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Massive game tonight as Forest Green Rovers host Bristol Rovers in a play-off semi-final first leg. The FGR website reports problems with restricting tickets to getting the correct supporters in the right end of the ground. Online sales were suspended & fans were required to go to the ground in person with their passport or driving licence AND a utility bill (e.g. a gas bill???!!!)! Park & ride systems in place to prevent traffic chaos on THAT hill!

Come on FGR. Love to see you in the League. Always overachievers but great to watch their exploits. Any town with a smaller population than Nailsworth been in the League before?

Would be even sweeter as Chel-ten-ham have dropped out.

I went to FGR vs. Bristol Rovers at the start of the season and the home end was full of Gasheads. I understand why they'd want to try and prevent this in such a big game.

Personally, I think Rovers will go up but league games versus Bromley and, maybe, Chorley await them if either FGR/Grimsby/Eastleigh go up... and that would be amusing.

I should also add that although I find it funny what happened to Oxford and Rovers, the notion that it could one day happen to Swindon scares the hell out of me (in football terms).

Watching Tranmere drop down only adds to that. Decent one season, back-to-back relegations the next. Strewth.

Think Rovers will go up, too strong for rest of the sides.

Which 'Rovers' are you talking about? Are you closet gasheads?

Have a gashead Parcelforce driver that comes in work daily, he is predicting an Eastleigh promotion.
Thinks they are the stronger of the 4

Thats defelcting tactics then, I know a few Irene fuckers and they are all very arrogant about easily returning to the FL, and I unfortunately feel they are right.

Surely the easiest way to achieve that was by finishing top of the Conference. Barnet are back up then. Did they move grounds from Underhill in the end?

Good luck FGR. I feel the gas will be too strong, but its the playoffs. anything can happen.

I'm rooting for Eastleigh.

Regardless of the Ex-Oxford platers in their ranks.

Portsmouth v Eastleigh would be the most unexpected local rivalry... if you go back a few years.

Selfishly, I'd prefer FGR to stay in the Non-League.  We have had significant support from the Stroud Valleys over many years, and still do today.  If FGR were to make it in to the League and stay there, that could be eroded over time.

I think Rovers (Bristol) will do it.

Really hope rovers blow it.

The've got a new ground called The Hive. One of the England U-19 games was held there a few weeks back.

 ::)

Because I strong feelings about FGR, obviously.

What a shame, Underhill was brilliant.

Are FGR still owned by that tree hugger?

They only served veggie food in the ground at one stage, I don't want that behaviour anywhere near the football league

Yep

Apparently he divorced his wife donkey's years ago when they were both knit your own yogurt hippies.

Now he's worth a few quid she's after a slice

Right, Grimsby or Eastleigh for me then

I believe its still the case

Apparently Coops is in attendance at this FGR v BRO game...

Not sure who can impress in this game. Hoofy, no quality football.

I took my lad to a FGR game a year or so ago and they served both veggie and meat food then

Well things are indeed looking up there

Adam Virgo and Jamie Cureton as studio guests? Time to watch something else ...

Bristol Rovers down to Ten men... still 1-0.

I had lovely Fish n Chips at FGR

They sell fish but not burgers?

Looking at FGR on Wiki I note that Charlie Griffin was their highest goal scorer in 2004/05 and Jonathan Smith (Also formerly of this parish) 09/10!

Charlie Griffin is now 35 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Griffin I remember when he was our great young striking hope - Christ that makes me feel old!

Griffin was at Town during a dire period in our history, he didn't stand a chance.

That said, he didn't make the most of any of his FL chances over his career. A goal scoring machine in Non-League though.

I've seen him play this season and he's terrible... yet still scores.

Have been to watch FGR a couple of times this season and their left back Marcus Kelly looked the type we go for as he bombs forward and plenty of pace

Formed the err, lethal Three-G's partnership with Wayne Gray and Grazioli for a few games.

Ex Oxford. Shite

29 years old.

OAP.

Daughter is at Eastleigh v Grimsby, her bf is a norvern type.
KO delayed there 15 mins
Grimsby currently one up after 3 mins

Is Cuntstable still there?

Yeah and playing tonight

Come on you Mariners!

Go Fish!

I hope rovers get promoted. the more local teams who climb up the levels the better- imagine a championship with us, reading, city, rovers and oxford all in it again, it would be a hell of a lot more interesting than our current predicament if we dont win next week with millwall, walsall and coventry our 'local' games. 

Nope
Hate the gas so hope they wallow in the national league for many years to come
Just hope the pox can join them

Honorary Grimsby fan today  :beers:

Grimsby 1-0  up...

Anyone got a decent stream of the Grimsby/Rovers match?

That challenge on the Grimsby keeper from some bristol bastard nearly took his head off, missed him by inches.

I've watched quite a bit of Bristol Rovers this season and the fact they finished second is a testament to how mediocre that level is.

The notion of Bristol Rovers vs. Bromley/Boreham Wood/Guiseley next season makes me appreciate how good we've got it (in comparison) at this moment in time.

The Grims are the better footballing side so far, Rovers like to hoof it a bit.

off off off. keeper got  lucky with a yellow there

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Rovers keeper should be off.

boooooooooooo

Awful defending by Grimsby.

Proper non-league goal that. Scrappy defending and scrappy attacking.

Mildenhall on for starting goalkeeper for penalty shootout. Netherlands style.

Rovers bringing on Mildenhall as a late sub for pens  :eek:

Lucky he didn't have to come on in the first half when keeper should have had a red

uggggh - wovers up

Ah well. Rovers dodged a massive bullet, failure to go up would've been costly.

meh.

Think rovers deserve to go up to be honest.

I think its sweet that a little non-league club like Rovers are allowed to play at Wembley.

Hope they haven't ploughed the pitch up with their "agricultural"  hoofball!

Thought Grimsby were the better team TBH
But thats the way it goes.
Felt nervous enough watching those pens and it meant nothing to me
Goes to pens next week and will be a wreck  :suicide:

same as Woooley..

Be careful. See other thread active today.

Oh fuck! I don't think I can handle pens.

well, shit.

Terrible standard.

To be fair to them unlike our yellow rivals, and Luton who supposedly are a massive club, they did it first time of asking

Indeed, it was an awful standard of football but they did it first time, so many League clubs go down there and rot for a few seasons.

Had a few txts from Rovers mates saying how they took more than we will take to Wembley.....arrogant as ever.

How many did they take?

Actually, how many have we sold? I saw towards the end of the week it was something like 16,000?

They told me they had 26,000 to 28,000 there, I am not sure though. We have sold about 19,500 apparently so far.

That's not bad given that it's a 17:30 kick off on a Sunday with no trains, to be fair..

Are our ticket prices higher than theirs? I'd have thought so thinking theirs was the Conference Final.

Yes. They had two ticket price options:

Category 1 £41 (no concessions)
Category 2 £36 (£18 concessions)

As I've said before, I believe the conference play off final is a much bigger game.