Forest Green vs Accrington
EFL League One
The innocent New Lawn Stadium
The hosts who were sitting in the drop zone leading into the fixture were desperate for a win. Their opponents were eyeing three points as well with just a win this season.
Reece Brown scored the only goal of the first half for the Rovers. It came late in the half at the 37th minute.
Leigh managed an equaliser in the 76th minute. However, the hosts were able to pull back the lead just minutes later. As Josh March scored the winner in the 81st minute.
Forest Green vs Accrington: Match report
Full time score: Forest Green 2-1 Accrington
Forest Green: L McGee, D Bernard, O Casey, C Marques, C O’Keeffe, R Brown (B Fiabema), D Davis (H Bunker), A Little, M Peart-Harris, J March, C Wickham (B Stevenson).
Subs: R Hendry, J Jones, K McAllister, L Thomas
Accrington Stanley: Jensen, Clark, Tharme, Astley, Rodgers, McConville, Hamilton, Coyle (Conneely), Whalley (Woods), Leigh, Lowe
Subs: Savin, Sangare, Nolan, Sloane, Fernandes
Managers’ reaction
Forest Green manager Ian Burchnall : “We finished the game with four 19-year-olds and one 20-year-old, so with the injuries we have, that’s magnificent. Christian Marquez (19) came in from Wolves on Friday and was outstanding.
“I spoke to people in Rosenborg about him and you aren’t a bad player if you are at Chelsea – he had a positive impact but I’m not sure about his hair cut.”
Accrington boss John Coleman: “The ball boy should have been dismissed from the side of the pitch. The referee said he’s going to report him but what good is that to us? All I was trying to do was get the ball back and get the game going.
“It’s all about scoring goals. They scored two and we scored one. We were comfortably in control of the game, but we’ve got no cutting edge at the moment. We’re blunt.
