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Ryan Inniss
Ryan Inniss scoring
Ryan Inniss scoring again.
……and again!
Number – 5
Position – centre-back.
Date joined FGR – June 23. Retained April 24.
Previous clubs – C Palace, Cheltenham, Luton, Gillingham, Yeovil, Port Vale, Southend, Colchester, Dundee, Newport, Charlton.
Date & Place of birth – Penge, 5 June 1995.
Inniss has played at the highest level having joined C Palace as a 14-year-old but didn’t make his first team debut until August 2018 in an EFL Cup match and remained on Palace’s books until 2020 when he joined Charlton on a free transfer.
Inniss made 41 appearances for Charlton in season 22/23 across all competitions, featuring in both League One fixtures against Forest Green. He also occasionally wore the captain’s armband during his three years in South East London.
Inniss has represented England at U16 and U17 levels , scoring the winning goal in England U16’s 2–1 Victory Shield win over Scotland in 2011.He is also eligible to represent Trinidad & Tobago at international level, through his Trinidadian-born father.
and yet again!
Teddy Jenks
Number – 21 (previously 6)
Position – Midfielder
Date joined FGR – June 23. Retained April 24
Previous clubs – Brighton, Aberdeen, Crawley, Ross County.
Date & Place of birth – Brighton, 12/3/2002.
6ft 3ins tall, a box to box midfielder.
Teddy played twice for Brighton in the EFL Cup.
He has represented England at U16 & U17 levels.
At Aberdeen he played in the Europa Conference League.
Ted Cann
Number – 28
Position – Goalkeeper
Date joined FGR – March 25 on loan from WBA
Previous clubs – WBA, Worcester City, Yeovil Town, AFC Telford United, and Leamington Spa.
Date & Place of birth – 27 December 2000, England.
Ben Tozer
Number – 4
Position – Central Defender
Date joined FGR – June 24
Previous clubs – Plymouth, Swindon, Newcastle, Northampton, Colchester, Yeovil, Newport, Cheltenham, Wrexham.
Date & Place of birth – 1 March 1990, Plymouth.
Tom Knowles
| Number – 11
Position – Midfielder Date joined FGR – June 24 Previous clubs – Cambridge, Yeovil, Walsall. Date & Place of birth – Cambridge, 27 Sept 1998.
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Adam May
Number – 19
Position – Midfielder
Date joined FGR – July 24
Previous clubs – Portsmouth, Gosport, Sutton, Aldershot, Swindon, Boreham Wood, Cambridge United.
Date & Place of birth – Southampton, 6 Dec 1997.
Adam made 146 appearances for Cambridge scoring 10 goals with 7 assists.
Jed Ward
Ward saving penalties.
Number – 1
Position – Goalkeeper
Date joined FGR – July 24 on season long loan from Bristol Rovers.
On 3rd February 25, EFL Transfer deadline day, Jed was recalled by Bristol Rovers.
Jed played 28 times for FGR and kept 10 clean sheets.
Previous clubs – Bradley Stoke United, Bristol Rovers, Swindon Supermarine, Prescot Cables, Hungerford, Wealdstone.
Date & Place of birth – 20 May 2003, Bristol.
At the end of last season Jed was recalled from a successful loan spell at Wealdstone and played 18 times for Bristol Rovers in L1. He was then named as Bristol Rovers Young Player of the Year.
Jed has played for England at U20 level.
Christian Doidge
Number – 9 (previously 10)
Position – Striker
Date joined FGR – Jan 2024. Retained April 24.
Previous clubs – Barry Town, Carmarthen, Dagenham & Redbridge, Dartford, FGR, Bolton, Hibernian, Kilmarnock.
Date & Place of birth – Newport, Wales. 25 August 1992.
Previously at FGR (2016–19) Christian joined Hibernian in the summer of 2019 from Forest Green, where he went on to make 148 appearances, in which he scored 41 times for the Scottish side.
In his previous time at FGR he became the club’s all-time record scorer with 66 goals in 122 appearances.
He scored in the play-off final at Wembley against Tranmere, scored FGR’s first ever EFL goal, and a memorable strike away at Cheltenham Town which helped keep the club in League Two in FGR’s first ever EFL season.
Liam Sercombe
Celebrating Sercombe scoring from the half way line.
Number – 10
Position – Midfielder
Date joined FGR – May 2024.
Previous clubs – Exeter, Oxford, Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham.
Date & Place of birth – 25 April 1990, Exeter.
