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2019–20 Forest Green Rovers F.C. season

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The 2019–20 season was Forest Green Rovers's 131st year in existence and their third consecutive season in League Two.[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.

Forest Green Rovers
2019–20 season
ChairmanDale Vince
ManagerMark Cooper
StadiumThe New Lawn
EFL League Two10th
FA CupSecond round
EFL CupSecond round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Joseph Mills (7)
All:
Joseph Mills (8)

The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2019 CM   Ebou Adams   Ebbsfleet United Undisclosed [2]
1 July 2019 LW   Taylor Allen   Nuneaton Borough Undisclosed [3]
1 July 2019 RW   Aaron Collins   Morecambe Free transfer [4]
1 July 2019 RM   Kevin Dawson   Cheltenham Town Free transfer [5]
1 July 2019 CB   Matt Mills   Pune City Free transfer [6]
1 July 2019 GK   Adam Smith   Bristol Rovers Free transfer [7]
8 July 2019 LB   Liam Kitching   Leeds United Undisclosed [8]
17 July 2019 RB   Dominic Bernard   Birmingham City Free transfer [9]
27 July 2019 CF   Mathew Stevens   Peterborough United Undisclosed [10]
18 October 2019 LM   Elliott Frear   Motherwell Free transfer [11]
6 January 2020 CF   Josh March   Leamington Undisclosed [12]
31 January 2020 LB   Chris Stokes   Stevenage Free transfer [13]

Loans in edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 July 2019 DM   James Morton   Bristol City 30 June 2020 [14]
7 August 2019 GK   Joe Wollacott   Bristol City 30 June 2020 [15]
30 August 2019 MF   Kyle Taylor   Bournemouth 30 June 2020 [16]
2 September 2019 CF   Jack Aitchison   Celtic 30 June 2020 [17]
4 January 2020 AM   Jevani Brown   Colchester United 30 June 2020 [18]
24 January 2020 AM   Odin Bailey   Birmingham City 30 June 2020 [19]
24 January 2020 RW   Robert Hall   Oxford United 30 June 2020 [20]
24 January 2020 GK   Conrad Logan   Mansfield Town 30 June 2020 [21]

Loans out edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
20 August 2019 LW   Ollie Artwell   Cirencester Town 18 September 2019 [22]
19 September 2019 CF   Shawn McCoulsky   Bromley October 2019 [23]
23 September 2019 GK   Adam Smith   Yeovil Town October 2019 [24]
25 October 2019 LW   Taylor Allen   Hereford 24 January 2020 [25][26]
5 December 2019 CF   Shawn McCoulsky   FC Halifax Town January 2020 [27]
11 December 2019 DM   Lloyd James   Torquay United January 2020 [28]
16 January 2020 RB   Udoka Godwin-Malife   Eastleigh February 2020 [29]
24 January 2020 FW   Taylor Allen   Gloucester City February 2020 [30]
17 February 2020 MF   Oliver Artwell   Hungerford Town March 2020 [31]
28 February 2020 LW   Dayle Grubb   Eastleigh 30 June 2020 [32]
6 March 2020 GK   Adam Smith   Yeovil Town 30 June 2020 [33]

Transfers out edit

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2019 CM   Reece Brown   Huddersfield Town Undisclosed [34]
1 July 2019 CF   Tahvon Campbell   Cheltenham Town Released [35][36]
1 July 2019 CB   Lee Collins   Yeovil Town Released [35][37]
1 July 2019 CF   Christian Doidge   Hibernian £250,000 [38]
1 July 2019 CB   Gavin Gunning   Billericay Town Released [35][39]
1 July 2019 CB   Haydn Hollis   Chesterfield Released [35][40]
1 July 2019 LB   Scott Laird   Weston-super-Mare Released [35][41]
1 July 2019 RW   Isaac Pearce   Weston-super-Mare Released [35][42]
1 July 2019 CF   Reuben Reid   Cheltenham Town Free transfer [43]
1 July 2019 LM   Fabien Robert   Gloucester City Released [35][44]
1 July 2019 CM   Jordan Simpson   Bath City Released [35][45]
2 July 2019 DM   Paul Digby   Stevenage Undisclosed [46]
4 July 2019 CM   Sam Hendy   Weston-super-Mare Free transfer [47]
23 July 2019 GK   James Montgomery   AFC Fylde Undisclosed [48]
13 September 2019 CM   Charlie Cooper   FC Halifax Town Free transfer [49]
28 February 2020 DM   Lloyd James   Free agent Mutual consent [50]

