Forest Green Rovers FC

**Ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Forest Green Rovers** ƙungiya ce ta ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙwararru da ke Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, Ingila. Ƙungiyar tana fafatawa a gasar National League, mataki na biyar a tsarin gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila .

An kafa ƙungiyar a watan Oktoban 1889, kuma ta zama memba na ƙungiyar Mid Gloucestershire League shekaru biyar bayan haka. Sun fafata a gasa daban-daban na gasar lig na gida a yawancin ƙarni na 20, sun lashe kofuna da dama na gasar: Dursley & District League (1902–03), Stroud da District Football League (1911–12 da 1920–21), Stroud Premier League (1934–35, 1935–36 da 1936–37), North Gloucestershire League (1920–21 da 1921–22), da kuma Gloucestershire Northern Senior League (1937–38, 1949–50 da 1950–51). Sun zama membobin da suka kafa Gloucestershire County League a 1968, kafin a mayar da su zuwa Premier Division na Hellenic League shekaru bakwai bayan haka.

Forest Green ta lashe gasar Hellenic League a kakar wasa ta 1981-82 kuma ta ɗaga kofin FA bayan ta doke Rainworth Miners Welfare a wasan ƙarshe a Wembley . Sun shafe shekaru 13 masu zuwa a Midland Division na Southern League, kuma sun yi gasa na ɗan lokaci a ƙarƙashin sunan **Stroud FC.** Bayan sun koma Forest Green Rovers, ƙungiyar ta lashe gasar Southern League Southern Division da Premier Division a jere a shekarun 1996-97 da 1997-98, inda ta lashe gasar Confederation . Sun kai wasan ƙarshe na FA Trophy na 1999, wanda suka sha kashi, sun zama ƙungiya ta farko da ta kai wasan ƙarshe na FA Vase da FA Trophy. Sun kuma kai wasan ƙarshe na FA Trophy na 2001, wanda suka sake shan kashi. Sau biyu suna jin daɗin faduwa daga gasar Conference National saboda raguwar sauran ƙungiyoyi, ƙungiyar ta sauya bayan saka hannun jari daga masanin masana'antar makamashi mai kyau Dale Vince a 2010.

A ƙarƙashin shugabancin Vince, Forest Green ta zama ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta farko a duniya da ta zama mai cin ganyayyaki a duniya a shekarar 2015, kuma an kafa New Lawn da sabbin abubuwa da dama masu kyau ga muhalli.  Zuba jari a cikin ƙungiyar 'yan wasa ya sa ƙungiyar ta fafata don samun ci gaba zuwa Gasar Kwallon Kafa ta Ingila, wadda ta samu nasara a wasannin share fage na gasar National League na 2017, bayan da aka doke ta a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe a 2015 da kuma wasan ƙarshe na 2016. Daga nan aka haɓaka Forest Green zuwa League One a 2022 a karon farko a tarihinta, bayan nasarar lashe gasar EFL League Two . An mayar da su baya bayan kakar wasa ɗaya, kuma sun sha wahala a jere a koma baya ga wanda ba na League ba a shekara mai zuwa, wanda ya kawo ƙarshen shekaru bakwai na zamansu a Gasar Kwallon Kafa. Sun buga wasannin gida a The New Lawn tun 2006, lokacin da suka ƙaura daga gidansu na asali a The Lawn Ground .

## Tarihi

### Lig ɗin gida da na gunduma
An kafa ƙungiyar a shekarar 1889 ta hannun Rev. EJH Peach, wanda ke wakiltar yankin Forest Green na Nailsworth.  An ɗauki sunan Rovers a shekarar 1893, kuma a shekara mai zuwa ƙungiyar ta zama memba na ƙungiyar Mid-Gloucestershire League.  Wasansu na farko a gida a ranar 6 ga Oktoba ya kasance kunnen doki 1-1 da Brimscombe, kuma ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da kammala kakar wasa ta 1894-95 a matsayi na uku.  Nailsworth ta zama gundumar birni a shekarar 1894 kuma an yi ƙoƙari don tabbatar da cewa ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ce ta wakilci garin. Sakamakon haka, an sake wa ƙungiyar suna Nailsworth Association Football Club kuma an maye gurbin membobin ƙungiyar da yawa daga cikin 'yan wasan Nailsworth, kodayake sun ci gaba da wasa a filin wasa na asali a Forest Green.  Duk da haka, ƙungiyar ta janye daga gasar a lokacin kakar wasa ta 1896-97. 