Luke McCormick
Number – 25
Position – Midfielder
Date joined FGR – Jan 25 on loan from Bristol Rovers.
Previous clubs – Chelsea, Shrewsbury, Bristol Rovers, Wimbledon, Bristol Rovers.
Date & Place of birth – Bury St Edmunds, 21 Jan 1999.
Cian Harries
Number – 26
Position – Centre Back
Date joined FGR – Jan 25
Previous clubs – Coventry, Cheltenham, Swansea, Fortuna Sittard (Netherlands), Bristol Rovers, Swindon, Aldershot, Woking.
Date & Place of birth – Birmingham, 1 April 1997.
Cian played for Wales U21s.
Jamie Searle
Number – 20
Position – Goalkeeper
Date joined FGR – July 23. retained April 24.
Previous clubs – Melville United (NZ), Aston Villa, Swansea, Barnsley.
Date & Place of birth – New Zealand, 25 Nov 2000.
Jamie is a New Zealand international.
He was part of the New Zealand team in the 2020 Olympics.
Marcel Lavinier
Number – 2
Position – Right Back
Date joined FGR – August 23.
In March 25 it was announced that Marcel had left FGR and joined Yeovil.
The full-back featured 26 times for Rovers after joining in August 2023.He made 11 appearances in all competitions season 24/25 including six times off the bench in the National League, four National League Cup starts, and once in the FA Cup.
Previous clubs – Chelsea, Spurs, Swindon.
Date & Place of Birth – London, 16 December 2000
Lavinier has represented England at U16 & U17 level but has also trained with Portugal U18s.
In Feb 21 he made his first team debut for Spurs coming in as a substitute in a Europa League match.
Kyle McAllister
Number – 7 (formerly 17)
Position – Attacking midfielder
Date joined FGR – June 2022. Retained April 24.
Previous clubs – St Mirren, Derby, Partick.
Date & Place of birth – Paisley 21/1/1999
Kyle has represented Scotland at U17 & U21 levels.
Sean Long
Number – 3
Position – Full back.
Date joined FGR – May 2024
Previous clubs – Reading, Luton, Braintree, Cambridge, Lincoln, Cheltenham.
Date & Place of birth – 2 May 1995, Dublin.
Represented Ireland up to U21 level.
Fabian Mrozek
Number – 1
Position – Goalkeeper
Date joined FGR – Feb 25 on loan from Liverpool.
In March 25 Fabian returned to his parent club, Liverpool, due to a thigh injury.
Previous clubs – MKS Kluczbork, FC Wroclaw (Poland), Liverpool, Brommapojkarnal (Sweden).
Date & Place of birth – Wroclaw (Poland), 28 Sept 2003.
Fabian’s unofficial first-team debut came on 15 July 2022, playing the last 10 minutes of a 2–0 friendly win against Crystal Palace – so it doesn’t get much tougher than that! Fabian has been an unused substitute for Liverpool in the Premier League.
On 26 July 2024, Mrozek extended his contract with Liverpool.
He has been selected for Poland Youth squads.
Jacob Maddox
Number – 18
Position – Midfield
Date joined FGR – August 23.
Jacob left FGR on 7 January 2025. The same day Yeovil announced that Jacob had signed for them.
Jacob made 21 appearances in all competitions during the 2023/24 season but featured just once in season 2024/25 against Manchester United U21s in the National League Cup.
Previous clubs – Bristol City, Chelsea, Cheltenham, Tranmere, Southampton, Vitoria de Guinaraes (Portugal), Burton, Walsall.
Date & Place of birth – 3 Nov 1998, Bristol.
Maddox played for England at U16 to U20s levels for England.
Brandon Fleming
Number – 27
Position – Left sided defender
Date joined FGR – Feb 25 on loan from Hull.
Previous clubs – Hull, Gainsborough, Bolton, Oxford, Shrewsbury, Doncaster.
Date & Place of birth – 3 Dec 1999, Kingston Upon Hull.
The 25-year-old left-sided player has made 20 appearances in all competitions season 24/25 on loan at League Two side Doncaster Rovers before being recalled in January 25. Fleming has featured 45 times for his parent club including a lengthy spell in the first team in the 2021/22 season helping his side achieve Championship survival with four games to spare.