Pre-season edit

FGR announced pre-season friendlies against Weston-super-Mare,[51] Yate Town,[52] Salisbury,[53] Bristol City[51] and Bath City.[52] However, two weeks before their opening match of pre-season was due to take place, Weston-super-mare – managed by former Forest Green academy coach Scott Bartlett – cancelled the fixture. This gap in the schedule was plugged with an away fixture against Swindon Supermarine, with Mark Cooper remarking that the replacement game would represent a "sterner test" for his Forest Green side.[54]

13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) Friendly Swindon Supermarine 1–2 Forest Green Rovers Swindon
15:00 BST Simpson   78' Report McCoulsky   24'
Allen   38'		 Stadium: Hunts Copse
17 July 2019 (2019-07-17) Friendly Yate Town 1–6 Forest Green Rovers Yate
19:30 BST Mehew   10' Report Collins   3'
Williams   57', 78'
Mondal   66'
Mills   76', 81'		 Stadium: Lodge Road
20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly Salisbury 0–4 Forest Green Rovers Old Sarum
15:00 BST Report Mills   14' (pen.)
Mondal   29', 44'
McCoulsky   80'		 Stadium: The Raymound McEnhill Stadium
24 July 2019 (2019-07-24) Friendly Forest Green Rovers 3–4 Bristol City Nailsworth
19:45 BST McCoulsky   3', 43'
Collins   56'		 Report Brownhill   45'
Weimann   77' (pen.)
Szmodics   86'
Webster   90+1'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly Bath City 1–1 Forest Green Rovers Twerton
15:00 BST Richards   76' Report McCoulsky   3' Stadium: Twerton Park

Competitions edit

League Two edit

League table edit

Main article: 2019–20 EFL League Two
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Colchester United 37 15 13 9 52 37 +15 58 1.57 Qualification for League Two play-offs[a]
7 Northampton Town (O, P) 37 17 7 13 54 40 +14 58 1.57
8 Port Vale 37 14 15 8 50 44 +6 57 1.54
9 Bradford City 37 14 12 11 44 40 +4 54 1.46
10 Forest Green Rovers 36 13 10 13 43 40 +3 49 1.36
11 Salford City 37 13 11 13 49 46 +3 50 1.35
12 Walsall 36 13 8 15 40 49 −9 47 1.31
13 Crawley Town 37 11 15 11 51 47 +4 48 1.30
14 Newport County 36 12 10 14 32 39 −7 46 1.28
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 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[55]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
36 13 10 13 43 40  +3 49 5 4 8 16 22  −6 8 6 5 27 18  +9

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday edit

Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAAA
ResultWDWLWLWWDDWWLDWWLWDLLDDWLDWLLLDLLDLW
Position75383953554146312223666557799991010101011
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.[56]

