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Keanu Marsh-Brown lived every young boy's
dream as he rocketed the ball into the back of
the Wembley net from 30 yards in the Vanarama
Conference play-off final, but lived every
footballer's worst nightmare just 30 minutes later
as the full-time whistle sounded.
Marsh-Brown and his Forest Green Rovers team
mates had been denied promotion by Grimsby
Town, falling to a 3-1 defeat in the final game of
the season. It had been a long, hard season for
Marsh-Brown, who won promotion with Barnet
the year before – although didn't receive a medal
after being frozen out of the side.
WorldFootball spoke to Marsh-Brown, reflecting
on a whirlwind year for the Forest Green number
nine.
Firstly, how did it feel to score such a fantastic
goal at Wembley?
It was an amazing feeling, scoring the goal at
Wembley was a dream come true. I've always
dreamed of playing there, but scoring was the
highlight of my career.
Was it a case of mixed emotions after falling at
the final hurdle in the hunt for promotion?
Emotions were mixed because, on the one hand, I
was buzzing that I scored such a goal, but on the
other I was hurt to see us lose at Wembley and
miss the chance of getting Forest Green into the
Football League.
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