2023–24 Forest Green Rovers F.C. season

The 2023–24 season is the 135th season in the history of Forest Green Rovers and their first season back in League Two since the 2021–22 season following their relegation from League One in the previous season. The club are participating in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Forest Green Rovers

2023–24 season
Owner	Dale Vince
Chairman	Dale Vince
Manager	David Horseman (until 20 December)[1] Troy Deeney (from 20 December to 18 January)[1][2] Dan Connor (interim from 18 to 25 January)[2] Steve Cotterill (from 25 January)[3]
Stadium	The New Lawn
League Two	24th (relegated to National League)
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Matty Stevens (9) All: Matty Stevens (11)
Highest home attendance	vs Wrexham A.F.C. (4,121)
Lowest home attendance	vs Shrewsbury Town F.C. (709)
Average home league attendance	(3,204)
Biggest win	vs Colchester United F.C. (5-0)
Biggest defeat	vs Wrexham A.F.C. (6-0)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Current squad

As of 9 February 2024

No.	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Luke Daniels	GK		Bolton	(1988-01-05) 5 January 1988 (age 37)	Middlesbrough	14 July 2023	Free	30 June 2024
20	Jamie Searle	GK		Whakatāne	(2000-11-25) 25 November 2000 (age 24)	Barnsley	22 July 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
31	Tommy Simkin	GK			(2004-12-08) 8 December 2004 (age 20)	Stoke City	12 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
39	Vicente Reyes	GK		Charleston	(2003-11-19) 19 November 2003 (age 21)	Norwich City	13 February 2024	Loan	20 February 2024
41	Fiachra Pagel	GK			(2004-02-16) 16 February 2004 (age 21)	Drogheda United	2 January 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
Defenders
2	Marcel Lavinier	RB		London	(2000-12-16) 16 December 2000 (age 24)	Swindon Town	3 August 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
3	Dom Bernard	CB		Gloucester	(1997-03-29) 29 March 1997 (age 28)	Birmingham City	17 July 2019	Free	30 June 2024
4	Darnell Johnson	CB		Leicester	(1998-09-03) 3 September 1998 (age 26)	Fleetwood Town	4 August 2023	Free	30 June 2025
5	Ryan Inniss	CB		Penge	(1995-06-05) 5 June 1995 (age 30)	Charlton Athletic	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
15	Jordan Moore-Taylor	CB		Exeter	(1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 (age 31)	Milton Keynes Dons	21 July 2020	Free	30 June 2024
16	Dominic Thompson	LB		Willesden	(2000-07-26) 26 July 2000 (age 25)	Blackpool	12 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
17	Jamie Robson	LB		Perth	(1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 27)	Lincoln City	6 January 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
19	Sean Robertson	RB		Wandsworth	(2001-06-06) 6 June 2001 (age 24)	Crystal Palace	4 August 2022	Free	30 June 2024
25	Fankaty Dabo	RB		Southwark	(1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 29)	Coventry City	1 September 2023	Free	30 June 2025
36	Richard Keogh	CB		Harlow	(1986-08-11) 11 August 1986 (age 39)	Wycombe Wanderers	9 February 2024	Free	30 June 2024
44	Murphy Bennett	RB		Stockport	(2004-12-23) 23 December 2004 (age 20)	Manchester City	1 July 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
	Keon Sanniola	CB				Academy	5 September 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Midfielders
8	Charlie McCann	DM		Coventry	(2002-04-24) 24 April 2002 (age 23)	Rangers	24 January 2023	£300,000	30 June 2026
18	Jacob Maddox	AM		Bristol	(1998-11-03) 3 November 1998 (age 26)	Walsall	7 August 2023	Free	30 June 2025
21	Alex Rodríguez	CM		Tenerife	(1993-08-01) 1 August 1993 (age 32)	Oxford United	12 January 2024	Free	30 June 2024
22	Maxi Oyedele	DM		Salford	(2004-11-07) 7 November 2004 (age 20)	Manchester United	17 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
26	David Davis	CM		Smethwick	(1991-02-20) 20 February 1991 (age 34)	Shrewsbury Town	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
27	Harvey Bunker	DM		Portsmouth	(2003-04-15) 15 April 2003 (age 22)	Academy	1 July 2020	Trainee	30 June 2024
28	Callum Jones	CM		Birkenhead	(2001-04-05) 5 April 2001 (age 24)	Hull City	1 July 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
29	Reece Brown	CM		Dudley	(1996-03-03) 3 March 1996 (age 29)	Huddersfield Town	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
32	Jack Carter	CM				Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
34	Zach McKenzie	CM				Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
40	Fin Bell	CM				Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
46	Emmanuel Osadebe	RM		Dundalk	(1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 (age 28)	Bradford City	18 January 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
51	Jesse Thompson	CM			(2005-11-29) 29 November 2005 (age 19)	Reading	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
—	Dylan Kadji	DM			(2003-09-01) 1 September 2003 (age 21)	Bristol City	4 August 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
Forwards
7	Kyle McAllister	RW		Paisley	(1999-01-21) 21 January 1999 (age 26)	St Mirren	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2025
9	Matty Stevens	CF		Guildford	(1998-02-12) 12 February 1998 (age 27)	Peterborough United	27 July 2019	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
10	Christian Doidge	CF		Newport	(1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 32)	Hibernian	31 January 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
11	Jordon Garrick	RW		Kingston	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 27)	Swansea City	5 January 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
23	Tyrese Omotoye	CF		Hasselt	(2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 22)	Norwich City	23 January 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
24	Olly Sully	CF			(2005-09-08) 8 September 2005 (age 19)	Academy	5 September 2023	—	30 June 2024
37	Nathan Holland	LW		Manchester	(1998-06-19) 19 June 1998 (age 27)	Milton Keynes Dons	24 August 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
Out on Loan
6	Teddy Jenks	CM		Brighton	(2002-03-12) 12 March 2002 (age 23)	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
12	Alfie Bendle	CM			(2005-01-27) 27 January 2005 (age 20)	AFC Wimbledon	9 August 2023	Free	30 June 2025
—	Amadou Bakayoko	CF		Kenema	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 29)	Bolton Wanderers	12 January 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2024

