Tommy Forecast

Tommy Forecast

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Forecast
Height	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Southampton
Number	13

Tommy Forecast; born 15 October 1986 in Newham, England), is a English football goalkeeper, currently with English club Southampton.

Tommy joined the Tottenham Hotspur Academy system, His first major impact came in 2004-05 with a string of fine displays as their Under-18s Goalkeeper and helped his team reach the semi-finals of the FA Youth Cup which included saves in a penalty shoot-out at Anfield.

After his stand out successes in the FA Youth Cup he was named in the first team squad as substitute 6 times during the 2007-08 Barclays Premiership. Yet at Tottenham he was limited to these 6 first team appearances and quickly decided on a move away from White Hart Lane

In July 2008, Forecast made his first transfer away from Tottenham, He was signed up by Jan Poortvliet the manager of Southampton for £100,000 on a five year contract. He said "Spurs did not really want to let me go but as soon as I found out about Saints' interest my mind was made up."

At Southampton, Forecast became very much a third choice keeper behind Saints no.1 Kelvin Davis and second choice Bartosz Bialkowski, and therefore has appeared more at reserve team level, however after Bialkowski's loan to Ipswich Town FC at the end of the 2008-09 season he became second choice keeper, and with the speculation of mass transfers away from St Marys in the summer of 2009 he is likely to have a much more significant role at Saints in Coca Cola League One.

External links

• Tommy Forecast's player profile at saintsfc.co.uk