Forest Green stay top despite goalless draw
with respect, or Hartlepool, or something like that. We’ve worked hard to get here, so enjoy the challenge. Fair play to Wigan, I thought they were good.
Askerd if there were any positives, Duff was clear.
“Not really, no. It is what it is and it’s disappointing, but we’ll have a few more disappointments along the FOREST Green maintained pole way.” position at the top of League Two
Next up for Duff side is another as they shared the spoils in an long trip north to another big club, absorbing 0-0 draw with Tranmere Sunderland tomorrow night. Rovers.
Duff said: “I know where I’d rather A high-octane start saw Luke go and it’s playing Sunderland in McGee in the Forest Green goal front of 30,000 people because that’s and his opposite number Ross why you are a footballer. There are Doohan forced into smart stops kids on the pitch now and they all inside the opening 60 seconds. want to go and play in front of full Forest Green’s Matty Stevens houses, so it is going to difficult? Yes. should have opened the scoring Will anyone expect us to get a result? eight minutes before the break - No. nodding wide from Jamille Matt’s
“But turn up, have a go and do the header following a pin-point Kane physical side of it better. If they are Wilson cross. better than us, they are better than A minute later, McGee, pictured, us, but I’d like to see a bit more of a did well to clutch a Josh Hawkes’ competitive streak, particularly in the strike and even better with a first 10 minutes of a game.” sprawling save from Calum Mac
Cheltenham now have a record of Donald’s thunderous hit. three wins, three draws, and three From the second-half get-go, defeats and they have scored in every Tranmere captain Peter Clarke game until Saturday. blocked a certain goal from Wilson
Of that record, Duff said: “It’s our and then Nicky Cadden skewed 13th game in total and the first time wide. we’ve not scored. When you look at Stevens smacked the Tranmere the run we’re in at the minute, with bar from the edge of the box on 59
90),Keane,McClean (Massey 86),Wyke. people like Charlton and MK Dons competitive, so can we compete in Subs Not Used: Pearce,Jordan Jones,Humphrys,Tickle. minutes and Doohan did well to and the ones coming now, people every game, or as many a possible Booked: Cousins,Lang,Keane. glove Wilson’s hit and at the other
Goals: Lang 8,Wyke 47. would have wondered where we’d get and learn from days like today.” end, McGhee denied Kieron Mor
Cheltenham: Flinders,Long,Pollock,Freestone (Perry apoint. ris. 46),Blair Sercombe,Thomas,Chapman,Hussey,May (Vassell
“We’ve been competitive in every Wigan (1) 2 Cheltenham (0) 0 60) Joseph (Norton 77). Forest Green substitute Jake
Wigan: Amos,Power,Whatmough (Tilt Subs Not Used: Evans,Bonds,Horton,Barkers. game apart from today. Hopefully, 60),Watts,Darikwa,Naylor Cousins,Lang (Edwards Young came close to snatching a
Att: 8,867 that’s the main thing - we want to be Ref: Josh Smith (Lincolnshire). point with six minutes to go but
Doohan got a decent hand on the ball. Tranmere were reduced to 10 men when MacDonald picked up a second yellow for a foul on Ebou Adams with three minutes to go.
Young nodded over in five minutes of stoppage-time as Tranmere held out.
Forest Green (0) 0 Tranmere (0) 0
Forest Green: McGee,Sweeney,MooreTaylor,Bernard,Wilson Stevenson (March 88),Hendry,Cadden,Aitchison (Adams 62),Matt Stevens (Young 82).
Subs Not Used: Cargill,Evans,Diallo,Thomas. Booked: Aitchison,Bernard,Hendry.
Tranmere: Doohan,Dacres-Cogley,Tom Davies,Clarke,MacDonald McManaman,Morris
(Watson 81),Spearing,Foley,Hawkes (Feeney 63) Nevitt (Maynard 72).
Subs Not Used: Knight-Percival,Glatzel,Duffy,O’C onnor.
Sent Off: MacDonald (87).
Booked: Hawkes,Foley,MacDonald.
Ref: David Rock (Hertfordshire).