2018–19 Forest Green Rovers F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Forest Green Rovers's 130th year in existence and their second consecutive season in League Two.[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy.

Forest Green Rovers

2018–19 season
Chairman	Dale Vince
Manager	Mark Cooper
Stadium	The New Lawn
EFL League Two	5th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	Second round (Vs. Wycombe Wanderers)
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Christian Doidge (14) All: Christian Doidge (14)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CF		Tahvon Campbell	West Bromwich Albion	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2018	LB		Joseph Mills	Perth Glory	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2018	GK		James Montgomery	Gateshead	Free transfer	[4]
1 July 2018	RW		Isaac Pearce	Fulham	Free transfer	[5]
1 July 2018	RB		Liam Shephard	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[5]
1 July 2018	GK		Lewis Thomas	Swansea City	Free transfer	[6]
1 July 2018	AM		George Williams	Fulham	Free transfer	[7]
1 July 2018	RM		Carl Winchester	Cheltenham Town	Free transfer	[8]
4 July 2018	DM		Lloyd James	Exeter City	Undisclosed	[9]
31 July 2018	CB		Paul Digby	Mansfield Town	Undisclosed	[10]
1 January 2019	LB		Nathan McGinley	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	[11]
2 January 2019	LW		Junior Mondal	Whitby Town	Undisclosed	[12]
3 January 2019	CF		Shawn McCoulsky	Bristol City	Undisclosed	[13]
24 January 2019	RB		Udoka Godwin-Malife	Oxford City	Undisclosed	[14]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CM		Tom Anderson	Free agent	Released	[15]
1 July 2018	GK		Cameron Belford	Chorley	Released	[15][16]
1 July 2018	RB		Dale Bennett	Sutton United	Mutual consent	[17]
1 July 2018	CF		Omar Bugiel	Bromley	Released	[15][18]
1 July 2018	DM		Callum Evans	Macclesfield Town	Released	[19]
1 July 2018	RW		Keanu Marsh-Brown	Newport County	Released	[15][20]
1 July 2018	CF		Olly Mehew	Free agent	Released	[15]
1 July 2018	CB		Manny Monthé	Tranmere Rovers	Undisclosed	[21]
1 July 2018	CB		Jon Moran	Chester	Released	[15][22]
1 July 2018	LM		Jordan Morris	Cirencester Town	Released	[15][23]
1 July 2018	DM		Isaiah Osbourne	Walsall	Rejected contract	[24][25]
1 July 2018	GK		Harry Pickering	Free agent	Released	[15]
1 July 2018	CB		Mark Roberts	Free agent	Released	[15]
1 July 2018	GK		Sam Russell	Grimsby Town	Released	[15][26]
1 July 2018	LB		Alex Whittle	Free agent	Released	[15]
1 July 2018	LB		Dan Wishart	Sutton United	Free transfer	[27]
13 July 2018	CF		Luke James	Hartlepool United	Free transfer	[28]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
1 July 2018	GK		Robert Sánchez	Brighton & Hove Albion	31 May 2019	[29]
2 July 2018	LW		Theo Archibald	Brentford	7 January 2019	[30][31]
29 August 2018	LB		Nathan McGinley	Middlesbrough	1 January 2019	[11]
31 August 2018	CF		Ben Morris	Ipswich Town	31 May 2019	[32]
31 August 2018	CM		Matt Worthington	Bournemouth	January 2019	[33]
14 January 2019	GK		Lewis Ward	Reading	31 May 2019	[34]
31 January 2019	DM		Ben Liddle	Middlesbrough	31 May 2019	[35]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
1 July 2018	CM		Charlie Cooper	Newport County	13 December 2018	[20]
10 August 2018	GK		Lewis Thomas	Yate Town	14 October 2018	[36][37]
23 August 2018	CB		Haydn Hollis	Chesterfield	31 May 2019	[38]
31 August 2018	CF		Christian Doidge	Bolton Wanderers	1 January 2019	[39]
6 September 2018	CM		Jordan Simpson	Havant & Waterlooville	October 2018	[40]
20 September 2018	LM		Fabien Robert	Gloucester City	November 2018	[37][41]
21 December 2018	RW		Isaac Pearce	Gloucester City	January 2019	[42]
11 January 2019	LM		Fabien Robert	Gloucester City	31 May 2019	[43]
17 January 2019	LB		Scott Laird	Walsall	31 May 2019	[44]
22 January 2019	GK		Lewis Thomas	Yate Town	31 May 2019	[45]
31 January 2019	CF		Tahvon Campbell	Gillingham	31 May 2019	[46]
11 March 2019	CM		Charlie Cooper	Boreham Wood	31 May 2019	[47]
22 March 2019	CM		Jordan Simpson	Hampton & Richmond Borough	31 May 2019	[48]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