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Ref
1 July 2023	CB	Ryan Inniss	Charlton Athletic	Free Transfer	[4]
1 July 2023	CM	Teddy Jenks	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free Transfer	[5]
14 July 2023	GK	Luke Daniels	Middlesbrough	Free Transfer	[6]
17 July 2023	CF	Matty Taylor	Oxford United	Free Transfer	[7]
22 July 2023	GK	Jamie Searle	Barnsley	Undisclosed	[8]
3 August 2023	RB	Marcel Lavinier	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	[9]
4 August 2023	CB	Darnell Johnson	Fleetwood Town	Free Transfer	[10]
7 August 2023	AM	Jacob Maddox	Walsall	Free Transfer	[11]
9 August 2023	CM	Alfie Bendle	AFC Wimbledon	Free Transfer	[12]
17 August 2023	CF	Troy Deeney	Birmingham City	Free Transfer	[13]
24 August 2023	LW	Nathan Holland	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed	[14]
1 September 2023	RB	Fankaty Dabo	Coventry City	Free Transfer	[15]
12 January 2024	CM	Alex Rodríguez	Oxford United	Free Transfer	[16]
18 January 2024	RM	Emmanuel Osadebe	Bradford City	Undisclosed	[17]
31 January 2024	CF	Christian Doidge	Hibernian	Undisclosed	[18]
9 February 2024	CB	Richard Keogh	Wycombe Wanderers	Free Transfer	[19]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
30 June 2023	GK	Alfie Burnett	Free agent	Released	[20]
30 June 2023	CB	Baily Cargill	Mansfield Town	Released	[20][21]
30 June 2023	CM	Regan Hendry	Tranmere Rovers	Released	[20][22]
30 June 2023	LB	Jacob Jones	Cove Rangers	Released	[20][23]
30 June 2023	GK	Luke McGee	Tranmere Rovers	Released	[20][24]
30 June 2023	CM	Dylan McGeouch	Carlisle United	Released	[20][25]
30 June 2023	CF	Sean O'Brien	Hayes & Yeading United	Released	[20][26]
30 June 2023	CM	Ben Stevenson	Portsmouth	Released	[20][27]
30 June 2023	GK	Lewis Thomas	Free agent	Released	[20]
6 July 2023	GK	Ross Doohan	Aberdeen	Undisclosed	[28]
6 July 2023	CM	Armani Little	AFC Wimbledon	Undisclosed	[29]
25 July 2023	RB	Corey O'Keeffe	Barnsley	Undisclosed	[30]
3 August 2023	CB	Udoka Godwin-Malife	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	[31]
1 February 2024	CF	Matty Taylor	Cheltenham Town	Free Transfer	[32]

