FOREST GREEN chairman Dale Vince insists it was a “difficult decision” to part company with manager Ady Pennock ahead of the National League play-offs.
Despite finishing the regular season in second-place, Rovers missed out on automatic promotion after recording just one win during the final two months of the season and a run of seven games without a win leading up to Saturday’s remaining fixture against Dover Athletic.
Forest Green chairman Dale Vince said: “It was a difficult decision just a week out from the play-offs after Ady had taken us to our highest-placed finish in the National League.
“However, as a club we felt we needed to make this change, in order to give us the best chance of succeeding in the play-offs.
“We thank Ady for his efforts while at the club and wish him well in the future.”
Forest Green Rovers Academy manager and former first-team captain Scott Bartlett will take over as caretaker manager.
Pennock joined Forest Green in November 2013, replacing previous manager David Hockaday who had been at TheNew Lawn for over four years.
He guided Rovers to a fifth-placed finish last season, before losing 1-0 and 2-0 in the play-off semi-finals against eventual winners Bristol Rovers.
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