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Forest Green Rovers
2020–21 season
ChairmanDale Vince
Head CoachMark Cooper
StadiumThe New Lawn

The 2020–21 season is Forest Green Rovers' 132nd season in their history and the fourth consecutive season in EFL League Two, Along with League Two, the club will also participate in 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 Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 CB England Dan Sweeney England Barnet Free transfer [1]
3 July 2020 LM Scotland Nicky Cadden Scotland Greenock Morton Free transfer [2]
7 July 2020 LB England Jack Evans England Blackburn Rovers Free transfer [3]
8 July 2020 RB England Kane Wilson England West Bromwich Albion Free transfer [4]
15 July 2020 GK England Luke McGee England Portsmouth Free transfer [5]
16 July 2020 FW England Jake Young England Sheffield United Free transfer [6]
20 July 2020 CF Jamaica Jamille Matt Wales Newport County Free transfer [7]
21 July 2020 CB England Jordan Moore-Taylor England Milton Keynes Dons Free transfer [8]
10 August 2020 CM England Elliott Whitehouse England Grimsby Town Free transfer [9]

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 RM Republic of Ireland Kevin Dawson Unattached Released [10]
1 July 2020 LM England Elliott Frear Unattached Released [10]
1 July 2020 LW England Dayle Grubb England Weston-super-Mare Released [10][11]
1 July 2020 CB England Nathan McGinley Scotland Motherwell Free transfer [12]
1 July 2020 CB England Matt Mills Retired [10][13]
1 July 2020 LW England Junior Mondal Unattached Released [10]
1 July 2020 CB England Farrend Rawson England Mansfield Town Released [10][14]
1 July 2020 RB Wales Liam Shephard Unattached Released [10]
1 July 2020 AM Wales George Williams England Grimsby Town Released [10][15]
2 July 2020 MF England Oliver Artwell England Hungerford Town Free transfer [16]
31 July 2020 RB England Alfie Saunders England Aldershot Town Free transfer [17]
8 August 2020 LB England Joseph Mills England Northampton Town Free transfer [18]

Pre-season

1 September 2020 Friendly Swansea City v Forest Green Rovers Swansea
13:30 BST Stadium: Liberty Stadium

Competitions

EFL League Two

Main article: 2020–21 EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team
 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
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[19]
(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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday1
Ground
Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

FA Cup

Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

EFL Cup

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

References

  1. ^ "Forest Green Rovers signs Dan Sweeney". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Forest Green signs Nicky Cadden". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Forest Green signs Jack Evans from Blackburn Rovers". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Forest Green signs Kane Wilson". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Forest Green swoop for former Portsmouth goalkeeper". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Former Sheffield United striker pens two-year Forest Green deal". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Forest Green confirm signing of experienced striker Jamille Matt". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Rovers capture Moore-Taylor from MK Dons". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  9. ^ "FGR capture exciting attacking midfielder Elliott Whitehouse". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h "Forest Green Rovers confirm player releases". Forest Green Rovers F.C. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Weston bring back Dayle Grubb to the club following spell with Forest Green Rovers". The Weston & Somerset Mercury. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Nathan McGinley: Defender joins Motherwell on two-year deal". BBC. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Former Nottingham Forest defender announces retirement with 'emotional' message". Nottingham Post. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Stags land commanding centre-half". Mansfield Town F.C. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Grimsby Town sign Welsh international midfielder George Williams". Grimsby Telegraph. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  16. ^ "Hungerford sign up Artwell". Non League Daily. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  17. ^ "Ross McNeilly 30/7/20". Aldershot Town F.C. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  18. ^ "Northampton Town Sign Joseph Mills". Northampton Town F.C. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  19. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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