Background
Forrest was born in Lanarkshire and played for Motherwell before being signed by Stoke in 1902 after being highly recommended by the club"s Scotland based scouts.
Forrest was born in Lanarkshire and played for Motherwell before being signed by Stoke in 1902 after being highly recommended by the club"s Scotland based scouts.
But after the first month at the club he began to feel homesick and was allowed to return to Scotland. He played once in November and then in April before the board had enough of Forrest and told him to leave. In May 1903 he joined the newly formed league club Bradford City taking his place in the club"s first line-up against Grimsby Town on 1 September 1903.
He spent a little over two seasons at Bradford scoring 18 goals in 53 league games and being the club"s top goal-scorer in 1904-1905.
In January 1906, he left to join Hamilton Academical.