Adrian Forbes

Football player infobox


playername = Adrian Forbes
fullname = Adrian Emmanuel Forbes
nickname = Gus
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|1|23
cityofbirth = Greenford
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=5|in=8
currentclub = Millwall
clubnumber = 20
position = Right Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1995–2001
2001–2004
2004–2006
2006–2008
2008–
clubs = Norwich City
Luton Town
Swansea City
Blackpool
Millwall
caps(goals) = 112 0(8)
072 (14)
069 (11)
036 0(1)
0 11 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 02:35, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

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

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. 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.cite news
title =Forbes hails fine Vetch farewell
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2005-05-01
url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/4503601.stm
accessdate = 2008-01-03 ] 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.cite news
title =Forbes bitter over Swans release
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2006-06-02
url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/5037146.stm
accessdate = 2008-01-03 ]

On 1 July he signed for Blackpool on a two year contract with an option for a further year.cite news
title = Two more agree terms
publisher = Blackpool F.C.
date = 2006-06-23
url = http://www.blackpoolfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10432~842251,00.html
accessdate = 2008-01-03 ] 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.cite news
title =Bitter Forbes in swipe at Jackett
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2006-12-08
url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/6161145.stm
accessdate = 2008-01-03 ] He scored his first goal for Blackpool on 6 March 2007, in a 2-0 win over Bournemouth at Bloomfield Road.cite news
title =Results:Blackpool 2 Bournemouth 0
publisher = soccerbase
date =2007-03-06
url =http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=511807
accessdate = 2008-01-03 ] 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.cite news
title = New face
publisher = Millwall F.C.
date = 2008-01-03
url = http://www.millwallfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10367~1205645,00.html
accessdate = 2008-01-03 ]

Honours

Blackpool
*League One play-off final winner: 2006-07

References

External links

*soccerbase|id=9766|name=Adrian Forbes
* [http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/forbes-adrian.htm Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk]
* [http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=player_details&playerID=32572 Profile at PlayerHistory.com]