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

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1999

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winning team and gained promotion from Division Two with

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in 2004. He has also played professionally for

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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 ...

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, Yeovil Town,

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, 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,

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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

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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

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 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

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

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on 24 October 2009. He signed for

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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 Chesterfield 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

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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

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for the first time in his career by signing for

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

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

of the

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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

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on 4 March 2016, before joining

the following season on 19 October.

Honours

;

champion: 1998–99 ;

* Second Division runners-up: 2003–04 ; Yeovil Town * League One play-off final runner-up: 2006–07

References

External links

*
Terrell Forbes' profile
at the Yeovil website

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