Steve Forbes (footballer)

Steven Dudley "Steve" Forbes (born 24 December 1975) is an English former professional footballer who played as a Midfielder.

Steve Forbes
Personal information
Full name Steven Dudley Forbes
Date of birth (1975-12-24) 24 December 1975
Place of birth Stoke Newington, London, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Sittingbourne 57 (111)
1994–1997 Millwall 5 (0)
1997–2000 Colchester United 56 (4)
1999 → Peterborough United (loan) 3 (0)
2000 Stevenage Borough 6 (1)
2000–2002 Dagenham & Redbridge 15 (0)
2002–2003 Hendon 112 (13)
2003–2005 Billericay Town 41 (5)
2005–2007 Eastleigh 54 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:20, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Career

Born in Stoke Newington, London, Forbes played for Football League clubs including Millwall, Colchester United and Peterborough United. He made just under 100 Football League appearances.[1]

Forbes began his career at Sittingbourne, before being purchased by Millwall for £50,000.[2] He made five league substitute appearances during his time with Millwall, before signing for Colchester United. He had his best spell whilst with the U's, helping them secure promotion via the 1997–98 Division Three playoffs and scoring four goals in 56 league appearances, 36 of which were starts. He went out on loan during the 1998–99 season to Peterborough, where he made three appearances before returning to Colchester. He was signed by Stevenage Borough in April 2000 after being released, and later signed for Dagenham & Redbridge in the summer of 2000. He subsequently joined Hendon and also made appearances for Billericay Town. He was last seen playing for Eastleigh in 2007.

Honours

Club
Colchester United[3]

References
  1. "COLCHESTER UNITED:1950/51-1989/90 & 1992/93-2009/10". Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  2. "Ins and outs in the First Division: Who went where and for how much". The Independent. London. 12 August 1994. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  3. "Division Three (League Two) Play-Off Finalists". Coludaybyday.co.uk.


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