Tyler Hornby-Forbes

Tyler Hornby-Forbes

Personal information
Full name	Tyler Cecil Hornby-Forbes[1]
Date of birth	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
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Fleetwood Town	2014–15	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
	2015–16	16	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	20	2
	Total	33	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	37	2
Brighton & Hove Albion	2016–17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total		33	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	37	2

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. "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. 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