well done Forest Green Rovers

[stroud wolf]

My local club at last make it into the football league. Believe there the smallest village to make it into the league.

 

[Deleted member 4382]

Didn't they employ the murderous **** recently?

 

[The Professional]

Well done to them. Not a fan of Tranmere, so double bonus. Very disappointing crowd at Wembley today- only 18,000 or so- thought that a few other fans would also support their local teams.

 

[The Professional]

Didn't they employ the murderous **** recently?

Who? Lee Hughes?

 

[Norman Bell]

Well done to Forest Green. I thought I was hearing things when it was on as I was doing other things so I was not there really are only 6,000 people in it !

 

[Deleted member 4382]

Who? Lee Hughes?

Yeah. He's not with them now, but they gave the scum a living for a period.

 

[North West Wanderer]

Gutted for tranmere.

 

[Deleted member 4382]

Would have preferred Tranmere to win- gutted for them too.
Seem to be a well run club with decent potential for growth within reason.

 

[Lincoln-WOLF]

It was a good advert for the National League. Some very good goals scored!
The attendancecwas disappointing but I hear they were charging £40 a ticket, seems a bit excessive! Would put a lot of neutrals off

 

[stroud wolf]

Th

Didn't they employ the murderous **** recently?

They did mate unfortunately but he's been gone ages. Hopefully we never hear his name again playing anywhere.

 

[Deleted member 4456]

It was a good advert for the National League. Some very good goals scored!
The attendancecwas disappointing but I hear they were charging £40 a ticket, seems a bit excessive! Would put a lot of neutrals off

I know someone who went (and will be a very happy man today). The minimum was £36, which is steep for Conference football. It was an entertaining game though.

 

[stroud wolf]

Well done to Forest Green. I thought I was hearing things when it was on as I was doing other things so I was not there really are only 6,000 people in it !

can't believe there are 6000 people that live in forest green. would put it less than 4000. Its a little village on a hill in Nailsworth

 

[Wolvesthrunthru]

Yeah. He's not with them now, but they gave the scum a living for a period.

He's just had a couple of months with Telford United but has left to manage Worcester City

 

[WS10Wolf]

Interesting story, Forest Green. Their chairman Dale Vince is a multi-millionaire, who made his fortune through renewable energy. He's ploughed millions into the club. They only sell vegan food at the ground, all the players and staff are on vegan diets. They're building a brand new stadium made entirely from wood as well, I've read. Not your average football club.

 

[Macman]

Interesting story, Forest Green. Their chairman Dale Vince is a multi-millionaire, who made his fortune through renewable energy. He's ploughed millions into the club. They only sell vegan food at the ground, all the players and staff are on vegan diets. They're building a brand new stadium made entirely from wood as well, I've read. Not your average football club.

And it's this reason why i am so pleased for them, and hope they do well in the Football League. Nice to have a rural based team, with decent investment and ambitions. Good luck to them.

 

[Wall heath Wanderer]

Interesting story, Forest Green. Their chairman Dale Vince is a multi-millionaire, who made his fortune through renewable energy. He's ploughed millions into the club. They only sell vegan food at the ground, all the players and staff are on vegan diets. They're building a brand new stadium made entirely from wood as well, I've read. Not your average football club.

Is the team bus decorated in the style of the grateful dead?

Bonus for promotion is probably a weekend on pilgrimage to haight-ashbury.

 

[Macman]

It was a good advert for the National League. Some very good goals scored!
The attendancecwas disappointing but I hear they were charging £40 a ticket, seems a bit excessive! Would put a lot of neutrals off

Exactly, awful prices. Me and my lad are off to Wembley next Sunday to watch Non League Finals Day. £25 adults tickets, £1 kids. Two finals, so a glorious afternoon planned at Wembley. We missed out on the Neutral tickets so will be in Club Wembley with York fans. God knows why, no affiliation to York whatsoever, just want a lovely, relatively cheap afternoon watching honest, grass roots football with footballers who, playing at Wembley actually means something. Fed up of watching Englands overpaid mercenaries.

 

[steve vena]

Chuffed for forest green maybe we might get them in the league cup

 

[The Professional]

It's amazing that Wolves are only two divisions above Forest Green, and in the same division as Burton. Weird.

 

[Very Proud (AKA Still Proud)]

Exactly, awful prices. Me and my lad are off to Wembley next Sunday to watch Non League Finals Day. £25 adults tickets, £1 kids. Two finals, so a glorious afternoon planned at Wembley. We missed out on the Neutral tickets so will be in Club Wembley with York fans. God knows why, no affiliation to York whatsoever, just want a lovely, relatively cheap afternoon watching honest, grass roots football with footballers who, playing at Wembley actually means something. Fed up of watching Englands overpaid mercenaries.

I went last year tickets were £12.50 if they were bought in a group, I went with Hereford and despite the result had a great day

 

[Cotswold wolf]

As the name suggests local to me (north end of the wolds) and a vegan (it's the old punk) I'm chuffed and may well rock up for a few games next season. Also good rivalry for Cheltenham who are not much liked outside the town. Lots of money for the level mind

 

[Dr Wolfenstein]

Interesting story, Forest Green. Their chairman Dale Vince is a multi-millionaire, who made his fortune through renewable energy. He's ploughed millions into the club. They only sell vegan food at the ground, all the players and staff are on vegan diets. They're building a brand new stadium made entirely from wood as well, I've read. Not your average football club.

