Troy Deeney named Permanent Forest Green Rovers manager

David Horseman was appointed in July following Forst Green’s relegation from League One; Troy Deeney, 35, joined the club in August as player-coach and now takes on his first management role; Forest Green are second-bottom in League Two with two wins in their last 14 league games.

Troy Deeney has been announced as the permanent head coach at Forest Green Rovers, who have parted company with boss David Horseman by mutual consent.

Forest Green are second-bottom in League Two and have won only twice in their last 14 league matches. Deeney will take charge of his first match on Friday at home to Gillingham.

Horseman was appointed in July following the club’s relegation, replacing caretaker manager Hannah Dingley, who had stepped into the role which made her the first woman to take charge of a men’s senior English professional football team following the departure of Duncan Ferguson.

Troy Deeney, 35, holds a UEFA A coaching license and joined Forest Green in August as a player-coach, making 16 appearances in League Two and scoring four goals.

“I am very pleased and honoured to be appointed as the new head coach, I know the fans will have many questions, which will be answered as soon as possible. We will not hide from the task at hand and will be open and honest along the way.”

“One thing I can assure everyone is that we will work our very hardest to bring this wonderful club back to success.
This is an exciting new role with many challenges that I’ll embrace and there’s a lot of work for us to do, which has already started. I look forward to welcoming fans to our home game this Friday against Gillingham.

Troy Deeney left his hometown club Birmingham at the end of last season having joined in 2021. The striker previously spent more than a decade with Watford as captain and was part of the squads that won two promotions to the Premier League in 2015 and 2021.

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