After the disappointment of going out of the FA Cup against Port Vale in midweek, Stevenage bounced back with a good, solid win over Forest Green Rovers. Westley's side began the game 5 points adrift of leaders Oxford United at the top of the Blue Square Premier table and with them beating Barrow at the Kassam Stadium, the 3 points were even more important as Boro try to keep at pace with Oxford in the run up to Christmas.

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Bath City have drawn Forest Green Rovers for a home match next week in the Second Round of the FA Cup. The selection was actually almost two weeks ago, but because Forest Green and Mansfield Town failed to produce a result in their Frist Round match, City could not be sure who their opponents would be until the replay two days ago. Click to continue reading...

Though the FA Cup does not generally tend to enter wider national consciousness until the big guns of the Premier League & Championship enter at the 3rd round stage in January, the world's oldest... Click to continue reading...

Weston-Super-Mare 3-2 Lewes (17-10-09)
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A 400 mile round-trip by train to Weston-Super-Mare (or WSM as it should universally be known) to see two teams placed 22nd and 23rd respectively in the Conference South. An act of madness or one of inordinately sane men! Click to continue reading...

When Chester City's Stephen Vaughan won permission to start this season in the Blue Square Premier, there were several gasps of disbelief. While the issues relating to the financing of football clubs are seldom a black and white issue, there seemed to be little question that, in having an application to enter into a CVA successfully opposed by HMRC during the summer, they should not by any rational logic (and certainly not under the rules of the league in which they play) have been allowed to start the season.

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As a sports presenter on our local community radio (Every other Saturday afternoon 3-5pm), I feel duty bound to keep an eye on our local football team "Forest Green Rovers" who inhabit a local hill and the Blue Square Premiership.
The club sponsors the station and we regularly play jingles encouraging people to go along to watch. Click to continue reading...

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- re Adel Taarabt: Previous with him at QPR and at Spurs
- Ex-QPR Leon Jeanne Update
- "On This Day" - Four Year Flashback: Nygaard Signs for QPR and QPR Defeat Iran
- Alan McDonald's Glentoran Crash Out of Europe
- Ex-QPR Youngster Giles Coke Joins Motherwell
- re Accrington Stanley/Player Bans: One Plays for Forest Green Rovers
- Assessing ESPN's Football Coverage
- Tabloid (Star): Maradona to Portsmouth? Click to continue reading...

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QPR OFFICIAL SITE - DEXTER SET TO DEPART
- Dexter Blackstock is poised to join Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee. Click to continue reading...

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UPDATE:
QPR OFFICIAL SITE - ROWLY SET TO FEATURE
- Martin Rowlands has been named in the R's squad for tonight's friendly fixture against Forest Green Rovers at The New Lawn. Click to continue reading...

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QPR Squad for Tonight's Forest Green Rovers Game
- Andy Marshall (GK), Elvis Puttins (GK), Romone Rose, Damion Stewart, Patrick Agyemang, Alessandro Percolli, Akos Buzsaky, Hogan Ephraim, Martin Rowlands, Lee Brown, Joe Oastler, John Parker, Antonio German, Dan Davenport. Click to continue reading...

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- UPDATE: Bernie Ecclestone clarifies, explains and apologizes re his comments"
- 1974 QPR Video: Home Opener - Terry Mancini vs Geoff Hurst
- Flashback: Nick Ward Joins QPR
- Nick Ward Update
- "Loyalty if for Fans, Not Players"
- Wycombe Set to End Supporter Ownership
- Photo of Ronaldo at Real Madrid's Stadium - before 85,000 fans
- Explaining the Process of Football Transfers
- Cardiff's New Stadium/Listening to Fan Feedback
- Barnet Official SiteJake Cole Joins Barnet
- Taarebt Staying at Spurs after all? Click to continue reading...

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- QPR Players's Contracts: Length of QPR Contract Remaining
- Gino Padula Playing for Columbus Crew vs DC United July 4 Televized Game
- The July 4th: QPR - USA Connection
- Part-QPR owner, Bernie Ecclestone Q&A. Click to continue reading...

