Tommy Forecast
Personal information
Full name Tommy Steven Forecast[1]
Date of birth (1986-10-15) 15 October 1986[2]
Place of birth Newham, London, England
Height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2002–2007 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2008–2013 Southampton 0 (0)
2009 → Grimsby Town (loan) 4 (0)
2011 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 5 (0)
2011 → Thurrock (loan) 2 (0)
2011 → Bromley (loan) 11 (0)
2012–2013 → Gillingham (loan) 2 (0)
2013–2014 Chelmsford City 8 (0)
2013 → Dartford (loan) 2 (0)
Total 34 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tommy Steven Forecast (born 15 October 1986) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Having started his career with Tottenham Hotspur, he made his debut in the Football League for Grimsby Town,[4] after joining the club on loan from Southampton. He also played for Eastbourne Borough, Thurrock, Bromley, Gillingham, Chelmsford City and Dartford.

Career

Tottenham Hotspur

Born in Newham, London,[5] Forecast joined the Tottenham Hotspur Academy system, and his first major impact came in the 2004–05 season with a string of fine displays as their Under-18s goalkeeper and helped his team reach the semi-finals of the FA Youth Cup which included saves in a penalty shootout at Anfield.

After his stand out successes in the FA Youth Cup he was named in the first team squad as substitute six times during the 2007–08 Premier League but never played in a first-team game and quickly decided on a move away from White Hart Lane.

Southampton

In July 2008, Forecast was signed by Southampton for an undisclosed fee on a five-year contract.[6] Forecast's transfer from Tottenham to Southampton was a result of a renegotiation of Gareth Bale's sell-on clause, who had made the reverse move in the previous season, after Southampton entered financial troubles.[7] At Southampton, he became very much a third choice keeper behind Kelvin Davis and Bartosz Białkowski, and therefore appeared more at reserve team level; however after Białkowski's loan to Ipswich Town at the end of the 2008–09 season he became second choice keeper.

On 13 August 2009, Forecast joined Grimsby Town on a one-month loan following an injury to Town's first-choice goalkeeper Nick Colgan.[8] Forecast made his full professional debut the following day for Grimsby against Crewe Alexandra in a 4–0 defeat, The Crewe Chronicle described Forecast's debut as "one of the most shockingly inept displays the Football League has ever seen".[9] Grimsby sent Forecast back early from his loan spell on 3 September after he failed to impress in his four games with The Mariners, and with Colgan still out on the sidelines Town manager Mike Newell opted to bring in Josh Lillis from Scunthorpe United to fill in the sticks until Colgan's return.

During the 2010–11 season, Forecast found himself demoted to the fourth choice keeper at Southampton, having fallen behind Jack Dovey in the pecking order, who would fill in on the bench for Davis and Białkowski in the club's league fixtures.[9]

On 31 January 2011, he joined Eastbourne Borough on a 28-day loan,[10] and on 11 August 2011, he joined Thurrock on loan for a month[11] following which he was loaned to Bromley for a three-month period.[12]

On 4 June 2013, Southampton confirmed on their website that Forecast, alongside seven other professional players, would be released.[13]

Gillingham (loan)

On 20 July 2012, Forecast joined Gillingham on a season-long loan as part of a deal for highly rated young Gillingham keeper Paulo Gazzaniga[14] He made his Gillingham debut on 4 September 2012 in a Football League Trophy tie away at Crawley Town. The game ended in a 3–2 defeat for the Gills.[15] He made his League debut for Gillingham on 24 November 2012 away to Accrington Stanley. With Gillingham 1–0 up, first-choice goalkeeper Stuart Nelson was sent off and Forecast was brought on to play in goal.[16] Due to the suspension of Nelson, Forecast played the Gills next match which was an FA Cup second round tie away at Preston North End.[17] Before the tie, Martin Allen praised Forecast for his hard-work and believed he was getting better and better.[18] The game ended in a 2–0 defeat for Gillingham and it was Forecast's third appearance of the season.[19]

Upon Gillingham winning promotion to Football League One, Forecast had the unusual honour of being part of a team that achieved promotion three years in a row with Southampton winning successive promotions. However, aside from loan spells elsewhere, Forecast only managed two League appearances in these three campaigns.[20]

Chelmsford City

On 11 August 2013, Forecast signed for Chelmsford City of the Conference South.[21]

He joined Dartford on loan for one month from 24 October.[22]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur 2005–06[23] Premier League 000000—00
2006–07[24] Premier League 0000000000
2007–08[25] Premier League 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Southampton 2008–09[26] Championship 000000—00
2009–10[27] League One 0000000000
2010–11[28] League One 0000000000
2011–12[29] Championship 000000—00
2012–13[19] Premier League 000000—00
Total 0000000000
Grimsby Town (loan) 2009–10[27] League Two 4000000040
Eastbourne Borough (loan) 2010–11[30] Conference Premier 5000—2[lower-alpha 1]070
Thurrock (loan) 2011–12[31] Conference South 2000—0020
Bromley (loan) 2011–12[31] Conference South 11040—1[lower-alpha 1]0160
Gillingham (loan) 2012–13[19] League Two 2010001[lower-alpha 2]040
Chelmsford City 2013–14[32] Conference South 8000—0080
Dartford (loan) 2013–14[33] Conference Premier 2000—0020
Career total 340500040430
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "List of Temporary Transfers of Players under Written Contract Between 01/09/2011 and 30/09/2011" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 11. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Tommy Forecast". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Tommy Forecast". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Tommy Forecast". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "Tommy Forecast". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  6. ↑ "Saints sign Spurs keeper Forecast". BBC Sport. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Meet £20million non-league goalkeeper Tommy Forecast – the man caught up in the world's most expensive transfer". Daily Mirror. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Saints snap up Chelsea midfielder". BBC Sport. 14 August 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  9. 1 2 "Bleak Forecast for Southampton goalkeeper". When Saturday Comes. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  10. ↑ "Midfielder Makes Prem Switch". Southampton F.C. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  11. ↑ "Doble Makes Loan Switch". Southampton F.C. 11 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  12. ↑ "Forecast Makes Loan Move". Southampton F.C. 23 September 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  13. ↑ "2012/13 Release list". Southampton F.C. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  14. ↑ "Gills Ship in Forecast". Gillingham F.C. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  15. ↑ "Crawley 3–2 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  16. ↑ "Accrington 1–1 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 24 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  17. ↑ "Preston 2–0 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  18. ↑ Hoad, Alex. "Gillingham manager Martin Allen has backed Tommy Forecast to perform in the FA Cup game at Preston North End". KentOnline. KM Group. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  19. 1 2 3 "Games played by Tommy Forecast in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  20. ↑ "Gillingham 1–0 Torquay". BBC Sport. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  21. ↑ May, Adam (29 April 2013). "Tommy Forecast and Jack Paxman Sign Terms". Chelmsford City F.C. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  22. ↑ "Tommy Forecast: Dartford sign Chelmsford keeper on loan". BBC Sport. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Forecast in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Forecast in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Forecast in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Forecast in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  27. 1 2 "Games played by Tommy Forecast in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Forecast in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Forecast in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  30. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Forecast in 2010/2011". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  31. 1 2 "Games played by Tommy Forecast in 2011/2012". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  32. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Forecast in 2013/2014". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  33. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Forecast in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
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