The club is delighted to announce that it has signed central defender George Forsyth for the 2025_2026 campaign.
Whilst we are approaching our fifty-year anniversary of the shirt sponsorship, George is now back at the Poppies for this third spell with the club, having made 45 appearances and scoring 2 goals, joining the Rosta of only eight players that have returned the club three times or more in our illustrious past.
George originally joined the Poppies a loan signing during November 2022 from Bromsgrove and made his debut v Southport 26:11:22 (at LP 0-0). Fozzy scored his first goal for the club in the dramatic 1-1 at Bradford (Park Avenue), where he spent 58 minutes in goal due to the sending off of Cameron Gregory, becoming the first Poppy to score and keep goal in the same game.
George left the club in June 2023 and joined AFC Telford United. He returned on loan to the Poppies in January 2024 from the Bucks and played an integral part (as captain) in keeping the club from avoiding relegation with some excellent performances. He returned to AFC Telford after his loan spell expired, and later re-joined Bromsgrove Sporting for the onset of the 2024-25 season, later playing for Banbury United.
On his return to the Poppies George commented that he was “Very Happy to be back at Kettering. I never wanted to leave the club… and was itching to get back …as part of a structured and disciplined team. When you come to Latimer Park and play in front of the Tinhat end its class… I feel at home here and excited for the season ahead.”
The club welcomes Fozzy back to Latimer Park and wishes him every success this season.
Once a Poppy always a Poppy.
COYP!
