Forbes Johnston was a Professional football player, playing primarily in defence, but also spending some time in the midfield.

He started his career playing for junior side Musselburgh Athletic

Musselburgh Athletic F.C.

Musselburgh Athletic Football Club are a Scottish junior football club based in the town of Musselburgh, East Lothian. Formed in 1934, they have played under different names including Musselburgh Bruntonians, Musselburgh Juniors and Musselburgh Fern since 1898...

, and joined the professional ranks at Falkirk

Falkirk F.C.

Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Falkirk. It is one of two professional football teams from the town, the other being East Stirlingshire...

 where he played from 1990 to 1996. He later joined Airdrieonians

Airdrieonians F.C.

Airdrieonians Football Club, more commonly known as Airdrie, were a Scottish professional football team from the town of Airdrie, in the Monklands area of Lanarkshire....

, where he played from 1996 to 2000. Forbes also represented his country in the Scotland Under 21

Scotland national under-21 football team

The Scotland national under-21 football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland's national under 21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Scotland national football team....

 team.

While playing football, Johnston obtained his law degree from Edinburgh University, and after a career-ending knee injury when he was 28, he left Scotland to join accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest professional services firm measured by revenues and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms....

 in Edinburgh, before moving to Sydney

Sydney

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 and then Adelaide

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

.

Johnston was found dead in his car on 12 July 2007, aged 35. According to the Adelaide police, he had committed suicide.