His father and grandfather were coalminers and Geoff was determined not to follow, so when he left school he learned how to lay bricks!
Born in November 1973, Geoff has played 477 league matches and scored 140 goals for a number of clubs.
A player described as "not skillful but determined" his positive point was when the opposition are tiring, they don't want a "horse" running at them! He was a powerful centre forward.
His clubs listed in time order are; Athersley Recreation (local Sunday League), Worsborough Bridge WM, Scarborough in 1992, Halifax Town (twice), Guiseley, Witton Albion, Fulham (where he link up with Saha), Birmingham around 2003, WBA (promotion year), Sheffield United, Leeds, Leicester City, Scunthorpe, Lincoln, Port Vale (caretaker manager also), Alvechurch, finishing in May 2013.
In 2008 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, from which he recovered.
Recently he is investing in the Geoff Horsfield Foundation, building houses in the Erdington District of Birmingham, designed for the homeless and those with addictions. It is Birmingham City FC's official charity. Some of the club's players have been in local sheltered accommodation serving food.
Tonight, two of his old clubs, Birmingham City (League Cup final) and West Bromwich Albion ("the great escape" in 2005) meet in the Championship and Geoff is holding a bucket collection and he has asked fans of both clubs to bring spare toileteries with them to help stock up the houses that he is building. He has also set up food and clothes banks in the city and centres for people to meet and chat.
https://www.bcfc.com/news/articles/2018/geoff-horsfield-foundation-is-blues-new-charity-partner/
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