| Tyler Hornby-Forbes | |
| Fullname: | Tyler Cecil Hornby-Forbes[1] |
| Birth Date: | 8 March 1996[2] |
| Birth Place: | Preston, England |
| Height: | 1.78 m |
| Position: | Right-back, Right winger |
| Youthyears1: | –2014 |
| Youthclubs1: | Preston North End |
| Years1: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Fleetwood Town |
| Caps1: | 33 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs2: | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs3: | → Accrington Stanley (loan) |
| Caps3: | 6 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs4: | Newport County |
| Caps4: | 14 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2019 |
| Clubs5: | → Salford City (loan) |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs6: | AFC Fylde |
| Caps6: | 6 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2020 |
| Clubs7: | → Spennymoor Town (loan) |
| Caps7: | 8 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Years8: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs8: | Spennymoor Town |
| Caps8: | 18 |
| Goals8: | 3 |
| Years9: | 2021 |
| Clubs9: | Colne |
| Caps9: | 7 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 22:08, 13 September 2021 (UTC) |
Tyler Cecil Hornby-Forbes (born 8 March 1996) is an English professional footballer who last played for Colne, as a right-back and right winger.
Hornby-Forbes was a youth player at Preston North End and progressed through the academy.[3] However, at the end of the season, Hornby-Forbes was released by the club following his end of his scholarships and moved to Fleetwood Town in the summer of 2014.[4] [5]
He made his professional debut for them on 15 November 2014, having lost his mother only a few days beforehand.[6] Usually a winger, Hornby-Forbes played as a right-back in that match due to the absence of usual starter Conor McLaughlin, who was absent on international duty with Northern Ireland.[6] On 20 March 2015, Hornby-Forbes provided an assist for Jamie Proctor to score the club's first goal of the game and the club went on to score a late equaliser to draw 2–2 against Bradford City.[7] Hornby-Forbes went on to be a first team regular in the 2014–15 season, playing in the right-back position and made seventeen appearances.[8] At the end of the 2014–15 season, Hornby-Forbes was offered a new contract by Fleetwood Town.[9]
In the 2015–16 season, Hornby-Forbes scored on his first appearance of the season, in a 4–3 win over Bury on 18 August 2015[10] and then scored his second goal for the club on 19 September 2015, in a 2–1 loss against Wigan Athletic.[11] However, Hornby-Forbes spent most of the season on the substitute bench, due to Conor McLaughlin's form and his own injury concern.[12] At the end of the season, Hornby-Forbes made sixteen appearances and scoring two times and was offered a new contract by the club.[13] However, Hornby-Forbes' future at the club was in doubt after yet signed a contract[14] and attracted interests from Brighton & Hove Albion when they had a bid from Fleetwood Town accepted.[15]
On 12 July 2016, Hornby-Forbes transferred to Football League Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-year contract and initially linking up with the club's development squad.[16] He moved on loan to Accrington Stanley in August 2017,[17] in January 2018 he returned to the club.[18] He was released by Brighton at the end of the 2017–18 season.[19]
On 28 June 2018, Hornby-Forbes signed for Newport County on a one-year deal.[20] He made his debut for the club on the opening day of the 2018–19 season, starting in a 3–0 defeat to Mansfield Town.[21] On 27 March 2019 he joined Salford City on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season[22] but did not play a match for them whilst at the club. He was released by Newport at the end of the 2018–19 season.[23]
In September 2019 he signed for AFC Fylde on non-contract terms.[24] [25] In January 2020, he was loaned out to Spennymoor Town for the rest of the season, before the deal was made permanent in June 2020.[26] In August 2021, he signed for Northern Premier League Division One West side Colne.[27]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Fleetwood Town | 2014–15 | League One | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | League One | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[28] | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||
| Total | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 2 | |||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2016–17 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Accrington Stanley (loan) | 2017–18 | League Two | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Newport County | 2018–19 | League Two | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| AFC Fylde | 2019–20 | National League | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Spennymoor Town (loan) | 2019–20 | National League North | 8 | 3 | — | — | — | 8 | 3 | ||||
| Spennymoor Town | 2020–21[29] | National League North | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[30] | 1 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Total | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | 21 | 3 | ||||
| Colne | 2021–22[31] | NPL Division One West | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 84 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 107 | 8 | |||