Terrell Dishan Forbes (born 17 August 1981) is an English former professional

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who played as a defender. He was active between 1999 and 2018 and was a member of the

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...

1999

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winning team and gained promotion from Division Two with

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Ro ...

in 2004. He has also played professionally for

Bournemouth Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ...

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in ...

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The history of Oldham Athletic ...

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and

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area i ...

. In 2013 he moved into Non-League football and featured for

Dover Athletic Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 198 ...

Dulwich Hamlet Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in East Dulwich in south-east London, England. They are currently members of and play at Champion Hill. History The club was formed in 1893, by Lorraine 'Pa' Wilson. T ...

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Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Parkside in nearby Aveley. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former S ...

and

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Club career

Forbes was born in Southwark, London in 1981 and began his career as a youth player at

, featuring in their 1999

win. However, he was unable to break into West Ham's first team, and after a loan spell with

in 1999 where he made four league and cup appearances, he joined

on a free transfer in July 2001. He quickly established himself in the first team, making 45 league and cup appearances in the 2001–02 season, 43 appearances in the 2002–03 season and 38 appearances in the 2003–04 season, helping QPR to the Division Two play-off final in May 2003, which they lost 1–0 to

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

after extra time, and to automatic promotion in May 2004 as runners-up in promotion from Division Two . However, he was out of contract at the end of the 2003–04 season and was released by the club. Forbes joined

on a short-term contract in September 2004, which was later extended to the end of the season. He made 34 league and cup appearances in the 2004–05 season for Grimsby but opted to leave Grimsby to play in a division higher with

, signing a two-year contract with Oldham in May 2005. He made 44 league and cup appearances for Oldham in the 2005–06 season before joining

in June 2006, on a two-year contract He made 52 appearances for Yeovil in the 2006–07 season, as Yeovil reached the League One play-off final in May 2007, losing 2–0 to

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...

. Forbes scored the first goal of his career in a 2–1 away win against

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been c ...

on 24 October 2009. He signed for

Russell Slade Russell Mark Slade (born 10 October 1960) is an English professional association football, football manager, who was most recently managerial consultant of League Two club Stevenage F.C., Stevenage. Having had an extended career at reserve t ...

for a third time on 26 May 2010 when he joined

, rejecting an offer of a new contract at Yeovil. In May 2012, Forbes was released by the club after the expiry of his contract. On 13 June 2012 he signed with

on a one-year deal. His first goal for Chesterfield was the winner in a dramatic 4–3 win over

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. His second goal for the club came in a 6–1 win over

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...

in the

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. On 22 January 2013, after playing 21 times (17 in the league) and scoring two goals Forbes was released by Chesterfield. The following day he signed for

. In May 2013 Aldershot suffered relegation from the

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and over the summer the entire playing squad were released following the club's entry into administration. On 17 July 2013, Forbes moved into

non-League football Non-League football describes football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country. Usually, it describes leagues which are not fully professional. The term is primarily used for football in England, where it is specifically used to de ...

for the first time in his career by signing for

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club

. After one season with Dover Athletic, in which he made 39 league appearances as the club won promotion to the

Conference Premier The National League, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of the National League System and fifth-highest of the overall English football league system. It is the highest league that is semi-profess ...

via the play-offs, in June 2014 Forbes signed for

of the

Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...

Premier Division, starting the season as the club's new on-field captain. Following one season with Dulwich Hamlet, in which he made 39 league appearances and scored three goals as the Isthmian League Premier Division side missed out on promotion to the Conference South in the playoffs, Forbes moved on to

in June 2015. Forbes moved onto

alongside

Dennis Oli Dennis Chiedozie Oli (born 28 January 1984 in Newham, England) is an English footballer who plays for Grays Athletic in the Isthmian League North Division. He previously played for Queens Park Rangers, Gravesend & Northfleet, Farnborough Town, ...

on 4 March 2016, before joining

the following season on 19 October.

Honours

;

champion: 1998–99 ;

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runners-up: 2003–04 ;

League One The English Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League One from 2004 until 2016) is the second-highest division of the English Football Leag ...

play-off final runner-up: 2006–07

References

External links

*
Terrell Forbes' profile
at the Yeovil website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Forbes, Terrell 1981 births Living people Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Grimsby Town F.C. players West Ham United F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Dover Athletic F.C. players Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Whyteleafe F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players Southern Football League players Footballers from the London Borough of Southwark People from Southwark Black British sportsmen Men's association football defenders English men's footballers