# 2019–20 Forest Green Rovers F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Forest Green Rovers's 131st year in existence and their third consecutive season in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Ebou Adams | Ebbsfleet United | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | LW | Taylor Allen | Nuneaton Borough | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | RW | Aaron Collins | Morecambe | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | RM | Kevin Dawson | Cheltenham Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Matt Mills | Pune City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Adam Smith | Bristol Rovers | Free transfer |
| 8 July 2019 | LB | Liam Kitching | Leeds United | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2019 | RB | Dominic Bernard | Birmingham City | Free transfer |
| 27 July 2019 | CF | Mathew Stevens | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 18 October 2019 | LM | Elliott Frear | Motherwell | Free transfer |
| 6 January 2020 | CF | Josh March | Leamington | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | LB | Chris Stokes | Stevenage | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | James Morton | Bristol City | 30 June 2020 |
| 7 August 2019 | GK | Joe Wollacott | Bristol City | 30 June 2020 |
| 30 August 2019 | MF | Kyle Taylor | Bournemouth | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CF | Jack Aitchison | Celtic | 30 June 2020 |
| 4 January 2020 | AM | Jevani Brown | Colchester United | 30 June 2020 |
| 24 January 2020 | AM | Odin Bailey | Birmingham City | 30 June 2020 |
| 24 January 2020 | RW | Robert Hall | Oxford United | 30 June 2020 |
| 24 January 2020 | GK | Conrad Logan | Mansfield Town | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 20 August 2019 | LW | Ollie Artwell | Cirencester Town | 18 September 2019 |
| 19 September 2019 | CF | Shawn McCoulsky | Bromley | October 2019 |
| 23 September 2019 | GK | Adam Smith | Yeovil Town | October 2019 |
| 25 October 2019 | LW | Taylor Allen | Hereford | 24 January 2020 |
| 5 December 2019 | CF | Shawn McCoulsky | FC Halifax Town | January 2020 |
| 11 December 2019 | DM | Lloyd James | Torquay United | January 2020 |
| 16 January 2020 | RB | Udoka Godwin-Malife | Eastleigh | February 2020 |
| 24 January 2020 | FW | Taylor Allen | Gloucester City | February 2020 |
| 17 February 2020 | MF | Oliver Artwell | Hungerford Town | March 2020 |
| 28 February 2020 | LW | Dayle Grubb | Eastleigh | 30 June 2020 |
| 6 March 2020 | GK | Adam Smith | Yeovil Town | 30 June 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Reece Brown | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Tahvon Campbell | Cheltenham Town | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Lee Collins | Yeovil Town | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Christian Doidge | Hibernian | £250,000 |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Gavin Gunning | Billericay Town | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Haydn Hollis | Chesterfield | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Scott Laird | Weston-super-Mare | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | RW | Isaac Pearce | Weston-super-Mare | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Reuben Reid | Cheltenham Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | LM | Fabien Robert | Gloucester City | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Jordan Simpson | Bath City | Released |
| 2 July 2019 | DM | Paul Digby | Stevenage | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2019 | CM | Sam Hendy | Weston-super-Mare | Free transfer |
| 23 July 2019 | GK | James Montgomery | AFC Fylde | Undisclosed |
| 13 September 2019 | CM | Charlie Cooper | FC Halifax Town | Free transfer |
| 28 February 2020 | DM | Lloyd James | Free agent | Mutual consent |

## Pre-season

FGR announced pre-season friendlies against Weston-super-Mare, Yate Town, Salisbury, Bristol City and Bath City. However, two weeks before their opening match of pre-season was due to take place, Weston-super-mare – managed by former Forest Green academy coach Scott Bartlett – cancelled the fixture. This gap in the schedule was plugged with an away fixture against Swindon Supermarine, with Mark Cooper remarking that the replacement game would represent a "sterner test" for his Forest Green side.

## Competitions
### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Colchester United | 37 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 58 | 1.57 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 7 | Northampton Town (O, P) | 37 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 58 | 1.57 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Port Vale | 37 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 57 | 1.54 | |
| 9 | Bradford City | 37 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 54 | 1.46 | |
| 10 | Forest Green Rovers | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 49 | 1.36 | |
| 11 | Salford City | 37 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 50 | 1.35 | |
| 12 | Walsall | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 47 | 1.31 | |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 37 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 48 | 1.30 | |
| 14 | Newport County | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 46 | 1.28 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 March 2020. Source: BBC

#### Results by matchday

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

#### Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019. The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June. The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.

### EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Walsall | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 7 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Coventry City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Forest Green Rovers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 5 | |
| 4 | ACA | Southampton U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 0 | |