List of Forest Green Rovers F.C. seasons

Forest Green Rovers Football Club is an English football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA.

Early history

Forest Green Rovers was founded in October 1889 by the local Nonconformist church minister.^[1] In 1894 Forest Green Rovers became founder members of the Mid Gloucestershire League, the first association football league in the county outside Bristol. After MGL folding in 1902, Forest Green become members of the newly formed Stroud League and also members of the Dursley and District League which they won in 1903, the club's first silverware. The Rovers first team competed in two leagues almost every season from 1900 until 1922 and again from 1928 until 1937. (This was quite common with leagues generally not having as many teams as those today).

After a break for the Great War, Rovers enjoyed a period of great success winning two football leagues and three cups in both 1921 and 1922. They then joined the newly formed Gloucestershire Northern Senior League with Cheltenham Town among others in 1922.

Rovers joined the newly formed County League in 1968 and played under manager Peter Goring, (the ex-Arsenal number 6), for the next 11 years moving up again to the Hellenic League in 1975 under Peter’s stewardship.

Key

Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to league record Lvl = Level of the league in the current league system S = Numbers of seasons Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table Overall position = Overall club position in the English league system

Key to cup records Res = Final reached round Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses PR = Premilinary round QR1 = Qualifying round 1 QR2 = Qualifying round 2 QR3 = Qualifying round 3 QR4 = Qualifying round 4 R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

• Average home attendance = for league games only

Seasons

List of Forest Green Rovers seasons starting since their moving to Hellenic League in 1975.

