Name: Jerol Forbes.
Club: United Petrotrin (Trinidad ).
Previous Clubs: Palo Seco Football Academy (Trinidad), San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad).
Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1984.
School: Naparima (Trinidad). 
Position: Forward.
Favourite Player: Luis Figo.
Favourite Team: Manchester United.
T&T Senior Debut: Against Grenada (27-Apr-2008). Forbes also scored on his debut, T&T came away 2-0 winner.
NOTES: Jerol was a member of the Naparima College team, which won the Triple Crown (National League, Intercol and South Zone) in 1999 and was also a member of the "Naps" team which won the 2000 National....Intercol crown. He was named "MVP" for the Palo Seco Soccer Academy in 1997 and 1998 and also won a Most Goal Award. Jerol was a member of the T&T U-17 team that played in the 2001 Youth Championships which was hosted in T&T and scored the lone goal vs Brazil. He had tryouts with Manchester United and Middlesborough in Jan-2002. Forbes scored 17-goals for San Juan Jabloteh under 20 team during the 2004 under 20 PFL season.

Jerol Forbes dropped.

By: Shaun Fuentes.
10-Sept-2002 - Trinidad and Tobago’s Under 20 footballers will play their final warm-up encounter against Professional League outfit CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh at the Hasely Crawford Stadium from 3pm on Wednesday.
Preparing for Sunday’s away leg World Under 20 qualifier against Cuba in Havana, T&T will go into both matches without the services of striker Jerol Forbes, who a day after scoring a hattrick for Naparima College learnt that he was dropped from the National team.
According to coach Zoran Vranes, Forbes has been dropped for disciplinary reasons. The player failed to turn up for last Friday’s warm-up encounter against Vibe CT 105 W Connection at the Dr Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence and did not report to the team as to his reason for being absent. Connection won that match 2-0.
“Forbes is out because of disciplinary reasons. He didn’t come to play the game and his excuse in the end was not a good one. This is not the first time that he has failed to turn up for a session and he has to be much more honest and disciplined. These are important games for us and all the players must understand this,” Vranes told TTFF Media.
Forbes was seen sitting in the stands viewing Naparima College’s 1-1 draw with Princes Town Senior Comprehensive at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella last Friday, and also looked on as former Under 17 teammate Nkosi Blackman made his comeback for St Benedict’s College against Presentation College, San Fernando in the earlier match at the same venue, the same time the National team was in action at Macoya.
The player who scored T&T’s lone goal in a 6-1 defeat to Brazil at last year’s FIFA Under 17 World Championship, was a second half substitute in the 0-0 draw with Cuba earlier this month but failed to trouble the Cuban goalkeeper. Forbes,a member of CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh also had a stint at Manchester United and Middlesbrough earlier this year through the efforts of Pro Sports Caribbean.
Replacing Forbes is W Connection midfielder Kyle Cupid, while Joe Public’s Joel Marquis comes in for Tobago’s Devon Leacock who is out through a back injury which was news to Vranes on Monday. But the Yugoslavian-born coach also mentioned that similar action was also taken on Leacock because the player flew back to the sister-isle to represent Scarborough Secondary in a League encounter on the weekend without notifying neither National team manager George Joseph nor the Federation office.
Jabloteh coach Terry Fenwick said it would be difficult to leave Forbes out of the T&T Under 20 team but warned that players need to be fully disciplined.
"It's hard to see a player of his calibre out of the National under 20 team but and we need to give these players all the opportunities to play at the highest level but at the same time we have to ensure they are well disciplined. I think it's an unfortunate situation and hopefully he will learn from it because I think he is definitely one of the better strikers at the youth level that we have around," said Fenwick, who said he was yet to decide if he will put Forbes into the Jabloteh team to run out against his national teammates today.
Vranes said the two midfielders were brought in to strengthen the midfield department. Defence Force striker Devon Jorsling is also out with an achilles tendon injury.
“We realise that the Cubans were better than us in that area so we will be trying to improve this part of our game. We are doing our best under the circumstances and I am still optimistic that we can go to Cuba and get a positive result. We were able to get a draw here and now we know them better. They will be under more pressure to get a win at home,” said Vranes.

