Rookie is a tonic for Covid-hit Rovers

By Ash Loveridge

FOREST Green head coach Mark Cooper threatened to run the gauntlet naked after his Covid-ravaged side kept their pecker up with back-to-back victories to underpin their unbeaten start to the season.
A screamer from rookie teenage striker Jake Young secured a hard-fought win after Rovers were dealt a prematch blow when an unnamed player was diagnosed with coronavirus and three others were forced to self-isolate.
Bereft of four front-line starters, Cooper joked he would run around Forest Green naked if they could pull off a win. “I’m definitely...

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