Dominant Forest Green Fall Short of a Deserved Success
Western Daily Press › December 05, 2011
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DARLINGTON 0 FOREST GREEN ROVERS 0 So often the division's entertainers on the road, Forest Green can be strangely reassured by this slow-burning stalemate. There was little to rival the batterings of Braintree or Alfreton for sheer one-sided swagger, yet Dave Hockaday's players were in control from virtually the first to last whistles and unfortunate not to make it four straight away wins. The width of a post denied Rovers twice in the second half, forcing them to accept a creditable result that stretches their unbeaten Blue Square Bet Premier run to seven matches and moves them to within five points of the playoffs.
A knee injury sustained by Al Bangura during the warmup meant Jake Thomson kept his place in a three-man Rovers midfield, while James Bittner was back in goal following Watford's decision to recall Jonathan Bond.See the full content of this document
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Dominant Forest Green Fall Short of a Deserved Success
The visitors began confidently, Matty Taylor firing into the side- netting from Jamie Turley's pass before Ja...
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