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- Sousa Favourite as Swansea Manager
- Another tabloid: Newcastle interest in Delaney, Hall and Blackstock
QPR Official Site - FOREST GREEN FRIENDLY CONFIRMED
- Rangers will lock horns with Forest Green Rovers in a pre-season friendly fixture ahead of the 2009/10 Coca Cola Championship campaign. Click to continue reading...

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QPR's 2009/2010 SCHEDULE
(Known Events as of June 12, 2009)
JUNE
June 16: Carling Cup First Round Draw (QPR in the First Round)
June 17 - Release of 2009-2010 Fixtures
End of June - QPR Players Return to Training
JULY
July 11 - Pre-Season Friendly vs Aldershot (Away)
July 21 or 22 - Forest Green Rovers (Away)
July 24 - Oxford United (Away)
July 28 -Wycombe (Away)
July 29 (Wednesday) - "Family Fun Day"
AUGUST
August 8 - QPR's Championship Season Kicks Off
August 10th (w/c) Carling Cup Round 1
August 24th (w/c) Carling Cup Round 2
September 21st (w/c) Carling Cup Round 3
October 26th (w/c) Carling Cup Round 4
November 30th (w/c) Carling Cup Round 5
January 2 - FA Cup Third Round
January 4th (w/c) Carling Cup Semi-Final (Leg 1)
January 18th (w/c) Carling Cup Semi-Final (Leg 2)
February 28th Carling Cup Final
May 2 - Championship Season Finish
May 8th-17th - Play-Off Semi-Finals
May 22 - Championship Play-Off Final
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- Parejo Backs Ronaldo to Succeed at Real Madrid
- William Hill May Abandon Certain Football Bets
- On This Day: Jim Smith Appointed QPR Manager 24 Years Ago: Remembering the Smith Era
- The Magilton Diaries (Satire)
- 2009-2010 Schedule: Important Dates
Forest Green Rovers Official Site
- 11/06/2009 - Queens Park Rangers confirmed for Pre-season Match
Further to the earlier press release regarding our pre season programme, we are now pleased to confirm that Queens Park Rangers will be the Championship side to visit the New Lawn, either on Tuesday 21st or Wednesday 22nd July. Click to continue reading...

In the absence of any meaningful football this summer (excluding a nod to the U21s) we'll focus on the endless transfer sagas in the Premiership and beyond (don't forget Simon Cox). So far Garry Barry has defected, without European football, to Man City - and Madrid have splashed out on Kaka.

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Every now and then I wake up in a grumpy mood.
Not often you understand. Just occasionally.
Anyway, yesterday was such a day.
I don' t know if it was because I had had a nightmare I didn't remember. Or the stresses of the week catching up with me. Lack of sleep. Click to continue reading...

Everybody's doing the logo-motion
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Pure self indulgence or just a bit of a laugh!? The EFW logo has been kicking out the jams at a variety of places in the last few weeks. Since we launched the Gallery (part 1) in April, I've been sending them out and you've been sending them in. Click to continue reading...

There is suspicion around in the world of football.
Suspicion of dishonesty.
The FA recently launched an investigation into suspicious goings on in relation to betting on a match between Lewes and Forest Green Rovers.
How shocking.
Whatever next?
MPs fiddling their expenses maybe? Click to continue reading...

On Monday, expect several of the talking heads on English football podcasts and radio to whinge and joke about the FA Cup. How the top football clubs don't treat it seriously anymore. How the FA Cup has lost its glamor. And how there are literally very few upsets compared to how many there used to [. Click to continue reading...

I can't tell you how disappointed I am that our local team, Forest Green Rovers, were beaten by a late Derby penalty in the 3rd round of the FA Cup this afternoon.
They had already made history by getting the furthest ever in the tournament during their 118 year existence. When they went 2 0 up after just over 20 minutes it looked as if the impossible might happen. Click to continue reading...

As you know, my lover and I have a radio show on our local radio.
Our show is called "Peeky Blinders" and we chat and talk about football and other stuff and then more football.
We do 3 hours every other Saturday.
Yesterday was one of those Saturdays.
We talked about our two local teams, Cheltenham and Forest Green Rovers. Click to continue reading...

