Alex Forsyth

Position: full-back

Scotland

HAN	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	58	35	13	10	102	50	+52	60.34
A	59	20	15	24	61	76	-15	33.90
N	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	50.00
TOTALS	119	56	28	35	165	127	+38	47.06

Name: Alexander "Alex" Forsyth

Birthdate: 05-02-1952

Age: 74

Birthplace: Swinton, Larnarkshire, Scotland

Height: 5' 9" (1.75m)

Weight: 11st 11lbs (74.84kg)

Years at Club: 1972-1978

Signing Info: Transferred from: Partick Thistle , 01/1973, £100,000

Previous Clubs: Arsenal, Partick Thistle

Debut: 06/01/1973 v Arsenal (A) 1-3 (League Division One)

Farewell: Transferred to Glasgow Rangers, 08/1978, £

Passed Away:

Biography



		League		League Cup		FA Cup		Charity Shield		European Cup		Europa League		Super Cup		Cup Winners Cup		Inter-cont Cup		World Clubs Cup

No	Season																					Season Goals	Season Apps
1.	1972-1973	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
2.	1973-1974	1	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21
3.	1974-1975	1	39	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	45
4.	1975-1976	2	28	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	35
5.	1976-1977	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
6.	1977-1978	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
TOTALS		4	101	0	7	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	119

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

No	Opponent

1.	Peterborough United	1	1
2.	Blackpool	1	2
3.	West Ham United	1	4
4.	Birmingham City	1	4
5.	Burnley	1	4

No	Opponent

1.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	0
2.	Norwich City	6	0
3.	Everton	5	0
4.	Coventry City	5	0
5.	Derby County	5	0
6.	Manchester City	5	0
7.	West Ham United	4	1
8.	Birmingham City	4	1
9.	Southampton	4	0
10.	Burnley	4	1
11.	Ipswich Town	3	0
12.	West Bromwich Albion	3	0
13.	Sheffield United	3	0
14.	Stoke City	3	0
15.	Oxford United	3	0
16.	Aston Villa	3	0
17.	Middlesbrough	3	0
18.	Arsenal	2	0
19.	Leeds United	2	0
20.	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0
21.	Newcastle United	2	0
22.	Leyton Orient	2	0
23.	Millwall	2	0
24.	Portsmouth	2	0
25.	Cardiff City	2	0
26.	Nottingham Forest	2	0
27.	Bristol Rovers	2	0
28.	Bolton Wanderers	2	0
29.	Fulham	2	0
30.	Notts County	2	0
31.	Blackpool	2	1
32.	Bristol City	2	0
33.	Hull City	2	0
34.	Sunderland	2	0
35.	Sheffield Wednesday	2	0
36.	Queens Park Rangers	2	0
37.	Leicester City	2	0
38.	Liverpool	2	0
39.	Plymouth Argyle	1	0
40.	Chelsea	1	0
41.	Charlton Athletic	1	0
42.	York City	1	0
43.	Oldham Athletic	1	0
44.	Peterborough United	1	1
45.	Porto	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	No

