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Forest Green To Run Without a Manager as Owner Tests Three-Coach Model

Dale Vince says the club will use a coaching trio to spread decision-making and assess an alternative to single-manager control.

Overview

  • Robbie Savage left Forest Green for Peterborough in early October and has since won his first game in charge, a 3-1 away result at Leicester City.
  • Owner Dale Vince told BBC Radio Gloucestershire there is currently “no vacancy” for a manager and that the club will ‘see how it goes’ over the coming weeks.
  • Jonathan Gould, Josh Bowen and Yan Klukowski have taken day-to-day charge of the first team and Vince says the group already handle much of the club’s coaching work.
  • Forest Green have failed to win in five matches since Savage’s exit and sit 16th in the National League, a dip that raises short-term concerns about on-pitch impact.
  • The move builds on the club’s unconventional identity under Vince — including a sustainability and vegan focus — and could affect recruitment, tactics and decision-making if results do not improve.