Fleet’s Conference survival chances were left hanging by a thread as Forest Green scored in both halves to keep their play-off hopes alive. In a game billed as ‘must-win’ by most observers, there was one change for the Fleet, Liam Bellamy making way for Gareth Gwillim’s return, while Joe Howe moved into a midfield berth.

And it was a first-half of few chances that followed, with Fleet matching their visitors physically in an opening that saw Nathan Elder’s bustling approach earn a free-kick on the edge of the box and then he shot