FA Cup third round draw:

Portsmouth v Bristol City
Sheffield Wed v Fulham
Preston v Liverpool
Birmingham v Wolves
West Ham v Barnsley
Middlesbrough v Barrow
Hull City v Newcastle
Hartlepool v Stoke
Chelsea v Southend
Manchester City v Nottingham Forest
Cardiff v Reading
Ipswich v Chesterfield or Droylsden
Charlton v Norwich
West Brom v Peterborough or Tranmere
Torquay v Blackpool
Leyton Orient v Sheffield United
Southampton v Manchester United
Millwall v Carlisle or Crewe
Histon v Swansea
Forest Green Rovers v Derby
QPR v Burnley
Leicester v Crystal Palace
Tottenham v Wigan
Morecambe or Cheltenham v Doncaster
Arsenal v Plymouth
Notts County or Kettering v Eastwood Town
Bournemouth or Blyth Spartans v Blackburn
Macclesfield v Everton
Watford v Scunthorpe
Sunderland v Bolton
Coventry v Kidderminster
Gillingham or Stockport v Aston Villa

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What a weekend of FA Cup football.
Barrow started it all off beating Brentford on Friday night 2-1.
Blyth Spartans got a 0-0 draw at Bournemouth
Eastwood Town beat Wycombe Wanderers 2-0
Forest Green beat Rochdale 2-0
Histon beat Leeds United 1-0
Kettering got a 1-1 draw at Notts County. Click to continue reading...

Chesterfield v Droylsden
Peterborough United v Tranmere Rovers
Eastwood Town v Wycombe Wanderers
Notts County v Kettering Town
Leicester City v Dagenham & Redbridge
Barrow v Brentford
Bradford City v Leyton Orient
Southend United v Luton Town
Forest Green Rovers v Rochdale
Histon v Leeds United
Scunthorpe United v Alfreton Town
Torquay United v Oxford United
Fleetwood Town v Hartlepool United
Morecambe v Cheltenham Town
Gillingham v Stockport County
Millwall v Aldershot Town
Carlisle United or Grays Athletic v Crewe Alexandra
Bournemouth v Blyth Spartans
Kidderminster Harriers v Curzon Ashton
Port Vale v Macclesfield Town

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After 2 home wins on the bounce, Boro are back on the road on Saturday when they travel to Gloucestershire to face Forest Green Rovers. Jim Harvey's side are currently on a bad run of form, losing 3 of their last 4 matches and find themselves mid table after the opening 9 games. Injury problems [...] Click to continue reading...

Having just sat through England's pretty unconvincing performance against Andorra I can only conclude that there is some mysterious law I am unaware of banning actually running with the ball, as opposed to just kicking it and hoping.
I was surrounded by about 20 England fans at the pub where we watched the match and I would describe the mood as subdued resignation. Click to continue reading...

Salisbury City stretched their unbeaten run to eight matches with a goalless draw against high flying Forest Green Rovers. Top scorer Stuart Fleetwood was missing for FGR.
City put in a battling performance against a well organised FGR side. The better chances fell to the away side who struck the woodwork on one occasion. Click to continue reading...

Salisbury City face a young man in the form of life today in the shape of Forest Green Rovers striker Stuart Fleetwood.
Still only 21 years old, Fleetwood has scored a remarkable 22 goals in 26 games for the Nailsworth club this season, making him the leading marksman in the league.
In the transfer window, FGR agreed a fee with Crewe for his services, but Fleetwood refused the deal stating that he had no intention of leaving FGR. Click to continue reading...

Salisbury City face a young man in the form of life today in the shape of Forest Green Rovers striker Stuart Fleetwood.
Still only 21 years old, Fleetwood has scored a remarkable 22 goals in 26 games for the Nailsworth club this season, making him the leading marksman in the league.
In the transfer window, FGR agreed a fee with Crewe for his services, but Fleetwood refused the deal stating that he had no intention of leaving FGR. Click to continue reading...