Forest Green Rovers Football Club, nicknamed “The Green,” is a non-league football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire.
Established on 25th October, 1889, they currently compete in the Enterprise National League, which is part of the fifth tier of English football. The team calls The Bolt New Lawn their home ground.
The club began in local Gloucestershire leagues, won its first title in 1903, enclosed The Lawn in 1926 and captured the Northern Senior League in 1938. After the war it joined the County and Hellenic structures, securing a league and FA Vase double in 1982. Promotion to the Southern League Southern Division arrived in 1997, and back-to-back titles carried the side into the Conference the following year.
Forest Green Rovers weathered financial turmoil and two FA Trophy final defeats before Ecotricity founder Dale Vince entered in 2010. Mark Cooper’s team reached the English Football League by defeating Tranmere Rovers in the 2017 National League play-off, and Rob Edwards guided Rovers to the League Two championship on 7 May 2022 after earlier play-off seasons in 2019 and 2021. Two promotion stars now appear on the shirt, with a third reserved for the aspired step to the Championship.
The club became fully vegan in 2015, runs an electric-vehicle fleet and is planning Eco Park, a largely wooden 5,000-seat stadium approved in 2019. Awards such as the 2018 Green Heart Hero for Sustainability in Sport, the 2017 Institute of Groundsmanship innovation prize and national food honours recognise its environmental approach.
Forest Green Rovers Football Club is a registered company in England and Wales