Nicky Forster
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicholas Michael Forster | ||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Caterham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991 | Horley Town | ? | (?) |
| 1992–1994 | Gillingham | 67 | (24) |
| 1992 | → Margate (loan) | 1 | (1) |
| 1992 | → Hythe Town (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 1994–1997 | Brentford | 109 | (39) |
| 1997–1999 | Birmingham City | 67 | (11) |
| 1999–2005 | Reading | 186 | (59) |
| 2005–2006 | Ipswich Town | 24 | (8) |
| 2006–2007 | Hull City | 35 | (5) |
| 2007–2010 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 98 | (40) |
| 2010 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Brentford | 18 | (1) |
| 2011 | Lingfield | 4 | (6) |
| 2012–2013 | Dover Athletic | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 621 | (196) | |
| National team | |||
| 1995 | England U-21 | 4 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011 | Brentford | ||
| 2011–2013 | Dover Athletic | ||
| 2015–2016 | Staines Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:31, 20 November 2012 (UTC). |
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Nicholas Michael "Nicky" Forster (born 8 September 1973) is a former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of Staines Town. Forster has also been player-manager at Brentford, and manager of Dover Athletic. His stepson, Jake Forster-Caskey, is also a footballer.
Forster, who was born in Caterham, Surrey, was spotted playing for non-league Horley Town and invited for trials by Gillingham in December 1991. After impressing with the youth and reserve teams he signed a professional contract in May 1992, making his debut the following September. He starred for the club during the otherwise disappointing 1993–94 season, scoring 18 goals, but at the end of the season he turned down a new contract and instead joined Brentford for £320,000, a move which provoked bad feeling from Gillingham fans which persisted for many years.
While at Brentford, Forster formed prolific partnerships with Carl Asaba and Robert Taylor, both of whom would later join his former club Gillingham. He made 109 league appearances for Brentford and scored 39 goals during his time at Griffin Park. He was later capped by England at under-21 level soon afterwards. In January 1997, Forster moved to Birmingham City for a fee of £700,000. He made 67 league appearances and scored eleven league goals for the club.
Two years later he was on the move again, this time to Reading, where he spent six years at the club at a cost of £650,000 between 1999 and 2005. Forster receives part of the credit for salvaging Reading's 1999–2000 season, during which the club rose from Division Two's relegation zone at Christmas to a finish in the top ten under caretaker manager Alan Pardew. However, an injured Forster was unable to contribute to the club's good fortune the following season. However, he did return in time for the 2000–01 Division Two play-off semi final against Wigan Athletic. In the second leg with Wigan leading 1–0 on aggregate, Forster came on as a late substitute. He set up Martin Butler for the equaliser before winning a penalty; after Jamie Cureton's effort was saved, Forster scored from the rebound. Reading were to lose the final 3–2 after extra time to Walsall. He then scored 18 goals the following season as Reading were promoted to Division One.
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