambe (O, P)	46	23	9	14	69	58	+11	78	Qualification for League Two play-offs
5	Newport County	46	20	13	13	57	42	+15	73
6	Forest Green Rovers	46	20	13	13	59	51	+8	73
7	Tranmere Rovers	46	20	13	13	55	50	+5	73
8	Salford City	46	19	14	13	54	34	+20	71
9	Exeter City	46	18	16	12	71	50	+21	70
10	Carlisle United	46	18	12	16	60	51	+9	66

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[42]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	20	13	13	59	51	+8	73	10	7	6	31	27	+4	10	6	7	28	24	+4

Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	W
Position	5	8	10	10	6	4	8	4	3	6	3	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	8	7	6

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.^[43]

12 September 2020 1	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	Forest Green Rovers	Horwich
15:00 BST	Comley 40' Greenidge 49' Baptiste 54'	Report	Kitching 35' Winchester 50'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

19 September 2020 2	Forest Green Rovers	2–2	Bradford City	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Winchester 60' 63' Kitching 82' Collins 90+6' 90+6'	Report	Novak 49' O'Connor 62' Watt 66' 73' O'Connor 70'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Will Finnie

26 September 2020 3	Salford City	0–0	Forest Green Rovers	Salford
15:00 BST	Turnbull 18' Hunter 84'	Report	Cadden 59'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Bramall

3 October 2020 4	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	Walsall	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Matt 61' Kitching 75'	Report	Lavery 14' Holden 36' Jules 77'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Coggins

10 October 2020 5	Scunthorpe United	1–4	Forest Green Rovers	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST	Jarvis 9' Spence 61' Bedeau 79'	Report	Matt 24', 32', 83' Winchester 90+1' Stevens 90+5'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ross Joyce

17 October 2020 6	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Stevenage	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Young 23' Kitching 45'	Report	Prosser 49' Read 82'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: James Bell

20 October 2020 7	Colchester United	1–0	Forest Green Rovers	Colchester
19:00 BST	Chilvers 2' 42' Eastman 67' Bramall 77' Pell 80'	Report	Stokes 52' Winchester 90'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Brook

24 October 2020 8	Morecambe	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Leitch-Smith 19' Lavelle 21' Hendrie 64' Wildig 74' Knight-Percival 87'	Report	Godwin-Malife 74' Young 79' Matt 83' 87'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Salisbury

27 October 2020 9	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Grimsby Town	Nailsworth
19:00 GMT	Young 24' Winchester 48' Godwin-Malife 90+4'	Report	Taylor 90+2' Green 90+3'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: James Adcock

31 October 2020 10	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Forest Green Rovers	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Boyle 11' 14' May 26' Williams 57' Sercombe 58' Clements 73'	Report	Collins 73' (pen.) Adams 76'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Salisbury

3 November 2020 11	Forest Green Rovers	2–1	Leyton Orient	Nailsworth
19:00 GMT	Bailey 30' Adams 79' Stevens 82' Wilson 90+1'	Report	Turley 29' Wright 41'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Woolmer

14 November 2020 12	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Mansfield Town	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Cadden 38' Winchester 45+2' Bailey 85'	Report	Lapslie 6' Benning 22' Charsley 35'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Brett Huxtable

21 November 2020 13	Barrow	2–2	Forest Green Rovers	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Taylor 71' James 73' Angus 83' (pen.)	Report	Whitehouse 52' Moore-Taylor 62' Kitching 86' Cadden 90+6'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

24 November 2020 14	Southend United	0–1	Forest Green Rovers	Southend-on-Sea
19:00 GMT	Dieng 62' McCormack 88'	Report	Young 63'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 0 Referee: Keith Stroud

1 December 2020 15	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	Newport County	Nailsworth
19:00 GMT	Matt 76' 86' Kitching 90+5'	Report	Labadie 9' Abrahams 45+2' (pen.) Shephard 90+5'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Toner

5 December 2020 16	Harrogate Town	0–1	Forest Green Rovers	Harrogate
15:00 GMT		Report	Matt 57' Winchester 87'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 410 Referee: Marc Edwards