FGR will play Brimscombe & Thrupp, Torquay United, Weston-super-Mare, Leeds United, Swindon Supermarine, Bristol Rovers, Hereford, Shortwood United and Wrexham in pre-season.[49]

6 July 2018 Friendly	Brimscombe & Thrupp	0–2	Forest Green Rovers	Brimscombe and Thrupp
19:30 BST		Report	Reid  7', 23'	Stadium: The Meadow

10 July 2018 Friendly	Torquay United	1–4	Forest Green Rovers	Torquay
19:30 BST	Nabi  30'		Winchester  5' Archibald  48' Trialist  59' (o.g.) Brown  64'	Stadium: Plainmoor

13 July 2018 Friendly	Weston-super-Mare	6–6	Forest Green Rovers	Weston-super-Mare
19:30 BST	Lucas  12', 43' Cane  14' Swallow  62' McGrory  65' Trialist  90'	Report	Archibald  3', 52' Doidge  8' (pen.), 29', 32' (pen.) Grubb  24'	Stadium: Woodspring Stadium

17 July 2018 Friendly	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Leeds United	Nailsworth
19:00 BST	Grubb  45'	Report	Roofe  16' Ayling  25'	Stadium: The New Lawn

18 July 2018 Friendly	Swindon Supermarine	2–2	Forest Green Rovers	South Marston
19:30 BST	McDonagh  8' Parsons  65'	Report	Ogunleye  26' Laird  82'	Stadium: Webbswood Stadium

21 July 2018 Friendly	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Doidge  7' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: The New Lawn

25 July 2018 Friendly	Hereford	1–3	Forest Green Rovers	Hereford
19:45 BST	White  51'	Report	Rawson  21' Reid  71', 78'	Stadium: Edgar Street

27 July 2018 Friendly	Shortwood United	v	Forest Green Rovers	Nailsworth
19:30 BST				Stadium: Meadowbank Ground

28 July 2018 Friendly	Wrexham	v	Forest Green Rovers	Wrexham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Racecourse Ground

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Milton Keynes Dons (P)	46	23	10	13	71	49	+22	79	Promotion to EFL League One
4	Mansfield Town	46	20	16	10	69	41	+28	76	Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5	Forest Green Rovers	46	20	14	12	68	47	+21	74
6	Tranmere Rovers (O, P)	46	20	13	13	63	50	+13	73
7	Newport County	46	20	11	15	59	59	0	71

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results [50]
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	20	14	12	68	47	+21	74	8	9	6	28	20	+8	12	5	6	40	27	+13

Last updated: 4 May 2019.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D
Position	2	4	7	9	12	7	9	12	7	7	5	6	8	9	6	6	8	10	10	10	8	7	7	6	5	7	7	6	5	4	6	7	5	6	7	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2019. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League Two fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[51][52]

4 August 2018 1	Grimsby Town	1–4	Forest Green Rovers	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Rose  31' (pen.)	Report	Winchester  51' Collins  67' (o.g.) Doidge  70', 83'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,879 Referee: Martin Coy

11 August 2018 2	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Reid  22'	Report	Gardner  78' (pen.)	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,759 Referee: Darren Drysdale

