Richard Forsyth

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Richard Michael Forsyth (born 3 October 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made nearly 250 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City, Stoke City, Blackpool, Peterborough United and Cheltenham Town.[1]

Playing career

Forsyth was born in Dudley, Staffordshire (now West Midlands).[2] He began his football career with Stourbridge before joining Kidderminster Harriers in 1987. In eight years with the club he played more than 300 games in all competitions, scoring 71 goals.[3] He was part of the team which won the Conference title in 1993–94,[4] and was the club's leading league scorer for the 1994–95 season with 13 goals,[5] before moving to Birmingham City for a fee of £100,000.[4]

A year later he moved on to Stoke City for a £200,000 fee,[6] where he scored the first League goal in Stoke's new Britannia Stadium,[7] went on to spend three seasons with the club playing more than 100 games in all competitions.[2] His next move was to Blackpool on a free transfer in 1999, and then to Peterborough United, also on a free, where he linked up again with former Birmingham manager Barry Fry.[6] In October 2002, amid financial uncertainty at Peterborough, Forsyth joined Cheltenham Town on a month's loan;[8] on his return to Peterborough, the club expected him to remain with them, but, claiming the player had been "unsettled" by Cheltenham's offer of a longer permanent contract, finally allowed him to join Cheltenham for a fee of £15,000.[9][10] In January 2003 he sustained a hamstring injury which put paid to the remainder of his season.[11][12] Released at the end of the 2003–2004 season, Forsyth joined Northwich Victoria on non-contract terms,[13] but within weeks he suffered cruciate ligament damage which would keep him out for the season.[14]

He has since played for Stoke City's Masters team,[15] and for Wolverhampton Casuals[16] and Shawbury United[17] of the West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division.

After his career in football, he taught physical education at North East Wolverhampton Academy and Ormiston Forge Academy.[18]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[19]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Birmingham City 1995–96 First Division 26 2 2 0 9 0 4 0 41 2
Stoke City 1996–97 First Division 40 8 1 0 3 0 0 0 44 8
1997–98 First Division 37 7 1 0 4 1 0 0 42 8
1998–99 Second Division 18 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 22 2
Total 95 17 4 0 7 1 2 0 108 18
Blackpool 1999–2000 Second Division 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
Peterborough United 2000–01 Second Division 30 2 5 1 2 0 1 0 38 3
2001–02 Second Division 32 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 39 1
2002–03 Second Division 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Total 70 2 9 1 4 1 2 0 85 4
Cheltenham Town 2002–03 Second Division 12 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 17 3
2003–04 Third Division 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 29 2
Total 39 4 5 0 0 0 2 1 46 5
Northwich Victoria 2004–05 Football Conference 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Career total 246 25 22 1 20 2 11 1 299 29

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Honours

Kidderminster Harriers

References

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