Fascinating Facts about Forest Green

FGR are NOT in located in Birmingham, and still don't actually play in green.  Except when they do as an away kit as they did at Rocky Road last year.

They spent a couple of years rebuilding their stadium, only to decide, once complete that they didn't much like the neighbours, so built themselves another ground.  Basically on one street in a tiny west country town they had TWO Conference level football grounds.......Are they taking the piss?



Rush hour strikes Nailsworth



Trouble-making, baby-faced, knob-jockey Lee Fowler has sandwiched his memorable Poppies career with spells at FGR.

They have managed through a mixture of footballing ability and the lucky demise of others to survive several seasons in the top flight of non-league football despite the town of Nailsworth having a smaller population than Burton Latimer.  It also lack's Burton's windfarm, the constant smell of hot weetabix, and predilection for thinking that they aren't just a suburb of Kettering.

Among their former managers is Jim Harvey who seemed to take it upon himself to constantly annoy us when boss of Morecambe.  Mind you, we'd probably dance a jig of delight if he took on the Poppies hot seat about now!

The history of Nailsworth almost makes Kettering look cosmopolitan: -

800AD - evidence of settlements
1923 - arrival of electricity
1965 - ducking stool decommissioned
2007 - new FGR ground opens

Note - Only one of the above is a lie.