12 December 2020 17	Forest Green Rovers	2–0	Cambridge United	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Matt 45+1' 65' (pen.) Collins 58'	Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 799 Referee: James Oldham

15 December 2020 18	Port Vale	1–1	Forest Green Rovers	Burslem
19:00 GMT	Smith 22' Stokes 34' (o.g.)	Report	Collins 41' 90+3' Adams 75'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Charles Breakspear

19 December 2020 19	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Carlisle United	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Richardson 50' Matt 76'	Report	Alessandra 19' Riley 44' Farman 50' Charters 90+1'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 920 Referee: Alan Young

26 December 2020 20	Exeter City	1–1	Forest Green Rovers	Exeter
13:00 GMT	Collins 37'	Report	Collins 16' Godwin-Malife 71'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 1,767 Referee: Brett Huxtable

29 December 2020 21	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Crawley Town	Nailsworth
19:00 GMT	Young 50'	Report	Nichols 16', 79' Craig 61' Davies 90+3'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: James Linington

16 January 2021 22	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	Port Vale	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Cadden 20'	Report	Rodney 76'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Johnson

19 January 2021 23	Tranmere Rovers	3–2	Forest Green Rovers	Birkenhead
19:00 GMT	Lewis 12' Vaughan 47' Feeney 76' Davies 87' Ferrier 90+2'	Report	Whitehouse 65', 72' Wagstaff 90+2', 90+3'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Drysdale

23 January 2021 24	Leyton Orient	0–1	Forest Green Rovers	Leyton
15:00 GMT	McAnuff 32' Happe 54' 64' Brophy 69'	Report	Cadden 23' Adams 29' Cargill 45+2' Davison 90+1'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 0 Referee: John Busby

30 January 2021 25	Forest Green Rovers	0–0	Cheltenham Town	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Adams 44' 69'	Report	Clements 32' Boyle 49'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Ollie Yates

2 February 2021 26	Carlisle United	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Carlisle
18:00 GMT	Touré 72' Bennett 73' Riley 76'	Report	Collins 60' (pen.) Bailey 75', 76' Sweeney 82' Cargill 90+3' Mark Cooper	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

16 February 2021 27	Forest Green Rovers	4–3	Oldham Athletic	Nailsworth
19:00 GMT	Cargill 12', 35' Sweeney 57' Matt 60' Bailey 64' Davison 67'	Report	Lawlor 34' Badan 38' Grant 40' Hilßner 45+1' McAleny 54', 63'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Lewis

21 February 2021 28	Newport County	0–2	Forest Green Rovers	Newport
13:00 GMT	Hartigan 34' Townsend 62'	Report	Bernard 34' Davison 43' Adams 51' Matt 63' (pen.) Godwin-Malife 67'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 0 Referee: Neil Hair

24 February 2021 29	Forest Green Rovers	1–3	Southend United	Nailsworth
18:00 GMT	Moore-Taylor 35' Wagstaff 82' Matt 86'	Report	Hobson 20', 51' Dieng 55' Bwomono 67' Ferguson 70'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Swabey

27 February 2021 30	Forest Green Rovers	3–0	Colchester United	Nailsworth
17:30 GMT	Matt 25', 31' Adams 45+2' Sarpong-Wiredu 67' (o.g.)	Report	Oteh 90+4'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Brook

2 March 2021 31	Stevenage	3–0	Forest Green Rovers	Stevenage
19:00 GMT	Newton 30', 37', 49' List 64' Martin 73'	Report	Collins 28' Cargill 57' Bailey 90'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Johnson

6 March 2021 32	Grimsby Town	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Matete 30' Hanson 38'	Report	Matt 19' (pen.) Adams 66' Mark Cooper	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Wright

9 March 2021 33	Forest Green Rovers	2–2	Morecambe	Nailsworth
19:00 GMT	Collins 10' Stokes 23' Bernard 38' Matt 79'	Report	Stockton 22' O'Sullivan 38' Gibson 45+4' Mendes Gomes 90+4'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Trevor Kettle