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Date until	Ref
1 July 2023	CM	Callum Jones	Hull City	End of Season	[33]
4 August 2023	DM	Dylan Kadji	Bristol City	End of Season	[34]
10 August 2023	CB	Reece Welch	Everton	3 January 2024[a]	[35][36]
1 September 2023	CF	Callum Morton	Salford City	End of Season	[37]
30 September 2023	GK	James Belshaw	Bristol Rovers	7 October 2023	[38]
12 January 2024	GK	Tommy Simkin	Stoke City	End of Season	[39]
12 January 2024	LB	Dominic Thompson	Blackpool	End of Season	[40]
17 January 2024	DM	Maxi Oyedele	Manchester United	End of Season	[41]
13 February 2024	GK	Vicente Reyes	Norwich City	20 February 2024	[42]

1. On 3 January, Welch was recalled back by Everton from his season-long loan.

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Until	Ref
27 July 2023	CF	Amadou Bakayoko	Dundee	End of Season	[43]
25 January 2024	CM	Teddy Jenks	Ross County	End of Season	[44]
2 February 2024	CM	Alfie Bendle	Eastbourne Borough	1 March 2024	[45]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 7 June, FGR announced four pre-season fixtures, against Melksham Town, Coventry City, Everton Under-21s and Plymouth Argyle.^[46] A fifth was later added, against West Bromwich Albion.^[47]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Melksham Town v Forest Green Rovers

5 July 2023 Friendly	Melksham Town	1–1	Forest Green Rovers	Melksham
19:30 BST			Jones 85'	Stadium: Oakfield Stadium

UCD v Forest Green Rovers

11 July 2023 Friendly	UCD	0–2	Forest Green Rovers	Dublin, Ireland
19:30 BST				Stadium: UCD Bowl

Forest Green Rovers v Coventry City

18 July 2023 Friendly	Forest Green Rovers	0–4	Coventry City	Nailsworth
19:00 BST		Report	Simms 5', 30' Palmer 6' Obikwu 46'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,345

Forest Green Rovers v Everton U21

19 July 2023 Friendly	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Everton U21	Nailsworth
19:00 BST	Trialist G 46'	Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 698 Referee: Sam Allison

Plymouth Argyle v Forest Green Rovers

22 July 2023 Friendly	Plymouth Argyle	5–1	Forest Green Rovers	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Hardie 24', 29' Mumba 38' Wright 48' Whittaker 59'		Stevens 33'	Stadium: Harpers Park Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

Forest Green Rovers v West Bromwich Albion

28 July 2023 Friendly	Forest Green Rovers	2–0	West Bromwich Albion	Nailsworth
19:00 BST	Trialist 39' Bernard 65'			Stadium: The New Lawn

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
			Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League Two	Matchday 1		32	5	8	19	32	60	−28	015.63
FA Cup	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	050.00
EFL Cup	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
EFL Trophy	Group stage	Second round	4	1	2	1	4	2	+2	025.00
Total			39	7	10	22	41	70	−29	017.95

Last updated: 17 February 2024
Source: Soccerway

League Two

Main article: 2023–24 EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
19	Swindon Town	46	14	12	20	77	83	−6	54
20	Salford City	46	13	12	21	66	82	−16	51
21	Grimsby Town	46	11	16	19	57	74	−17	49
22	Colchester United	46	11	12	23	59	80	−21	45
23	Sutton United (R)	46	9	15	22	59	84	−25	42	Relegated to National League
24	Forest Green Rovers (R)	46	11	9	26	44	78	−34	42

