Tom Forrester

Tom Forrester
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Forrester
Date of birth	June 1864
Place of birth	Stoke-upon-Trent, England
Date of death	?
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1887	Trentham
1888–1889	Stoke
1889–1892	Stoke St Peter's
1892–1894	Ardwick
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Forrester (June 1864 – ?) was an English footballer who played for Ardwick and Stoke.^[1]

Career

Forrester played for Trentham before he joined Stoke in 1888.^[1] He was a member of Stoke's reserve side the 'Swifts' and was overlooked by manager Harry Lockett for the first team.^[1] His only senior appearance came in the FA Cup against Warwick County.^[1] Stoke lost and most of the reserve players including Forrester were released. He later went on to play for Stoke St Peter's.^[1]

From there he joined Ardwick on 5 October 1892.^[2] He made his Football League debut on 26 November 1892 against Burton Swifts and went on to score twice in 10 appearances for Ardwick.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke	1888–89^[1]	The Football League	0	0	1	0	1	0
Ardwick	1892–93^[3]	Second Division	4	1	0	0	4	1
Ardwick	1893–94^[3]	Second Division	6	1	0	0	6	1
Career total			10	2	1	0	11	2

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
^ Toovey, Paul (2009). Manchester City –The Birth of the Blues 1880–1894. Stockport: Paul Toovey. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-9561910-0-7.
^ ^a ^b Tom Forrester at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)