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1 Forest Green Rovers 1–0 Oldham Athletic Nailsworth
15:00 BST Mills   42'
Allen   72'		 Report Maouche   35'
Wheater   54'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 2,541
Referee: Neil Hair
10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2 Walsall 1–1 Forest Green Rovers Walsall
15:00 BST Norman   53'
Scarr   75'
Hardy   86'		 Report Collins   28'
J. Mills   45+6' (pen.)   45+6'
M. Mills   71'		 Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 5,205
Referee: Robert Lewis
17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3 Forest Green Rovers 1–0 Grimsby Town Nailsworth
15:00 BST Winchester   31'
Mondal   75'		 Report Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 2,152
Referee: Leigh Doughty
20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) 4 Port Vale 2–1 Forest Green Rovers Burslem
19:45 BST Montaño   2'
Bennett   4'
Worrall   25'
Amoo   34'		 Report J. Mills   6'
M. Mills   49'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,010
Referee: Ross Joyce
24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5 Bradford City 0–1 Forest Green Rovers Bradford
15:00 BST Devine   22'
Donaldson   36'
Vaughan   80'
Akpan   85'
Richards-Everton   90+11'		 Report Adams   40'
Kitching   58'
Winchester   77'
M. Mills   84'   90+8'
Grubb   89'
J. Mills   90+3'		 Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 13,504
Referee: Andy Haines
31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6 Forest Green Rovers 0–2 Newport County Nailsworth
15:00 BST Wollacott   28'
Mills   82'		 Report Amond   4'
Labadie   31'
McNamara   58'
Abrahams   81'
Haynes   90+2'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 2,897
Referee: James Adcock
7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) 7 Cambridge United 0–1 Forest Green Rovers Cambridge
15:00 BST O'Neil   5'
Richards   66'
Lewis   85'		 Report Stevens   21'
Mills   69'
Aitchison   78'
Kitching   84'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 3,784
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 8 Forest Green Rovers 1–0 Colchester United Nailsworth
15:00 BST Prosser   31' (o.g.)
Morton   79'
Kitching   82'
Stevens   89'		 Report Sarpong-Wiredu   72'
Lapslie   75'
Prosser   82'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 2,758
Referee: Will Finnie
17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) 9 Carlisle United 0–0 Forest Green Rovers Carlisle
19:45 BST Jones   76'
Webster   79'
Iredale   83'
Thomas   86'		 Report Morton   18'   70'
Winchester   37'		 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 3,219
Referee: Michael Salisbury
21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 10 Forest Green Rovers 0–0 Stevenage Nailsworth
15:00 BST Taylor   48'   86'
Kitching   51'
McGinley   85'		 Report Guthrie   19'
Timlin   52'
Watts   90+4'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 1,881
Referee: Darren Drysdale
28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 11 Salford City 0–4 Forest Green Rovers Salford
15:00 BST Touray   34'
Maynard   38'
Dieseruvwe   39'		 Report Stevens   3', 59'
Collins   16'
Adams   31'
Thomas   57'		 Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 2,561
Referee: James Oldham
5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 12 Forest Green Rovers 3–1 Crawley Town Nailsworth
15:00 BST Mills   24'   24', 55' (pen.)
Collins   52'
Winchester   68'		 Report Bloomfield   58'
Sesay   72'
van Velzen   89'
Lubala   90+2'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 2,136
Referee: Peter Wright
12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) 13 Exeter City 1–0 Forest Green Rovers Exeter
15:00 BST Bowman   11'
L. Martin   27'
A. Martin   83'
Williams   90+2'		 Report Adams   27'
Godwin-Malife   60'
Bernard   90+3'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 5,312
Referee: Paul Marsden
19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 14 Forest Green Rovers 2–2 Mansfield Town Nailsworth
15:00 BST Bernard   1'
Collins   30'
Adams   34'
Aitchison   61'
Mills   86'		 Report Shaughnessy   19'
Gordon   28'
Cook   63', 74'
Benning   73'
Bishop   90+5'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 2,276
Referee: Oliver Yates
22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) 15 Morecambe 0–2 Forest Green Rovers Morecambe
19:45 BST Alessandra   69'   90' Report Aitchison   75'
Shephard   87'   90+4'		 Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: 1,658
Referee: Matt Donohue
26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) Forest Green Rovers v Crewe Alexandra Nailsworth
15:00 BST Report Stadium: The New Lawn
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.[57]
2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 16 Cheltenham Town 1–2 Forest Green Rovers Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Raglan   23'
Varney   67'
Clements   86'
Ince   90'
Tozer   90+3'		 Report Aitchison   15'
Frear   40'
Collins   89'		 Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 5,788
Referee: Kevin Johnson
16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) 17 Forest Green Rovers 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Nailsworth
15:00 GMT Kitching   30'
Bernard   45+6'		 Report Sarcevic   24'
Moore   31'
Edwards   83'
Palmer   90+5'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 3,897
Referee: Sam Purkiss
23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 18 Leyton Orient 2–4 Forest Green Rovers Leyton
15:00 GMT Clay   40'
Brophy   40'
Turley   49'
Harrold   55'
Maguire-Drew   78'		 Report Adams   15', 33'   54'
Stevens   43'
Mondal   88'		 Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 4,614
Referee: Christopher Sarginson
26 November 2019 (2019-11-26) 19 Forest Green Rovers 0–0 Crewe Alexandra Nailsworth
19:45 GMT Kitching   44'
Rawson   49'
Mills   66'		 Report Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 2,192
Referee: Charles Breakspear
7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 20 Forest Green Rovers 0–2 Scunthorpe United Nailsworth
15:00 GMT Bernard   45'
Stevens   49'		 Report Perch   5'
van Veen   9'
Novak   41'
McGahey   48'
Sutton   52'   90+4'
Gilliead   57'
Eisa   71'
Ntlhe   75'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 2,060
Referee: John Busby