Year	League	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Overall position	Leading league scorer[2]		FA Cup		FA Trophy		Average home attendance[3]
													Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec
1975–76	Hellenic Football League Premier Division	–	30	14	10	6	82	53	+29	52*	4th of 16	–	No data	–	-	–	-	–	No data
1976–77	Hellenic Football League Premier Division	–	30	8	9	13	44	50	−6	33*	11th of 16	–	No data	–	-	–	-	–	No data
1977–78	Hellenic Football League Premier Division	–	30	6	12	12	49	59	−10	24*	12th of 16	–	No data	–	QR2	1–0–1	-	–	No data
1978–79	Hellenic Football League Premier Division	–	26	15	4	7	52	35	+17	34*	3rd of 14	–	No data	–	QR1	1–0–1	-	–	No data
1979–80	Hellenic Football League Premier Division	8	30	11	10	9	56	45	+11	32*	6th of 16	–	No data	–	QR2	1–0–1	-	–	No data
1980–81	Hellenic Football League Premier Division	8	30	14	6	10	57	53	+4	34*	7th of 16	–	No data	–	QR1	1–2–1	-	–	No data
1981–82	Hellenic Football League Premier Division	8	30	23	1	6	71	20	+51	47*	1st of 16 Promoted	–	No data	–	QR1	0–0–1	-	–	No data
1982–83	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	32	21	3	8	68	32	+36	66	3rd of 17	–	No data	–	QR1	0–0–1	-	–	No data
1983–84	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	38	15	12	11	67	51	+16	57	11th of 20	–	No data	–	QR2	1–1–1	PR	0–1–1	No data
1984–85	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	34	9	10	15	49	65	−16	37	14th of 18	–	No data	–	QR1	1–0–1	QR3	2–1–1	No data
1985–86	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	40	14	9	17	52	56	−4	51	14th of 21	–	No data	–	QR1	1–0–1	QR1	0–0–1	No data
1986–87	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	38	16	9	13	65	53	+12	57	9th of 20	–	No data	–	QR3	2–0–1	QR1	0–0–1	No data
1987–88	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	42	14	16	12	67	54	+13	58	9th of 22	–	No data	–	QR3	2–0–1	QR3	2–0–1	No data
1988–89	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	42	12	16	14	64	67	−3	52	12th of 22	–	No data	–	QR3	2–0–1	QR1	0–0–1	No data
1989–90	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	42	16	13	13	75	62	+13	61	10th of 22	–	No data	–	QR2	1–1–1	QR3	2–0–1	No data
1990–91	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	42	11	14	17	51	64	−13	47	18th of 22	–	No data	–	QR2	2–1–1	R3	5–1–1	No data
1991–92	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	42	14	4	24	66	88	−22	46	19th of 22	–	No data	–	QR1	0–0–1	QR3	0–0–1	No data
1992–93	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	42	12	6	24	61	97	−36	42	19th of 22	–	No data	–	QR1	1–0–1	-	–	No data
1993–94	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	42	12	12	18	61	84	−23	48	15th of 22	–	No data	–	QR1	0–1–1	-	–	No data
1994–95	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	42	11	13	18	56	76	−20	46	18th of 22 Transferred	–	No data	–	PR	0–1–1	QR2	1–1–1	No data
1995–96	Southern Football League Southern Division	7	42	22	8	12	85	55	+30	74	8th of 22	209th	No data	–	QR3	3–2–1	QR1	0–0–1	No data
1996–97	Southern Football League Southern Division	7	42	27	10	5	87	40	+47	91	1st of 22 Promoted	181th	No data	–	QR1	0–0–1	QR2	1–0–1	No data
1997–98	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	42	27	8	7	93	55	+38	89	1st of 22 Promoted	115th	No data	–	QR2	1–0–1	QR2	0–0–1	No data
1998–99	Conference National	5	42	15	13	14	55	50	+5	58	12th of 22	104th	Marc McGregor	12	QR3	0–0–1	RU	6–1–1	No data
1999–2000	Conference National	5	42	13	8	21	54	63	−9	47	19th of 22	111th	Marc McGregor	12	R2	2–0–1	R4	2–0–1	No data
2000–01	Conference National	5	42	11	15	16	43	54	−11	48	16th of 22	108th	Alex Meechan	13	R1	1–0–1	RU	5–2–1	No data
2001–02	Conference National	5	42	12	15	15	54	76	−22	51	18th of 22	110th	Mark Cooper	17	R1	1–2–0	R5	2–1–1	No data
2002–03	Conference National	5	42	17	8	17	61	62	−1	59	9th of 22	101st	Neil Grayson	15	R1	1–1–1	QF	3–0–1	No data
2003–04	Conference National	5	42	12	12	18	58	80	−22	48	18th of 22	110th	Scott Rogers Neil Grayson	9	QR4	0–0–1	R4	1–1–1	902
2004–05	Conference National	5	42	6	15	21	41	81	−40	33	20th of 22‡	112th	Charlie Griffin	17	R1	1–1–1	R3	0–0–1	743
2005–06	Conference National	5	42	8	14	20	49	62	−13	38	19th of 22	111th	Paul Wanless	10	QR4	0–0–1	R3	2–0–1	977
2006–07	Conference National	5	46	13	18	15	59	64	−5	57	14th of 24	106th	Simon Clist Danny Carey-Bertram	7	QR4	0–0–1	R1	0–0–1	1,185
2007–08	Conference National	5	46	19	14	13	76	59	+17	71	8th of 24	100th	Stuart Fleetwood	27	R2	2–2–1	R2	1–0–1	1,178
2008–09	Conference National	5	46	12	16	18	70	76	−6	52	18th of 24	110th	Andrew Mangan	26	R3	3–1–1	QF	3–0–1	955
2009–10	Conference National	5	44	12	9	23	50	76	−26	45	21st of 23†	113th	Jonathan Smith	8	R3	3–1–1	R1	0–0–1	1,012
2010–11	Conference National	5	46	10	16	20	53	72	−19	46	20th of 24	112th	Reece Styche	15	R1	1–0–1	R1	0–0–1	949
2011–12	Conference National	5	46	19	13	14	66	45	+21	70	10th of 24	102nd	Yan Klukowski	18	QR4	0–0–1	R1	0–1–1	1,034
2012–13	Conference National	5	46	18	11	17	63	49	+14	65	10th of 24	102nd	James Norwood	15	R1	1–1–1	R2	1–0–1	1,202
2013–14	Conference National	5	46	19	10	17	80	66	+14	67	10th of 24	102nd	James Norwood	18	QR41	0–0–1	R2	1–3–0	1,194
2014–15	Conference National	5	46	22	16	8	80	54	+26	79	5th of 24	97th	Jon Parkin	25	QR1	1–1–1	R2	1–3–0	1,502
2015–16	National League	5	46	26	11	9	69	42	+27	89	2nd of 24	94th			R2	2–0–1	R1	0–0–1

^* – two points for win.
‡ – reprieved from relegation due to Northwich Victoria demotion.
† – reprieved from relegation due to Salisbury City demotion.

