Alan Forsyth
Scottish field hockey player (born 1992)
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Alan Forsyth (born 5 April 1992) is a Scottish field hockey player who plays as a forward for Men's England Hockey League club Old Georgians and the Scotland and Great Britain national teams.[1]
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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| Born |
5 April 1992 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-2013 | Kelburne | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013-2021 | Surbiton | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021-2023 | HGC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2026 | Old Georgians | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2024 | GB | 53 | (22) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2024 | Scotland | 160 | (101) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Forsyth, the son of Derek Forsyth, a head coach of Scotland, started his career with Scottish club Kelburne Hockey Club, winning six Scottish league titles, making his senior international debut for Scotland in 2009 and represented Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010.[2]
He won a bronze medal with the team at the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Vinnytsia, Ukraine.[3]
He moved to England to play in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division from 2014 until 2021 for Surbiton, where he won three league titles.[4] Also while at Surbiton he competed in two more Commonwealth Games in 2014 in Glasgow[5] and 2018 in Gold Coast and in between won a gold medal with Scotland at the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Glasgow.[6]
He also made his senior international debut for Great Britain on 19 October 2015 but was only named as reserve for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7][8]
After leaving Surbiton to play in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for HGC he spent two years in the Netherlands[9] and in 2022 became the first Scottish mens hockey player to compete at four Commonwealth Games, after competing in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[10]
He returned in 2023 to England to play for Old Georgians[11] but announced his retirement from international hockey in 2024 with 101 goals from 160 international Scotland caps.[12]
Forsyth was part of the Old Georgians team that won the league title during the 2023-24 season.[13]
Honours & achievements
Individual & Team
- Investec Men's Hockey League Player of the Season
2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19
- Investec Men's Hockey Top Goal Scorer of the Season
2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19
- Endland Hockey Mens Premier League winners
2016/17, 2017/18, 2019/20, 2023/24
- England Hockey Indoor Super Sixes
2016/17, 2019/20, 2023/24[14]
- UK hockey player of the year award for 2018 Writers’ Club.[15]
