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Robbie Savage: I left Forest Green Rovers in a ‘brilliant position’

Robbie Savage has defended his record at Forest Green Rovers, insisting he fulfilled the brief set by Dale Vince.

by
Chris Dunlavy
4 October 2026

Robbie Savage has defended his record at Forest Green Rovers after quitting the National League side to join Peterborough United.

The 51-year-old took charge at the New Lawn in the summer of 2025, just months after Steve Cotterill had engineered a third-place finish.
He landed the job on the back of a spectacular first season in management with Macclesfield, who had notched 109 points and 109 goals to win the NPL Premier title.
Having set the pace in the early part of last season, Forest Green fell away and limped to a seventh-place finish before losing 1-0 away to Boreham Wood in the play-...

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