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[48]
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
45	10	9	26	43	78	−35	39	4	4	14	18	38	−20	6	5	12	25	40	−15

Last updated: 20 April 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	21	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	P	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W
Position	22	13	20	22	20	18	19	21	22	22	23	24	22	—	23	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22

Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2024. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 22 June, 2023 the EFL League Two fixtures were released.^[49]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Forest Green Rovers v Salford City

5 August 2023 1	Forest Green Rovers	0–2	Salford City	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	McCann  43' Robson  72' Bunker  90'	Report	Hendry  17' McAleny 52' Garbutt  72' Bolton  90+2' Smith 90+5'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,936 Referee: Daniel Middleton

Harrogate Town v Forest Green Rovers

12 August 2023 2	Harrogate Town	0–1	Forest Green Rovers	Harrogate
15:00 BST	Cornelius  55'	Report	Jones  34' Stevens 46' Maddox  62' Bernard  82'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Forest Green Rovers v Swindon Town

15 August 2023 3	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Swindon Town	Nailsworth
19:45 BST	Stevens 14' Omotoye  14' Bunker  42'  61' Kadji  70' Bernard  72' Daniels  88'	Report	Kinsella  26' Blake-Tracy  45+4' 90+4' Kemp 47' Godwin-Malife  85'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,868 Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill

Forest Green Rovers v Newport County

19 August 2023 4	Forest Green Rovers	0–3	Newport County	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Taylor  68' Robertson  74'  90+1' Deeney  90+1'	Report	Evans 1', 25' Lewis 88' (pen.)	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,292 Referee: Scott Jackson

AFC Wimbledon v Forest Green Rovers

26 August 2023 5	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Forest Green Rovers	Wimbledon
15:00 BST	Ball 35' Al-Hamadi  38' Davison  72'	Report	McCann  45+2' Deeney 75'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 6,949 Referee: Paul Howard

Sutton United v Forest Green Rovers

2 September 2023 6	Sutton United	0–1	Forest Green Rovers	Sutton
15:00 BST	Angol  82'	Report	Deeney  3' Bunker  37' 63'	Stadium: Gander Green Lane Attendance: 2,546 Referee: Scott Simpson

Forest Green Rovers v Crewe Alexandra

9 September 2023 7	Forest Green Rovers	1–4	Crewe Alexandra	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Brown 35' Deeney  46' Robson  53' Bunker  68' Johnson  74'	Report	Tabiner  11' Offord  18' Long 49' Baker-Richardson 60', 69' O'Riordan  64' Nevitt 82'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,855 Referee: Thomas Parsons

Forest Green Rovers v Doncaster Rovers

16 September 2023 8	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Brown  25' Moore-Taylor  51' 84' Inniss  71' McCann  79'	Report	Biggins 35' Olowu  70' Anderson  90+5' Close 90+6'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,979 Referee: Jacob Miles

Notts County v Forest Green Rovers

23 September 2023 9	Notts County	4–3	Forest Green Rovers	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Crowley 19' Langstaff 37' Cameron  43' Bostock 65' McGoldrick 68'  89' Adebayo-Rowling  90+6'	Report	Brown  41' Deeney 56', 61', 79' (pen.)  84' Inniss  59' McCann  60' Lavinier  84'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 10,648 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Forest Green Rovers v Morecambe

30 September 2023 10	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Morecambe	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Inniss  12' Brown  23' Robson  45+1' Omotoye 84'	Report	Love  5' Mellon 26' Slew 48' Bedeau  90+4'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,290 Referee: Adam Herczeg

Stockport County v Forest Green Rovers

3 October 2023 11	Stockport County	2–0	Forest Green Rovers	Edgeley
19:45 BST	Olaofe 15' Sarcevic 35' Southam-Hales  47'	Report	Lavinier  39'  62'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 7,517 Referee: Ross Joyce

