The Forest Green Rovers Are The World’s Only Vegan Football Team (HBO)

Forest Green Rovers are minnows compared to the giants of the English Premier League, but the tiny English club has its own unique distinction: it’s the world’s first vegan soccer club.
With investment from owner and self-styled hippy Dale Vince, who made his fortune in wind power, the aptly-named club has won promotion to the professional leagues for the first time and transformed itself into the greenest soccer club in the world.
The “Green Devils” use only solar or wind power; play on an organic pitch which grows using recycled rainwater; offer free electric car charging for fans, and have even unveiled plans for a pioneering carbon neutral stadium made entirely of wood.
They’ve also swapped classic soccer fodder of meat pies and pints for soya milk and an entirely vegan menu, while players feast on high energy vegan meals curated by a club chef.
“We’ve got fan clubs springing up all around the world. It is quite incredible,” Vince told VICE News. “These people are not necessarily football fans. But they’re people who are concerned about the environment, and they’re adopting us because of what we stand for off the pitch.”
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[@eggs2627]

Idk why this video is getting so much hate. They are doing absolutely nothing wrong. Even if you don't like the idea of being a vegan, they are doing something positive.

[@GenJotsu]

Most people tend to lash out when any semblance of their character is seemingly attacked. I'm not vegan at all, but I respect what they're about.

[@SuperPopem]

That's because you are a naive fool! The owner of this club is a fascist egomaniac and as taken this humble club hostage and coerced it's members into adopting his life style, moreover he is using the most popular sport in the world to push a seemingly inofensivo agenda to promulgate his dogma on unsuspecting football fans!

[@eggs2627]

Superpopem alright conspiracy nutjob

[@SuperPopem]

Leroy Stevens typical ad hominem attack! I think if you took the time to read my comment you could understand that everything I listed is exactly what happened. So no conspiracy here you can however use the word scheme as it is more fitting what is at play here.

[@eggs2627]

Superpopem I read your comment fully. Trust me, I did. Now, I used to be like you, a crazy fucking conspiracy lunatic that thought every rich person was behind a secret master plan. Eh, no. Plain stupidity. Now dude if he wants to push his agenda then let him do it. It's a normal and selfish thing to do, but it is human nature. Shit if I was rich af I would, any human would push their agenda because we naturally like and seek people that share our views and values. So chill out, he is not doing any harm, other than pushing his evil world-dominating-NWO-illuminati-freemason-agenda

[@NYOKI]

Don't understand the hate at all, this is an amazing project. If you disagree, then you are afraid of change. Spread knowledge.

[@clxma]

Maybe because it's not worth the news

[@kushkeith3033]

So the problem is that VICE used to make good content, they where known for making these great realistic documentaries on wars, cartels, drug trade, and generally the dark side of countries, now they just make shitty news about politics or something like this. Like its cool news, but its not what people really want from VICE.

[@gerardhiggins4827]

The club is at the bottom of the English football league..it’s safe to say this project is truly a failure..they should get back to eating meat and get their strength back🤦‍♂️

[@antoinedoinell]

Forget the hate, that cafe food looked amazing compared to some of the absolute shit I've seen at some sporting venues.

[@anitac5523]

They've just earned themselves a new supporter!

[@gao1812]

Keep up with the good job guys! Here's some Vegan love from Brazil 💚 🇧🇷 💪🌱🌎

[@JubzAlmighty]

The sustainability of this club is great! It honestly is amazing! From a Port Vale supporter!

[@j.c5078]

Real men don't partake in animal abuse! Best of luck lads

[@rubi.s.c]

Joel Cohen yay!☀💙👏😊

[@Hashishin13]

They eat still living plants completely disregarding their welfare and the fact that they are living things.

[@woodycoat]

real men don't partake in plant destruction

[@PantsB4Squares]

Joel Cohen how progressive you are sub human! How many animals are killed every year from harvesting crops? Can tell you birds alone of over a million. Science has also proved that plants feel pain and have responses/communication. If you do vegan for health reasons good on you i say! It can be great for a certain persons body. But if you play the animals killed called, thats just hypocritical. Im not tryna bash you, just making you realize.... In truth most people are against animal cruelty and factory farming. But whats so bad about hunting say an elk yourself to feed your family for a year? One animal killed (natural process for history of humanity) vs factory farming which kills huge amounts of creatures itself. Beimg vegan is great. Just be real about your reasoning for it.

[@RuiLuz]

Real men dont eat plants either. Cricket boys, lel.

[@malcolmbartram5273]

Currently Forest Green are facing back to back relegation.