Overall Stats

Years	Competition	Level	S	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1975–76 - 1981–82	Hellenic Football League Premier Division	8	7	206	91	52	63	411	315	+96	256*
1982–83 - 1996–97	Southern Football League Midland/Southern Division	7	15	602	226	155	221	974	944	+30	833
1997–1998	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	1	42	27	8	7	93	55	+38	89
1998–99 - 2013–14	Conference National	5	16	702	216	207	279	932	1035	−103	855
1977–78 - 2013–14	FA Cup	–	37	90	37	18	36				–
1983–84 - 2013–14	FA Trophy	–	29	81	40	13	29				–

^* – two points for win.

First squad players

Eleven players who has greatest number of league appearances in first squad.^[4]

Year	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Strikers
1998/99	Justin Shuttlewood	Mike Kilgour Jason Drysdale Ian Hedges Chris Honor	Rob Cook Don Forbes Nathan Wigg Danny Bailey	Marc McGregor Alex Sykes
1999/2000	Steve Perrin	Billy Clark Jason Drysdale Ian Hedges Wayne Hatswell	Chris Burns Don Forbes Tony Daley Danny Bailey	Marc McGregor Alex Sykes
2000/01	Steve Perrin	Billy Clark Jason Drysdale Dave Norton Wayne Hatswell	Chris Burns Robin Cousins Tony Daley Stuart Slater	Adrian Foster Alex Meechan
2001/02	Steve Perrin	Simon Travis Kevin Langan Stephen Jenkins Jamie Impey	Mark Shaw Robin Cousins Martin Foster Mark Cooper	Carl Heggs Alex Meechan
2002/03	Steve Perrin	Matthew Russell Kevin Langan Stephen Jenkins	Gary Owers Alex Sykes Martin Foster John Richardson	Neil Grayson Kayode Odejayi Alex Meechan
2003/04	Steve Perrin	Denny Ingram Lee Phillips Gareth Stoker	Scott Rogers Damon Searle Martin Foster John Richardson	Neil Grayson Steve Cowe Alex Meechan
2004/05	Dean Williams / Steve Perrin	Des Lyttle Adam Garner Matt Gadsby Stuart Roberts	Scott Rogers Damon Searle Chris Davies John Richardson	Charlie Griffin Mark Beesley
2005/06	Ryan Clarke	Abdul Sall Sekani Simpson Matt Gadsby Luke Graham	Paul Wanless Damon Searle John Richardson	Alex Meechan Julian Alsop Guy Madjo
2006/07	Ryan Robinson	Darren Jones Kevin Nicholson John Hardiker	Michael Brough Les Afful Alex Lawless Simon Clist	Alex Meechan Mark Beesley Saul Williams
2007/08	Ryan Robinson	Darren Jones Paul Stonehouse Anthony Tonkin John Hardiker	Michael Brough Jamie Pitman Alex Lawless Simon Clist	Stuart Fleetwood Chris Giles
2008/09	Terry Burton	Darren Jones Paul Stonehouse Jerry Gill Mark Preece	Jonathan Smith Lee Fowler Alex Lawless Simon Clist	Conal Platt Andrew Mangan
2009/10	Terry Burton	Jared Hodgkiss Paul Stonehouse Ollie Thorne Mark Preece	Jonathan Smith Daniel Powell Isaiah Rankin	Conal Platt David Brown Tomi Ameobi
2010/11	James Bittner	Jared Hodgkiss Luke Jones Gavin Caines Craig Armstrong	Yan Klukowski Kieron Forbes Wayne Turk Curtis McDonald	Ross Dyer Reece Styche
2011/12	James Bittner / Sam Russell	Jared Hodgkiss Eddie Oshodi Jamie Turley Chris Stokes	Yan Klukowski Kieron Forbes James Rowe Luke Graham	James Norwood Matty Taylor
2012/13	Sam Russell	Jared Hodgkiss Eddie Oshodi Jamie Turley Chris Stokes	Yan Klukowski Kieron Forbes Al Bangura Aarran Racine	James Norwood Matthew Taylor
2013/14	Sam Russell	Jared Hodgkiss Eddie Oshodi Dale Bennett Paul Green	Yan Klukowski Marcus Kelly Al Bangura Anthony Barry	James Norwood Danny Wright

References

1. http://www.forestgreenroversfc.com/about-forest-green-rovers/our-history Forest Green Rovers: Our history
2. http://forestgreenroversfc.co.uk/id12.html Forest Green Rovers archived stats
3. http://www.emfootball.co.uk/attend2013.html East Midlands football – Average League Attendance Figures
4. http://www.forestgreenroversfc.co.uk/id12.html The 15 Conference Seasons of Forest Green Rovers