Forest Green Rovers F.C.
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| Full name | Forest Green Rovers Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Rovers The Green FGR The Little Club On The Hill Green Army |
| Founded | 1889 (as 'Forest Green') |
| Ground | The New Lawn |
| Capacity | 5,032 (2,000 seated) |
| Chairman | Dale Vince |
| Manager | Mark Cooper |
| League | National League |
| 2015–16 | National League, 2nd |
| Website | Club home page |
Forest Green Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The club currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football.
The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA and has EMAS status. During the 1989–90 to 1991–92 seasons, the club used the name Stroud FC, not to be confused with the former Gloucestershire Northern Senior League club.
The club was founded in 1889 as Forest Green by the local Nonconformist church minister. The club would go on to become founder members of the Mid Gloucestershire League in 1894. The club moved to the newly formed Stroud & District League in 1902 where they remained for 32 years, also playing in the Dursley & District League. Rovers won the Dursley & District League in 1903 and this was the club's first ever silverware. They were founder members of the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League in 1922 alongside Cheltenham Town, winning the league in 1938, 1950 and 1951.
In 1926 Rovers home ground, the Lawn Ground, was officially enclosed and a decade later the committee members at the club bought the field for £120 at an auction.
In 1968 they were founder members of the Gloucestershire County League where they remained for seven seasons with an average finishing position of 6th. Former Arsenal number six, Peter Goring became the club manager and in his eleven-year spell the club earned promotion to the Hellenic League in 1975.
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