[@Hayley-kp6wt]

This is so so promising

[@ECsponger2]

GOOD ON YA, BOYS

[@karenhamilton5655]

These guys just rock !! - if only all of them were like this ...

[@florida199]

The players are not vegans , no meat products are allowed in the stadium but they all eat meat when they are not there.

[@c200065524]

I believe the vegan lifestyle is only forced during home games and when they play away, they can eat whatever they want

[@liammalone7729]

Come On Forest Green Rovers!!! Much love, Dublin, Ireland 💚

[@Kudejikashi]

Is that why nobody cares about this team

[@alejandrorobles1343]

Edgar Pitones Lol I've never even heard of them

[@redmenacetv]

Looked like there were plenty of people that cared there on match day.

[@nicblueberry6360]

Why would you dislike a team because they dont eat meat? That's so childish.

[@theWACKIIRAQI]

Edgar Pitones AND that's why they are winners...NOT

[@coentertainer]

They're actually possibly the most famous club in their division.

[@wesleygonzales2049]

my new adopted football team!

[@BlissBlessHappiness]

Beautiful video! Thank you vice. The world is moving...

[@VaqueroVegano]

Daniel Ananda Alexander vegang foreva

[@DannyCastanzenberry]

Vice back again with quality content

[@alejandrorobles1343]

Danny Canstanzenberry What is "quality content" from vice for you ?

[@OjaysReel]

You're so edgy.

[@Digitalhunny]

**Attention **_ALL_** Vegans: Plants scream & take care of their young too!** **We can't hear them, we smell them. Now what??** 'The Sounds that Plants make' PBS Documentary. Everything we eat is basically MURDER! EVERYTHING! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaPVhHSZYtudfZY

[@theWACKIIRAQI]

Danny Canstanzenberry lol read my comment above

[@RenaultGrandScenic67]

Brilliant. Excellent work going on at FGR! I reckon I'll be following the club a lot more in the future

[@bethanyb6932]

This is sooooooo inspirational! Fast forward way of thinking and implementing!!! Come on, USA catch up !

[@PROJECT_936_dot_NET]

Forest Green Rovers! Go Go Go. We taking over.. Vegan Power.

[@Xx-po1fu]

How do you know what they eat at home. There are a lot of on again off again vegans. H

[@war8436]

vegetarian vegan & herbivore

[@exactinmidget92]

"performance food"? is this why they are 22nd in their league.

[@luissuarez7832]

Lmfao fr dumbass green morons

[@aurathedraak7909]

#vegetarianforlife Vegan is alright.

[@Magani79]

Hey man, might wanna think whether you want to continue drinking milk or not. knowledge is power kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5SxaIZ9fNR2hKs

[@GamingFunps4andxboxone]

Now in league one.

[@andrewmcglashan5385]

Old mate said the top athletes don’t eat red meat. That’s just straight up wrong before every game the greatest basketball player of all time would eat a steak and Messi took like 600 pounds of steak to the World Cup in 2022

[@Katharsis540]

From Spain you got my vote.

[@reaputnam]

Why are y’all so upset in the comments? It seems like the only snowflakes here are the people complaining about a vegan football team. Seriously, if you don’t like it, you didn’t have to click on it.

[@GodlyEddy]

This is news? Fucking vegan soccer teams? It doesnt matter! Unsubbing, I liked the old vice...

[@daloverboycarlos09]

👏👏👏👏🙌👏👏👏

[@VaqueroVegano]

Yo vegang foreva JUU HURRRRRRD

[@danparker5051]

Wheeeeeres ya sauuusage rollls...where'syasausagerolls!

[@CameronGoodchild]

Wasn’t the owner wearing an animal fur hooded coat ?

[@OB.x]

Vegans and fucking soccer..... What are two things no one gives about in the US?

[@m.a.l.d7613]

SOY BOYS

[@JoDeKeCh]

What if I told you, that you could be vegan without eating soy products?

[@SuperKidnappers]

I think he was celebrating vegans but yea no soy required forsure

[@morb0yo]

he is definitely not celebrating vegans see: knowyourmeme.com/memes/soy-boy

[@Dorian-lq3up]

"Kill All Trihards" Start with yourself.

[@azza2473]

A completely unsustainable club reliant on the owner's millions due to piss poor attendances. If he leaves or suffers financially the club will fold!

