| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew Forster | ||
| Date of birth | (1900-08-19)19 August 19001 | ||
| Place of birth | Whickham, Durham, England | ||
| Date of death | July 1976 (aged 75) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)2 | ||
| Position | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1920–1929 | Tottenham Hotspur | 236 | |
| 1930–1932 | Reading | 70 | |
| 1933–???? | Charlton Athletic | 1 | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Matthew Forster (19 August 1900 – July 1976) was a professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Reading and Charlton Athletic.3
Football career
Forster, a full back, joined Tottenham from Newburn in 1920 and made 244 appearances in all competitions for the club.4 He joined Reading in 1930 and went on to feature in a further 70 matches before making the move to Charlton Athletic in 1933 and play a solitary game.
References
References
- 1939 England and Wales Register (Report). Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1939.
- The Vagrant (21 August 1922). "Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Tottenham Hotspur". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
- Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. soccerdata. p. 93. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players Retrieved 29 November 2012 Archived 15 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine