A 60th minute Tahvon Campbell goal handed Forest Green Rovers a ticket to the second round of the Carabao Cup.

Campbell’s hour-mark strike and a strong display from James Montgomery were enough for Rovers to progress past a dangerous Swindon Town side.

Mark Cooper named only three players from Saturday's 1-1 draw with Oldham Athletic as all but Christian Doidge, Liam Shephard and Farrend Rawson were replaced.

Backed by a home crowd, Swindon started the brighter of the two sides and with just four minutes on the clock Elijah Adebayo had a good chance to open the scoring.

Showing good strength on the edge of the area the area, the striker was able to turn and fire at goal but his effort flashed just wide of the far post.

With just under a quarter of an hour played the hosts almost took the lead in incredible fashion. Although Montgomery initially reacted quickly to get off his line and clear the ball, his kick only travelled as far as Martin Smith who will consider himself incredibly unlucky to have seen his lobbed effort from inside his own half bounce back off the post.

Rovers tried to force themselves back into the game as the 20-minute mark approached but Rawson couldn’t convert a free header from a corner that could have handed FGR the lead.

Following the visitors’ chance, Town pushed and pushed for an opening goal and could have found one on a number of occasions but for some good saves from Montgomery. The first of these coming from a Michael Doughty free-kick from just outside the box.

Moments later the Rovers stopper was called into action again as he flew across his goal to deny a Keshi Anderson header from 10 yards out.

Haydn Hollis found himself in an unlikely position on the edge of the Swindon penalty area but the central defender couldn’t keep his effort down as he fired a half-volley over the bar with 37 minutes on the clock.

The hosts began the second half in the same vein as they began the first and Matty Taylor tried to sneak a wide free-kick in at the front post but Montgomery was once again able to react.

Swindon Town were stunned on the hour mark when Campbell perfectly judged a long ball over the top and forced Sid Nelson into an error before racing through and calmly slotting past Lawrence Vigouroux in the Town goal.

Now with a one-goal lead FGR began to grow into the game more and more and they almost found a second with 15 minutes to play as Theo Archibald skipped into the penalty area before seeing his powerful effort blocked.

Although Swindon tried to find themselves a late equaliser the FGR defence stayed resolute and the hosts couldn't force a way through.

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