18 August 2018 3	Bury	1–1	Forest Green Rovers	Bury
15:00 BST	Aimson  90'	Report	Doidge  29' Gunning  76'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,853 Referee: John Busby

21 August 2018 4	Forest Green Rovers	0–0	Stevenage	Nailsworth
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,834 Referee: Brett Huxtable

25 August 2018 5	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	Swindon Town	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Doidge  5'	Report	Doughty  11' (pen.)	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,458 Referee: Andy Davies

1 September 2018 6	Notts County	1–3	Forest Green Rovers	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Jones  52' Stead  70'	Report	Shephard  29' Reid  59' Grubb  84'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 6,049 Referee: Peter Wright

8 September 2018 7	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	Port Vale	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Winchester  15' Rawson  76'	Report	Pope  73' (pen.)	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,263 Referee: Alan Young

15 September 2018 8	Milton Keynes Dons	1–1	Forest Green Rovers	Denbigh
15:00 BST	Aneke  31'	Report	Reid  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 6,638 Referee: Ben Toner

22 September 2018 9	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Crawley Town	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Reid  70'	Report	McNerney  90+3'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,089 Referee: Tom Nield

29 September 2018 10	Macclesfield Town	1–1	Forest Green Rovers	Macclesfield
15:00 BST	Wilson  55'	Report	Grubb  48'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 1,503 Referee: Graham Salisbury

2 October 2018 11	Cambridge United	1–3	Forest Green Rovers	Cambridge
19:45 BST	Brown  21' Carroll  76'	Report	Digby  34' Grubb  55' Worthington  88'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,059 Referee: Charles Breakspear

6 October 2018 12	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	Newport County	Nailsworth
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Winchester  4' Bennett  18' (og) Reid  65'	Report	Amond  38'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,081 Referee: Tim Robinson

13 October 2018 13	Northampton Town	2–1	Forest Green Rovers	Northampton
14:00 BST	Pierre  63' Williams  90+7'	Report	Reid  43'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,073 (234) Referee: Ollie Yates

20 October 2018 14	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Mills  75'	Report	Barnett  26'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,582 Referee: Kevin Johnson

23 October 2018 15	Forest Green Rovers	3–1	Tranmere Rovers	Nailsworth
19:45 BST	Brown  11' Shephard  39' Campbell  90+8'	Report	Mullin  85'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,181 Referee: Antony Coggins

27 October 2018 16	Exeter City	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Exeter
15:00 BST	Tillson  26' Martin  90+4'	Report	Campbell  31' James  46' Brown  50' Shephard  72' Archibald  90'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,983 Referee: Dean Whitestone

3 November 2018 17	Lincoln City	2–1	Forest Green Rovers	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	Akinde  8' Anderson  47' Gordon  72' Andrade  77'	Report	Brown  12',  39' Gunning  67'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,542 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

17 November 2018 18	Forest Green Rovers	0–1	Morecambe	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT		Report	Wildig  86'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,085 Referee: Ben Toner

24 November 2018 19	Carlisle United	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Devitt  77' (pen.)	Report	Morris  12' Winchester  71'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,166 Referee: Carl Boyeson

27 November 2018 20	Forest Green Rovers	0–1	Colchester United	Nailsworth
19:45 GMT		Report	Szmodics  25'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Kevin Johnson

8 December 2018 21	Yeovil Town	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Yeovil
15:00 GMT	Browne  56'	Report	Digby  76' Reid  90+2' Williams  90+4'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 2,529 Referee: Michael Salisbury

15 December 2018 A	Forest Green Rovers	A–A	Mansfield Town	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Referee: James Linington
Note: Fixture was abandoned at half-time due to a waterlogged pitch.[53]

22 December 2018 22	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Mills  45' Montgomery  55' Rawson  87' Campbell  89'	Report	Jones  90+2'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,388 Referee: Matt Donohue