Jordan Moore-Taylor
| Number – 15 – Captain
Position – Defender Date joined FGR – July 2020 – Released May 23 but there was dancing in the streets of Nailsworth when JMT re-signed for FGR in July 23. Retained April 24. Previous clubs – Exeter, MK Dons. Date & Place of birth – Exeter, 24/1/1994 Jordan came through the academy at Exeter and played for the Grecians between 2012 and 2018 before following his former manager, Paul Tisdall, to MK Dons. Injury blighted the latter part of his 2019/20 season and he was one of nine players released by the Dons in 2020, which is when he made the move to Rovers.
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JMT Scoring.
Harvey Bunker
Number – 16 (previously 27)
Position – Midfielder
Date joined FGR – Academy product – First contract – July 2020. Retained April 24.
Previous clubs – Southampton, Chippenham, Weymouth, Scunthorpe.
Date & Place of birth – Portsmouth 15/4/2003
On 12 November 2019, Bunker made his debut for FGR in a 6–0 EFL Trophy defeat against Walsall.
Joe Quigley
Number – 22
Position – Forward
Date joined FGR – August 24
Previous clubs – Bournemouth, Poole, Torquay, Wrexham, Woking, Gillingham, Newport, Boreham Wood, Maidstone, Bromley, Eastbourne, Havant & Waterlooville, Dagenham, Billericay, Yeovil, Chesterfield,
Date & Place of Birth – Hayes, 10 December 1996.
Joe has represented Ireland at U21 level.
Harry Cardwell
Number – 23
Position – Forward
Date joined FGR – August 24
Previous clubs – Hull, Reading, Woking, Braintree, Brighton. Grimsby, Chorley, Stockport, Southend.
Date & Place of birth – Beverley, Yorkshire. 28 Oct 1996.
Harry has represented Scotland at U21 level. He is eligible through 2 of his grandparents. His Scottish grandfather, Tom Wilson, played for Falkirk, Hull & Millwall and was 3 times caretaker manager of Hull City in the late 1980s. He subsequently returned to a career in law. His testimonial match featured Bobby Charlton, Jack Charlton, Billy Bremner & John Charles.
Jordon Garrick
Number – 24 (Formerly 11)
Position – Winger
Date joined FGR – Initially Jan 23 returned December 24.
Previous clubs – Swansea, Swindon, Plymouth, Lincoln, Oldham.
Date & Place of birth – Jamaica 15/7/1998.
Born in Jamaica but mainly brought up in Yorkshire. He almost became a Rugby League player with Bradford Bulls.
Jordon initially joined Rovers in January 2023 from Swansea City and spent 18 months with the club. He scored five goals in the second half of the League One 2022 -23 campaign and assisted once. He scored a wonder goal against Shrewsbury at that time managed by Steve Cotterell. Garrick returned from a serious injury in March 24, including scoring twice at Crewe Alexandra in a 3-0 win at Gresty Road.
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Fiachra Pagel
Number – 12 (previously 41)
Position – Goalkeeper
Date joined FGR – January 2023. Retained April 24
Previous clubs – Drogheda United, Swindon Supermarine.
Date & Place of birth – Dublin, Ireland, 16 Feb 2004.
Fiachra Pagel made his first team debut for Drogheda against Harps in November 2022. He previously played for their U19 team.
Jamie Robson
Number – 17 (Formerly 12)
Position – Left Back
Date joined FGR – January 23. Retained April 24.
Previous clubs – Dundee, Brechin, Lincoln.
Date & Place of birth – 19/12/1997, Perth Scotland.
Robson joined FGR from Lincoln City – who he signed for in the summer of 2021.
Before that, Robson had spent 10 years at Dundee United – where he made over 170 first-team appearances, including 35 in the top flight of Scotland.
The full-back played 47 times during his 18-month spell at Lincoln City. He made 16 appearances in League One for them in season 22/23, with his last appearance coming in the Imps’ 1-1 draw with Ipswich Town on 2 January 2023.
Charlie McCann
Number – 8 (Formerly 14)
Position – Midfielder.
Date joined FGR – Jan 23. Retained April 24.
Previous clubs – Coventry, Manchester United, Rangers.
Date & Place of Birth – 24/4/2004, Coventry.
The transfer fee paid by Rangers to Manchester United in 2021 reportedly, with add ons, could have risen to £750,000.
Reports of the fee FGR have paid to Rangers have varied from £350,000 to £350,000 plus add ons although FGR dispute the figures quoted and say it was less than that.
Charlie has played for England U16s, Republic of Ireland U17s and Northern Ireland U21s. McCann was called up to the Northern Ireland senior squad for their Nations League games in June 2022.
