Terrell Dishan Forbes (born 17 August 1981) is an English former professional
footballer
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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 a professional Association football, football club based in Stratford, London, Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English f ...
1999
FA Youth Cup
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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 association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English f ...
in 2004. He has also played professionally for
Bournemouth
Bournemouth ( ) is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. At the 2021 census, the built-up area had a population of 196,455, making it the largest ...
,
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system.
Nicknamed "the Mariners", the club was f ...
,
Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional association football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. As of the 2025–26 EFL League Two, 2025–26 season, the team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the Eng ...
,
Yeovil Town,
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient Football Club, commonly referred to as Orient, is a professional association football club based in Leyton, Waltham Forest, London, England. The team compete in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. ...
,
Chesterfield and
Aldershot Town
Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system.
The club was founded in the spr ...
. In 2013 he moved into Non-League football and featured for
Dover Athletic,
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. The ...
,
Hemel Hempstead Town,
Farnborough,
Grays Athletic
Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Chadfields in nearby Tilbury.
History
The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former ...
and
Whyteleafe
Whyteleafe is a village in the district of Tandridge, Surrey, England, with a few streets falling inside the London Borough of Croydon. The village, in a dry valley of the North Downs, has three railway stations (on two parallel lines). Neighbou ...
.
Club career
Forbes was born in Southwark, London in 1981 and began his career as a youth player at
West Ham United
West Ham United Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Stratford, London, Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English f ...
, featuring in their 1999
FA Youth Cup
The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under-18 sides. Only those players between the age of 15 and 18 on 31 August of the current season are eligible to take part. It ...
win. However, he was unable to break into West Ham's first team, and after a loan spell with
Bournemouth
Bournemouth ( ) is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. At the 2021 census, the built-up area had a population of 196,455, making it the largest ...
in 1999 where he made four league and cup appearances, he joined
Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English f ...
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
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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
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system.
Nicknamed "the Mariners", the club was f ...
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
Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional association football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. As of the 2025–26 EFL League Two, 2025–26 season, the team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the Eng ...
, 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
Yeovil Town 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 town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...
.
Forbes scored the first goal of his career in a 2–1 away win against
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers FC is a men's professional football club in Bristol. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club is affiliated to Bristol Rovers W.F.C., whose team play in the FA Women's National Leag ...
on 24 October 2009.
He signed for
Russell Slade
Russell Mark Slade (born 10 October 1960) is an English former professional football manager and coach.
Having had an extended career at reserve team level, Slade entered professional sports coaching with Notts County in 1993. He briefly took ...
for a third time on 26 May 2010 when he joined
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient Football Club, commonly referred to as Orient, is a professional association football club based in Leyton, Waltham Forest, London, England. The team compete in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. ...
, 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
Chesterfield on a one-year deal. His first goal for Chesterfield was the winner in a dramatic 4–3 win over
Accrington Stanley
Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England, that compete in the , the fourth level of the English football league system. They have spent their entire history playing a ...
. 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 the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system.
They were founded in 190 ...
in the
FA Cup
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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
Aldershot Town
Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system.
The club was founded in the spr ...
. In May 2013 Aldershot suffered relegation from the
Football League
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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
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for the first time in his career by signing for
Conference South
The National League South, officially Vanarama National League South, is a professional Association football league in England. National League South is the second division of the National Leagues and step 2 of the NLS and sixth-highest ti ...
club
Dover Athletic.
After one season with Dover Athletic, in which he made 39 league appearances as the club won promotion to the
Conference Premier
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via the play-offs, in June 2014 Forbes signed for
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. The ...
of the
Isthmian League
The Isthmian League () is a regional Association football, football league covering Greater London, East of England, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs.
Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, th ...
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
Hemel Hempstead Town in June 2015.
Forbes moved onto
Farnborough alongside
Dennis Oli
Dennis Chiedozie Oli (born 28 January 1984) is an English former footballer who played as a striker or winger. He played for Queens Park Rangers, Gravesend & Northfleet, Farnborough Town, Swansea City, Cambridge United, Grays Athletic, Gil ...
on 4 March 2016,
before joining
Grays Athletic
Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Chadfields in nearby Tilbury.
History
The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former ...
the following season on 19 October.
Honours
;
West Ham United
West Ham United Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Stratford, London, Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English f ...
*
FA Youth Cup
The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under-18 sides. Only those players between the age of 15 and 18 on 31 August of the current season are eligible to take part. It ...
champion:
1998–99
;
Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English f ...
*
Second Division runners-up:
2003–04
;
Yeovil Town
*
League One play-off final runner-up:
2006–07
References
External links
*
Terrell Forbes' profileat 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
21st-century English sportsmen