Reg Forester
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Reg Forester
| image =
| fullname = Reginald Forester
| birth_date = 20 March 1892
| birth_place = Penkhull, Stoke-upon-Trent, England
| death_date = 9 December 1959 (aged 67)
| death_place = Newcastle-Under-Lyme, England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}{{cite news |title=Football's advent. Stoke |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=15 August 1921 |page=6}}
| position = Left half
| years1 = | clubs1 = Kidsgrove Wellington | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1911 | clubs2 = Manchester City | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1912–1921| clubs3 = Stoke | caps3 = 8 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1922–1924| clubs4 = Macclesfield | caps4 = 32| goals4 = 30
| years5 = – | clubs5 = Congleton Town | caps5 = | goals5 =
| totalcaps = 40 | totalgoals = 30
}}
Reginald Forester (20 March 1892 – 9 December 1959) was an English footballer who played for Stoke.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}
Career
Forester was born in Penkhull and began his career with Kidsgrove Wellington. He joined Manchester City in 1911 but failed to make an appearance and left for Stoke in 1912. He played twice for Stoke before World War I and following the hostilities he played seven matches in 1920–21. He left at the end of the season for non-league Macclesfield and then Congleton Town.
Career statistics
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||
rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
rowspan=5|Stoke
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
1914–15
|Southern League Division Two |0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
1919–20
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
1920–21
|Second Division |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||
colspan=2|Total
!8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|—||9 | 0 | |||
rowspan=3|Macclesfield
|1922–23{{cite web |title=Cheshire League - 1922-23 |url=http://silkmenarchives.org.uk/season_stats/Cheshire_league/1922_23.html |website=Silkmen Archive}} |29 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 47 | |
1923–24{{cite web |title=Cheshire League - 1923-24 |url=http://silkmenarchives.org.uk/season_stats/Cheshire_league/1923_24.html |website=Silkmen Archive}}
|Cheshire League |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
colspan=2|Total
!32 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 44 | 47 | |
colspan=3|Career total
!40 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 53 | 47 |
References
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Macclesfield Town F.C. players
Category:Manchester City F.C. players
Category:Stoke City F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Southern Football League players
Category:Congleton Town F.C. players