English semi-professional soccer club founded in 1890. Forest Green spent most of its history playing in the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League, winning the championship thrice: in 1938, 1950 and 1951. They moved to the newly formed Gloucestershire County League in 1968, joining several of their Senior League colleagues as well as clubs from the
Bristol area. In 1974, they joined the Hellenic League and established themselves in the new league. They were promoted to the Southern League in 1982 and flirted with relegation season after season during their thirteen-year stay. They moved from the Midland Division to the Southern Division for the 1995-96 season and quickly earned promotion to the
Conference in 1998, where they continue to play.
Historical league tables (unable to find tables before 1946):
Place Year and League GP W D L GF GA PTS
8th 1946-47 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League 28 11 6 11 77 60 28
3rd 1947-48 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League 28 19 2 7 90 51 40
2nd 1948-49 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League 30 23 2 5 96 36 48
1st 1949-50 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League 30 26 3 1 110 30 55
1st 1950-51 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League 28 18 6 4 76 28 42
5th 1951-52 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League 30 15 5 10 69 62 35
2nd 1952-53 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Section A 26 19 2 5 85 42 40
9th 1953-54 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Div. One 26 10 3 13 66 66 23
12th 1954-55 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Div. One 26 6 6 14 41 62 18
1st 1955-56 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Div. Two 26 23 2 1 97 36 48
9th 1956-57 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Div. One 30 10 6 14 59 65 26
4th 1957-58 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Div. One 30 22 2 6 103 39 46
7th 1958-59 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Div. One 30 13 5 12 85 71 31
3rd 1959-60 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Div. One 30 21 4 5 107 51 46
8th 1960-61 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Div. One 30 14 5 11 73 53 33
5th 1961-62 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Div. One 30 11 12 7 62 47 34
3rd 1962-63 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Div. One 30 16 8 6 58 43 40
3rd 1963-64 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Div. One 30 17 2 11 94 58 36
9th 1964-65 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Div. One 30 9 9 12 57 68 27
11th 1965-66 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Div. One 30 9 5 16 61 73 23
8th 1966-67 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Div. One 30 14 4 12 74 62 32
14th 1967-68 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Div. One 30 7 3 20 59 79 17
***Joined Gloucestershire County League***
6th 1968-69 Gloucestershire County League 30 13 8 9 43 44 34
3rd 1969-70 Gloucestershire County League 30 18 7 5 84 48 43
3rd 1970-71 Gloucestershire County League 34 25 3 6 95 45 53
4th 1971-72 Gloucestershire County League 34 18 6 10 62 48 42
9th 1972-73 Gloucestershire County League 34 11 12 11 70 57 34
10th 1973-74 Gloucestershire County League 34 14 5 15 49 55 33
6th 1974-75 Gloucestershire County League 34 16 7 11 72 62 39
***Joined Hellenic League***
4th 1975-76 Hellenic League 30 14 10 6 82 53 52
11th 1976-77 Hellenic League 30 8 9 13 44 50 33
12th 1977-78 Hellenic League 30 6 12 12 49 59 30
3rd 1978-79 Hellenic League 30 15 4 7 52 35 34
6th 1979-80 Hellenic League 30 11 10 9 56 45 32
7th 1981-82 Hellenic League 30 14 6 10 57 53 34
1st 1982-83 Hellenic League 30 23 1 6 71 20 47
***Joined Southern League; wins worth three points after this season***
3rd 1983-84 Southern League Midland Division 32 21 3 8 68 32 66
11th 1984-85 Southern League Midland Division 38 15 12 11 67 51 57
14th 1985-86 Southern League Midland Division 34 9 10 15 49 65 37
14th 1986-87 Southern League Midland Division 40 14 9 17 52 56 51
9th 1987-88 Southern League Midland Division 38 16 9 13 65 53 57
9th 1988-89 Southern League Midland Division 42 14 16 12 67 54 58
12th 1989-90 Southern League Midland Division 42 12 16 14 64 67 52
***Changed name to Stroud in attempt to gather more local support***
10th 1990-91 Southern League Midland Division 42 16 13 13 75 62 61
18th 1991-92 Southern League Midland Division 42 11 14 17 51 64 47
19th 1992-93 Southern League Midland Division 42 14 4 24 66 88 46
***Changed name back to Forest Green Rovers due to pressure from club supporters***
19th 1993-94 Southern League Midland Division 42 12 6 24 61 97 42
18th 1994-95 Southern League Midland Division 42 11 13 18 56 76 46
***Transferred to Southern League Southern Division***
8th 1995-96 Southern League Southern Division 42 22 8 12 85 55 74
1st 1996-97 Southern League Southern Division 42 27 10 5 87 40 91
***Promoted to Southern League Premier Division***
1st 1997-98 Southern League Premier Division 42 27 8 7 93 55 89
***Promoted to Conference***
12th 1998-99 Conference 42 15 13 14 55 50 58
19th 1999-00 Conference 42 13 8 21 54 63 47
16th 2000-01 Conference 42 11 15 16 43 54 48