Forest Green midfielder Kieron Forbes has joined Aldershot Town on a six-month loan deal after falling down the pecking order at the New Lawn.
Signed from Wealdstone by Dave Hockaday in December 2010, the former Watford man was a key player at the club prior to Ady Pennock's arrival as manager.
But the 23-year-old spent the final two months of last season on loan at Conference South outfit Whitehawk, and the arrivals of Sam Wedbury, Clovis Kamdjo and Rob Sinclair in Nailsworth this summer effectively signalled the end of his Rovers career.
Forbes made his first senior appearance as a 16-year-old at Watford as a substitute in a League Cup tie against Gillingham in August 2007.
After leaving Vicarage Road he joined Wealdstone in 2008 and was part of the side that battled to reach the second round of the FA Cup in 2009, eventually losing to Football League side Rotherham United.
He was subsequently reunited with former Watford academy coach Hockaday, and he made more than 100 Conference appearances for Rovers.
The pre-season Nailsworth derby between Shortwood United and Forest Green Rovers, scheduled for Saturday afternoon, had to be cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch at Meadowbank.
Overnight storms and persistent heavy rain in the morning left the surface unplayable and nearby roads impassable.
Rovers will be in pre-season action again this Tuesday, with two squads sent to play at Gloucester City and Slimbridge on the same evening.
