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Scottish footballer

Matt Forsyth
Personal information
Full name	John Matthew Forsyth
Date of birth	14 November 1896
Place of birth	Cathcart, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date of death	1979 (aged 82 or 83)
Place of death	Aberdeen, Scotland
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Shotts Battlefield
	Hampden
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Glasgow Perthshire
1920–1926	Aberdeen	161	(0)
1923	→ Dumbarton Harp (loan)	1	(0)
1926–1928	Forres Mechanics
1928–1929	Keith
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Matthew Forsyth was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender, mainly for Aberdeen.

Forsyth joined Aberdeen in 1920 from Junior club Glasgow Perthshire. After almost 200 appearances, he left the club in 1926. Forsyth was one of Aberdeen's first recipients of a benefit game, a 4–4 draw against a former Aberdeen select in 1926.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aberdeen	1920–21	Scottish Division One	23	0	0	0	23	0
	1921–22		35	0	6	0	41	0
	1922–23		37	0	5	0	42	0
	1923–24		31	0	7	0	38	0
	1924–25		33	0	6	0	39	0
	1925–26		2	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		161	0	24	0	185	0

References

^ "Matt Forsyth profile". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
"AFC Match Report". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
"Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

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