David Forsyth (field hockey)

Scottish field hockey player

Born (1989-02-26) 26 February 1989 (age 37)
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Playing position Defender

Years Team

2006–2013 Kelburne

David Forsyth

Personal information

Born

(1989-02-26) 26 February 1989 (age 37)
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Playing position

Defender

Senior career

Years

Team

2006–2013

2013–2015

THC Hurley

2015–2019

Qui Vive

National team

Years

Team

Caps

Goals

2010–2019

Medal record

David Forsyth (born 26 February 1989)^[1] is a Scottish field hockey player who has represented Scotland at two Commonwealth Games.

Forsyth was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, and was educated at Brediland Primary School and Gleniffer High School.^[2] He studied Event Management and International Marketing at the University of the West of Scotland from 2009 to 2012.

He played club hockey for Kelburne Hockey Club in the Scottish Hockey Premiership and won seven league titles with the club and made his Scotland debut in 2010 against the United States.^[3]

Forsyth left Scotland for the Netherlands to work for Adidas and played professional hockey in Amsterdam for THC Hurley and then Qui Vive.^[4]

Forsyth won a bronze medal with Scotland at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Prague and won a gold medal with Scotland at the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Glasgow.^[5] While at Qui Vive, he participated in the Commonwealth Games hockey tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.^[6]^[7]

Forsyth retired from international hockey in July 2019^[3] but remained in Amsterdam and as of 2025 was still working as a manager for Adidas.^[2]

Family

His father Derek Forsyth was the head coach of Scotland and his brother Alan Forsyth won caps for Great Britain and Scotland.^[8]

↑ "2016 Men Hockey World League Round 1-Glasgow (SCO)". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
1 2 "David Forsyth profile". Scottish Hockey. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
1 2 "David Forsyth retires from international hockey". Scottish Hockey. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
↑ "Former Kelburne hockey ace David Forsyth has no regrets about going Dutch". Daily Record. 16 January 2018. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
↑ "EuroHockey Championship 2017: Scotland beat Wales in final". BBC Sport. 12 August 2017. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
↑ "Gold Coast 2018 hockey squads announced". Scottish Hockey. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
↑ "XXI Commonwealth Games (M) Scotland". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
↑ "HOCKEY: Kelburne stars dominate Commonwealth Games selection squad". Daily Record. 19 August 2010. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.

v t e Scotland squad – 2014 Commonwealth Games – 8th place
1 Cachia (gk) 2 Hall 3 D. Forsyth 4 Parkes 5 Bremner 6 Coultas 7 A. Forsyth 8 Grassick (c) 9 Moodie 10 McIntyre 11 R. Stott 12 Nelson 13 Bain 14 Marshall 15 Scholefield 16 N. Stott Coach: D. Forsyth

v t e Scotland squad – 2015 EuroHockey Championship – Bronze medal
1 Anderson 2 Adams 3 Bain 4 Bremner 5 Byers 6 Cachia (gk) 7 Collins 8 Coultas 9 Duke 10 A. Forsyth 11 D. Forsyth 12 Grassick (c) 13 Imrie 14 McIntyre 15 Parkes 16 Ross 17 Somerville (gk) 18 R. Stott Coach: D. Forsyth

v t e Scotland squad – 2017 EuroHockey Championship – Gold medal
1 Alexander (gk) 2 Anderson 3 Atkins 4 Bain 5 Bremner 6 Byers 7 Cosgrove 8 Forrester (gk) 9 A. Forsyth 10 D. Forsyth 11 Fraser 12 Grassick (c) 13 Marshall 14 McIntyre 15 Morton 16 Parkes 17 Riddell 18 Wong Coach: Derek Forsyth

v t e Scotland squad – 2018 Commonwealth Games – 6th place
1 Alexander (gk) 2 Anderson 3 Bain 4 Bremner 5 Byers 6 Duke 7 A. Forsyth 8 D. Forsyth 9 Fraser 10 Grassick (c) 11 Harwood 12 Marshall 13 McIlravey (gk) 14 McIntyre 15 Morton 16 Parkes 17 Riddell 18 Wong Coach: D. Forsyth