Accrington Stanley v Forest Green Rovers

7 October 2023 12	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Forest Green Rovers	Accrington
15:00 BST	Andrews 18', 51' Hills  62'	Report	Welch  58' Stevens 83'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,222 Referee: Ben Atkinson

Forest Green Rovers v Colchester United

14 October 2023 13	Forest Green Rovers	5–0	Colchester United	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Morton 41' McAllister  44', 65' Taylor 77' Stevens 79', 90+3'	Report	Mingi  10'  47' McGeehan  45+4'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,137 Referee: Ollie Yates

Forest Green Rovers v Barrow

24 October 2023 15	Forest Green Rovers	0–2	Barrow	Nailsworth
19:45 GMT	Omotoye  58' Robson  90+4'	Report	Foley 4' Telford 18' Ray  49'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,440 Referee: Tom Reeves

Forest Green Rovers v Crawley Town

28 October 2023 16	Forest Green Rovers	2–1	Crawley Town	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Dabo  4' Morton 26', 45+2' Maddox  67' Welch  69' Moore-Taylor  87'	Report	Darcy 6'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,898 Referee: Craig Hicks

Tranmere Rovers v Forest Green Rovers

11 November 2023 17	Tranmere Rovers	3–0	Forest Green Rovers	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Omotoye 8' (o.g.) Dennis 47' Hendry  54' Apter 71'	Report	Bernard  32'  52' Deeney  45+4' Johnson  90+7'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,461 Referee: Edward Duckworth

Forest Green Rovers v Grimsby Town

18 November 2023 18	Forest Green Rovers	2–2	Grimsby Town	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Bernard  6' McAllister 37' (pen.), 44'	Report	Rose  5' Holohan 65'  76' Wilson 80'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,580 Referee: Scott Tallis

Walsall v Forest Green Rovers

25 November 2023 19	Walsall	0–0	Forest Green Rovers	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Maher  35' McEntee  90+1'	Report	Deeney  89' Bernard  90+1' Welch  90+7'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 6,317 Referee: Peter Wright

Forest Green Rovers v Bradford City

28 November 2023 20	Forest Green Rovers	0–3	Bradford City	Nailsworth
19:45 GMT	Deeney  45+3' Moore-Taylor  87'	Report	Platt 9' Cook 21' (pen.) Taylor  31'  90+1' Walker 87'  88'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,462 Referee: Simon Mather

Milton Keynes Dons v Forest Green Rovers

16 December 2023 22	Milton Keynes Dons	2–0	Forest Green Rovers	Denbigh
15:00 GMT	Dean 21'  53' Payne 35' Norman  44' Robson  57' Harvie  89'	Report	Jones  2' Robson  53' Inniss  75' Moore-Taylor  90'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 6,033 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Forest Green Rovers v Gillingham

22 December 2023 23	Forest Green Rovers	0–0	Gillingham	Nailsworth
19:00 GMT	Daniels  25' Bendle  90+5'	Report	Nadesan  86'	Stadium: The New Lawn Referee: Sam Allison

Newport County v Forest Green Rovers

26 December 2023 24	Newport County	4–2	Forest Green Rovers	Newport
15:00 GMT	Evans  18', 60', 63' Bogle  18' Payne  50', 69' Delaney 84'	Report	Delaney 2' (o.g.) McAllister  16' Stevens 33' Morton  38' Jones  41'  51' McCann  45' Moore-Taylor  75'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,576 Referee: Stephen Martin

Swindon Town v Forest Green Rovers

29 December 2023 25	Swindon Town	2–1	Forest Green Rovers	Swindon
19:45 GMT	Kemp 56', 81' Hutton  71' Minturn  90+8' Young  90+8'	Report	Dabo  15' Jenks  21' Robson  43' Taylor 74' Bendle  80' Inniss  87' Stevens 90+9'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 9,075 Referee: Scott Simpson

Forest Green Rovers v AFC Wimbledon

1 January 2024 26	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Stevens 4' Jones  81'	Report	Al-Hamadi 12' Biler  19' Davison  37'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,786 Referee: James Durkin