26 December 2018 23	Newport County	1–4	Forest Green Rovers	Newport
15:00 GMT	Bennett  33' Pipe  40' Amond  45+2' (pen.) Butler  51'	Report	Williams  3', 52', 57' Campbell  43'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,203 Referee: John Busby

29 December 2018 24	Cheltenham Town	2–2	Forest Green Rovers	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Varney  78' Thomas  80' Maddox  90'	Report	McGinley  44' Campbell  61' Williams  67'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 5,125 Referee: Robert Lewis

1 January 2019 25	Forest Green Rovers	2–1	Northampton Town	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Williams  1' Gunning  28' Shephard  45+2' Archibald  90+4'	Report	Cornell  45+2' Foley  50' Williams  73'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,909 Referee: Kevin Johnson

12 January 2019 26	Oldham Athletic	0–0	Forest Green Rovers	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Edmundson  32' Lang  34' Branger  65'	Report	Mills  73'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,194 Referee: Dean Whitestone

19 January 2019 27	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Bury	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Brown  28' James  45' Winchester  45+2'	Report	O'Shea  69' Maynard  83'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,940 Referee: Lee Swabey

22 January 2019 28	Forest Green Rovers	3–0	Grimsby Town	Nailsworth
19:45 GMT	Doidge  29', 45+1' Brown  50'	Report	Öhman  49' Rose  64'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,810 Referee: Antony Coggins

26 January 2019 29	Stevenage	0–2	Forest Green Rovers	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Nugent  29'	Report	Shephard  13' Montgomery  35' Doidge  55'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,494 Referee: Darren Drysdale

29 January 2019 30	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	Mansfield Town	Nailsworth
19:45 GMT	Reid  70'	Report	Grant  14' Sweeney  40'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,428 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

2 February 2019 P	Swindon Town	P–P	Forest Green Rovers	Swindon
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: County Ground
Note: Fixture was postponed due to heavy snowfall in the area.[54]

9 February 2019 31	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Notts County	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Doidge  39' Mills  63'	Report	O'Brien  57'  76' Schofield  62' Boldewijn  77' Barclay  79' Hemmings  90' Milsom  90+1'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,871 Referee: Neil Hair

12 February 2019 32	Swindon Town	2–0	Forest Green Rovers	Swindon
19:45 GMT	Woolery  36' Robinson  44' Koiki  69' Carroll  83'	Report	Brown  8' Gunning  25' Liddle  56'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,261 Referee: David Coote

16 February 2019 33	Forest Green Rovers	3–0	Yeovil Town	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Collins  16'  58' Mondal  22' Doidge  31' Digby  61'	Report	Gafaiti  51' Dickinson  76' Alcock  83'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,449 Referee: Ben Toner

23 February 2019 34	Mansfield Town	1–0	Forest Green Rovers	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Preston  29' Benning  32' Walker  69'  90+7' Tomlinson  90+3'	Report	Digby  32' Winchester  52' Gunning  64' Doidge  90+6'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 5,256 Referee: Matt Donohue

2 March 2019 35	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Lincoln City	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Brown  7' Collins  77'	Report	Akinde  13', 79' (pen.)	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,165 Referee: Andy Davies

9 March 2019 36	Morecambe	3–0	Forest Green Rovers	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Oates  6' Collins  35' Kenyon  71'	Report		Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,528 Referee: Carl Boyeson

12 March 2019 37	Colchester United	0–3	Forest Green Rovers	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Nouble  36'  85'	Report	Shephard  21' Brown  33' Ward  40' Doidge  81'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 2,871 Referee: Alan Young

16 March 2019 38	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	Carlisle United	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Brown  31'	Report	Thomas  49' Parkes  84'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,381 Referee: Graham Salisbury

23 March 2019 39	Port Vale	0–2	Forest Green Rovers	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Clark  86'	Report	Brown  69', 90+4'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,429 Referee: Paul Marsden

30 March 2019 40	Forest Green Rovers	1–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Rawson  45+1' Williams  63'	Report	Agard  38' Martin  60'  87' McGrandles  77'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,220 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

