Tranmere Rovers are on to the EFL League Two play-offs final after James Norwood’s volley secured a 2-1 aggregate win over Forest Green Rovers.
A thunderbolt from Tranmere Rovers’ Oliver Banks gave his side a slight advantage in their first leg League Two playoff against 10 man Forest Green.
A look behind-the-scenes at the newest members of the Football League, who happen to be football’s first eco-club.
NAILSWORTH, England — It’s one-nil for the environmentalists here.
An English football team has become the first professional sports team in the world to be certified carbon-neutral by the United Nations.
Forest Green Rovers, who play in League Two — English football’s fourth tier, have adopted a number of environmentally-friendly measures, from using electric vehicles, to vegan-only meals for players, staff and fans.
The club’s 2,000-seat stadium in the quiet town of Nailsworth, England, is powered…
Charlie Cooper was handed his marching orders on Monday.
It was a case of like son, like father on Monday as a Forest Green player and his manager both received red cards within moments of each other in a League Two match in England.
Rovers player Charlie Cooper — a reported target of Middlesbrough — was sent off with a straight red card for a bad foul in the 39th minute of his team’s game against Wycombe Wanderers.
And in protesting the decision, Forest Green’s manager — and Cooper’s father, Mark — was promptly sent to the stands by referee…
A look behind-the-scenes at the newest members of the Football League, who happen to be football’s first eco-club.
NAILSWORTH, England — It began with a hippy, a way-out idea and a windmill at the top of a hill and has mushroomed into an outlandishly new way of footballing life. This is the odyssey of Forest Green Rovers, a little sports club with big dreams like no other, the repository of two fantastically improbable stories.
First, there’s the football bit — the fairy tale, as they like to call it, of a village team on the verge of bankruptcy who have risen to become the club from the smallest community…
A look behind-the-scenes at the newest members of the Football League, who happen to be football’s first eco-club.
Forest Green Rovers celebrate earning their place in League Two.
Forest Green manager Mark Cooper was delighted after the club sealed promotion from the National League to League Two with a 3-1 win over Tranmere Rovers in the playoff final.
The club hails from Nailsworth in Gloucestershire, and with a population of 5,794 it will become the smallest place to ever have a club in the Football League.
“It’s an unbelievable achievement to put a village team in the Football League,” Cooper said. “When you’re on the outside, you think everybody is earning 10 grand…