1.	McGarry, Bill	7
2.	Bond, John	6
3.	McMenemy, Lawrie	4
4.	Bingham, Billy	4
5.	Book, Tony	4
6.	Mercer, Joe	3
7.	Robson, Bobby	3
8.	Goodwin, Freddy	3
9.	Mackay, Dave	3
10.	Saunders, Ron	3
11.	Sexton, Dave	3
12.	Adamson, Jimmy	3
13.	Waddington, Tony	3
14.	Sirrel, Jimmy	3
15.	Charlton, Jack	3
16.	Greenwood, Ron	2
17.	Howe, Don	2
18.	Clough, Brian	2
19.	Furphy, Ken	2
20.	Petchey, George	2
21.	Fenton, Benny	2
22.	Andrews, Jimmy	2
23.	Megson, Don	2
24.	Armfield, Jimmy	2
25.	Stock, Alec	2
26.	Potts, Harry	2
27.	Summers, Gerry	2
28.	Dicks, Alan	2
29.	Kaye, John	2
30.	Stokoe, Bob	2
31.	Burtenshaw, Steve	2
32.	Milne, Gordon	2
33.	Neill, Terry	2
34.	Bloomfield, Jimmy	2
35.	Paisley, Bob	2
36.	Lyall, John	2
37.	Mee, Bertie	1
38.	Catterick, Harry	1
39.	Waiters, Tony	1
40.	Revie, Don	1
41.	Nicholson, Bill	1
42.	Harvey, Joe	1
43.	Mortimore, John	1
44.	Brown, Allan	1
45.	Nelson, Andy	1
46.	St John, Ian	1
47.	Crowe, Vic	1
48.	Greaves, Ian	1
49.	McGuinness, Wilf	1
50.	Frizzell, Jimmy	1
51.	Brown, Mick	1
52.	Cantwell, Noel	1
53.	Bell, Willie	1
54.	Lee, Gordon	1
55.	Brown, Joe	1
56.	Murphy, Colin	1
57.	Pedroto, Jose	1
58.	Allen, Ronnie	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

1.	Docherty, Tommy	115
2.	Sexton, Dave	4

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7
2.	Norwich City	6
3.	Everton	5
4.	Coventry City	5
5.	Derby County	5
6.	Manchester City	5
7.	West Ham United	4
8.	Birmingham City	4
9.	Southampton	4
10.	Burnley	4
11.	Ipswich Town	3
12.	West Bromwich Albion	3
13.	Sheffield United	3
14.	Stoke City	3
15.	Oxford United	3
16.	Aston Villa	3
17.	Middlesbrough	3
18.	Arsenal	2
19.	Leeds United	2
20.	Tottenham Hotspur	2
21.	Newcastle United	2
22.	Leyton Orient	2
23.	Millwall	2
24.	Portsmouth	2
25.	Cardiff City	2
26.	Nottingham Forest	2
27.	Bristol Rovers	2
28.	Bolton Wanderers	2
29.	Fulham	2
30.	Notts County	2
31.	Blackpool	2
32.	Bristol City	2
33.	Hull City	2
34.	Sunderland	2
35.	Sheffield Wednesday	2
36.	Queens Park Rangers	2
37.	Leicester City	2
38.	Liverpool	2
39.	Plymouth Argyle	1
40.	Chelsea	1
41.	Charlton Athletic	1
42.	York City	1
43.	Oldham Athletic	1
44.	Peterborough United	1
45.	Porto	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	116
2.	Wales	2
3.	Portugal	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	62
2.	League Division Two	39
3.	FA Cup	10
4.	League Cup	7
5.	Cup Winners Cup	1

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	58
2.	Carrow Road	4
3.	Highfield Road	3
4.	Molineux	3
5.	St Andrews	3
6.	Ayresome Park	2
7.	Baseball Ground	2
8.	Bramall Lane	2
9.	Filbert Street	2
10.	Goodison Park	2
11.	Highbury	2
12.	Hillsborough	2
13.	Maine Road	2
14.	Portman Road	2
15.	The Hawthorns	2
16.	Victoria Ground	2
17.	Villa Park	2
18.	Anfield	1
19.	Ashton Gate	1
20.	Bloomfield Road	1
21.	Boleyn Ground	1
22.	Boothferry Park	1
23.	Brisbane Road	1
24.	Burnden Park	1
25.	City Ground, Nottingham	1
26.	Craven Cottage	1
27.	Eastville Stadium	1
28.	Estadio das Antas	1
29.	Fratton Park	1
30.	Loftus Road	1
31.	Manor Ground	1
32.	Meadow Lane	1
33.	Ninian Park	1
34.	Roker Park	1
35.	St James Park, Newcastle	1
36.	Stamford Bridge	1
37.	The Dell	1
38.	The Den	1
39.	Turf Moor	1
40.	Wembley	1
41.	White Hart Lane	1

No	Date	Opponent	Competition

Player has never been sent off during a match.