Hopefully they don't go the same way as Rushden & Diamonds, when their sugar daddy left them in the lurch.

 

[Deleted member 4257]

Wanted Tranmere to win this. Forest Green have thrown money at it, OK it's worked but for what cost overall, many clubs end up screwed when success slows down.
Oh and they signed Hughes.
Hope they do a Telford

 

[Norman Bell]

can't believe there are 6000 people that live in forest green. would put it less than 4000. Its a little village on a hill in Nailsworth

You have answered my next question which was going to be where is it !

 

[Norman Bell]

Interesting story, Forest Green. Their chairman Dale Vince is a multi-millionaire, who made his fortune through renewable energy. He's ploughed millions into the club. They only sell vegan food at the ground, all the players and staff are on vegan diets. They're building a brand new stadium made entirely from wood as well, I've read. Not your average football club.

Wolves may be able to help them out in that case stadium wise as we have had numerous wooden home performances these last couple of seasons !

 

[Wagstaffe Was Magic]

If memory serves, did'nt Tony Daley have a spell with them at the end of his career???

 

[Deleted member 4124]

Interesting story, Forest Green. Their chairman Dale Vince is a multi-millionaire, who made his fortune through renewable energy. He's ploughed millions into the club. They only sell vegan food at the ground, all the players and staff are on vegan diets. They're building a brand new stadium made entirely from wood as well, I've read. Not your average football club.

My dietary restrictions might make me biased, but I think they're setting a fantastic example. I hope other clubs follow their model.

 

[Soho Wolf]

Not really happy with this. They're a manufactured club that have had money thrown at them to the detriment of other local clubs. Would have preferred Tranmere to start the long climb back. Just my opinion.

 

[Deleted member 4099]

Not really happy with this. They're a manufactured club that have had money thrown at them to the detriment of other local clubs. Would have preferred Tranmere to start the long climb back. Just my opinion.

Me too. Always enjoyed going there. Proper football club imo.

 

[stroud wolf]

Lots of people around here also dislike the club And owner, lots of mixed feelings, myself included. when i moved to this neck of the woods around 85 they were just a local saturday non league club and probably not even the best club in Nailsworth(Gloucestershire) Shortwood united been the other club.
Dale Vince who owns the club moved here about 25 years ago. without a penny to his name, "lived in camper van" Stroud is full of bloody hippies lol. So self made money in that time through Green energy, he started with one wind turbine just up the road from the ground.
i've only been there myself around a couple of games in all the years living here around mid 90s.
But was pleased for them today has my young lad also a Wolves season ticket holder went along with his mates on the train to Wembley.
Has for Lee Hughes playing for them. Hate that bloke has much as all on here, unfortunately not only him playing for them 2 years ago but also where our under 23s mostly played this year, i or anyone else can't do much about.

 

[stroud wolf]

If memory serves, did'nt Tony Daley have a spell with them at the end of his career???

i think your right believe he did

 

[astraltrader]

Best wishes and good luck to Forest Green Rovers, although I too would have like to have seen Tranmere back in the Football League.

 

[North West Wanderer]

Only a matter of time for Tranmere.
Properly run now after so many years of nothing.

 

[ricki herberts moustache]

Interesting story, Forest Green. Their chairman Dale Vince is a multi-millionaire, who made his fortune through renewable energy. He's ploughed millions into the club. They only sell vegan food at the ground, all the players and staff are on vegan diets. They're building a brand new stadium made entirely from wood as well, I've read. Not your average football club.

no way! I did not know that about FGR. I knew their owner was loaded but that's about it.

They are all vegans? Thats nuts (no pun intended)

 

[ricki herberts moustache]

Dale Vince who owns the club moved here about 25 years ago. without a penny to his name, "lived in camper van" Stroud is full of bloody hippies lol. So self made money in that time through Green energy, he started with one wind turbine just up the road from the ground.

I reckon wolves should be cashing in on the Green energy thing too. There's enough hot air and rumours flying about at the moment to keep a whole field full of wind turbines ticking over

 

[oldgoldheart]

It's amazing that Wolves are only two divisions above Forest Green, and in the same division as Burton. Weird.

and a division below bournemouth, swansea and watford

 

[ricki herberts moustache]

and a division below bournemouth, swansea and watford

yeah but keep in mind all that can change within a short space of time...for better or worse.

Just ask the likes of Blackpool, Portsmouth, Orient etc

 

[Guzeppi]

Interesting story, Forest Green. Their chairman Dale Vince is a multi-millionaire, who made his fortune through renewable energy. He's ploughed millions into the club. They only sell vegan food at the ground, all the players and staff are on vegan diets. They're building a brand new stadium made entirely from wood as well, I've read. Not your average football club.

And the match ball must be made of hemp. No leather here mates!

 

[ricki herberts moustache]

And the match ball must be made of hemp. No leather here mates!

Why stop at making the ball out of hemp; go the whole hog and construct the ball from Marijuana then after every game raffle it off to all the clean green hippies in the FGR crowd and they can go home and smoke it

win win for everyone

 

[Deleted member TW5162]

Interesting story, Forest Green. Their chairman Dale Vince is a multi-millionaire, who made his fortune through renewable energy. He's ploughed millions into the club. They only sell vegan food at the ground, all the players and staff are on vegan diets. They're building a brand new stadium made entirely from wood as well, I've read. Not your average football club.

Are they allowed a stadium made just out of wood? Isn't that a fire hazard?