Emmanuel Osadebe
Number – 6 (previously 46 and very briefly 45)
Position – Midfield
Date joined FGR – Jan 24. Retained April 24.
Previous clubs – Dundalk, Gillingham, Cambridge, Newport, Macclesfield, Walsall, Bradford.
Date & Place of Birth – Dundalk, 1 Oct 1996, Dundalk, Ireland.
In November 2015 Osadebe was invited to train with the Ireland U21 squad ahead of their friendly against Norway, but did not feature in the matchday squad.
Tyrese Omotoye
Number – 14 (Formerly 30 then 23)
Position – Forward
Date joined FGR – Jan 23. Retained April 24.
Previous clubs – Cray Wanderers, Norwich, Swindon, Orient, Carlisle.
Date & Place of Birth – 23/9/2002, Hasselt, Belgium.
Omotoye has represented Belgium at U16 level, playing in friendlies against Portugal and Ukraine in November 2017.
Omotoye was born in Belgium to Nigerian parents but raised in England. In 2019, he decided that Nigeria was the country he wanted to play international football for.
William Merrett
Number – 35 (formerly 77)
Position – Defender
Date joined FGR – Via FGR Academy signed his first professional contract September 24.
Retained May 2024
Previous clubs – Larkhall,
Date & Place of birth –
Played for FGR in the National League Cup 2024/25.
Preston Mason
Number – 47
Position – Midfielder
Date joined FGR –
Retained May 24.
Previous clubs – Cinderford Town,
Date & Place of Birth – England
Preston made his first team debut as a substitute in the FA Cup 4-2 win against Scarborough on 12 December 2023.
Jose Marquez
Number – 37
Position – Midfielder
Date joined FGR – FGR Academy
Previous clubs – Hungerford Town,
Date & Place of birth –
Jose played in the National League Cup 2024/25.
Jose’s first senior goal.
Isaac Hughes
Number – 32 (formerly 50)
Position – Midfielder
Date joined FGR –
Retained May 24
Previous clubs –
Date & Place of birth –
15-year-old Isaac Hughes made his professional debut coming in as a substitute in FGR’s 3-0 win against Shrewsbury in the EFL Trophy on 5 September 23, making him the second youngest player to wear the Rovers shirt.
He played for FGR in National League Cup 2024/25.
Akai Bonnick
Number – 38
Position – Midfielder
Date joined FGR –
Previous clubs – Cribbs
Date & Place of birth –
Akai has played for FGR in the National League Cup.
Callum Godgrey
Number – 30
Position – Goalkeeper
Date joined FGR –
Previous clubs –
Date & Place of birth – England
FGR sometimes spell his name Godfrey and sometimes Godgrey.
Callum has been an unused substitute in the National League Cup 24/25.
Piotr Petryski
Number – 46
Position – Defender
Date joined FGR – FGR Academy
Previous clubs –
Date & Place of birth –
Piotr played for FGR in the National League Cup 2024/25.
Kemall Wilson
Number – 44
Position – Defender
Date joined FGR – FGR Academy
Previous clubs –
Date & Place of birth –
Kemall played in the National League Cup 2024/25.
Stephen Walsh
Number – 31
Position – Midfield
Date joined FGR – FGR Academy
Previous clubs –
Date & Place of birth –
Stephen played in the National League Cup 2024/25.
Thomas Conteh
Number – 34
Position –
Date joined FGR – FGR Academy
Previous clubs –
Date & Place of birth –
Thomas played in the National League Cup 2024/25.
Jesse Aldridge
Number – 45
Position – Midfielder
Date joined FGR –
Previous clubs – Cribbs,
Date & Place of birth –
Jesse has played for FGR in the National League Cup.
Keon Sanniola
Keon (with Zach McKenzie) pictured on his EFL debut.
Number – 33
Position – Defender
Date joined FGR – Via FGR Academy signed his first professional contract September 24.
Retained May 2024
Previous clubs – Cinderford,
Date & Place of Birth – England
Keon made his EFL debut on 7 May 2023 coming on as a substitute against Cambridge.
Dikshant Raut
Number – 39
Position – Midfielder
Date joined FGR –
Previous clubs – Westbury,
Date & Place of birth –
Dikshant has played for FGR in the National League Cup.
Billy Glover
Number – 41
Position – Midfielder / Forward.
Date joined FGR –
Previous clubs –
Date & Place of birth – England
Billy has played for FGR in the National League Cup.
