Adrian Forbes

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Adrian Forbes
Personal information
Full name Adrian Emmanuel Forbes
Date of birth January 23, 1979 (1979-01-23) (age 29)
Place of birth    Greenford, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Right Midfielder
Club information
Current club Millwall
Number 20
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1995–2001
2001–2004
2004–2006
2006–2008
2008–		 Norwich City
Luton Town
Swansea City
Blackpool
Millwall		 112 0(8)
072 (14)
069 (11)
036 0(1)
0 11 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 02:35, 16 March 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Adrian Emmanuel Forbes (born 23 January 1979 in Greenford) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Millwall. His position is right midfielder.

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[edit] Career

Forbes began his career at Norwich City in 1995. He played under several different managers in his six years at Carrow Road, including Martin O'Neill, Mike Walker and Bruce Rioch.

In the summer of 2001 he moved to Luton in a £60,000 deal. After three seasons at Kenilworth Road, Forbes signed for Swansea City, who were then in Football League Two, on a free transfer in 2004. In his first season at the club he was ever-present and scored seven goals.[1] On 30 April 2005, Forbes scored Swansea's last-ever league goal at their Vetch Field stadium in a 1-0 win over Shrewsbury Town, before their move to the Liberty stadium. The following match he scored again against Bury to earn the club automatic promotion to Football League One.[2][1] Two years later, in May 2006, he was released by Swansea. Forbes claimed that there had been on-going discussions about a new contract and that he had expected to stay at the club. He reacted by saying he was "shocked and hurt" and that he left "with a very bitter taste" in his mouth about the way the club treated him.[1]

On 1 July he signed for Blackpool on a two year contract with an option for a further year.[3] In December 2006, before Blackpool played Swansea at Bloomfield Road, Forbes publicly slated Swansea manager Kenny Jackett for the manner in which he was released from the club earlier that year, stating that he was still bitter at Jackett.[4] He scored his first goal for Blackpool on 6 March 2007, in a 2-0 win over Bournemouth at Bloomfield Road.[5] He played in Blackpools Play off final win over Yeovil Town at Wembley Stadium which earned the club promotion to the Football League Championship for the first time since 1978.

On 3 January 2008, after failing to establish himself in Blackpool's Championship side, Forbes signed an 18-month contract with Football League One club Millwall.[6]

[edit] Honours

Blackpool

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Forbes bitter over Swans release", BBC Sport, 2006-06-02. Retrieved on 2008-01-03. 
  2. ^ "Forbes hails fine Vetch farewell", BBC Sport, 2005-05-01. Retrieved on 2008-01-03. 
  3. ^ "Two more agree terms", Blackpool F.C., 2006-06-23. Retrieved on 2008-01-03. 
  4. ^ "Bitter Forbes in swipe at Jackett", BBC Sport, 2006-12-08. Retrieved on 2008-01-03. 
  5. ^ "Results:Blackpool 2 Bournemouth 0", soccerbase, 2007-03-06. Retrieved on 2008-01-03. 
  6. ^ "New face", Millwall F.C., 2008-01-03. Retrieved on 2008-01-03. 

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