Tyler Hornby-Forbes

Tyler Hornby-Forbes
Personal information
Full name Tyler Cecil Hornby-Forbes[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-08) 8 March 1996[2]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Playing position Right back, Right winger
Club information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 49
Youth career
0000–2014 Preston North End
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Fleetwood Town 33 (2)
2016– Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:10, 12 July 2016 (UTC).


Tyler Cecil Hornby-Forbes (born 8 March 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for Brighton & Hove Albion, as a right back and right winger.

Career

Fleetwood Town

Hornby-Forbes was a youth player at Preston North End and progressed through the academy.[3] However, at the end of the season, Hornby-Forbes was released by the club following his end of his scholarships and moved to Fleetwood Town in the summer of 2014.[4][5]

He made his professional debut for them on 15 November 2014, having lost his mother only a few days beforehand.[6] Usually a winger, Hornby-Forbes played as a right back in that match due to the absence of usual starter Conor McLaughlin, who was absent on international duty with Northern Ireland.[6] On 20 March 2015, Hornby-Forbes provided an assist for Jamie Proctor to score the club's first goal of the game and the club went on to score a late equaliser to draw 2-2 against Bradford City.[7] Hornby-Forbes went on to be a first team regular in the 2014-15 season, playing in the right-back position and made seventeen appearance.[8] At the end of the 2014-15 season, Hornby-Forbes was offered a new contract by Fleetwood Town.[9]

In the 2015-16 season, Hornby-Forbes scored on his first appearance of the season, in a 4-3 win over Bury on 18 August 2015[10] and then scored his second goal for the club on 19 September 2015, in a 2-1 loss against Wigan Athletic.[11] However, Hornby-Forbes spent most of the season on the substitute benchh, due to Conor McLaughlin's form and his own injury concern.[12] At the end of the season, Hornby-Forbes made sixteen appearance and scoring two times and was offered a new contract by the club.[13] However, Hornby-Forbes' future at the club was in doubt after yet signed a contract[14] and attracted interests from Brighton & Hove Albion when they had a bid from Fleetwood Town accepted.[15]

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 12 July 2016, Hornby-Forbes transferred to Football League Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-year contract and initially linking up with the club's development squad.[16]

Career statistics

As of 12 July 2016[17]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fleetwood Town 2014–15 170000000170
2015–16 162100030202
Total 332100030372
Brighton & Hove Albion 2016–17 0000000000
Career total 332100030372

References

  1. ↑ "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Tyler Hornby-Forbes". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Canaries test for PNE youngsters". Lancashire Evening Post. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ex-Preston North End quartet find new homes". Lancashire Evening Post. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Development Squad in Place for Town". Fleetwood Town F.C. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  6. 1 2 Rob Stocks (17 November 2014). "Triumph out of tragedy for Tyler". Fleetwood Town F.C. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Fleetwood snatch late draw". Sky Sports. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Youngster Forbes hoping to keep place in first eleven". Fleetwood Town F.C. 9 April 2015. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Grezza a champion for Danny". Blackpool Gazette. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Bury 3 - 4 Fleetwood Town". BBC Sport. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Wigan Athletic 2 - 1 Fleetwood Town". BBC Sport. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Match preview: Coventry City (A)". Fleetwood Town F.C. 26 February 2016. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "Fleetwood Town Football Club: Squad Update". Fleetwood Town F.C. 2 June 2016. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "Lucketti exit triggers backroom shake-up at Fleetwood Town". Blackpool Gazette. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  15. ↑ "Fleetwood full-back set for Brighton". Blackpol Gazette. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  16. ↑ "Albion sign under-21 defender". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 12 July 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  17. ↑ Tyler Hornby-Forbes career statistics at Soccerbase


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