Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and Crawley
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980) Adam Barton
PNE 50 apps; 1 goal
Reds 2 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 10/04/2004 v Scunthorpe (H) – Won 3-2
997) Leon Clarke
PNE 6 apps; 1 goal
Reds 3 apps; 1 goal
PNE debut 01/02/2011 v Barnsley (A) – Lost 0-2
898) Claude Davis
PNE 94 apps; 4 goals
Reds 45 apps; 3 goals
PNE debut 25/08/2003 v West Brom (A) – Lost 0-1
1014) Jonathan Forte
PNE 3 apps; 0 goals
Reds 12 apps; 3 goals
PNE debut 08/011/2011 v Rochdale (A) – Drawn 1-1
Player Profile – Jonathan Forte
Jonathan Ronald James Forte was born in Sheffield on 25 July 1986
Forte started his career at Rotherham as a schoolboy in the Academy, but opted to join the Sheffield United Academy, along with Billy Sharp after Rotherham turned him away. During his youth career he made several appearances for England at youth level
Forte was mostly been used as a substitute at Sheffield United, with only five of his appearances being from the start. His debut was a 3-0 win at Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup on 25 January 2004. His first goal came in a 3-2 defeat at Leicester on 14 September 2004.
He went on loan twice in the 2005/06 season, to Doncaster and Rotherham . He scored eight times (four for each team) for these clubs, and played an important part in keeping Rotherham in League One.
In July 2006, Forte was re-signed by Doncaster , initially on a six-month loan deal. He helped Doncaster win the Football League Trophy on 1 April 2007 scoring the first goal in 3–2 (aet) victory against Bristol Rovers after only 43 seconds. Over the course of his career at Sheffield United he made 30 appearances scoring 1 goal.
Forte signed for Scunthorpe United on 4 July 2007 and made exactly 100 league appearances with only 43 in the starting eleven. Four league goals in 38 matches for the Irons in 2007/08
He then signed for Notts County on 13 November 2008 in a one month loan deal. He scored four goals in four league games, including a hat trick on his debut against Barnet on 15 November 2008. He re-signed on a one month loan deal at Meadow Lane in February 2009, getting himself on the scoresheet again with two goals against Bradford City in County’s 3–1 home win. The loan was extended for a second month until 18 April
The 2009/10 season saw Forte score twice in 28 league matches. On 28 August 2010 Forte scored two goals for Scunthorpe against Crystal Palace at Glanford Park.]
On 31 January 2011, he signed for Southampton for an undisclosed fee on a three and a half-year deal, joining up with former manager Nigel Adkins.] However he did not sign in time to feature the next day at Exeter City. He made his debut as a substitute in a 4–4 draw with Peterborough on 5 February 2011. He scored his first goals from the bench against Milton Keynes Dons, with the score at 2–0 he scored two goals in two minutes, to bring it to 2–2. The game ended in a 3–2 victory. He scored his first goal of the 2011–12 season in a 4–1 win over Torquay United, in the League Cup. He scored another in the League Cup, a 3–1 victory at Swindon Town.
On 8 November 2011, he signed for Preston, His loan expired on 10 December 2011. He made his debut against Rochdale in the Football League Trophy on the same day with a 4-2 win on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Forte had signed with fellow striker Sam Hoskins. November he played Rochdale again but lost 1-0. A week later he started in the 1-0 defeat at Bury and was replaced on the hour mark with Keammar Daley. His third and last league match for PNE was a 1-0 win at Hartlepool on 29 November.
On 27 January 2012, he signed for Notts County on loan until the end of the season. He scored a hat-trick against Charlton, the second of his career. The first had been at Notts County on loan in 2008 away at Barnet on his debut.
On 17 August 2012, Forte signed for Crawley on a 3-month loan. He made his debut the following day, scoring Crawley's third goal in a 3–0 victory over his former club, Scunthorpe United. He scored twice more in his last two matches for Crawley. The first was in a 1-1 draw at former club Notts County on 10 November and then a week later in a 2-2 home draw to Walsall. He had made 12 league appearances for Crawley.
On 31 January 2013, Forte returned to his first club Sheffield United, on loan for the rest of the season. Forte scored his first United goal in eight years when he netted in a 2–0 league victory over Bury at Gigg Lane.] After initially starting regularly Forte was injured during the game against Bury, and struggled with his fitness during the rest of his loan spell. With United failing to gain promotion, Forte returned to Southampton having played twelve games and scored one goal.
Despite playing for England at youth level, On 26 March 2010, he made his international debut for Barbados in a 1–0 victory against Dominica. He qualifies for Barbados through his father.