Savage joined Forest Green Rovers following a highly successful tenure at Macclesfield FC, the seventh-tier phoenix club established after Macclesfield Town was wound up in 2020. During his time with the Silkmen, he guided the club to promotion to the National League North, scoring 109 goals and securing 109 points.
Upon his arrival in Gloucestershire in July 2025, he led Forest Green to the play-offs, though the campaign ultimately ended in a defeat to Boreham Wood. However, it proved to be his only full season in charge, as Savage departed the club on October 2nd with the team sitting in 13th place after 11 matches.
At the time, club owner Vince initially refused Peterborough United permission to speak with Savage, but relented after claiming the club approached him directly. “Peterborough themselves have covered themselves in no glory here. They came to us and said, ‘We would like to speak to your manager,'” Vince stated to BBC Radio Gloucestershire ten days after the appointment. “We said no, and so they spoke to him, and then he came to us and said, ‘I hear Peterborough want to speak to me.’ So, that’s an illegal approach.”
In response, Peterborough United chairman Darren MacAnthony refuted the allegations, asserting on X that the process of appointing the new manager was “100% correct and proper, following all the rules.”
Since joining Peterborough, Savage’s managerial record stands at two wins, two draws, and two losses across all competitions.
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