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based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameWilliam Samuel Forrester
PositionCentre-back
NationalityEngland
Age25
Date of birth29 Jun 2001
BirthplaceAlsager
Height180 cm
Shirt number#6
ClubLeyton Orient
Centre-back
17
Appearances
1
Goals
0
Assists
1425
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Leyton Orient.

Also this season

Earlier this season at BoltonEFL Trophy: 2 apps, 0g 0a, 180 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Leyton Orient; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
EFL Trophy100986.3

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

W. Forrester is a 25-year-old central defender at Leyton Orient, rated 39 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 46th of 107 on scout potential in the League One. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (34.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.6 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Forrester.

Judged on this season alone, Forrester graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 20th of 24 of the 24 centre-backs in the League One, on 3 clean sheets and 3.6 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 13 → 12). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 39, top 30% of the 24 centre-backs in the League One. At 25 Forrester is in his prime years, and a market index of 8.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelRemarkably consistentStepped up 2022/23Injury-hit 2025/265 clubs
39
Ratingi
7th of 24 centre-backs
11.5
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
34.4%
Minutes
limited game time
3.6
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Leyton Orient finished 20th of 24 · a lower-table side

17
Apps
3.6
Def. / 90
18
Tackles
24
Interceptions
3
Clean sheets

3.6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 17 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (20th of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Defensive volume. 3.6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 34.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 39, Forrester carries the 7th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League One (top 30%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Leyton Orient finished 20th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.6 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the League One with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles18
Interceptions24
Blocks15

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards5
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.