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FC Halifax Town 1-2 Forest Green Rovers · National League

FC Halifax Town lost to Forest Green Rovers 1-2 in the National League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

FC Halifax Town and Forest Green Rovers met in the National League at The Shay in Halifax on Saturday, 23 August 2025.

Goalscorers

FC Halifax Town: J. Turner-Cooke 45'. Forest Green Rovers: Y. Bamba 23'; K. Mitchell 77'.

How the match went

The referee showed 5 yellow cards (2 for FC Halifax Town, 3 for Forest Green Rovers).

Line-ups

FC Halifax Town started in a 4-2-3-1: Sam Johnson, Sean Tarima, Shaun Hobson, Adam Alimi-Adetoro, Thierry Latty-Fairweather, Cody Johnson, Will Hugill, Owen Bray, Josh Hmami, Jamie Cooke, David Kawa.

Forest Green Rovers started in a 4-2-3-1: Luke McNicholas, Tom Knowles, Abraham Kanu, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Neil Kengni Kuemo, Harry Whitwell, Laurent Mendy, Kyle McAllister, Nicolas Haughton, Yahya Bamba, Christian Doidge.

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Minute by minute

  1. 23'Goal! FC Halifax Town 0-1 Forest Green Rovers. Y. Bamba (Forest Green Rovers) scores.
  2. 45'Goal! FC Halifax Town 1-1 Forest Green Rovers. J. Turner-Cooke (FC Halifax Town) scores.
  3. 45'Half-time. FC Halifax Town 1-1 Forest Green Rovers.
  4. 77'Goal! FC Halifax Town 1-2 Forest Green Rovers. K. Mitchell (Forest Green Rovers) scores, assisted by T. Knowles.
  5. 90'Full-time. FC Halifax Town 1-2 Forest Green Rovers.
Full commentary (41 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: FC Halifax Town vs Forest Green Rovers.
  2. 2'Attempt blocked. K. McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.14.
  3. 3'Attempt missed. N. K. Kuemo (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  4. 10'Attempt missed. N. Haughton (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  5. 11'Attempt saved. T. Latty-Fairweather (FC Halifax Town), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.01.
  6. 15'Attempt blocked. Y. Bamba (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.06.
  7. 16'Attempt missed. K. McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.01.
  8. 19'Attempt blocked. Y. Bamba (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.00.
  9. 23'Goal! FC Halifax Town 0-1 Forest Green Rovers. Y. Bamba (Forest Green Rovers) scores.
  10. 23'Attempt saved. T. Knowles (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  11. 32'Attempt blocked. J. Cooke (FC Halifax Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.00.
  12. 33'Substitution, FC Halifax Town: J. Turner-Cooke comes on for S. Hobson.
  13. 35'Attempt blocked. T. Latty-Fairweather (FC Halifax Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.00.
  14. 40'Yellow card for Y. Bamba (Forest Green Rovers) for foul.
  15. 44'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: K. Mitchell comes on for C. Doidge.
  16. 44'Off the woodwork! D. Kawa (FC Halifax Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  17. 45'Goal! FC Halifax Town 1-1 Forest Green Rovers. J. Turner-Cooke (FC Halifax Town) scores.
  18. 45'Yellow card for A. Kanu (Forest Green Rovers) for foul.
  19. 45'4 minutes of added time.
  20. 45'Half-time. FC Halifax Town 1-1 Forest Green Rovers.
  21. 46'The second half is under way.
  22. 50'Attempt missed. K. Mitchell (Forest Green Rovers), header. xG 0.10.
  23. 56'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: J. Clarke comes on for N. Haughton.
  24. 56'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: I. Moore comes on for H. Whitwell.
  25. 58'Attempt missed. C. Johnson (FC Halifax Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  26. 58'Attempt saved. T. Latty-Fairweather (FC Halifax Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.13.
  27. 62'Attempt missed. L. Mendy (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  28. 71'Attempt blocked. S. Tarima (FC Halifax Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
  29. 72'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: R. Inniss comes on for Y. Bamba.
  30. 72'Substitution, Forest Green Rovers: H. Cardwell comes on for K. McAllister.
  31. 76'Yellow card for T. Latty-Fairweather (FC Halifax Town) for foul.
  32. 77'Goal! FC Halifax Town 1-2 Forest Green Rovers. K. Mitchell (Forest Green Rovers) scores, assisted by T. Knowles.
  33. 79'Off the woodwork! N. K. Kuemo (Forest Green Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  34. 81'Yellow card for O. Bray (FC Halifax Town) for foul.
  35. 82'Substitution, FC Halifax Town: T. Pugh comes on for O. Bray.
  36. 82'Substitution, FC Halifax Town: A. Capello comes on for S. Tarima.
  37. 84'Attempt blocked. T. Pugh (FC Halifax Town), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.01.
  38. 87'Attempt missed. H. Cardwell (Forest Green Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  39. 89'Yellow card for K. Mitchell (Forest Green Rovers).
  40. 90'4 minutes of added time.
  41. 90'Full-time. FC Halifax Town 1-2 Forest Green Rovers.
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