List of Forest Green Rovers F.C. seasons explained

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

Key to league record

• Level = Level of the league in the current league system
• 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
• Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division. Number of goals includes goals scored in play-offs.

Key to cup records

• Res = Final reached round
• Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses
• PR = Preliminary round
• QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds
• G = Group stage
• R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds
• QF = Quarter-finalists
• SF = Semi-finalists
• F = Finalists
• A (QF, SF, F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists
• W = Winners

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	Leading league scorer(s)^[2]		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		FA Trophy		Average home attendance^[3] ^[4]
		Name(s)	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Res		Rec
1975–76	Hellenic Football League Premier Division	8	30	14	10	6	82	53	+29	52*	4th of 16
1976–77			30	8	9	13	44	50	−6	33*	11th of 16
1977–78			30	6	12	12	49	59	−10	24*	12th of 16			QR2
1978–79			26	15	4	7	52	35	+17	34*	3rd of 14			QR1	1–0–1
1979–80			30	11	10	9	56	45	+11	32*	6th of 16			QR2	1–0–1
1980–81			30	14	6	10	57	53	+4	34*	7th of 16			QR1	1–2–1
1981–82			30	23	1	6	71	20	+51	47*	1st of 16 Promoted			QR1	0–0–1
1982–83	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	32	21	3	8	68	32	+36	66	3rd of 17			QR1	0–0–1
1983–84			38	15	12	11	67	51	+16	57	11th of 20			QR2	1–1–1					PR
1984–85			34	9	10	15	49	65	−16	37	14th of 18			QR1	1–0–1					QR3	2–1–1
1985–86			40	14	9	17	52	56	−4	51	14th of 21			QR1	1–0–1					QR1	0–0–1
1986–87			38	16	9	13	65	53	+12	57	9th of 20			QR3	2–0–1					QR1	0–0–1
1987–88			42	14	16	12	67	54	+13	58	9th of 22			QR3	2–0–1					QR3	2–0–1
1988–89			42	12	16	14	64	67	−3	52	12th of 22			QR3	2–0–1					QR1	0–0–1
1989–90			42	16	13	13	75	62	+13	61	10th of 22			QR2	1–1–1					QR3	2–0–1
1990–91			42	11	14	17	51	64	−13	47	18th of 22			QR2	2–1–1					R3	5–1–1
1991–92			42	14	4	24	66	88	−22	46	19th of 22			QR1	0–0–1					QR3	0–0–1
1992–93			42	12	6	24	61	97	−36	42	19th of 22			QR1	1–0–1
1993–94			42	12	12	18	61	84	−23	48	15th of 22			QR1	0–1–1
1994–95			42	11	13	18	56	76	−20	46	18th of 22			PR	0–1–1					QR2	1–1–1
			Club transferred.
1995–96	Southern Football League Southern Division		42	22	8	12	85	55	+30	74	8th of 22			QR3	3–2–1					QR1	0–0–1
1996–97			42	27	10	5	87	40	+47	91	1st of 22 Promoted			QR1	0–0–1					QR2	1–0–1
1997–98	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	42	27	8	7	93	55	+38	89	1st of 22 Promoted			QR2	1–0–1					QR2	0–0–1
1998–99	Conference National	5	42	15	13	14	55	50	+5	58	12th of 22	Marc McGregor	12	QR3	0–0–1					RU	6–1–1	854
1999–2000			42	13	8	21	54	63	−9	47	19th of 22	Marc McGregor	12	R2	2–0–1					R4	2–0–1	975
2000–01			42	11	15	16	43	54	−11	48	16th of 22	Alex Meechan	13	R1	1–0–1					RU	5–2–1	862
2001–02			42	12	15	15	54	76	−22	51	18th of 22	Mark Cooper	17	R1	1–2–0					R5	2–1–1	841
2002–03			42	17	8	17	61	62	−1	59	9th of 22	Neil Grayson	15	R1	1–1–1					QF	3–0–1	858
2003–04			42	12	12	18	58	80	−22	48	18th of 22	Scott Rogers Neil Grayson	9	QR4	0–0–1					R4	1–1–1	902
2004–05			42	6	15	21	41	81	−40	33	20th of 22	Charlie Griffin	17	R1	1–1–1					R3	0–0–1	743
			Reprieved from relegation due to Northwich Victoria demotion.