No	Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	Competition

01-05-1976

Southampton

0-1

FA Cup

Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000

No	Date	Opponents	Competition	Penaltys

Player has never scored a penalty for the club.

Date

Opponent

Competition

Own Goals

Player has never scored an own goal against the club.

No	Date	Opponent	Competition	Goals

Player has never scored a hat-trick or better during a game.

All Matches played

No	Date ▲	Opponent	F-A	HAN		Scorers	Opponent scorers
1.	06-01-1973	Arsenal	1-3	A	0	Brian Kidd 85'	Ray Kennedy 44', George Armstrong 46', Alan Ball 68'
2.	13-01-1973	Wolves	0-1	A	0		Mike Bailey 2'
3.	20-01-1973	West Ham United	2-2	H	0	Bobby Charlton 31' (pen), Lou Macari 80'	Bryan "Pop" Robson 15', Clyde Best 25'
4.	24-01-1973	Everton	0-0	H	0
5.	27-01-1973	Coventry City	1-1	A	0	Jim Holton 34'	Brian Alderson 35'
6.	10-02-1973	Wolves	2-1	H	0	Bobby Charlton 57' (pen), 62'	Danny Hegan 66'
7.	17-02-1973	Ipswich Town	1-4	A	0	Lou Macari 60'	Bryan Hamilton 2', 47', Colin Harper 30', Colin Viljoen 61' (pen)
8.	03-03-1973	West Bromwich Albion	2-1	H	0	Brian Kidd 41', Lou Macari 47'	Jeff Astle 40'
9.	10-03-1973	Birmingham City	1-3	A	0	Lou Macari 85'	Bob Latchford 30', Bob Hatton 63', Alan Campbell 88' (pen)
10.	13-10-1973	Derby County	0-1	H	0		Kevin Hector 4'
11.	08-12-1973	Southampton	0-0	H	0
12.	15-12-1973	Coventry City	2-3	H	0	George Best 47', Willie Morgan 66'	Martin Buchan 42' (o.g.), Brian Alderson 63', David Cross 76'
13.	05-01-1974	Plymouth Argyle	1-0	H	0	Lou Macari 64'
14.	12-01-1974	West Ham United	1-2	A	0	Sammy McIlroy 67'	Billy Bonds 50', Pat Holland 85'
15.	26-01-1974	Ipswich Town	0-1	H	0		Kevin Beattie 7'
16.	02-02-1974	Coventry City	0-1	A	0		Brian Alderson 35'
17.	09-02-1974	Leeds United	0-2	H	0		Mick Jones 57', *Joe Jordan 87'
18.	16-02-1974	Derby County	2-2	A	0	Brian Greenhoff 47', Stewart Houston 68'	David Nish 17', Kevin Hector 31'
19.	23-02-1974	Wolves	0-0	H	0
20.	02-03-1974	Sheffield United	1-0	A	0	Lou Macari 35'
21.	13-03-1974	Manchester City	0-0	A	0
22.	16-03-1974	Birmingham City	0-1	A	0		Joe Gallagher 73'
23.	23-03-1974	Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	H	0		Ralph Coates 53'
24.	30-03-1974	Chelsea	3-1	A	0	Willie Morgan 7', Gerry Daly 60', Sammy McIlroy 67'	Bill Garner 81'
25.	03-04-1974	Burnley	3-3	H	1	Sammy McIlroy 1', Alex Forsyth 67', Jim Holton 87'	Paul Fletcher 12', Leighton James 68' (pen), 74' (pen)
