| Alex Forsyth |
 Alexander Forsyth was born on Tuesday, 5th February, 1952, in Swinton, Glasgow. The 5' 8½ (11st 0lbs) defender signed for Scot Symon's Thistle on Thursday, 14th November, 1968, having most recently been with Arsenal. Aged 17, he made his debut appearance on Wednesday, 30th July, 1969, in a 3-2 friendly defeat away to Glentoran. Alex scored his first goal for Thistle on Monday, 3rd August, 1970, in a 4-1 friendly defeat away to Chester. He scored the last of his 14 goals on Saturday, 9th September, 1972, in a 2-1 defeat away to Rangers in the SFL First Division. He played his last game for the club on Saturday, 23rd December, 1972, in a 1-1 draw at home to St Johnstone in the SFL First Division, having clocked up 109 appearances as a Jag. Alex's club-list included Arsenal, Partick Thistle, Manchester United, Rangers, Motherwell, Hamilton Academical, Queen of the South and Blantyre Victoria. |
| compiled from our All Games criteria. |
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| 18y, 5m, 29d | |
03.08.1970 Chester [a] L1-4 (Friendly) |
| 19y, 3m, 0d | |
05.05.1971 Brora Rangers [a] W7-0 (Jimmy Miller Testimonial) |
| 19y, 6m, 2d | |
07.08.1971 Tranmere Rovers [h] W1-0 (Friendly) |
| 19y, 6m, 27d | |
01.09.1971 Raith Rovers [h] W5-0 (League Cup Section 7 - game 6) |
| 19y, 8m, 11d | |
16.10.1971 St Johnstone [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 7) |
| 19y, 10m, 6d | |
11.12.1971 Motherwell [h] W8-3 (SFL First Division - game 15) |
| 19y, 10m, 29d | |
03.01.1972 Airdrieonians [h] W4-2 (SFL First Division - game 19) |
| 20y, 0m, 28d | |
04.03.1972 Aberdeen [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 26) |
| 20y, 5m, 11d | |
16.07.1972 Allmänna Idrottsklubben [n] W3-0 (July Cup Group 2 - game 1) |
| 20y, 6m, 7d | |
12.08.1972 Cowdenbeath [a] W5-1 (League Cup Section 1 - game 1) |
| 20y, 6m, 30d | |
04.09.1972 Rot-Weiss Essen [h] W3-2 (Friendly) |
| 20y, 7m, 4d | |
09.09.1972 Rangers [a] L1-2 (SFL First Division - game 2) |
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