Forest Green Rovers vs Tranmere Rovers. Sky Bet League Two.
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Forest Green Rovers 3
- R Brown (11th minute)
- L Shephard (39th minute)
- T Campbell (98th minute)
Tranmere Rovers 1
- P Mullin (85th minute)
Forest Green 3-1 Tranmere: Win lifts Rovers into League Two play-off spots
Tuesday 23 October 2018 23:33, UK
Forest Green climbed back into the Sky Bet League Two play-off places as they got the better of their old non-league rivals Tranmere 3-1.
First-half goals from Reece Brown and Liam Shepherd saw Forest Green go into the break in control.
Tranmere sub Paul Mullin pulled a goal back with five minutes to go, but Tahvon Campbell made the points certain with a strike from the edge of the box six minutes into stoppage time.
Former Birmingham City midfielder Brown opened the scoring on 11 minutes, wrapping his foot around the ball to find the bottom corner of Scott Davies' goal.
Dayle Grubb rattled the underside of the Tranmere bar from the edge of the box in a dominant half for Forest Green.
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The Gloucestershire side made it 2-0 on 39 minutes. Brown's sumptuous pass caught out the flat-footed Stephen McNulty, who took Campbell down in the box.
From the spot, Gavin Gunning's penalty was saved by the legs of Davies, but the ball hit the shin of Liam Shepherd and flew into the net.
Mullin made a game of it with a goal for Tranmere on 85 minutes, but Campbell sealed it in stoppage time, curling beyond Davies.
