Mark Forster (footballer)

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Mark Forster
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Full name Mark Erwin Forster [1]
Date of birth (1964-11-01) 1 November 1964 (age 58) [1]
Place of birth Middlesbrough, [1] England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Leicester City 0 (0)
1983–1986 Darlington 38 (13)
Guisborough Town
1987–???? South Bank
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Erwin Forster (born 1 November 1964) is an English former footballer who scored 13 goals from 38 appearances in the Football League playing as a forward for Darlington, [2] and contributed to their promotion to the Third Division in 1985. [3] He was on the books of Leicester City, but never played for them in the League, and went on to play non-league football for clubs including Guisborough Town [2] and South Bank. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mark Forster". In The Mad Crowd. John Phillips. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. "Darlington Football Club, promotion celebrations". Durham County Record Office. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  4. "A history of South Bank local football tradition: Established 1868 founder members of the Northern League". Communigate. This is the North East. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014.