Salford City v Forest Green Rovers

6 January 2024 27	Salford City	2–2	Forest Green Rovers	Kersal
15:00 GMT	Smith 4' Watt  21' Garbutt  41' Mariappa  72'  90' Watson 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Bunker  23' McCann 39' Inniss  59'  90' Stevens 70' Dabo  88'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 2,355 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Forest Green Rovers v Harrogate Town

13 January 2024 28	Forest Green Rovers	0–2	Harrogate Town	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Simkin  31' Rodríguez  41'  48' Taylor  90+4'	Report	Muldoon 51'  56' Odoh 69' Falkingham  80'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,695 Referee: Christopher Pollard

Gillingham v Forest Green Rovers

20 January 2024 29	Gillingham	1–1	Forest Green Rovers	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Ogie  43' Hutton  55' Coleman  61' Hawkins 67' Ehmer  86'	Report	Thompson  55' Jones 75' Dabo  90+4'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Referee: Craig Hicks

Forest Green Rovers v Accrington Stanley

27 January 2024 30	Forest Green Rovers	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Inniss  20'	Report	Nolan 22' (pen.) Hills  42' Martin  45+2' Rich-Baghuelou  59' Woods  80' Conneely  87'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,238 Referee: Adam Herczeg

Colchester United v Forest Green Rovers

3 February 2024 31	Colchester United	3–3	Forest Green Rovers	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Hopper  9' Smith 65' Fevrier 67' Anderson 70'	Report	Stevens 11' (pen.) Doidge 27' Thompson 74' Jones  83'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,519 Referee: Neil Hair

Forest Green Rovers v Mansfield Town

10 February 2024 32	Forest Green Rovers	0–4	Mansfield Town	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Robson  16' Thompson  54'	Report	Clarke 11', 90+7' Nichols 69' Swan 78'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,240 Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill

Barrow v Forest Green Rovers

13 February 2024 33	Barrow	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 GMT	Stockton 29' Campbell  89'	Report	McAllister 21',  50' Dabo  41' Osadebe 57' McCann  85'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,029 Referee: Lewis Smith

Crawley Town v Forest Green Rovers

17 February 2024 34	Crawley Town	2–0	Forest Green Rovers	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Orsi 39' Lolos 87'	Report	Osadebe  68'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,838 Referee: Ben Speedie

Forest Green Rovers v Tranmere Rovers

24 February 2024 35	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Tranmere Rovers	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Thompson  44' McCann 45+1' Inniss  61'  88'	Report	Davies  76' Turnbull  77'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,308 Referee: Dale Baines

Forest Green Rovers v Wrexham

27 February 2024 21[50]	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	Wrexham	Nailsworth
19:45 GMT	Osadebe 3' (Doidge) Robson  90+2'		Mullin 90+3' (pen)	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 4,412 Referee: Will Finnie
Note: Originally postponed due to a waterlogged pitch in December 2023

Grimsby Town v Forest Green Rovers

2 March 2024 36	Grimsby Town	1–0	Forest Green Rovers	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Rodgers 8' Green  90+5'	Report	Keogh  90+5'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,506 Referee: Tom Reeves

Forest Green Rovers v Walsall

9 March 2024 37	Forest Green Rovers	2–0	Walsall	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Osadebe 63' Omotoye  67' Moore-Taylor  72' McAllister 81' (pen.) Thompson  84'	Report	Matt  23' Okagbue  67'  72' Hutchinson 71'	Stadium: The Bolt New Lawn Attendance: 2,883 Referee: Thomas Kirk

Bradford City v Forest Green Rovers

12 March 2024 38	Bradford City	0–2	Forest Green Rovers	Bradford
19:45 GMT	Kelly  90+2'	Report	Doidge 2', 90+3' (pen.) Robson  56'	Stadium: Valley Parade Referee: Simon Mather

Forest Green Rovers v Sutton United

16 March 2024 39	Forest Green Rovers	0–1	Sutton United	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Robson  57'	Report	Coley 39'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,664 Referee: Ben Toner

