League tables do not lie. Forest Green have been saved by just one point. Some are regarding this as a triumph, it should be a warning.

Against Grimsby the team again showed infuriating inconsistency. The discipline and vigour shown against Mansfield and Cheltenham was missing.

Manager Mark Cooper was totally correct saying from numbers one-to-eleven we were second-best.

A large crowd of more than three thousand had arrived expecting something better. I am certain lessons have been learned this season and they must be acted on.

The press were told one new signing was already agreed and others were in the pipeline. This is good news. We must start the new season up and running. Last season we could barely hobble. One pleasing note for Cirencester Town fans was the appearance of Tom Anderson on the substitutes bench.

I had hoped to be watching Gloucestershire playing cricket this weekend but they do not have a fixture. Having been condemned to play three matches in the moisture and murk of April they are now idle. We play Middlesex next weekend and I must remind all county members of an unbeatable experience. If properly dressed they can enter the Lord's pavilion and watch the team walk to the field through the Long Room also the fruit cake in the Long Room bar is magnificent!