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Forest Green Rovers - Club History
Taken from “Something to Shout About, The History of Forest Green Rovers AFC” Tempus publishing Ltd ISBN 0-7524-4072-1, RRP £15-99.
Club History - Managers
Forest Green Rovers AFC, Founded 1889
The early years
From their formation in 1889, Forest Green Rovers were run by a Committee of supporters, players and ex players who met regularly in the Club Headquarters at The Jovial Foresters pub in Lower Forest Green.
The Committee picked the team to play each week up until the 1930s.
From this time a Selection Committee replaced the Full Committee to pick the team each week. The Selection Committee consisted of between 5 and 7 members, generally all ex players, rather than the Full Committee of 30 or so picking the team each week.
In the 1950s the Committee recognised that the Club needed to secure the services of a full time manager/ trainer.
In the summer of 1953, the Club employed a manager, J. Morrison, an ex Motherwell player who had recently moved to Woodchester, but he moved away almost as soon as he had been appointed without being in charge for a single game.
It wasn’t until Rovers were relegated for the first time in their history in May 1955 that the first full time manager appeared on the scene. Bill Thomas accepted the managers position moving from nearby Stonehouse FC, who were a full time professional outfit playing in the Western League at the time.
Bill Thomas ensured that Rovers achieved promotion the following season. Bill left the following season, but the Rovers Committee had seen the benefit of employing a manager.
From this time on, with a short return to a Selection Committee in the 1960s, Rovers team affairs have always been overseen by a manager.
1955-56 Bill Thomas (resigned)
1956-57 Selection Committee
1957-58 Eddie Cowley (resigned)
1958-59 Don Cowley (Player Coach)
1959-60 Don Cowley (Player Coach) (resigned)
1960-61 Selection Committee
1961-62 Selection Committee
1962-63 Selection Committee
1963-64 Selection Committee
1964-65 Selection Committee
1965-66 Selection Committee
1966-67 Jimmy Sewell (sacked)
1967-68 Alan Morris (sacked)
1968-69 Peter Goring
1969-70 Peter Goring
1970-71 Peter Goring
1971-72 Peter Goring
1972-73 Peter Goring
1973-74 Peter Goring
1974-75 Peter Goring
1975-76 Peter Goring
1976-77 Peter Goring
1977-78 Peter Goring
1978-79 Peter Goring
1979-80 Peter Goring (resigned), Tony Lewis (caretaker)
1980-81 Tony Lewis (sacked), Bob Mursell
1981-82 Bob Mursell
1982-83 Bob Mursell (resigned), Roy Hillman (sacked), Steve Millard
1983-84 Steve Millard
1984-85 Steve Millard
1985-86 Steve Millard
1986-87 Steve Millard
1987-88 Steve Millard (resigned), John Evans
1988-89 John Evans
1989-90 John Evans (resigned), Jeff Evans (sacked), Bobby Jones
1990-91 Bobby Jones (sacked)
1991-92 Tim Harris (resigned), Glenn Thomas (caretaker)
1992-93 Geoff Medcroft (resigned), Pat Casey and John Evans (coach)
1993-94 Pat Casey and John Evans (coach) (sacked)
1994-95 Frank Gregan
1995-96 Frank Gregan
1996-97 Frank Gregan
1997-98 Frank Gregan
1998-99 Frank Gregan
1999-00 Frank Gregan
2000-01 Frank Gregan (sacked), Nigel Spink and Dave Norton, (joint)
2001-02 Nigel Spink
2002-03 Nigel Spink (sacked), Colin Addison
2003-04 Colin Addison (sacked), Tim Harris
2004-05 Tim Harris (sacked), Alan Lewer (sacked)
2005-06 Gary Owers
2006-07 Gary Owers (sacked), Jim Harvey
2007-08 Jim Harvey
Frank Gregan 1994-2000
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