Nicky Forster retires

[CAPTAIN GREALISH]

Great player, every time he got it you expected him to score and he often did!

Always been the most natural goalscorer we have ever had ??
Lots will laugh

 

[Farehamseagull]

Always been the most natural goalscorer we have ever had ??
Lots will laugh

I wouldn’t laugh, not had too many better for sure. Young Evan probably the most natural finisher since.

 

[MJsGhost]

When I saw the thread, my first thought was "f*** me, who's he been playing for? I thought he'd have retired ages ago!"

Turns out he did.

Cracking player for us - certainly knew where the goal was.

 

[GrossTurn]

I seem to recall him scoring a LOT of one-on-ones despite being 35ish when he joined us. His movement was top class, but equally looking back, League One defenders were often really quite slow/bad.

Jamie Cureton was another who seemed to run defences ragged at that level well into his late 30s.

 

[Farehamseagull]

When I saw the thread, my first thought was "f*** me, who's he been playing for? I thought he'd have retired ages ago!"

Turns out he did.

Cracking player for us - certainly knew where the goal was.

Sorry. Entered his surname into the search facility and it was the first thread I found that wasn’t about his step son!

 

[Springal]

He has a funny story about Tony Bloom I think just after he became chairman. He offered the players ‘a good bonus’ if you beat Brentford - which we did 3-0. Nicky told the players and they all assumed cash bonuses.

Turns out that bonus was a track day at Goodwood and most players didn’t turn up !

 

[MJsGhost]

Sorry. Entered his surname into the search facility and it was the first thread I found that wasn’t about his step son!

If I wasn't so tired (up since 3.30 thanks to a 10 week old that doesn't like to sleep), I'd have realised that Forster must be the best part of 50 by now and therefore very unlikely to still be playing professionally

 

[Cheshire Cat]

We tried to get Forster for ages before he actually arrived, but for some reason never landed him until near the end of his career.

Not Premier League standard but very good at his level, and excellent for us.

 

[London Irish]

One of my favourite players of the last 20 years, was proper pissed off with Poyet for a while when he sidelined him so crudely to play journeymen of the likes of Chris Holroyd. But old Gus proved you had to break a few eggs to make the omelette

 

[Mellotron]

That brief time of Forster and Murray together was pretty great.

 

[Farehamseagull]

That brief time of Forster and Murray together was pretty great.

Yep. The strike force in one of my all time, if not very favourite Albion games, even after all of the success we've had recently. The 3.1 win away to Southampton in Gus's first game on his birthday. After a period of dross and not knowing what to expect from Gus, those two then ripped the scummers apart! Beautiful!

 

[Mellotron]

Yep. The strike force in one of my all time, if not very favourite Albion games, even after all of the success we've had recently. The 3.1 win away to Southampton in Gus's first game on his birthday. After a period of dross and not knowing what to expect from Gus, those two then ripped the scummers apart! Beautiful!

Got very lucky when I picked Wycombe away twice in as many months, probably only did about 3-4 aways that season;

7th Nov 2009

Wycombe 4 - 4 Brighton
Bennett
Forster
Murray
Murray

and

28th Dec 2009

Wycombe 2 - 5 Brighton
Murray
Forster
Murray
Murray
Murray

The 2-5 also featured snowball fights. A truly wonderful away day.

 

[Mellotron]

Yep. The strike force in one of my all time, if not very favourite Albion games, even after all of the success we've had recently. The 3.1 win away to Southampton in Gus's first game on his birthday. After a period of dross and not knowing what to expect from Gus, those two then ripped the scummers apart! Beautiful!

Only watched it on the telly but yes, that really felt like such a breath of fresh air at the time.