Doncaster Rovers v Forest Green Rovers

23 March 2024 40	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Forest Green Rovers	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Anderson  48' Molyneux 62' Ironside  68' Keogh 86' (o.g.)	Report	Rodríguez  45+1' Thompson  72'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 7,024 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Forest Green Rovers v Stockport County

29 March 2024 41	Forest Green Rovers	0–3	Stockport County	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Osadebe  34' Bunker  76'	Report	Camps 19' Richards 28' Lemonheigh-Evans 51'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,145 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Crewe Alexandra v Forest Green Rovers

1 April 2024 42	Crewe Alexandra	0–3	Forest Green Rovers	Crewe
15:00 BST	Nevitt  43' Kirk  75' Adebisi  76'	Report	Garrick 13', 26' Robson 27' Inniss  43' Osadebe  52' Jones  87'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 5,478 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Forest Green Rovers v Milton Keynes Dons

6 April 2024 43	Forest Green Rovers	0–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Moore-Taylor  44' McCann  61'	Report	Dean 40' Gilbey 50' Tezgel  90+4'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,507 Referee: Andy Davies

Mansfield Town v Forest Green Rovers

9 April 2024 14	Mansfield Town	1–0	Forest Green Rovers	Mansfield
19:45 BST	Nichols 20',  77' Lewis  84' Clarke  90+5'	Report	Inniss  90+5'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,201 Referee: Thomas Parsons
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 21 October and 16 January, but was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch from Storm Babet and a frozen pitch respectively.[51][52]

Wrexham v Forest Green Rovers

13 April 2024 44	Wrexham	6–0	Forest Green Rovers	Wrexham
15:00 BST	Lee 17' Mullin 23', 44' Inniss 33' (o.g.) Barnett 63' Marriott 84'	Report	Osadebe  27' McCann  62'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 11,450 Referee: Sunny Singh Gill

Morecambe v Forest Green Rovers

20 April 2024 45	Morecambe	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Brown 30' Rawson  68'	Report	Dabo  17' McCann 38' McAllister 44',  82' Bernard  89'	Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium Attendance: 4,491 Referee: Ross Joyce

Forest Green Rovers v Notts County

27 April 2024 46	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Notts County	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Osadebe  45' McCann 74'	Report	Cameron  19' Macari  70'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3610 Referee: Will Finnie

Postponed matches

Mansfield Town v Forest Green Rovers

21 October 2023 14	Mansfield Town	v	Forest Green Rovers	Mansfield
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Field Mill
Note: Fixture postponed due to a waterlogged pitch and rescheduled for 16 January 2024.[53][54]

Mansfield Town v Forest Green Rovers

16 January 2024 14	Mansfield Town	v	Forest Green Rovers	Mansfield
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Field Mill
Note: Fixture rescheduled from 21 October 2023 to 16 January 2024 and postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, to be rearranged for a later date.[54][55]

Forest Green Rovers v Wrexham

9 December 2023 21	Forest Green Rovers	v	Wrexham	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: The New Lawn
Note: Fixture postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, to be rearranged for a later date.[56]

FA Cup

Main article: 2023–24 FA Cup

Forest Green Rovers were drawn away to Scarborough Athletic in the first round. This match was played three times before a winner was confirmed by the Football Association, due to Forest Green Rovers fielding an ineligible player, under rule 109 of the FA Cup competition rules, in the original tie which ended in a 1-1 Draw. The player was on loan with Forest Green Rovers, but they had not received permission from the parent club to play him in the FA Cup. The FA ordered the match to be replayed on 6 December. This caused a knock-on effect of the second round tie against Blackpool being postponed until the original first round match had been replayed. The match against Blackpool was originally scheduled for 2 December 2023, and subsequently played on 19 December 2023^[57][58][59]

Scarborough Athletic v Forest Green Rovers

12 December 2023 First round	Scarborough Athletic	2–4	Forest Green Rovers	Scarborough
19:45 GMT	Robson 29' (o.g.) Gooda  56' Colville 86'		Omotoye 34' Morton 55' Robertson 83'  90+4' Stevens 89'  90+5'	Stadium: Scarborough Sports Village

