Forest Green Rovers (H) W1-0 [BSBP Game #15]

Matt Rhead was the hero yesterday at the One Call Stadium as Mansfield finally put an end to a grey run of form, the burly hit man heading in a Geohaghon throw in the 89th minute.

It was another scrappy affair and one which could have gone either way, the visitors having numerous chances to seize on Stags errors thoughout the first half.

Loanee keeper Liam Mitchell came to the Stags rescue midway through the second half when he pulled off a sublime save to deny Matt Taylor a point blank header.  A slip from Mitchell, Geohaghon & Sutton in the final minute nearly saw the visitors capitalize however Adam Murray, who misses next weeks trip to Workington after picking up his 5th booking of the season yesterdat, cleared to Substitute Louis Briscoe who won a throw after charging forward. What happened next was what Mansfield needed, Geohaghon's bullet finding Rhead who nodded in through a crowd of players to smash the rising tension into a million pieces. 

HIGHLIGHTS

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MATCH FACTS

STAGS
34. Liam Mitchell
2. Ritchie Sutton
4. John Dempster
33. Exodus Geohaghon
34. Andy Todd [11. Louis Briscoe]
21. Adam Murray (C)
18. Gary Roberts
31. Junior Daniel
8. Jake Speight
10. Matt Green [7. Lindon Meikle]
16. Matt Rhead
SUBS
7. Lindon Meikle [10. Matt Green]
11. Louis Briscoe [24. Andy Todd]
13. Anthony Howell
17. Lee Beevers
26. Lee Stevenson

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GOALS [1]
Matt Rhead 89
YELLOW CARDS [3]
Jake Speight, Adam Murray, Gary Robers

CORNERS [6]

 


FOREST GREEN ROVERS
23. Sam Russell
2. Jared Hodgkiss
5. Jamie Turley (C)
8. Yan Klukowski
11. Kieron Forbes
14. Matt Taylor
16. Ed Asafu-Adjaye
20. James Norwood [7. Omar Koroma]
21. Aarran Racine
22. Paul Green [10. Magno Veira]
28. Stephen Brogan [18. Ben Wright]
SUBS
3. Chris Stokes
7. Omar Koroma [20. James Norwood]
9. Reece Styche
10. Magno Veira [22. Paul Green]
18. Ben Wright [28. Stephen Brogan]

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GOALS [0]

YELLOW CARDS [0]


CORNERS [2]

Attendance: 2019 (60)
Referee: Ross Joyce 
Assistants: Graeme Fyvive - Luke Watson
Fourth Official: Craig Grundy