[@barryjenkins6137]

except he hasnt put any money in for 2 years now and we have been in profit as we have been buying players cheap,improving them and selling them on at a profit, we also have big name sponsors like Inoocent smoothies, so very sustainable

[@azza2473]

@@barryjenkins6137 Relying on the transfer market to balance your books is hardly sustainable. Every transfer is a gamble so maybe betting on this method for financial stability isn’t the greatest idea. I very much doubt he hasn’t put in any money since the start of the pandemic (although the club may have had some cash because of all that debt they owe?). Also btw big name sponsors doesn’t always mean massive revenue, it’s still a small club and it’s not even a shirt sponsor it’s a stadium sponsor which is worth less.

[@iamank]

they can mow their own ground that's good.......:D

[@ronaldoroda403]

Nice down jacket.

[@brothersoulshine]

We charged our Leaf at the club when it had got down to --- on the battery. It was a few years ago and was our first big trip in it (from Yorkshire). Thanks Dale!

[@47morlock]

What the ball is made of ?

[@HappyonefreePrincessforever]

🆓👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏳️🏳️🥗🥗🥦

[@OneHappyPrincessKawaii]

Revenge only to meat eaters? Misha asked

[@mcc5295]

well i feel bad for the animals who suffer every second

[@000DarkGrakux000]

awesome.... maybe one day spain will learn this lesson

[@OneHappyPrincessKawaii]

Perukua stolen yors idea Ildar Said

[@cordellboss]

yes i follow them on Instagram these are my guuuuysss

[@cordellboss]

can i please go to a game so i can eat that food i am jealous

[@kentoolsen]

I wonder if the fur on his jacket is vegan...

[@Bleedyeyes2]

Kent Olsen probably faux fur

[@stanlee1857]

It’s probably pubic hair

[@Bleedyeyes2]

Daniel Domingo lol thanks for the laugh

[@SAFbikes]

faux fur still perpetuates the slaughter of animals threw fashion... hypocritsssss

[@rubi.s.c]

Of course it is

[@BushBoyFreeland]

Damn I’m a fan now

[@awemanyfit]

Nice goals. I'm not a vegan but this is nice,to see what clubs can achieve with restrictions

[@mcc5295]

great team

[@working2bselfsufficient724]

Healthy? What injections and supplements are you taking?

[@GG-nn4op]

FairPlay 👏🏼 good game today 💛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🖤

[@jonniegibson7304]

Forest green are by far the greatest team the world has ever seen. Notts county was a great game with a great goal by tahvon Campbell. You don’t notice the vegan apart from the best chips and curry sauce ever

[@Ljjdjdjdjdjdj838]

An away day without any meat pies🤧 disgrace

[@gesus44]

Pick them up and run with them? Thats rugby mate. Go Vegans!

[@johnsradios484]

People don’t like change but a different spin that helps the environment and body.

[@georgeyoutube4695]

Stroud, where Forrest green is, is literally a town of hippies so it makes sense that their team is a vegan team.

[@bowhunter69]

If only I had known they were going to end up like this as a kid growing up reading Roy of the Rovers and now nambi pambi. 🤕🔫

[@imrickjamesbiiiiitchhh6161]

*THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!*

[@magikarp2285]

The head chef is actually cooking very nice meals.

[@taiyo1008]

Who cares what they eat? I care about how good they can play football

[@andrewmichel3896]

I'm falling in love with this club

[@TheColombiano89]

Vice stole this from copa90

[@theylied1776]

They are Vegan and they play Kickball?

[@chris3396]

Who the hell cares what they eat? Sport is about winning. If they win everything we can talk about their food.

[@McBenjiBoo]

Would you watch a video looking at the generic food served at Etihad? No, because it's the same stuff sold at every stadium that you've probably eaten thousands of times.

[@cyb3rst4r93]

I dont know why im here

[@tropicalr5]

Brexit means Brexit

[@ACBlackJ0ck]

Love how no-one's talking about what position they're in now that they're making the Top 10 these days 🤣🤣

[@GG-nn4op]

Did well actually. Though we beat them today 🖤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💛

[@gerardhiggins4827]

2024 update…they’re at the bottom of the English football league…that’s veganism for ya🤷

[@TheIsalaza]

GO VEGAN!

[@kaiserlaura127]

dasdasdasdasdas

[@harrison85]

Love it.

[@LinkWave290]

0:54 Isn't that a Canada Goose jacket?...

[@SOULJALOS]

anyone know any vegan cleats/boots to buy?

[@cyb3rst4r93]

Leather shoes are the best to wear, trust me

[@thehourcal3670]

Ally O, League One here we come!

[@itzzstrugglenick2129]

team vegannn

[@DhruvPatel-zg1zs]

Great work thank you for saving animals.

[@PalisBee]

👍👍👍👍

[@yvonneamaral8769]

Love his ideas and the footballers🌟

[@smoggies88]

seems like a bad way to run a football club

[@arjanpatel4895]

Unlike you, they're actually making a difference. Take notes.

