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Club update of the Week – Forest Green Rovers

One of our new features this season will be to get regular updates on how some of the clubs we have featured here are faring this season.  First up is Forest Green Rovers, who we visited back in March 2009 when they entertained (and they certainly did) Oxford United.  Our resident TBIR Fan at new [...]

A small diversion – the price of silverware

We seem to be accepting as football fans that some competitions are not worth the effort in taking part. The Carling Cup in England hasn’t been taken seriously by the big clubs for seasons, and in recent years the importance of a decent run in the FA Cup has taken second place for many teams [...]

Jack of the Rovers….

Forest Green Rovers rank up there with the likes of Port Vale, West Ham United, Arsenal and Rushden & Diamonds as a club who play in a place that has nothing to do with their name.  Port Vale play in the conurbation around Stoke-on-Trent in a town called Burslem, West Ham United play in East [...]

Forest Green Rovers v Oxford United

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