14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 21 Northampton Town 1–0 Forest Green Rovers Northampton
15:00 GMT Mills   45' (o.g.)
McWilliams   76'		 Report Adams   30' Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 4,534
Referee: Antony Coggins
21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 22 Forest Green Rovers 2–2 Swindon Town Nailsworth
15:00 GMT Mills   55', 90+5'
Winchester   76'		 Report Baudry   9'
Doyle   16', 35'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 4,216
Referee: Robert Lewis
26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 23 Stevenage 0–0 Forest Green Rovers Stevenage
15:00 GMT Cowley   33' Report Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 2,388
Referee: James Oldham
29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 24 Forest Green Rovers 1–0 Macclesfield Town Nailsworth
15:00 GMT Adams   45'
Frear   69'
Rawson   74'
Collins   90+4'		 Report O'Keeffe   59' Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 2,155
Referee: Alan Young
1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 25 Forest Green Rovers 0–1 Exeter City Nailsworth
15:00 GMT Shephard   37'   58'
Mills   44'
Kitching   71'		 Report Atangana   5'   46'
Williams   71'
Collins   81'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 3,012
Referee: Lee Swabey
4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) 26 Crawley Town 1–1 Forest Green Rovers Crawley
15:00 GMT Lubala   45' Report Tunnicliffe   63' (o.g.) Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,082
Referee: David Rock
11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 27 Mansfield Town 3–4 Forest Green Rovers Mansfield
15:00 GMT Hamilton   3'
Rose   40'
Maynard   90+1'		 Report Rawson   45+5', 52'
Winchester   60'
Mills   80'
Adams   88'
Collins   90+6'		 Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 3,956
Referee: Graham Salisbury
18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 28 Forest Green Rovers 1–2 Salford City Nailsworth
15:00 GMT March   11'
Rawson   90+3'		 Report Touray   3'
Hunter   14'   90+5'
O'Connor   38'   55'
Towell   63'   75'
Pond   80'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 2,707
Referee: Nick Kinseley
25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 29 Macclesfield Town 2–1 Forest Green Rovers Macclesfield
15:00 GMT Horsfall   69'
Ironside   74'
O'Keeffe   80'
Gnahoua   83'		 Report Winchester   17'
March   48'		 Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,653
Referee: Martin Coy
28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) 30 Forest Green Rovers 1–4 Carlisle United Nailsworth
19:45 GMT Winchester   59' (pen.)
Adams   84'		 Report Thomas   24', 26', 47' (pen.)
Hayden   31'
Kayode   49'
Anderton   55'
Watt   83'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 1,514
Referee: Brett Huxtable
1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 31 Grimsby Town 2–2 Forest Green Rovers Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Vernam   19'
Clifton   35'
Glennon   53'
Hendrie   90+1'		 Report Bailey   32'
Kitching   44'
Aitchison   50'
Winchester   55'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,675
Referee: Paul Marsden
8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 32 Forest Green Rovers 1–2 Walsall Nailsworth
15:00 GMT Collins   87' Report Gordon   39'   52' (pen.)
McDonald   73'
Sheron   77'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 3,136
Referee: Antony Coggins
11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 33 Forest Green Rovers 2–3 Port Vale Nailsworth
19:45 GMT Kitching   45+3'
Winchester   78' (pen.), 90+5'		 Report Brisley   14'   84'
Pope   38', 70' (pen.)   90+3'   90+7'
Montaño   80'
Legge   83'
Clark   87'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 1,682
Referee: Trevor Kettle
15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 34 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Forest Green Rovers Oldham
15:00 GMT Nepomuceno   56'
Missilou   70'		 Report Williams   88' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 2,720
Referee: Marc Edwards
22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 35 Scunthorpe United 1–0 Forest Green Rovers Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT McAtee   17'   46'
Eisa   61'
Gilliead   72'
Butler   83'		 Report Williams   48' Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 3,706
Referee: Carl Boyeson
29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) Forest Green Rovers v Leyton Orient Nailsworth
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: The New Lawn
Note: Match was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.[58]
7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 36 Swindon Town 0–2 Forest Green Rovers Swindon
15:00 GMT Doughty   22'
Grant   36'		 Report Stevens   5'
Dawson   30'
Adams   50'   65'
McGinley   73'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 9,257
Referee: Craig Hicks
14 March 2020 (2020-03-14) Forest Green Rovers v Northampton Town Nailsworth
15:00 GMT Stadium: The New Lawn
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[59]
17 March 2020 (2020-03-17) Forest Green Rovers v Morecambe Nailsworth
19:45 GMT Stadium: The New Lawn
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[59]
21 March 2020 (2020-03-21) Crewe Alexandra v Forest Green Rovers Crewe
15:00 GMT Stadium: Gresty Road
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[59]
28 March 2020 (2020-03-28) Forest Green Rovers v Cheltenham Town Nailsworth
15:00 GMT Stadium: The New Lawn
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[59]
4 April 2020 (2020-04-04) Plymouth Argyle v Forest Green Rovers Plymouth
15:00 BST Stadium: Home Park
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[60]
10 April 2020 (2020-04-10) Forest Green Rovers v Bradford City Nailsworth
15:00 BST Stadium: The New Lawn
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[60]
13 April 2020 (2020-04-13) Newport County v Forest Green Rovers Newport
13:00 BST Stadium: Rodney Parade
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[60]
18 April 2020 (2020-04-18) Forest Green Rovers v Cambridge United Nailsworth
15:00 BST Stadium: The New Lawn
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[60]
25 April 2020 (2020-04-25) Colchester United v Forest Green Rovers Colchester
15:00 BST Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[60]

