by Pitchfork » Tue Feb 19, 2019 2:29 pm
Rovers back to Winning Ways in Style
by Charlotte Adans - our ambassador at Severn Vale School
Forest Green Rovers 3 – 0 Yeovil
Pre match:
It was with some nervousness that I made my usual Saturday lunchtime journey to Forest Green Rovers following 2 back to back defeats against Swindon and Notts County. I arrived at the ground around 1pm and parked up in the school carpark, we kitted up to keep ourselves nice and warm with coats, hats, gloves and our Forest Green Rovers scarfs. We then walked through reception to be scanned in with our season tickets, I then made my way to the black and white lounge to enjoy our pre-match lunch. This then gave us the opportunity to catch up with our fellow supporters and discuss predictions and team news for the upcoming game. 2:30pm came around quickly as we settled down in our seats and watched the team go through their warm up drills, eagerly anticipating kick off.
The game:
The Forest Green Rovers line up saw three changes to the starting 11 from the defeat on Tuesday night at Swindon town. These changes saw Lee Collins (club captain) start for the first time this season, Nathan Mcginley and Junior Mondal with his debut start this season. Liam Shephard was unfortunately ruled out of this match due to having a knock from the previous match on Tuesday night, as Shephard is my favourite player, I was very disappointed that he was not in the team, but I managed to get a photo with him which made up for him not playing. This was it, moments before the whistle was blew, we all sat on the edge of our seats in anticipation waiting for the drum to start as the excitement was building from the crowd. Forest Green had a good start to the match, and they looked energized and ready to go. Our first sub was in the 66th minute which saw left-back Joseph Mills to be replaced by Nathan McGinley. Our second substitution of the match was seen in the 71st minute, scoring on his full debut Junior Mondal was replaced by Shawn McCoulsky. Our third and final sub saw Lee Collins to be replaced by Ben Liddle in the 78th minute.
Today`s match sponsors awarded man of the match to George Williams. Today`s match attendance is 2,449 with 354 making the away trip from Yeovil town FC. The half time stats looked a little like this, Forest Green Rovers had 64% possession whereas Yeovil had 36% possession. Forest Green Rovers had 10 shots when Yeovil had 5, Forest Green Rovers had 4 shots on target and Yeovil had 3 shots on target and Forest Green Rovers and Yeovil town both had 6 corners each. Overall Forest Green Rovers scored 3 goals with a clean sheet, these three goals were spread out throughout the match in both the first and the second half. Junior Mondal scored the first goal against Yeovil town, this was scored in the 22 second minute. The second goal came from Christain Doidge in the 32rd minute and the third goal was from Lee Collins in the 58th minute to make the overall score 3-0. There was fourth goal in the 92nd minute scored by Diodge which was then later disallowed by the linesman`s flag. There was also a handball in the box for Forest Green Rovers which was then disallowed, which the fans clearly protested about. At half time, the rovers raffle takes place which is the time for the half time sweets to come out of the coat pocket and we share them around with other fans.
At half time and before the match music is played to set the vibe before the match, the music has recently been changed. The new music is upbeat, good and modern, the music that is played is currently in the charts as it sets the atmosphere for the match. This then encouraged the south stand to sing with the drum. The fans then got behind the boys an drove them to the 3-0 win at the end of the 90 minutes.
Throughout the match the Yeovil away fans were singing and chanting “WAY OUT” as they wanted to protest vocally and clearly against their manager! Until next time, we will be singing “ALLY OH” all the way home! C`mon you Rovers!!!
Charlotte ADAMS