Friday, 9 August 2013

ROVERS LEGEND #7:JONATHON FORTE

Jonathan never signed permanently for Doncaster,but he yet a very impressive during three loan spells at Belle Vue.

Born in Sheffield in 1986 to West Indian parents,the 6'1" striker joined the Rotherham academy aged 16 before signing professionally for Sheffield United in 2003 at the age of 17.He looked promising but struggled to get a place in the side.

After making only 5 appearances in the Steel City,he spent the 2005/06 season twice on loan at Doncaster and Rotherham.He made a total of 13 appearances for Donny and scored 4 goals.

Sean O'Driscoll captured Forte on-loan for the the whole 2006/07 season.He played 41 times and helped Doncaster beat Bristol Rovers in the JPT.

He left Bramall Lane for Scunthorpe United in 2007.He was then successfully loaned out to Notts County and scored a hat trick on his debut.In total,he made 100 appearances for Nigel Adkins' side.
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He joined Adkins at Southampton in January 2011.He couldn't compete with Rickie Lambert,so was loaned out to Preston for five months where he made three substitute appearances.

For the 2012/13 season,he spent a month's loan back at Notts County,a spell at Crawley and recently he returned on-loan to Sheffield United.
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He has also represented Barbados at International level.

Jonathon now lives in Ash,Hampshire with his wife and baby son.

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