An sake kafa ƙungiyar a shekarar 1898 a ƙarƙashin sunan Forest Green Rovers, kuma ta lashe Nailsworth jim kaɗan bayan haka.  Sun shiga ƙungiyar Division One ta Mid-Gloucestershire League da kuma gasar Dursley & District League a kakar wasa ta 1899-1900.  Ƙungiyar Mid-Gloucestershire League ta faɗi a shekarar 1901, inda Forest Green ta bar ta a gasar Dursley & District League.  A shekarar 1902-03 sun shiga sabuwar ƙungiyar Stroud &amp;amp; District League, kuma sun ci gaba a gasar Dursley & District League. A gasar Stroud & District League sun kammala a matsayin ƙungiyar da ta zo ta biyu a gasar Brimscombe, yayin da a gasar Dursley & District League suka kammala a saman teburi tare da Stonehouse bayan an ba su maki daga wasan da ba a buga ba da suka yi da Chalford.  Sakamakon haka, an gudanar da wasan share fage don yanke hukunci kan gasar, inda sama da masu kallo 1,000 suka kalli Forest Green da suka lashe 2-1 a cikin ƙarin lokaci.  A shekarar 1906–07 sun kare a matakin ƙasa na gasar Stroud & District League da maki sifili (kodayake sun yi nasara a wasa ɗaya, an cire musu maki biyu saboda sanya ɗan wasa mara cancanta).  Sun janye daga gasar Dursley & District League a shekarar 1908. 

A shekarar 1911, Forest Green ta haɗu da Nailsworth don kafa Nailsworth & Forest Green United, ta ci gaba da buga wasa a Lawn Ground da kuma a gasar Stroud & District League; sabuwar ƙungiyar ta lashe gasar, inda ta sha kashi a wasa ɗaya kacal a duk kakar wasa.  Sun shiga ƙungiyar Dursley & District League a 1912-13, amma sun fice daga gasar Stroud & District League bayan wasanni huɗu kacal.  Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, ƙungiyar ta sake komawa gasar kuma kakar wasa ta 1919-20 ta sa suka kammala a saman tebur tare da Chalford da Stonehouse. Daga baya gasar ta yi kunnen doki don yanke hukunci kan gasar, inda Forest Green ta yi kunnen doki da Stonehouse a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe, inda wanda ya yi nasara ya buga wa Chalford gasar. Duk da haka, Stonehouse ta doke Forest Green da ci 3-2 a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe.  A shekarar 1920, ƙungiyar ta kuma shiga ƙungiyar a gasar North Gloucestershire League kuma ta ci gaba da lashe gasar biyu, da kuma gasar Northern Junior Cup.  Sun sake maimaita gasar cin kofin sau biyu a kakar wasa mai zuwa.  Sun kasance membobin da suka kafa Gloucestershire Northern Senior League a 1922,  amma sun bar gasar a ƙarshen kakar 1922-23 don komawa Stroud & District League.

