Matt Forster Explained

Matt Forster
Fullname:Matthew Forster
Birth Date:19 August 1900[1]
Birth Place:Whickham, Durham, England
Death Date:July 1976 (aged 75)
Height:[2]
Position:Full back
Years1:1920–1929
Years2:1930–1932
Years3:1933–????
Clubs3:Charlton Athletic
Caps1:236
Caps2:70
Caps3:1

Matthew Forster (19 August 1900 – July 1976) was a professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Reading and Charlton Athletic.[3]

Football career

Forster, a full back, joined Tottenham from Newburn in 1920 and made 244 appearances in all competitions for the club.[4] He joined Reading in 1930 and went on to feature in a further 70 matches before making the move to Charlton Athletic in 1933 and play a solitary game.

Notes and References

  1. 1939 England and Wales Register . Parliament of the United Kingdom . 1939.
  2. News: Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Tottenham Hotspur . The Vagrant . Athletic News . Manchester . 21 August 1922 . 5.
  3. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records. 2004 . soccerdata . 1-899468-63-3. 93.
  4. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players