T&T trio reflect on time of their lives.

By: Shaun Fuentes.
01-Feb-2002 - Nkosi Blackman, Jerol Forbes and Kenwyne Jones are still caught up in the “experience of the lives” since returning from England on Tuesday night.
The trio described the stints at Manchester United and Middlesbrough as learning, enjoyable and unforgettable.
Blackman, a student of St Benedict’s College, spoke of the difficult times at Manchester United while training at the Academy but also had some good occasions to talk about.
“It was a little cold at Manchester. But we got along all right. The guys there were not giving us the ball too much and we couldn’t hold ball and show off anything. We more or less had to fight it out on our own,” said Blackman.
“It was really good because we have seen they are very developed there and we learnt quite a lot,” he added.
He added that Dwight Yorke would come and say “You guys make sure and take care of my Trini brothers.”
“The professional players were very cool and kind to us. Gary Neville, Van Nistelrroy, Veron and Dwight all came and spoke to us on the second day.
They give us some jerseys and Dwight gave us some funds that he had on him at the time and that was very nice. He told us he would meet us up at Middlesbrough but he didnt’ sign the deal. Sir Alex Ferguson also came and spoke to us and told us to enjoy ourselves and make the best of the experience,” added Blackman.
Forbes mentioned that he performed better at Middlesbrough and the club has also expressed interest in having them return.
“Boro was a little warmer and we performed much better there. We had a lot of the ball. We played some training games and were scoring in most of the matches at Manchester also,” said Forbes. “I wanted to gain something from the experience and I got that.”
“The experience was great as i got a chance to make something of my career. Different times at both clubs. The guys were nice to us but as soon as went on the field and showed what we had in the first session, I realised we started getting less of the ball so we had to fight for ourselves but it was great,” Forbes stated.
As for Jones, he too was in good spirits. “We had to adapt to the weather but we worked hard and came out well Middlesbrough I was allowed to play centre forward and centre midfield. The experience was all good,”
All three players made a written statement about the experience saying “Thanks to Pro Sports Caribbean Limited, we have had a wonderful experience in England, participating in trials with two of their Premiership clubs. We worked hard against a lot of the other quality players all hoping to secure a contract at these clubs. We are now awaiting the official reports from each club to be sent to Pro Sports Caribbean on how they felt we performed and whether they are interested in pursuing us further. In the meantime, our sincerest thanks go to Pro Sports Caribbean Limited and CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh coach Terry Fenwick and FCOTT CEO Peter Miller who have made this possible to us and to KFC for equipping us and providing spending money for our trip. The work Pro Sports are doing in Trinidad and Tobago is giving local talent an opportunity to be recognised around the world.”

TnT trio returns from Manchester stint.