13 March 2021 34	Forest Green Rovers	2–1	Harrogate Town	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Stokes 22' Wilson 50' Bernard 53' Whitehouse 85' 90+5' Thomas 90+1'	Report	Williams 90+1' Martin 90+5'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Pollard

20 March 2021 35	Cambridge United	1–0	Forest Green Rovers	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Mullin 17' Ironside 32' Hoolahan 38'	Report	Wilson 23' Matt 76'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Edwards

23 March 2021 36	Mansfield Town	0–0	Forest Green Rovers	Mansfield
18:00 GMT	Law 65' McLaughlin 81' Reid 82'	Report	Wilson 62'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 0 Referee: David Webb

27 March 2021 37	Forest Green Rovers	0–1	Bolton Wanderers	Nailsworth
12:00 GMT	Collins 76'	Report	Doyle 39'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: David Rock

2 April 2021 38	Bradford City	4–1	Forest Green Rovers	Bradford
15:00 BST	Watt 11', 77' O'Connor 31' Cook 47', 76' Canavan 86' Rowe 90+4'	Report	Young 90'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Backhouse

5 April 2021 39	Forest Green Rovers	0–2	Salford City	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Adams 55'	Report	Henderson 38', 77' Threlkeld 46' Thomas-Asante 64'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Purkiss

10 April 2021 40	Walsall	2–1	Forest Green Rovers	Walsall
15:00 BST	Holden 6' Clarke 65', 86' Gordon 78' Sadler 90+6'	Report	Cargill 60' Bailey 70' Moore-Taylor 72'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ross Joyce

17 April 2021 41	Forest Green Rovers	3–2	Scunthorpe United	Nailsworth
12:30 BST	Moore-Taylor 21' Wilson 47' Bernard 61' Adams 72' Cadden 79' Stokes 80'	Report	Clarke 17' McGahey 45+1' Eisa 52' Karacan 69' Gilliead 83'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Salisbury

20 April 2021 42	Forest Green Rovers	0–0	Exeter City	Nailsworth
19:00 BST	Moore-Taylor 86'	Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Bobby Madley

24 April 2021 43	Crawley Town	0–0	Forest Green Rovers	Crawley
15:00 BST	McNerney 49' Wright 65'	Report	Stokes 56'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Josh Smith

27 April 2021 44	Forest Green Rovers	0–2	Barrow	Nailsworth
19:00 BST	Cargill 45+1' Adams 48' Stokes 51' Bernard 76'	Report	Quigley 18' (pen.) Thomas 25' Beadling 72'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Howard

1 May 2021 45	Forest Green Rovers	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Adams 22' 57' Collins 45+2', 81' (pen.) Davison 50'	Report	Morris 90+6'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Tom Nield

8 May 2021 46	Oldham Athletic	0–3	Forest Green Rovers	Oldham
15:00 BST	Clarke 36' Sutton 84'	Report	Collins 63' (pen.), 80' Bailey 65'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Play-offs

18 May 2021 Semi-final first leg	Newport County	2–0	Forest Green Rovers	Newport
20:15 BST	Dolan 31' Sheehan 45+1' Collins 56'	Report	Bernard 19'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 900 Referee: Charles Breakspear

23 May 2021 Semi-final second leg	Forest Green Rovers	4–3 (a.e.t.) (4–5 agg.)	Newport County	Nailsworth
18:30 BST	Adams 7' Collins 8', 41' Cadden 53' Matt 87'	Report	Ellison 70' Labadie 76' Maynard 119'	Stadium: The New Lawn Referee: Martin Coy

FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 26 October 2020.^[44]

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) First round	Lincoln City	6–2	Forest Green Rovers	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Edun 10' Grant 17', 24' (pen.) 68' Johnson 64' Archibald 74' Scully 78', 88' Jones 90+2'	Report	Kitching 23' Whitehouse 82' Young 90+4'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 0 Referee: Samuel Barrott

EFL Cup

Win Draw Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.^[45]

5 September 2020 First round	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Leyton Orient	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Happe 23' (o.g.) Adams 88'	Report	Johnson 49' Wilkinson 52' McAnuff 80' Angol 90+2'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Hicks