6 April 2019 41	Crawley Town	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Crawley
15:00 BST	Bulman  24' Morais  65' McNerney  85'	Report	Doidge  23'  34', 88'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,088 Referee: Darren Drysdale

13 April 2019 42	Forest Green Rovers	2–0	Macclesfield Town	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Doidge  56' Mills  88'	Report	Whitaker  64' Kelleher  71'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,386 Referee: Craig Hicks

19 April 2019 43	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Forest Green Rovers	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Norwood  80'	Report	Mondal  47' McGinley  80'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 9,468 Referee: Dean Whitestone

22 April 2019 44	Forest Green Rovers	2–1	Cambridge United	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Gunning  24' Doidge  76'	Report	Lewis  66' Knowles  87'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,699 Referee: Thomas Bramall

27 April 2019 45	Crewe Alexandra	4–3	Forest Green Rovers	Crewe
15:00 BST	Porter  19' Mills  63' (o.g.) Hunt  81' Kirk  87', 89'  90'	Report	Brown  36'  61' Mondal  47' Gunning  52' Doidge  52' Mills  89' Reid  90+5'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,906 Referee: Graham Salisbury

4 May 2019 46	Forest Green Rovers	0–0	Exeter City	Nailsworth
12:30 BST	Gunning  39'	Report	Martin  39' Collins  56' Woodman  61' Sweeney  67'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 4,537 Referee: Ben Toner

Play-offs

10 May 2019 Semi-Final First Leg	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Forest Green Rovers	Birkenhead
19:45 BST	Banks  26'	Report	Gunning  15'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 9,579 Referee: John Busby

13 May 2019 Semi-Final Second Leg	Forest Green Rovers	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Tranmere Rovers	Nailsworth
19:45 BST	Mills  12' Winchester  45+2'  67'	Report	Banks  16' Norwood  27'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 4,492 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October.[55]

10 November 2018 First round	Oxford United	0–0	Forest Green Rovers	Oxford
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 3,933 Referee: Nicholas Kinseley

20 November 2018 First round replay	Forest Green Rovers	0–3	Oxford United	Nailsworth
19:45 GMT		Report	Henry  36' Mackie  47' Browne  78'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,614 Referee: Trevor Kettle

EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.[56] The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.[57]

14 August 2018 First round	Swindon Town	0–1	Forest Green Rovers	Swindon
19:45 BST		Report	Campbell  60'	Stadium: County Ground Referee: David Webb

28 August 2018 Second round	Wycombe Wanderers	2–2 (4–3 p)	Forest Green Rovers	High Wycombe
19:45 BST	Kashket  55' Stewart  74'	Report	Grubb  57' Winchester  86'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 1,934 Referee: Antony Coggins
	Penalties
	Jacobson Freeman McCarthy Stewart Saunders		Doidge Gunning Grubb Brown Digby

EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.[58]

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Cheltenham Town (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	8	6	+2	6	Round 2
2	ACA	Arsenal U21 (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	8	7	+1	6
3	L2	Forest Green Rovers (E)	3	1	0	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	L1	Coventry City (E)	3	0	1	0	2	1	6	−5	2

First match(es) will be played on 12 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

4 September 2018 Group stages	Forest Green Rovers	4–0	Cheltenham Town	Nailsworth
19:30 BST	Grubb  14' Campbell  48' Williams  85' Pearce  90+2'	Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,074 Referee: Lee Swabey

9 October 2018 Group stages	Coventry City	1–1 (4–2 p)	Forest Green Rovers	Coventry
19:45 BST	Hiwula  3'	Report	Pearce  68'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 1,341
	Penalties
	Hiwula Bakayoko Camwell Kelly Hyam		Worthington Williams Grubb Archibald

7 November 2018 Group stages	Forest Green Rovers	1–3	Arsenal U21	Nailsworth
19:00 GMT	Grubb  62'	Report	Willock  39' (pen.), 42' John-Jules  85'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,602 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

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