By: Shaun Fuentes.
30-Jan-2002 - This country's National Under 17 trio were scheduled to return from their English training stint on Tuesday evening.
FIFA Under 17 All Star member Nkosi Blackman, Kenwyne Jones and Jerol Forbes were given high remarks following their short stay with Manchester United and are likely to be recalled to the United Kingdom.
All three members spent just over a week at the United academy and were allowed the opportunity to meet and spend time with former National striker Dwight Yorke and were also treated to a day out in the Club's merchandise shop by midfielder Roy Keane.
As this country's national team campaigned at the 2002 Gold Cup, Blackman and company represented the "Soca Warriors outside and FIFA Vice President Jack Warner was high in praise of their achievements.
Warner complimented sports marketing company Pro Sports Caribbean Limited for arranging the stint for the youngsters. The Anguilla-based company is represented in T&T by Terry Fenwick and Peter Miller.
"Undoubtedly the invitation to these three youths by Manchester United has made a positive impact on local football, moreso, local youth football. Those already involved in the game are now encouraged to strive harder and many of those who were undecided about which sport they should pursue after school will opt to continue playing football more seriously," Warner said while in Miami last week.
He also added that this experience has boosted the image of local football.
"It has certainly boosted the local image and bears testimony as to the quality of the raw talent that abounds here and throughout the Caribbean. It is quite an accomplishment indeed when one realizes that Manchester United is the leading Club in the English Premier League with youth academies in several parts of the world. Within those academies are youngsters who have been nurtured on football and have been selected from hundreds, probably thousands of their peers. It is against such a background that the invitation is extended. This simply means that our three youths possess something special to have earned that invitation from such a prestigious club as Manchester United," ended Warner.
Blackman, Jones and Forbes were also given the opportunity to train at Premier League club Middlesbrough during their stay in England.
Further details on their stint will be released later this week.

TnT trio for trials at Manchester United.

By: Shaun Fuentes, TTFF Communications Officer.
10-Jan-2002 - First there was one, now there are three more.
Trinidad and Tobago's National Under 17 trio of Nkosi Blackman, Jerol Forbes and Kenwyne Jones will leave local shores this Sunday for ten-day trials at English Premiership giants Manchester United.
This bombshell announcement was made on Wednesday at the Hilton Hotel.
This has been arranged through the efforts of Pro Sports Caribbean Limited, an Anguilla-based company which specializes in sports marketing and sports tourism. Their representatives in Trinidad and Tobago, Peter Miller, Chief Executive Officer of the Football Company of TnT, and Terry Fenwick, were instrumental in getting the dream opportunity for the young "Soca Warriors."
According to Miller, the players accommodation will be taken care of by Manchester United, which had a scout present at last year's FIFA Under 17 World Championship in TnT. Former National striker Dwight Yorke would obviously welcome the news of hearing that his countrymen would be at Old Trafford, but Miller added that the 30-year-old striker was not part of the arrangements.
The Joe Public player, who scored a memorable solo goal in TnT's 2-1 defeat to Croatia during the opening match of the Under 17 Championship, said he feels like he's still experiencing a dream.
"I got the news when I got home from school yesterday. My roommate told me to call Mr (Richard) Abraham and when I called I was told that I had a Press Conference to attend and that I would be leaving this weekend for a trial at Manchester United. I was like 'woooow' it was really unbelievable at first. Then today things just seemed real when I found out that we will be leaving on Wednesday.I'm still shocked actually," said Blackman, who was on trial at Italian Serie A side Piacenza last year.
"I'm going to make the best out of this opportunity and I think I will be better prepared than when I went on my last trial," he added.
"What is for you is for you and not all the time things will go your way. You just have to go out there and perform to the best of your ability."
With Juan Veron as his favourite United player, the St Benedict's College player mentioned "Yeah I would like to also meet up with Dwight."
Forbes echoed similar sentiments. "I found about this last Sunday when Mr Fenwick told me and since then I've just tried to play it calm," he said."He told me that there was an opportunity to go on trial at Manchester."
"I've been able to sleep but it's like a dream come true. I've been playing football for around six years and to start that late and make it to this point is a good achievement. I will like to thank the Almighty my parents and also my girlfriend Cherisse who has been with me through all," added the Naparima College marksman. His favourite players are Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and David Beckham.
"This trial is a stepping stone for me and it's an opportunity to become the second player from our country to play for United," added Forbes, scorer of TnT's lone goal in the final Group A match at the World Championship.
Jones, like his two teammates, has always had a desire to play abroad, but he didn't expect that such an opportunity would arise, at least not at this time.
"I want to make a name for myself and become a professional and the opportunity is there now. I'm looking forward to meet the entire team," said Jones.
The trio will meet with officials of the club and are likely to begin training with the Reserve and Youth teams.

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