EFL Trophy

Win Draw Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.^[46] The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's.^[47]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Exeter City	3	3	0	11	5	+6	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Forest Green Rovers	3	1	2	5	4	+1	3	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Swindon Town	3	1	2	6	7	−1	3
4	ACA	West Bromwich Albion U21	3	1	2	3	9	−6	3

Source: EFL.com

8 September 2020 Group stage	Exeter City	3–2	Forest Green Rovers	Exeter
17:00 BST	Ajose 45+1' Jay 57' 61' Key 67'	Report	Stevens 5', 51' Wagstaff 41' Evans 71' Allen 89'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Allison

6 October 2020 Group stage	Forest Green Rovers	3–0	West Bromwich Albion U21	Nailsworth
19:00 BST	Stokes 17' Stevens 19' Young 29'	Report	Thorndike 37'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: John Busby

10 November 2020 Group stage	Forest Green Rovers	0–1	Swindon Town	Nailsworth
19:00 GMT	Covil 49'	Report	Curran 38' Broadbent 90+3'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Swabey

8 December 2020 Second round	Oxford United	1–1 (4–1 p)	Forest Green Rovers	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Shodipo 64'	Report	Bailey 45+1'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1,036 Referee: Craig Hicks
	Penalties
	O'Donkor Clare Shodipo Mousinho		Collins Bailey Godwin-Malife

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated 23 May 2021.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		EFL League Two		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Luke McGee	37	0	35	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
24	GK	WAL	Lewis Thomas	17	0	13	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	Kane Wilson	31	1	27	1	1	0	2	0	1	0
3	DF	IRL	Dom Bernard	30	0	27	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Chris Stokes	38	3	35	2	1	0	2	1	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Liam Kitching (transferred out)	18	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
6	DF	ENG	Baily Cargill	24	2	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ENG	Jordan Moore-Taylor	35	2	32	2	1	0	1	0	1	0
16	DF	ENG	Jack Evans	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
22	DF	ENG	Udoka Godwin-Malife	49	0	45	0	1	0	2	0	1	0
25	DF	ENG	Jayden Richardson	36	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
47	DF	ENG	Luke Hallett	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ENG	Dan Sweeney	28	0	23	0	1	0	3	0	1	0
7	MF	NIR	Carl Winchester (transferred out)	21	2	18	2	1	0	1	0	1	0
7	MF	ENG	Isaac Hutchinson	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	GAM	Ebou Adams	40	3	38	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF	SCO	Nicky Cadden	39	4	35	4	1	0	2	0	1	0
17	MF	ENG	Odin Bailey	38	3	36	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	MF	ENG	Elliott Whitehouse	30	3	27	2	0	0	2	0	1	1
21	MF	ENG	Scott Wagstaff	37	1	35	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
26	MF	USA	Vaughn Covil	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	ENG	Harvey Bunker	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ENG	Matty Stevens (out on loan)	16	5	10	2	1	0	4	3	1	0
10	FW	WAL	Aaron Collins	50	11	46	11	1	0	2	0	1	0
12	FW	ENG	Taylor Allen	8	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
14	FW	JAM	Jamille Matt	40	17	38	17	1	0	1	0	0	0
18	FW	ENG	Jake Young	33	8	30	6	0	0	2	1	1	1
19	FW	ENG	Shawn McCoulsky	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	FW	ENG	Josh Davison	22	3	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	ENG	Josh March	7	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.

Last updated 23 May 2021.

