William Forrester

Forrester's current-season form is level with last season (Season 12→12), while his Rating held around 39. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 23).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Leyton Orient · 12th	7	1	1	7.49	39	12
2025/26	Leyton Orient · 20th	17	1	0	6.97	39	12
2025/26	Bolton	2	0	0	7.3	—	—
2024/25	Bolton · 8th	30	0	0	7.09	44	13
2023/24	Bolton · 3rd	37	0	0	6.94	43	13
2022/23	Port Vale · 18th	35	2	1	6.79	45	23

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 2 earlier seasons and 4 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthFull-back

W. Forrester is a 25-year-old full-back at Leyton Orient, rated 39.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 100th of 213 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 strong campaign that ranks top 22% of the 19 full-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 12 → 12). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 39, 10th of 19 of the 19 full-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

Current potential10th of 19 full-backs · League One Current seasonTop 22% full-backs · League One 4th-best full-back in the League One 100th in the League One · potential 10th-highest potential full-back in the League One

39.1

Ratingi

10th of 19 full-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

Apps

3.6

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

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 39.1, Forrester carries the 10th-highest potential of the full-backs in the League One of 19, 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %34.4%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.063

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.063

Defensive actions / 903.6

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.316

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~9), then tapers with age. At 25, Forrester sits on 8.7, at or near its peak. The blue line is Forrester's projected Rating — 39.1 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-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 history

Leyton OrientJan 2026 – now-

BoltonJul 2023 – Jan 2026

Port ValeJul 2022 – Jul 2023

Stoke Cityuntil Jul 2022

About W. Forrester

William Samuel Forrester is a 25-year-old full-back who plays for Leyton Orient, born on June 29, 2001 in Alsager, standing 180 cm tall. He is from England. Leyton Orient currently sit 12th of 24 in the League One.

This season

In the current season, W. Forrester has made 7 appearances with 1 goal and 1 assist across 630 minutes.

W. Forrester's next match is on November 14, 2026, when Leyton Orient face Doncaster away in the League One.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates W. Forrester at 39.1 with a Season form score of 11.5, ranking 100th of 213 full-backs in the League One. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, W. Forrester has totalled 158 club appearances with 6 goals and 2 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2023/24, with 37 appearances for Bolton.

W. Forrester's career has also included time at Bolton, Port Vale and Stoke City.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

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Season stats

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Career

Scout report

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

Strengths

Watch points