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Forest Green Rovers v Southend United: Rovers will be tough to crack

Forest Green Rovers have rarely encountered much trouble reaching the play-offs, but winning them is a different matter.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
18 May 2025

Jordon Garrick celebrates his equaliser for Forest Green Rovers against Woking in the National League

By Chris Dunlavy
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Forest Green Rovers have rarely encountered much trouble reaching the play-offs, but winning them is a different matter.
Nobody in Nailsworth will ever forget the glorious day at Wembley in May 2017, when a first-half blitz from Kaiyne Woolery and Christian Doidge secured a 3-1 victory over Tranmere Rovers and a historic promotion to the EFL.
Yet that triumph was sandwiched between failures; a 3-1 defeat to Grimsby Town under the arch in 2016; a semi-final exit as Tranmere Rovers took their revenge in 2019; ano...

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