Rank	Position	No.	Player	EFL League Two	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	FA Cup	Total
1	FW	14	Jamille Matt	17	0	0	0	17
2	FW	10	Aaron Collins	11	0	0	0	11
3	FW	18	Jake Young	6	0	1	1	8
4	FW	9	Matty Stevens	2	0	3	0	5
4	MF	17	Odin Bailey	4	0	1	0	5
5	MF	11	Nicky Cadden	4	0	0	0	4
6	DF	5	Chris Stokes	2	0	1	0	3
	MF	8	Ebou Adams	3	0	0	0	3
	MF	20	Elliott Whitehouse	2	0	0	1	3
	FW	23	Josh Davison	3	0	0	0	3
7	DF	6	Baily Cargill	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	7	Carl Winchester	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	15	Jordan Moore-Taylor	2	0	0	0	2
8	DF	2	Kane Wilson	1	0	0	0	1
8	MF	21	Scott Wagstaff	1	0	0	0	1
	Own goals			1	1	0	0	0
	TOTALS			63	1	6	2	72

Cleansheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total cleansheets are equal.

Last updated 23 May 2021.

Rank	Position	No.	Player	EFL League Two	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	FA Cup	Total
1
1	GK	1	Luke McGee	11	0	0	0	11
2
2	GK	24	Lewis Thomas	5	0	1	0	6
TOTALS				16	0	1	0	17

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 23 May 2021.

Position	Nationality	Number	Name
Position	Nationality	Number	Name	League Two		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		FA Cup		Total
MF		8	Ebou Adams	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	3
MF		20	Elliott Whitehouse	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
DF		6	Liam Kitching	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
FW		10	Aaron Collins	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
DF		6	Baily Cargill	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MF		7	Carl Winchester	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
DF		2	Kane Wilson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF		5	Chris Stokes	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
FW		14	Jamille Matt	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
MF		17	Odin Bailey	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF		22	Udoka Godwin-Malife	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF		15	Jordan Moore-Taylor	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MF		21	Scott Wagstaff	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
MF		4	Dan Sweeney	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF		11	Nicky Cadden	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
DF		3	Dom Bernard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW		12	Taylor Allen	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF		16	Jack Evans	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW		23	Josh Davison	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
GK		24	Lewis Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		25	Jayden Richardson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF		26	Vaughn Covil	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	69	4	1	0	4	0	1	0	75	4

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[3] "Forest Green signs Nicky Cadden". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 3 July 2020. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[4] "Forest Green signs Jack Evans from Blackburn Rovers". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 7 July 2020. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[5] "Forest Green signs Kane Wilson". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] "Forest Green swoop for former Portsmouth goalkeeper". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 15 July 2020. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[7] "Former Sheffield United striker pens two-year Forest Green deal". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 16 July 2020. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[8] "Forest Green confirm signing of experienced striker Jamille Matt". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 20 July 2020. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[9] "Rovers capture Moore-Taylor from MK Dons". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 21 July 2020. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

[10] "FGR capture exciting attacking midfielder Elliott Whitehouse". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 10 August 2020. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

[11] "Rovers swoop to sign Wagstaff". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}

[12] "Cargill checks into innocent New Lawn". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 7 January 2021. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[13] "Wing-back Richardson joins on loan". Forest Green Rovers - Official Site. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[14] "Bailey re-joins on loan". Forest Green Rovers FC. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

[15] "Forest Green extend Bailey loan deal". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

[16] "Hutchinson makes Rovers move". Forest Green Rovers FC. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

[17] "Davison links up with FGR". Forest Green Rovers FC. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

[18] "Smith departs for Yeovil". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.

[19] "Covil makes Salisbury loan switch". Forest Green Rovers FC. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

[20] "Allen Joins Pitmen On Loan From FGR". Hednesford Town FC. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[21] "Allen makes Brakes loan switch". Forest Green Rovers FC. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[22] "Evans makes loan switch to Crusaders". Forest Green Rovers FC. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	20	13	13	59	51	+8	73	10	7	6	31	27	+4	10	6	7	28	24	+4

v t e Forest Green Rovers Football Club
Overview	Players Managers Seasons
Grounds	The Lawn Ground The New Lawn Eco Park
Seasons	2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Matches	1982 FA Vase Final 1999 FA Trophy final 2001 FA Trophy final 2016 National League play-off final 2017 National League play-off final

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	20	13	13	59	51	+8	73	10	7	6	31	27	+4	10	6	7	28	24	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	20	13	13	59	51	+8	73	10	7	6	31	27	+4	10	6	7	28	24	+4