Matt Forsyth

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Matt Forsyth
Personal information
Full name John Matthew Forsyth [1]
Date of birth 14 November 1896
Place of birth Cathcart, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date of death 1979 (aged 82 or 83)
Place of death Aberdeen, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Shotts Battlefield
Hampden
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Glasgow Perthshire
1920–1926 Aberdeen 161 (0)
1923Dumbarton Harp (loan) 1 (0)
1926–1928 Forres Mechanics
1928–1929 Keith
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Matthew Forsyth was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender, mainly for Aberdeen.

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Forsyth joined Aberdeen in 1920 from Junior club Glasgow Perthshire. [2] After almost 200 appearances, he left the club in 1926. [1] Forsyth was one of Aberdeen's first recipients of a benefit game, a 4–4 draw against a former Aberdeen select in 1926. [3]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [4]

ClubSeasonLeagueScottish CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aberdeen 1920–21 Scottish Division One 23000230
1921–22 35060410
1922–23 37050420
1923–24 31070380
1924–25 33060390
1925–26 200020
Total16102401850

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Matt Forsyth profile". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  2. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "AFC Match Report". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  4. "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 10 April 2023.