5'7" 10st.4lb.
b. Blackburn 24 June 1864
d. Blackburn 30 December 1925
 

Debut  27 January 1883 (18y 217d) Final Game 6 April 1895 (30y 286d)
First Goal 2 May 1883 Final Goal 16 February 1895
CAREER: Imperial United;King's Own '79;Witton'80;Blackburn Rovers Jan'83;Darwen Oct'95[10-1];Park Road Sep'97.
INTERNATIONALS    England  11apps
’84 v Wal.’85 v Sco,Wal,Ire.’86 v Sco,Wal.’87 v Sco,Wal,Ire.’89 v Sco.’90 v Ire.
HONOURS FAC win (Blackburn Rovers) ’83,’84,’85,’90,’91.
 

FL             148 apps 2 gls
FAC            48 apps 5 gls
Total         196 apps  7 gls  et 90m
Penalty record  T 1 Sc 1
LC              34 apps 1 gl
Biographical brochure  Jim Forrest’s Career- Joseph Baron- North-East Lancashire Press Co.Ltd. 1894

Still a teenager when he joined the Rovers he left twelve years later having gained eleven international caps, an astonishing five English Cup winners' medals and a reputation throughout football as a cool, scientific player who enhanced the stature of the game. He had a classy left foot, excellent balance and a shrewd footballing brain. Later he made the change to left back without trauma. Originally he had partnered his brother at Witton forming the left flank but moved back in an emergency and never returned to inside left. Originally a tapesizer he was able to improve his occupation, becoming licensee of the Darwen and County Arms and the Audley Arms. He was also a partner in Pickering, Brown & Co, shuttle peg makers, carpenters and factory furnishers. Elected to the Rovers' board in 1902 he had to resign because he was a professional but once he was re-instated as an amateur the next year he returned. His death at his home in Whalley New Road occurred just as his son had forced his way into the Rovers' first team.