Blackpool v Forest Green Rovers

19 December 2023 Second round	Blackpool	3–0	Forest Green Rovers	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Dale 18' Lawrence-Gabriel 75' Ekpiteta 84'	Report	Welch  82'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,188 Referee: Scott Jackson
Note: Fixture originally scheduled for 2 December 2023, but later postponed after Forest Green Rovers and Scarbrough were ordered to replay the first round replay due to Forest Green Rovers fielding an ineligible player.[60]

Void matches

Scarborough Athletic v Forest Green Rovers

4 November 2023 First round	Scarborough Athletic	1-1 Void	Forest Green Rovers	Scarborough
15:00 GMT	Wiles 27'	Report	Sully 90+3'	Stadium: Scarborough Sports Village Attendance: 3,209 Referee: Marc Edwards
Note: Fixture declared void due to Forest Green Rovers fielding an ineligible player, tie ordered to be replayed on 12 December 2024.[58]

Forest Green Rovers v Scarborough Athletic

14 November 2023 First round replay	Forest Green Rovers	5-2 Void	Scarborough Athletic	Nailsworth
19:45 GMT	Jenks 5' Dabo  15' McAllister 18' (pen.) Robson 30' Bunker 35' Omotoye 76'	Report	Wiles 41' Weledji  75' Coulson 89' Durose  90'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,146 Referee: Paul Howard
Note: Fixture declared void due to Forest Green Rovers fielding an ineligible player in the match of 4 November 2023.[58]

EFL Cup

Main article: 2023–24 EFL Cup

FGR were drawn at home to Portsmouth in the first round.^[61]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Forest Green Rovers v Portsmouth

8 August 2023 First round	Forest Green Rovers	1–3	Portsmouth	Nailsworth
19:45 BST	Robertson  17' Bunker  23' Omotoye 24' Robson  74'	Report	Yengi  12' 30', 75' (pen.) Scully  32' Swanson 52' Devlin  58'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,868 Referee: Sam Purkiss

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2023–24 EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Forest Green were drawn into Southern Group A along with Walsall, Shrewsbury Town and Brighton & Hove Albion U21.^[62][63] After topping the group, Forest Green Rovers were drawn at home to Oxford United.^[64]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Forest Green Rovers	3	1	1	1	0	4	1	+3	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	3	1	1	1	0	3	2	+1	6
3	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	1	1	0	1	3	5	−2	5
4	L2	Walsall	3	0	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2023. Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Forest Green Rovers v Shrewsbury Town

5 September 2023 Group stage	Forest Green Rovers	3–0	Shrewsbury Town	Nailsworth
19:00 BST	Kadji 37' Robson  45+2' Omotoye 61' Stevens 65' McKenzie  84'	Report	Bowman 86'	Stadium: The New Lawn Referee: Farai Hallam

Walsall v Forest Green Rovers

10 October 2023 Group stage	Walsall	1–1 (2–4 p)	Forest Green Rovers	Bescot
19:00 BST	Tierney 58' Hutchinson 67'	Report	Maddox  29' Welch  46' Omotoye 51' Lavinier  90+6'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,516 Referee: Stephen Parkinson
	Penalties
	Stirk James-Taylor McEntee Johnson		Stevens Taylor Robson Bunker

Forest Green Rovers v Brighton & Hove Albion U21

7 November 2023 Group stage	Forest Green Rovers	0–0 (2–4 p)	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Nailsworth
19:00 GMT	Robertson  60' Sully  62' McCann  66'	Report	Flower  80'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 750 Referee: David Rock
	Penalties
	Bunker Omotoye Robson Welch		O'Mahony Hinchy Chouchane Mullins

Forest Green Rovers v Oxford United

5 December 2023 Second round	Forest Green Rovers	0–1	Oxford United	Nailsworth
19:00 GMT	Inniss  13' Omotoye  39'	Report	Goodrham 49' Rodríguez  53' Negru  82'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 494 Referee: Ollie Yates