FA Cup edit

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.[61] The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park.[62]

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) First round Forest Green Rovers 4–0 Billericay Town Nailsworth
15:00 GMT Stevens   38'
Mills   45'
Aitchison   45+2'
Shephard   65'		 Report Paxman   44'
Kefalas   54'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 1,419
Referee: Graham Salisbury
 30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) Second round Forest Green Rovers 2–2 Carlisle United Nailsworth
15:00 GMT Collins   11'
Adams   53'
Stevens   78'		 Report Jones   20'
Webster   29'
Thomas   40', 76'   77'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 1,504
Referee: Trevor Kettle
10 December 2019 (2019-12-10) Second round replay Carlisle United 1–0 Forest Green Rovers Carlisle
19:45 GMT Loft   19'
Hayden   41'
McKirdy   90+4'		 Report Rawson   43' Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 1,736
Referee: Andy Haines

EFL Cup edit

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.[63] The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.[64]

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round Charlton Athletic 0–0
(3–5 p)		 Forest Green Rovers Charlton
19:45 BST Aneke   57' Report Bernard   86' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 2,693
Referee: John Busby
Penalties
Bonne  
Sarr  
Morgan  
Oshilaja  		 Mills  
Grubb  
Adams  
Morton  
McCoulsky  
28 August 2019 (2019-08-28) Second round Bournemouth 0–0
(3–0 p)		 Forest Green Rovers Kings Park
19:45 BST Report Kitching   72' Stadium: Vitality Stadium
Attendance: 9,657
Referee: Dean Whitestone
Penalties
King  
Solanke  
Ibe  
Billing  		 Mills  
Dawson  
Morton  

EFL Trophy edit

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.[65]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Walsall 3 2 0 1 0 7 0 +7 7 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Coventry City 3 1 1 1 0 3 2 +1 6
3 L2 Forest Green Rovers 3 1 1 0 1 3 8 −5 5
4 ACA Southampton U21 3 0 0 0 3 4 7 −3 0
Source: EFL.com
3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group stage Forest Green Rovers 3–2 Southampton U21 Nailsworth
19:00 BST Stevens   29', 89'
Grubb   71'		 Report Hale   16'
N'Lundulu   74'   80'
Klarer   90'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 653
Referee: Brett Huxtable
8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) Group stage Forest Green Rovers 0–0
(8–7 p)		 Coventry City Nailsworth
19:00 BST Report Bakayoko   29'
McFadzean   70'
Kastaneer   73'		 Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 924
Referee: David Rock
Penalties
Stevens  
Morton  
Adams  
Bernard  
Mondal  
Allen  
Covil  
McGinley  
Godwin-Malife  		 Godden  
Westbrooke  
O'Hare  
Kelly  
Rose  
Watson  
Eccles  
McCallum  
McFadzean  
12 November 2019 (2019-11-12) Group stage Walsall 6–0 Forest Green Rovers Bescot
19:00 GMT Gordon   23', 33', 50' (pen.)/
McDonald   72'
Kinsella   74'   87'
Norman   90'		 Report Collins   51'   51' Stadium: Banks's Stadium
Attendance: 621
Referee: Tom Nield

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