26.	06-04-1974	Norwich City	2-0	A	0	Lou Macari 65', Brian Greenhoff 86'
27.	13-04-1974	Newcastle United	1-0	H	0	Jim McCalliog 12'
28.	23-04-1974	Everton	0-1	A	0		Michael Lyons 50'
29.	27-04-1974	Manchester City	0-1	H	0		*Denis Law 82'
30.	29-04-1974	Stoke City	0-1	A	0		John Ritchie 18'
31.	17-08-1974	Leyton Orient	2-0	A	0	Willie Morgan 28', Stewart Houston 73'
32.	24-08-1974	Millwall	4-0	H	0	Stuart Pearson 3', Gerry Daly 39', 83' (pen), 89' (pen)
33.	28-08-1974	Portsmouth	2-1	H	0	Gerry Daly 16' (pen), Sammy McIlroy 80'	*Ronald "Tudor" Davies 87' (pen)
34.	31-08-1974	Cardiff City	1-0	A	0	Gerry Daly 4' (pen)
35.	07-09-1974	Nottingham Forest	2-2	H	0	Brian Greenhoff 26', Sammy McIlroy 79'	Ian Bowyer 39', John Cottam 51'
36.	11-09-1974	Charlton Athletic	5-1	H	0	Sammy McIlroy 8', Phil Warman 13' (o.g.), Lou Macari 14', 78', Stewart Houston 50'	Peter Hunt 1'
37.	14-09-1974	West Bromwich Albion	1-1	A	0	Stuart Pearson 32'	Alan Merrick 6'
38.	16-09-1974	Millwall	1-0	A	0	Gerry Daly 47' (pen)
39.	21-09-1974	Bristol Rovers	2-0	H	0	Brian Greenhoff 8', Frankie Prince 28' (o.g.)
40.	25-09-1974	Bolton Wanderers	3-0	H	0	Lou Macari 40', Stewart Houston 42', Don McAllister 65' (o.g.)
41.	28-09-1974	Norwich City	0-2	A	0		*Ted MacDougall 24' (pen), 58'
42.	05-10-1974	Fulham	2-1	A	0	Stuart Pearson 18', 76'	Viv Busby 86'
43.	09-10-1974	Manchester City	1-0	H	0	Gerry Daly 78' (pen)
44.	12-10-1974	Notts County	1-0	H	0	Sammy McIlroy 17'
45.	15-10-1974	Portsmouth	0-0	A	0
46.	19-10-1974	Blackpool	3-0	A	1	Alex Forsyth 22', Lou Macari 60', Jim McCalliog 72'
47.	26-10-1974	Southampton	1-0	H	0	Stuart Pearson 78'
48.	02-11-1974	Oxford United	4-0	H	0	Stuart Pearson 9', 32', 45', Lou Macari 24'
49.	09-11-1974	Bristol City	0-1	A	0		John Emanuel 30'
50.	13-11-1974	Burnley	3-2	H	0	Lou Macari 29', 87', Willie Morgan 49'	Peter Noble 20', Roy Hankin 31'
51.	16-11-1974	Aston Villa	2-1	H	0	Gerry Daly 69' (pen), 81'	Ian Hamilton 12'
52.	23-11-1974	Hull City	0-2	A	0		Alf Wood 35', Ken Wagstaff 84'
53.	30-11-1974	Sunderland	3-2	H	0	Stuart Pearson 11', Willie Morgan 55', Sammy McIlroy 61'	Bill Hughes 12', 14'
54.	04-12-1974	Middlesbrough	0-0	A	0
55.	07-12-1974	Sheffield Wednesday	4-4	A	0	Stewart Houston 7', Lou Macari 53', 85', Stuart Pearson 63'	David Sunley 19', 69', Bernard Shaw 24', Colin Harvey 30'
56.	14-12-1974	Leyton Orient	0-0	H	0
57.	11-01-1975	Sheffield Wednesday	2-0	H	0	Jim McCalliog 22' (pen), 50'
