Forest Green Rovers F.C.

Local and county leagues

The club was established in 1889 by E. J. H. Peach, representing the Forest Green area of Nailsworth. The name Rovers was adopted in 1893, and the following year the club were founder member of the Mid-Gloucestershire League. Their first home league match on 6 October was a 1–1 draw with Brimscombe, and the club went on to finish the 1894–95 season in third place. Nailsworth had become an urban district in 1894 and there was an effort to ensure the town was represented by a football team. As a result, the club was renamed Nailsworth Association Football Club and many members of the original team were replaced by players from Nailsworth, although they continued to play at the original Lawn Ground in Forest Green. However, the club withdrew from the league during the 1896–97 season. The club was re-established in 1898 under the Forest Green Rovers name, and absorbed Nailsworth Thursday shortly afterwards. They joined both Division One of the Mid-Gloucestershire League and also the Dursley and District League for the 1899–1900 season. The Mid-Gloucestershire League folded in 1901, with Forest Green left playing in the Dursley and District League. In 1902–03, they joined the new Stroud and District League, also continuing in the Dursley and District League. In the Stroud and District League, they finished as runners-up to Brimscombe, whilst in the Dursley and District League they finished joint top of the table with Stonehouse after being awarded…

Forest Green Rovers's honours include the following: League

League Two (level 4) Champions: 2021–22 National League (level 5) Play-off winners: 2017 Southern League (level 6) Champions: 1997–98 Southern League Southern (level 7) Champions: 1996–97 Hellenic League Champions: 1981–82 Cup

FA Trophy Runners-up: 1998–99, 2000–01 Conference League Cup Runners-up: 2008–09 FA Vase Winners: 1981–82 Minor

Gloucestershire Senior Cup Winners: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2015–16 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Champions: 1937–38, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1976–77 Division Two champions: 1955–56, 1969–70, 1975–76 Gloucestershire Northern Amateur Cup Winners: 1920–21, 1926–27, 1945–46, 1971–72, 1975–76, 1977–78 Stroud and District League Champions: 1911–12, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1945–46, 1953–54, 1958–59 Division Two champions: 1938–39 Division Three champions: 1920–21, 1921–22, 1925–26, North Gloucestershire League Champions: 1920–21, 1921–22 Division Two champions: 1921–22 Dursley and District League Champions: 1902–03, 1931–32, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37 Severn League Champions: 1931–32, 1938–39 Stroud Charity Cup Winners: 1922–23, 1926–27, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1945–46, 1952–53, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74 Berkeley Hospital Cup Winners: 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75 David Russell Memorial Trophy Winners: 1987–88