Jack Forrest (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Forrest[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1878[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Lanarkshire, Scotland[1] | ||
| Date of death | Unknown | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| – | Motherwell | ||
| 1902–1903 | Stoke | 6 | (3) |
| 1903–1905 | Bradford City | 53 | (18) |
| – | Hamilton Academical | ||
| Total | 59 | (21) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
John "Jack" Forrest (1878 – unknown) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford City and Stoke.[1]
Career
Forrest was born in Lanarkshire and played for Motherwell before being signed by Stoke in 1902 after being highly recommended by the club's Scotland based scouts.[1] He began his Stoke career brilliantly scoring twice on his debut in a 3–0 win over Staffordshire rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers and scored this third against Liverpool two matches later.[1] But after the first month at the club he began to feel homesick and was allowed to return to Scotland.[1] He played once in November and then in April before the board had enough of Forrest and told him to leave.[1]
In May 1903 he joined the newly formed league club Bradford City taking his place in the club's first line-up against Grimsby Town on 1 September 1903. He spent a little over two seasons at Bradford scoring 18 goals in 53 league games and being the club's top goal-scorer in 1904–05. He also scored six goals from just five FA Cup games including four in a 9–0 win over Sunderland W.E. on 10 December 1905. In January 1906, he left to join Hamilton Academical.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke | 1902–03 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Total | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| Bradford City | 1903–04 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 7 |
| 1904–05 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | |
| 1905–06 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 24 | |
| Career Total | 59 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 64 | 27 | |