58.	15-01-1975	Norwich City	2-2	H	0	Lou Macari 51', 71'	Tony Powell 45', *Ted MacDougall 88'
59.	18-01-1975	Sunderland	0-0	A	0
60.	22-01-1975	Norwich City	0-1	A	0		Colin Suggett 54'
61.	01-02-1975	Bristol City	0-1	H	0		Don Gilles 89'
62.	08-02-1975	Oxford United	0-1	A	0		Derek Clarke 33'
63.	15-02-1975	Hull City	2-0	H	0	Stewart Houston 2', Stuart Pearson 45'
64.	22-02-1975	Aston Villa	0-2	A	0		Ray Graydon 5', Charlie Aitken 25'
65.	01-03-1975	Cardiff City	4-0	H	0	Stewart Houston 59', Stuart Pearson 62', Sammy McIlroy 85', Lou Macari 88'
66.	08-03-1975	Bolton Wanderers	1-0	A	0	Stuart Pearson 29'
67.	15-03-1975	Norwich City	1-1	H	0	Stuart Pearson 50'	*Ted MacDougall 68'
68.	22-03-1975	Nottingham Forest	1-0	A	0	Gerry Daly 35'
69.	28-03-1975	Bristol Rovers	1-1	A	0	Lou Macari 35'	Bruce Bannister 90'
70.	29-03-1975	York City	2-1	H	0	Willie Morgan 74', Lou Macari 86'	Jimmy Seal 88'
71.	31-03-1975	Oldham Athletic	3-2	H	0	Sammy McIlroy 23', Lou Macari 26', Steve Coppell 75'	Ian Robins 48', Alex Young 76'
72.	05-04-1975	Southampton	1-0	A	0	Lou Macari 76'
73.	12-04-1975	Fulham	1-0	H	0	Gerry Daly 20'
74.	19-04-1975	Notts County	2-2	A	0	Stewart Houston 12', Brian Greenhoff 40'	Eric Probert 49', Kevin Randall 63'
75.	26-04-1975	Blackpool	4-0	H	0	Stuart Pearson 20', 54', Lou Macari 78', Brian Greenhoff 82'
76.	16-08-1975	Wolves	2-0	A	0	Lou Macari 73', 79'
77.	19-08-1975	Birmingham City	2-0	A	0	Sammy McIlroy 47', 82'
78.	23-08-1975	Sheffield United	5-1	H	0	Stuart Pearson 11', 40', Len Badger 38' (o.g.), Gerry Daly 64', Sammy McIlroy 84'	Chris Guthrie 56'
79.	27-08-1975	Coventry City	1-1	H	0	Stuart Pearson 23'	Alan Green 69'
80.	30-08-1975	Stoke City	1-0	A	0	Alan Dodd 15' (o.g.)
81.	06-12-1975	Middlesbrough	0-0	A	0
82.	13-12-1975	Sheffield United	4-1	A	0	Stuart Pearson 3', 74' , Gordon Hill 31', Lou Macari 87'	Bill Dearden 52'
83.	20-12-1975	Wolves	1-0	H	0	Gordon Hill 90'
84.	23-12-1975	Everton	1-1	A	0	Lou Macari 26'	Bob Latchford 40'
85.	27-12-1975	Burnley	2-1	H	0	Sammy McIlroy 51', Lou Macari 80'	Ray Hankin 34'
86.	03-01-1976	Oxford United	2-1	H	0	Gerry Daly 46' (pen), 54' (pen)	Derek Clarke 43'
87.	10-01-1976	QPR	2-1	H	0	Gordon Hill 15', Sammy McIlroy 57'	*Don Givens 10'
88.	17-01-1976	Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	A	0	Gordon Hill 4'	John Duncan 63'
89.	24-01-1976	Peterborough United	3-1	H	1	Alex Forsyth 8', Sammy McIlroy 11', Gordon Hill 73'	John Cozens 35'
90.	31-01-1976	Birmingham City	3-1	H	1	Alex Forsyth 36', Lou Macari 43', Sammy McIlroy 88'	Peter Withe 60'