Forest Green ta kare a matsayin ta biyu a 1924–25 da 1925–26,  kafin ta sake komawa gasar Gloucestershire Northern Senior League a 1926.  Sun ci gaba da kammala a matsayin ta biyu a 1926–27 kafin su sake barin gasar don buga wasa a sabuwar gasar Stroud Premier League.  Bayan sun kare a matsayi na hudu a gasar, kungiyar ta koma gasar Northern Senior League a karshen kakar wasa,  kodayake sun kuma ci gaba da rike kungiya a gasar Stroud Premier League. Kungiyar ta fice daga gasar Stroud Premier League a 1930,  gasar a karo na uku a 1934, inda ta sake komawa gasar Stroud Premier League. Sun kasance zakarun gasar Premier ta Stroud a kakar wasa uku a jere a 1934–35, 1935–36 da 1936–37,  kafin su sake shiga gasar Northern Senior League a 1937. Sun ci gaba da lashe gasar a 1937–38.  Bayan sun kammala a matsayin na biyu a 1948–49, sun lashe gasar lig a jere a 1949–50 da 1950–51.  Duk da cewa kungiyar ta kare a matsayin na biyu a 1952–53, an mayar da su zuwa na biyu a karshen kakar wasa ta 1954–55. Duk da haka, sun kasance zakarun rukuni na biyu a kakar wasa mai zuwa, kuma an mayar da su na daya.  Forest Green suna cikin wadanda suka kafa gasar Gloucestershire County League a 1968, inda suka buga wasa har zuwa na uku a gasar Hellenic League a 1975 karkashin jagorancin Peter Goring . 

### Gasar wasanni ta yanki
Kakar wasa ta farko ta Forest Green a gasar Hellenic League ta sa sun kammala kakar wasa ta huɗu. Duk da cewa sun shafe shekaru biyu a matakin tsakiya, matsayi na uku a 1978–79 shine farkon shekaru huɗu masu nasara, wanda ya ƙare a kakar wasa ta 1981–82, inda suka lashe gasar Hellenic League kuma suka kai wasan ƙarshe na gasar FA Vase .  A Wembley, sun doke Rainworth Miners Welfare da ci 3-0 don lashe kofin. A ƙarshen kakar wasa, an ɗaga ƙungiyar zuwa ƙungiyar Midland Division na Southern League . Duk da cewa sun kare a matsayi na uku a kakar wasa ta farko a sabuwar gasar, an shafe shekaru shida masu zuwa a tsakiyar tebur.

A shekarar 1989, aka sake wa ƙungiyar suna Stroud Football Club.  Wani kakar wasa a tsakiyar teburi ya biyo baya da biyu inda suka kare a matsayi na biyar na ƙasa.  Sun kuma shiga gasar cin kofin Welsh na tsawon shekaru huɗu, inda suka kai zagayen kwata-kwata a 1990-91 inda Wrexham, wacce ta zo ta biyu, ta sha kashi a hannunta. Bayan komawa ga sunanta na asali, ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da fama a gasar har sai da aka mayar da ita zuwa ƙungiyar Southern Division a 1995.  Bayan sun kare a matsayi na takwas a ƙarƙashin Frank Gregan a 1995-96, sun lashe gasar a kakar wasa mai zuwa, inda suka sami ci gaba zuwa ƙungiyar Premier Division ta Southern League. A kakar wasa ta 1997-98, sun lashe gasar Southern League Premier Division, inda suka sami ci gaba a karo na biyu a jere da kuma shiga gasar ƙwallon ƙafa . 

### Ƙungiyar Taro

A kakar wasa ta farko ta Forest Green a gasar, sun kare a matsayi na goma sha biyu, da kuma kaiwa ga wasan karshe na gasar FA, inda suka zama kungiya ta farko da ta buga wasan karshe na gasar FA Vase da kuma gasar FA.  Duk da haka, sun sha kashi a hannun Kingstonian da ci 1-0. A kakar wasa ta gaba, kungiyar ta sake samun nasara a zagaye na farko na gasar FA Cup a karon farko; bayan ta doke Guiseley da ci 6-0 a zagaye na farko, sun sha kashi a gida da ci 3-0 a hannun Torquay United a zagaye na biyu.  A watan Nuwamba na 2000, an maye gurbin Gregan a matsayin koci da tsohon dan wasan Ingila Nigel Spink ; kungiyar ta sake kai wasan karshe na gasar FA Cup a karshen kakar wasa, inda ta sha kashi a hannun Canvey Island da ci 1-0.

