English National League

FT Saturday, August 8, 2026
FC Halifax Town WDDLW 2
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Forest Green Rovers DWLWL 3
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HAL112
FGR033
The Bolt New Lawn

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

FGR · 4-3-2-1

  1. 12Luke McNicholasG
  2. 26Filozofe MabeteCD-L
  3. 23Emeka ObiCD-R
  4. 20Sean EtalukuLB
  5. 24Sydney AginaRB
  6. 17Oliver EwingCM
  7. 4Jayden ClarkeCM-L
  8. 7Kyle McAllisterCM-R
  9. 9D'Mani Bughail-MellorF
  10. 11James BerryCF-L
  11. 14Omari PatrickCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Nick HaughtonSUB
  2. 16Josh OsudeSUB
  3. 10Ricardo ReesSUB
  4. 25Kyle KellySUB
  5. 6Tate CampbellSUB
  6. 3Neil KengniSUB
  7. 1Ethan RossSUB

HAL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33True GrantG
  2. 5Shaun HobsonCD-L
  3. 8Will FlintCD-R
  4. 3Raheem ConteLB
  5. 2Max BardellRB
  6. 10Zak GilsenanAM
  7. 30Cody JohnsonLM
  8. 4Will HugillRM
  9. 9Conor CartyF
  10. 17Ben TollittAM-L
  11. 11Connor DouglasAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Dylan CroweSUB
  2. 19Aj WarburtonSUB
  3. 1Sam JohnsonSUB
  4. 20Tayt-Lemar TrustySUB
  5. 14Amari Morgan-SmithSUB
  6. 22David KawaSUB
  7. 18Arian AllenSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Will Flint (FC Halifax Town) Goal at 9'
  2. 12' Sydney Agina (Forest Green Rovers) Yellow Card at 12'
  3. 37' Tate Campbell (Forest Green Rovers) Substitution at 37'
  4. 45'+2' Max Bardell (FC Halifax Town) Yellow Card at 45'+2'
  5. 45'+5' Ben Tollitt (FC Halifax Town) Yellow Card at 45'+5'
  6. 48' Filozofe Mabete (Forest Green Rovers) Goal at 48'
  7. 56' Ricardo Rees (Forest Green Rovers) Substitution at 56'
  8. 56' Neil Kengni (Forest Green Rovers) Substitution at 56'
  9. 56' Josh Osude (Forest Green Rovers) Substitution at 56'
  10. 59' Sean Etaluku (Forest Green Rovers) Goal at 59'
  11. 64' Amari Morgan-Smith (FC Halifax Town) Substitution at 64'
  12. 64' Arian Allen (FC Halifax Town) Substitution at 64'
  13. 78' Dylan Crowe (FC Halifax Town) Substitution at 78'
  14. 78' Kyle Kelly (Forest Green Rovers) Substitution at 78'
  15. 79' Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers) Goal at 79'
  16. 83' Tayt-Lemar Trusty (FC Halifax Town) Substitution at 83'
  17. 84' Aj Warburton (FC Halifax Town) Substitution at 84'
  18. 90'+5' Zak Gilsenan (FC Halifax Town) Goal at 90'+5'

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