Nicky Forster
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| Nicky Forster | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicholas Michael Forster | |
| Date of birth | September 8, 1973 (age 33) | |
| Place of birth | Caterham, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |
| Nickname | Fozzie | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Hull City | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1991-1992 1992-1994 1994-1997 1997-1999 1999-2005 2005-2006 2006- |
Horley Town Gillingham Brentford Birmingham City Reading Ipswich Town Hull City |
- (-) 67 (24) 109 (39) 67 (11) 186 (59) 24 (8) 28 (3) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1995 | England U21 | 4 (?) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Nicholas Michael Forster (born September 8, 1973 in Caterham, England) is a professional footballer currently playing for Hull City.
Forster was spotted playing for non-league Horley Town and invited for trials by Gillingham in December 1991. After impressing with the youth and reserve teams he signed a professional contract in May 1992, making his debut the following September. He starred for the club during the otherwise disappointing 1993-94 season, scoring 18 goals, but at the end of the season he turned down a new contract and instead joined Brentford for £320,000, a move which provoked bad feeling from Gillingham fans which persisted for many years. [1].
While with Brentford he formed prolific partnerships with Carl Asaba and Robert Taylor (both of whom would later join his former club Gillingham) and was capped by England at under-21 level. In January 1997 he moved to Birmingham City for a fee of £700,000 and in June 1999 moved on to Reading for £650,000.
Despite being a popular player at Reading, he was allowed to join Ipswich on a free transfer in 2005. Unable to replicate for Ipswich the form he showed with Reading due to several injury setbacks over the 2005-06 season, Forster signed a two year contract with Hull City on 31 August 2006 for a £250,000 transfer fee. [2] He had been a team-mate of then-Hull City manager, Phil Parkinson, whilst at Reading.
[edit] References
- ^ Pestell, Keith (2002-11-09). Gillingham 0 Reading 1 - Match Report. Retrieved on January 18, 2007. “As the teams were announced Marlon King, who was starting his first match since being released from Standford Hill prison, received a standing ovation from the home supporters, whilst Reading's Nicky Forster was greeted by boos and chants of "Judas".”
- ^ "Tigers Snap Up Forster", Hull City, 2006-08-31. Retrieved on August 31, 2006.
[edit] Sources
- Roger Triggs (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
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| Hull City A.F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Myhill | 2 Doyle | 3 Dawson | 4 Ashbee | 5 Coles | 6 Turner | 7 Elliott | 8 Barmby | 9 Forster | 10 McPhee | 12 Duke | 14 Parlour | 16 Delaney | 17 Bridges | 19 Welsh | 20 Windass | 21 Ricketts | 22 Marney | 23 Collins | 24 Livermore | 26 Vaz Té | 27 Peltier | 28 Fry | 29 France | 33 Plummer | 34 Featherstone | 36 Aspden | 37 Wilkinson | Manager: Brown |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Forster, Nicholas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8 September 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Caterham |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
