Forest Green Rovers 1-1 Cheltenham Town
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Forest Green and Cheltenham shared the spoils in their first-ever Football League meeting.
Forest Green nosed ahead in Gloucestershire derby on eight minutes when a Jamie Grimes howler allowed Christian Doidge to beat Cheltenham goalkeeper Scott Flinders for his 12th goal of the season - his seventh in five games.
Mo Eisa then levelled things up in the 39th minute, making it 1-1 after former Rovers striker Danny Wright teed up the striker for his ninth of the season.
FGR suffered a blow at the break when the influential Isaiah Osbourne failing to recover from a knock. And, five minutes into the second half, Rovers were indebted to young keeper Brad Collins.
The Chelsea loan man produced a stunning one-handed save to keep the scores locked when he repelled Eisa's point-blank stab at a Kevin Dawson cross.
Deep into stoppage time, Dawson's foul on Rovers substitute Omar Bugiel sparked a mass player brawl.
Cheltenham's Dawson and Joe Morrell booked, along with Bugiel, to add to Cheltenham's Harry Pell earlier booking for a high lunge on Rovers captain Lee Collins.
Rovers' Jack Fitzwater was then carried off on a stretcher following a clash of heads.
Report supplied by the Press Association