91.	07-02-1976	Coventry City	1-1	A	0	Lou Macari 82'	Leslie Cartwright 39'
92.	14-02-1976	Leicester City	2-1	A	0	Lou Macari 8', Gerry Daly 33'	Robert Lee 60'
93.	18-02-1976	Liverpool	0-0	H	0
94.	21-02-1976	Aston Villa	1-2	A	0	Lou Macari 44'	Bob McDonald 38', Andy Gray 60'
95.	25-02-1976	Derby County	1-1	H	0	Stuart Pearson 27'	Bruce Rioch 57'
96.	28-02-1976	West Ham United	4-0	H	1	Alex Forsyth 49', Lou Macari 56', David McCreery 76', Stuart Pearson 88'
97.	06-03-1976	Wolves	1-1	H	0	Gerry Daly 66'	John Richards 60'
98.	09-03-1976	Wolves	3-2	A	0	Stuart Pearson 35', Brian Greenhoff 74', Sammy McIlroy 96'	Steve Kingdon 19', John Richards 20'
99.	13-03-1976	Leeds United	3-2	H	0	Stewart Houston 3', Stuart Pearson 42', Gerry Daly 61'	Trevor Cherry 87', Billy Bremner 88'
100.	16-03-1976	Norwich City	1-1	A	0	Gordon Hill 9'	Phil Boyer 63'
101.	20-03-1976	Newcastle United	4-3	A	0	Stuart Pearson 12', 58', John Bird 15' (o.g.), Pat Howard 49' (o.g.)	Mickey Burns 17', Malcolm McDonald 27', *Alan Gowling 41'
102.	27-03-1976	Middlesbrough	3-0	H	0	Gerry Daly 60' (pen), David McCreery 65', Gordon Hill 70'
103.	03-04-1976	Derby County	2-0	N	0	Gordon Hill 12', 84'
104.	10-04-1976	Ipswich Town	0-3	A	0		Mick Lambert 35', Trevor Whymark 79', Dave Johnson 84'
105.	17-04-1976	Everton	2-1	H	0	Roger Kenyon 56' (o.g.) , David McCreery 69'	George Telfer 20'
106.	19-04-1976	Burnley	1-0	A	0	Lou Macari 57'
107.	21-04-1976	Stoke City	0-1	H	0		Alan Bloor 87'
108.	24-04-1976	Leicester City	1-2	A	0	Peter Coyne 57'	Robert Lee 26', Chris Garland 47'
109.	01-05-1976	Southampton	0-1	N	0		Bobby Stokes 83'
110.	04-05-1976	Manchester City	2-0	H	0	Gordon Hill 48', Sammy McIlroy 52'
111.	27-11-1976	West Ham United	0-2	H	0		Trevor Brooking 20', Billy Jennings 29'
112.	01-12-1976	Everton	0-3	H	0		Martin Dobson 33', Andy King 37', 50'
113.	18-12-1976	Arsenal	1-3	A	0	Sammy McIlroy 6'	Malcolm Macdonald 5', 52', Liam Brady 45'+2
114.	19-04-1977	QPR	0-4	A	0		*Don Givens 1', Eddie Kelly 22', Peter Eastoe 46', 60'
115.	03-05-1977	Liverpool	0-1	A	0		Kevin Keegan 15'
116.	03-09-1977	Derby County	1-0	A	0	Lou Macari 30'
117.	10-09-1977	Manchester City	1-3	A	0	Jimmy Nicholl 87'	*Brian Kidd 14', 48', Mick Channon 78'
118.	19-10-1977	Porto	0-4	A	0		Duda 8', 24', 54', Oliveira 60'
119.	22-10-1977	West Bromwich Albion	0-4	A	0		John Wile 28', David Cross 34', 44' *Laurie Cunningham 44'

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