Forest Green 3 Telford 0 - Report and pictures

The Bucks had done a solid job containing their play-off chasing hosts in the first half.

But once they fell behind to Jon Parkin's close range finish midway through the second, they had no answer and shipped two further late strikes.

With fifth-from-bottom Southport claiming a point against Dover, the Bucks are now 10 points from safety with just 13 games remaining.

Telford, who handed competitive debuts to new signing Ross Dyer and Bolton Wanderers loanee Glenn Matthews, almost went behind after nine minutes.

Fortunately James Marwood's low drive just whistled wide of the far post and Parkin just arrived there too late to get the vital touch.

Marwood had the ball in the net a few minutes later but the effort was ruled out for a foul on Bucks' skipper Ian Sharps.

At the other end Telford striker Tony Gray drew a solid save from Rovers goalkeeper Steve Arnold and Danny Ventre just failed to reach Neill Byrne with a well-flighted free-kick.

The hosts monopolised most of the meaningful possession in the first half but without creating much of further note.

And the Bucks began to ask a few questions as the half drew to a close, but Sharps had to bail out Matthews following an error in stoppage time.

The youngster, who was making his senior debut, misjudged an angled ball into the box allowing Rovers' top scorer Jon Parkin in on goal but Sharps was over quickly to clear.

The Bucks, who replaced top scorer Tony Gray with Adam Farrell at the break, suffered a big let off three minutes into the second half.

Parkin was left unmarked in the box but could only nod Rob Sinclair's free-kick straight at goalkeeper Freddy Hall from close range.

James Norwood also went close with a curling effort from the edge of the box soon afterwards.

And Forest Green finally got their breakthrough with 25 minutes remaining when Parkin stabbed home from close range.

An error on the edge of their own box led to the scoring opportunity and the experienced frontman made no mistake on the rebound.

Hall did well to save a Norwood volley as the hosts continued to make most of the running entering the final quarter of the game.

But Dyer drilled a decent half chance just over with 13 minutes remaining after a poor defensive clearance by a Rovers defender.

And Charlie Clough punished that miss when he nodded home from a free-kick to double Forest Green's advantage seven minutes from the end.

Elliott Frear completed a miserable day at the office for the visitors when he smashed home a third on 90 minutes with the Bucks marking all at sea.