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

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan=5|Stoke

|1913–14

|Southern League Division Two

|1

000colspan="2"|—10
1914–15

|Southern League Division Two

|0

010colspan="2"|—10
1919–20

|Second Division

|0

000colspan="2"|—00
1920–21

|Second Division

|7

000colspan="2"|—70
colspan=2|Total

!8

010colspan="2"|—||90
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}}

|Cheshire League

|29

301010174047
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

0001040
colspan=2|Total

!32

301011174447
colspan=3|Career total

!40

302011175347

References