2005–06			42	8	14	20	49	62	−13	38	19th of 22	Paul Wanless	10	QR4	0–0–1					R3	2–0–1	977
2006–07			46	13	18	15	59	64	−5	57	14th of 24	Simon Clist Danny Carey-Bertram	7	QR4	0–0–1					R1	0–0–1	1,185
2007–08			46	19	14	13	76	59	+17	71	8th of 24	Stuart Fleetwood	27	R2	2–2–1					R2	1–0–1	1,178
2008–09			46	12	16	18	70	76	−6	52	18th of 24	Andy Mangan	26	R3	3–1–1					QF	3–0–1	955
2009–10			44	12	9	23	50	76	−26	45	21st of 23	Jonathan Smith	8	R3	3–1–1					R1	0–0–1	1,012
			Reprieved from relegation due to Salisbury City demotion.
2010–11			46	10	16	20	53	72	−19	46	20th of 24	Reece Styche	15	R1	1–0–1					R1	0–0–1	949
2011–12			46	19	13	14	66	45	+21	70	10th of 24	Yan Klukowski	18	QR4	0–0–1					R1	0–1–1	1,034
2012–13			46	18	11	17	63	49	+14	65	10th of 24	James Norwood	15	R1	1–1–1					R2	1–0–1	1,202
2013–14			46	19	10	17	80	66	+14	67	10th of 24	James Norwood	18	QR41	0–0–1					R2	1–3–0	1,194
2014–15			46	22	16	8	80	54	+26	79	5th of 24	Jon Parkin	25	QR1	1–1–1					R2	1–3–0	1,502
			Lost in the play-off semifinal.
Fifth and sixth tier divisions renamed.
2015–16	National League	5	46	26	11	9	69	42	+27	89	2nd of 24	Jon Parkin	13		2–0–1					R1	0–0–1	1,758
			Lost in the play-off final.
2016–17			46	25	11	10	88	56	+32	86	3rd of 24	Christian Doidge	25		0–0–1					R3	2–1–1	1,753
			Promoted after winning the play-offs.
2017–18	EFL League Two	4	46	13	8	25	54	77	-23	47	21st of 24	Christian Doidge	20	R2	1–1–1	R1		R3	3–0–2			2,771
2018–19			46	20	14	12	68	47	+21	74	5th of 24	Christian Doidge	14	R1	0–1–1	R2	1–1–0	G	1–1–1			2,775
			Lost in the play-off semi-final.
2019–20			36	13	10	13	43	40	+3	49	10th of 24	Joseph Mills	7	R2	1–1–1	R2		G	1–1–1
2020–21			46	20	13	13	59	51	+8	73	6th of 24	Jamille Matt	17	R1	0–0–1	R1	0–0–1	R2	1–1–2
			Lost in the play-off semi-final.
2021–22			46	23	15	8	75	44	+31	84	1st of 24	Mathew Stevens	23	R1	0–0–1	R2	0–1–1	R2	1-2-1			2,687
			Promoted as EFL League Two Champions
2022–23	EFL League One	3	46	6	9	31	31	89	-58	27	24th of 24	Connor Wickham	6	R3	2–2–1	R2	1–1–1	R2	1–1–1			3,179
			Relegated to EFL League Two
2023–24	EFL League Two	4	46	11	9	26	44	78	-34	42	24th of 24	Matthew Stevens	9	R2	2–2–1	R1	1–1–1	R2	1–1–1			2,473
			Relegated to National League
2024–25	Vanarama National League	4

•  – two points for win.
  

Overall stats

Years	Competition	Level	width=30	S	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	GF	width=30	GA	width=30	GD	width=30	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
1997–98	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	1	42	27	8	7	93	55	+38	89
1998–99 - 2016–17, 2024-25	Conference National/National League	5	19	840	289	245	306	1169	1187	−18	1112
2017–18 - 2021–22, 2023-24	EFL League Two	4	5	220	89	60	71	299	259	+40	327
2022–23	EFL League One	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1977–78 - 2017–18	FA Cup	–	41	101	41	20	40				–
1983–84 - 2016–17	FA Trophy	–	32	90	43	17	30				–

•  – two points for win.

First squad players

Eleven players who have the greatest number of league appearances in first team squad.^[5]

Year	width=150	Goalkeepers	width=150	Defenders	width=150	Midfielders	width=150	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 Andy 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

Notes and 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. Web site: English non-league attendances archive . EFS . 2 March 2016.
4. Average home attendance = for league games only
5. http://www.forestgreenroversfc.co.uk/id12.html The 15 Conference Seasons of Forest Green Rovers