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Ex-Leeds
United Player Signs
23rd March 2006
Former Leeds United striker Jamie Forrester has joined
Lincoln City on a month's loan.
The news follows that of Imps' striker Simon Yeo missing
the next six weeks through injury. Imps' boss Keith
Alexander has been busy scouring potential targets to
boost his strike force.
Forrester has an impressive pedigree, having been a
trainee at French club Auxerre. The Bradford born player
returned home to West Yorkshire in October 1992 when
Leeds United signed him for £60,000.
During the three years that he spent at Leeds, he scored
two goals in eleven appearances. During his time at
Leeds, he also had spells on loan at both Southend United
and Grimsby Town.
Grimsby elected to make Forrester's loan move a permanent
transfer in October 1995, when they signed him on a free
transfer. Overall, he scored 10 goals in 56 appearances
for Grimsby.
In March 1997, he signed for Scunthorpe United, and this
is when he made his name as a prolific goal scorer. From
the 121 appearances that he made for Scunthorpe, he
scored 43 appearances.
Goal scoring figures such as these are quickly noticed
and in June 1999, he made another move abroad when he
signed for Dutch club FC Utrecht. His stay in Holland was
just one season before he returned to England to sign for
Northampton Town in a £150,000 deal. During his season
in Holland, he had also spent time on loan at both
Walsall Town and Northampton Town.
Forrester scored 50 goals in 136 appearances for
Northampton - including an impressive six goals during
his ten loan games - before he left in January 2003 to
join Hull City. Eighteen months later, and he was on the
move again, when he signed for Bristol Rovers. He had
scored 8 goals in 34 appearances for Hull City.
Having joined Bristol Rovers in July 2004, he quickly
became a regular in their first team. However, he has had
mixed fortunes of late, with just seven appearances made
during 2006. In his time at Bristol Rovers, he has so far
scored 11 goals in 57 appearances.
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