[@smoggies88]

@@arjanpatel4895 1u dont know anything about me so how would u know xD and i assumed that the players had to be vegan which isnt true so apart from lost revenue from fans purchasing food it shouldnt have to much of a bad impact,although lost revenue is never a good thing at small clubs like this

[@user-og6vd6fc9l]

But they are stomping on grass? Isnt grass alive under their feet?

[@FPOAK]

"I'm vegan because I'm against killing anything alive" isn't an argument that any vegan has ever made. I'm sure it's an easier position to refute and to imply hypocrisy, but it's not an accurate representation of the vegan argument. Vegans are concerned with sentience.

[@v1v1dpoker]

But you are typing on keyboard? Isn't brain in your head?

[@Dah2291]

TTT So what ? These kind of comments are so dumb.

[@user-og6vd6fc9l]

Chimfish I was being sarcastic, I have nothing against vegans :) just a little joke to get vegan reactions 😉

[@FPOAK]

TTT Oh ok, but the "Plants Tho" premise of the joke is actually used all the time as a serious argument against veganism so I still think it's worth responding to in case anybody reading the comments doesn't realize why it's an unconvincing argument.

[@FloodedHedge]

Lol Dale Vince is a nutter. Also they're not a village team - they represent the Stroud district which is an area of 90,000 or so people

[@MCPEMINOL]

FloodedHedge why is he a nutter

[@thehourcal3670]

Nailsworth is what they represent, not Stroud, that’s like saying Cheltenham represents Gloucester, dumb ass.

[@SIETETIZ]

Vegan but they wear leather cleats on the field 😂😂😂😂

[@BalboaBaggins]

People can learn much from this awesome football team! 👍

[@screech3859]

"... The rest we pull off the grid from our own solar panels and wind turbines. So we are 100% green." This statement hurt my brain. By getting the electricity from the grid it's all the same energy, you can't magically separate electricity created from green methods from electricity made from non-green methods once they are put into the same system.

[@s0567840]

Screech Correct. But they own a green energy supplier with windmills generating in the area. They can therefore ensure their demand is balanced by equal renewable supply. The grid network is a constant flux of demand and supply from many, many sources. It's not precise to the kW level, but dirty generators will be tuned off/down if alternatives are taking their place.

[@screech3859]

Ross Mawdsley yes if he had of said they are off setting any energy they use from non renewable resources by providing green energy to the grid it would have been a more accurate statement. But that's not what he said.

[@kbmai100]

soccer*

[@Linx_82]

Most of the world calls it football.

[@cyb3rst4r93]

Also um.. you're probably American so you didn't make the language

[@kayilla6413]

next episode on vice - "World's first all gay team"

[@iMadrid11]

It’s already been done. Check the Vice archives kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXLbl5ZshbagjNk

[@bimapringgo]

Screw that, I want to see the first all transexual woman team playing in a women's league. That should be fun.

[@Hashishin13]

"There are no gender differences! We need women's leagues!" Which is it SJWs?

[@TheCoconutCookie]

"Real athletes don't eat red meat" > 2 minutes later "Just have a beer, you know?"

[@McBenjiBoo]

I think he was talking about customers complaining about the lack of milk for tea/coffee.

[@blackness010]

taking the whole "im a vegan" to a new level

[@hookah-smokingcaterpillar2839]

Yeah have you not heard the fifa18 career mode challenge with forest green rovers? They have there own special power that when it's raining and your playing them they get 100% stamina back after the game. 100% true no lie.

[@UnityRojo]

They probably kick the ball only 10 ft bc of their vegetable noodle legs

[@Kiyarose3999]

All the stats I’ve seen of ghg emissions from animal pharming were 18%!.

[@pandaboogie7369]

Sorry little Billy we don’t got milk, but here is a nice cold beer

[@47morlock]

Players don't look vegan to me

[@PantsB4Squares]

What pussys. Eat meat humans.

[@jacobteert3923]

Does anyone give a sh!t though?

[@iMadrid11]

I doubt the pro footballers diet are fully vegan. These guys still eat their steaks at home. Oh btw I’m omnivorous.

[@timopomer]

i remember when vice went to dangerous countries for real hq journalism. these days its just racebaity, clickbaity garbage content. who cares about the dietary choices of a bunch of soccer players?

[@rafspitfire]

No milk but have a beer, sound reasoning!

[@sporadikstyles]

lol A team with players made of glass

[@kksdiiiv1447]

Green in 2 Bankrupt in 5