Frank Forman

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Frank Forman
Personal information
Date of birth (1875-05-23)23 May 1875
Place of birth Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England
Date of death 4 December 1961(1961-12-04) (aged 86)
Place of death West Bridgford, England
Position(s)
Wing half
Youth career
Aston-on-Trent
Beeston Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1894 Derby County 8 (0)
1894–1905 Nottingham Forest 223 (23)
International career
1898–1903 England 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Forman (23 May 1875 – 4 December 1961) was an English professional footballer, who was one of three members of the same family who started his professional career with Derby County before joining Nottingham Forest and going on to play for England, for whom he made nine appearances (once as captain). He helped Nottingham Forest to win the FA Cup in 1898.

Playing career

Forman was born in Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire, the brother of Fred Forman and uncle to Harry Linacre and all three followed a similar career path. Forman played youth football for the local village side before moving up to Beeston Town, where he was spotted by Derby County. County signed him in March 1894 but, after only making only eight appearances, he was transferred to East Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest in December 1894.

By the end of

Peter McCracken or Alec Stewart, as Forest finished the season in thirteenth place. By 1898, Stewart had been replaced by Willie Wragg as Forest reached the FA Cup Final
for the first time, after a controversial semi-final.

In the 1898

Tom McInnes and Charlie Richards, in the final minutes of the game. Despite Southampton's protests the F.A. decided that the result should stand and Forest were in the final for the first time.[1]

In the

John Boag failed to clear a corner, and Forest claimed the Cup with a 3–1 victory.[3]

Forman's first international appearance had come shortly before the FA Cup semi-final when he was selected (together with his Forest teammate

Gilbert Smith, Charlie Athersmith and Tommy Morren.[5]

Forman was not selected for the match against

1898 British Home Championship, was played at Celtic Park in Glasgow. The Scots were defeated by a fast and powerful England side who ran out 3–1 winners and took the trophy, with goals from Steve Bloomer (2) and Fred Wheldon.[6]

Forman was selected to play for England in all three matches in the

Gilbert Smith, three from Jimmy Settle and two each from Fred Forman and Steve Bloomer. Frank Forman also got on the score-sheet with the opening goal as England ran out victors by a 13–2 margin. This is still the record number of goals scored by England in a single match and the highest aggregate goals (15) in a game involving England.[9]
Forman retained his place for the next two matches which resulted in victories over Wales (4–0) and Scotland (2–1), and thus England retained the Championship.

He was not selected for the

Harry Johnson of Sheffield United
, but he was recalled for the match against Scotland on 30 March 1901 which ended in a 2–2 draw.

For the

1902 British Home Championship match against Ireland on 22 March 1902, Forman was appointed captain, with the match ending in a 1–0 victory with a late goal from Jimmy Settle.[10]
He retained his place for the next match against Scotland, played at Ibrox on 5 April 1902. This match was the scene of the first Ibrox disaster when a section of the stand collapsed resulting in 25 deaths. The match was declared void by the two Football Associations and was replayed at Villa Park on 3 May, resulting in a 2–2 draw. The proceeds of the re-played match went to the disaster fund.[11]

Forman's final international appearance came against Wales on 2 March 1903 in the only full international match played at Portsmouth's Fratton Park ground. The match ended in a 2–1 victory for England.[12] In his international career, Forman played nine official matches and was never on the losing side, with seven victories and two draws.

In the league, Nottingham Forest were regularly finishing in mid-table, with Forman missing only a small number of matches each season. During Forman's eleven seasons with the club, Forest's best League finish was fourth place gained in

Stoke
in the third round.

His career at Forest continued until January 1906, with his final appearance coming in the FA Cup. He played a total of 256 matches for Nottingham Forest, scoring 28 goals in all competitions.

Later career

After retiring from football, he went into business as a building contractor[14] with his nephew Harry Linacre, who had joined Forest in 1899 as a goalkeeper and played twice for England in 1905.

He joined Forest's committee in 1903 until his death in 1961. He lived in West Bridgford, close to the City Ground, for the greater part of his life, and died there aged 86 on 4 December 1961.

Honours

Nottingham Forest

References

  1. ISBN 0-9534474-1-3
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  2. ISBN 1-84426-035-6
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  3. ^ 1898 FA Cup final match report Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Gibbons (2001). Association Football in Victorian England – A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900. p. 385.
  5. ^ Ireland 2 – England 3; 5 March 1898 (Match summary)
  6. ^ Scotland 1 – England 3; 2 April 1898 (Match summary)
  7. ^ "Nottingham Forest facts". Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  8. ^ Gibbons (2001). Association Football in Victorian England – A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900. pp. 423–424.
  9. ^ England 13 – Ireland 2; 18 February 1899 (Match summary)
  10. ^ Ireland 0 – England 1; 22 March 1902 (Match summary)
  11. ^ England 2 – Scotland 2; 3 May 1902 (Match summary)
  12. ^ England 2 – Wales 1; 2 March 1903 (Match summary)
  13. ^ "First Division captains 1900/01". Nottingham Evening Post. 6 October 1900. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  14. ISBN 1-905009-63-1
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  15. ^ Smales, Ken (2006). Nottingham Forest The Official Statistical History. Pineapple Books.

External links

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