A shekarar 2004–05 Forest Green ta kare a matakin faduwa daga gasar, amma an huta bayan da aka rage wa Northwich Victoria matsayi saboda matsaloli da filin wasanta.  A shekarar 2007–08, kungiyar ta doke abokan hamayyarta na Football League a gasar cin kofin FA a karon farko, inda ta doke Rotherham United da ci 3-0 a zagaye na farko, kafin ta sha kashi a hannun Swindon Town da ci 3-2. A kakar wasa mai zuwa, ta kai zagaye na uku na gasar cin kofin a karon farko, inda ta doke Team Bath sannan Rochdale don kafa wasan zagaye na uku a gida da Derby County wanda suka sha kashi a hannun 4-3 a gaban tarin 'yan kallo 4,836.  Wani wasan zagaye na uku a shekarar 2009–10 ya ƙare da rashin nasara a hannun Notts County da ci 2-1. 

Kakar wasa ta 2009-10 ta ga Forest Green ta kare a yankin faduwa, amma an sake samun wani sassauci daga faduwa lokacin da aka kori Salisbury City saboda karya dokokin kudi.  Daga nan sai wanda ya kafa Ecotricity, Dale Vince, ya karbi ragamar kungiyar; Vince ya tsara shirye-shiryen sa kungiyar ta zama mai kyau ga muhalli, ciki har da cire jan nama daga abincin 'yan wasa, daina sayar da nama a kasa da kuma magance filin wasa da takin gargajiya.  

Forest Green ta kare a matsayi na biyar a gasar a shekarar 2014–15, inda ta cancanci shiga gasar share fagen shiga gasar; sun sha kashi da ci 3-0 a jimilla a hannun Bristol Rovers a wasan kusa da na karshe. A kakar wasa mai zuwa sun kare a matsayin na biyu a gasar National League da aka sake masa suna, matsayi mafi girma a gasar; a wasannin share fagen shiga gasar da suka biyo baya sun doke Dover Athletic da ci 2-1 a wasan kusa da na karshe, kafin su sha kashi da ci 3-1 a hannun Grimsby Town a wasan karshe a Wembley .  An samu nasarar kammala kakar wasa ta uku a jere da matsayi na uku a 2016–17 . Bayan sun doke Dagenham &amp;amp; Redbridge da ci 3-1 a wasan kusa da na karshe, kungiyar ta doke Tranmere Rovers da maki iri daya a wasan karshe a Wembley, inda ta samu ci gaba zuwa League Two . Wannan ya sanya Nailsworth ta zama karamar gari da ta taba karbar bakuncin kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Football League kuma ta kawo karshen kakar wasa 19 a gasar National League ba tare da ci gaba ba, lokaci mafi tsawo a jere tun lokacin da aka fara haura zuwa gasar kwallon kafa ta Ingila . 

### Gasar Kwallon Kafa
Kungiyar ta kauce wa faduwa a kakar wasa ta 2017-18, inda ta tabbatar da matsayinta da wasanni biyu da suka rage mata. A kakar wasa ta 2018-19, ta kare a matsayi na biyar a gasar League Two.  Sun ci gaba da shan kashi 2-1 a hannun Tranmere Rovers a wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar.  Wani wasan share fage a kakar wasa ta 2020-21 ya ga sun sha kashi 5-4 jimilla a hannun Newport County . 

A shekarar 2021–22 sun sami gurbin shiga gasar League One kai tsaye bayan sun yi kunnen doki da Bristol Rovers,  kuma sun lashe gasar bayan kunnen doki 2-2 a Mansfield Town .  Sun lashe wasansu na farko na League One, inda suka doke Bristol Rovers da ci 2-1 a waje sakamakon kwallo da suka ci a karshen kakar wasa.  A karshen kakar wasa ta 2022–23, Rovers ta koma gasar League Two a matsayi na 24.  

A shekarar 2023–24, bayan faduwa daga gasar League One, Rovers ta sake kammala a yankin faduwa a gasar League Two bayan ta kare a matsayi na 24, don haka ta fuskanci rashin kunya daga faduwa a jere zuwa gasar National League, wanda hakan ya kawo karshen shekaru bakwai da ta shafe a gasar Football League.  

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