Adrian Forbes

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Adrian Forbes
Personal information
Full name Adrian Emmanuel Forbes[1]
Date of birth (1979-01-23) 23 January 1979 (age 46)[1]
Place of birth Greenford, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Right midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Texoma FC
(Head Coach & Sporting Director)
Youth career
–1996 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2001 Norwich City 112 (8)
2001–2004 Luton Town 75 (14)
2004–2006 Swansea City 69 (11)
2006–2008 Blackpool 36 (1)
2008–2009 Millwall 13 (0)
2009 → Grimsby Town (loan) 15 (3)
2009–2010 Grimsby Town 13 (1)
2010–2012 Lowestoft Town 33 (4)
Total 363 (38)
International career
1997 England U18 2 (0)
Managerial career
2025– Texoma FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adrian Emmanuel Forbes (born 23 January 1979) is an English former professional footballer and current head coach and sporting director for USL League One club Texoma FC.

As a player, he was a

non-league, joining Lowestoft Town
, where he remained for two seasons before retiring from competitive football in May 2012.

Forbes scored the last league goal for Swansea City at the Vetch Field against Shrewsbury Town on 30 April 2005 in a 1–0 win in front of 11,469 past a young Joe Hart . He then went on to score the winning goal against Bury to secure promotion to League 1 with a volley after 15 seconds in front of 6000 travelling Swansea fans.

Career

Norwich City

Forbes began his career at

Mike Walker and Bruce Rioch
. Forbes remained with City from 1996 to 2001, he played in 131 league games, scoring 8 goals.

Luton Town

In the summer of 2001 he moved to Luton Town in a £60,000 deal, and played in three seasons at Kenilworth Road, notably playing his best football under Mike Newell.

Swansea City

Forbes signed for

Football League One.[2][3] 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.[2]

Blackpool

On 1 July he signed for

Football League Championship
for the first time since 1978.

Millwall

On 3 January 2008, after failing to establish himself in Blackpool's Championship side, Forbes signed an 18-month contract with

Swansea City over a year earlier. Forbes however only played 13 times for the club and struggled to establish himself as a first team player.[7]

Grimsby Town

Forbes signed for

Chris Jones who has also failed to sign terms elsewhere. On 13 July it was announced that Grimsby had accepted a request to let Forbes join league rivals Darlington for 3 days of training with a view to a permanent move. Darlington had also requested to use Forbes in a friendly in which Grimsby boss Neil Woods declined.[10] Forbes had his contract at Grimsby cancelled by mutual consent on 1 September 2010.[11]

Lowestoft Town

On 16 September 2010, Forbes joined

Hayes & Yeading on trial.[12]
On 30 September 2010 Forbes joined Lowestoft Town, signing a two-year deal.[13] In May 2012 following the conclusion of the 2011–12 season Forbes announced his departure from Lowestoft and his retirement from competitive football.

Coaching career

In October 2011 Forbes re-joined Norwich City as an academy coach on a part-time basis alongside his playing days with Lowestoft,[14] however following his retirement in May 2012 Forbes became a full-time coach with City. After gaining a full-time role at Norwich's Cat 1 academy looking after the U9 and U10 players he was promoted in September 2017 and he is currently the Lead Foundation Phase Coach and responsible for the day-to-day running of the U9 to U12 age groups as well as being the match day announcer at Carrow Road. He is also in year 4 of The Premier Leagues Elite Coaches Apprenticeship Scheme.

He worked as the Head of Coaching & Player Development at Luton Town for five years before moving to the United States.[15]

On 9 May 2024, Forbes was named as the first-ever sporting director for USL League One club Texoma FC.[16] He was announced as head coach for Texoma on 17 October 2024.[17]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup
League Cup
 Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Norwich City 1996–97[18] First Division 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1997–98[19] First Division 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 4
1998–99[20] First Division 15 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18 0
1999–2000[21] First Division 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 1
2000–01[22] First Division 29 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 33 3
Total 112 8 4 0 5 0 0 0 121 8
Luton Town 2001–02[23] Third Division 40 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 42 5
2002–03[24] Second Division 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
2003–04[25] Second Division 27 9 4 5 0 0 1[a] 0 32 14
Total 72 14 5 6 1 0 1 0 79 20
Swansea City 2004–05[26] League Two 40 7 5 0 1 0 2[a] 0 48 7
2005–06[19] League One 29 4 1 0 0 0 8[b] 1 38 5
Total 69 11 6 0 1 0 10 1 86 12
Blackpool 2006–07[27] League One 34 1 5 0 0 0 4[c] 0 43 1
2007–08[28] Championship 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Total 36 1 5 0 1 0 4 0 46 1
Millwall 2007–08[28] League One 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2008–09[29] League One 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Grimsby Town (loan) 2008–09[29] League Two 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 3
Grimsby Town 2009–10[30] League Two 13 1 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 15 1
2010–11
Conference Premier
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 28 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 30 4
Total 330 38 23 6 8 0 17 1 378 45
  1. ^
    Football League Trophy
  2. Football League play-offs
  3. ^ One appearance in Football League Trophy, three in Football League play-offs

Honours

Swansea City

Blackpool

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 1-85291-651-6
    .
  2. ^ a b c "Forbes bitter over Swans release". BBC Sport. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  3. ^ "Forbes hails fine Vetch farewell". BBC Sport. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  4. ^ "Two more agree terms". Blackpool. 23 June 2006. Retrieved 3 January 2008.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Bitter Forbes in swipe at Jackett". BBC Sport. 8 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  6. ^ "Blackpool 2–0 Bournemouth". BBC. 6 March 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  7. ^ "New face". Millwall F.C. 3 January 2008. Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  8. ^ "Grimsby complete Forbes signing". BBC News. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  9. ^ Grimsby Town | News | Latest News | Latest News | 3 Released, 7 Transfer Listed[usurped]
  10. ^ This is Grimsby | ADRIAN Forbes is training with Darlington with a view to leaving Grimsby Town this week
  11. ^ Grimsby Town | News | Latest News | Latest News | 2 Depart[usurped]
  12. ^ This is Grimsby | FORMER Grimsby Town frontman Adrian Forbes admits he knew his time at Blundell Park was coming to an end before relegation was confirmed last season Archived 19 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Lowestoft Town Football Club Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Former Grimsby Town striker Adrian Forbes starts coaching career and backs calls for 'Rooney Rule'". Toogoodtogodown.wordpress.com. 10 October 2011. Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  15. ^ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/adrian-forbes-9b9a5973 [self-published source]
  16. ^ "Adrian Forbes Joins Texoma FC from Premier League Side Luton Town FC". TexomaFC.com. Texoma FC. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  17. ^ "Adrian Forbes Named Head Coach of Texoma FC for Inaugural USL League One Season". TexomaFC.com. Texoma FC. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  18. ^ "Games played by Adrian Forbes in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  19. ^ a b "Player search: Forbes (AE) Adrian". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  20. ^ "Games played by Adrian Forbes in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  21. ^ "Games played by Adrian Forbes in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  22. ^ "Games played by Adrian Forbes in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  23. ^ "Games played by Adrian Forbes in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  24. ^ "Games played by Adrian Forbes in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  25. ^ "Games played by Adrian Forbes in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  26. ^ "Games played by Adrian Forbes in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  27. ^ "Games played by Adrian Forbes in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  28. ^ a b "Games played by Adrian Forbes in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  29. ^ a b "Games played by Adrian Forbes in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  30. ^ "Games played by Adrian Forbes in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  31. ^ "Carlisle 1–2 Swansea". BBC Sport. 2 April 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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