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Forest Green Rovers 1-1 York City: We’re sure we can win the league, insists Robbie Savage

Confident Robbie Savage insists his table-topping Forest Green Rovers side can win the league after going toe-to-toe with title rivals York City.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
28 September 2025

We’re sure

Hoddle pep talk inspires Savage
By Ashley Loveridge

FOREST GREEN 1
Mitchell 5

YORK CITY 1
Pearce 14 (pen)
Confident Robbie Savage insists his table-topping Forest Green Rovers side can win the league after going toe-to-toe with title rivals York City.
Kairo Mitchell’s fifth-minute opener gave Savage’s side the advantage before Ollie Pearce netted from the penalty spot on 14 minutes to leave the title protagonists sharing the points.
Unbeaten in the embryonic stages of the season, and boasting confidence in spades, the Rovers boss chirped: “Boreham Wood, Rochdale, Carlisle, York, Southen...

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