Connor Comber capped a man-of-the-match performance with a late winner to help continue Bury AFC’s FA Cup run at the expense of higher-ranked opposition in North Shields.
Forster played a key role in the celebrations as he became the first Robins skipper since Ronnie Tatum in 1969 to lift the Northern League championship trophy.
The Robins made the short trip to North Tyneside neighbours Whitley Bay on Good Friday looking to secure the point they needed to be crowned as the league’s first champions since Dunston UTS in 2019.
North Shields lived up to their billing as FA Vase favourites as they inflicted only a third defeat in 22 games on Rugby Town at a blustery Daren Persson Stadium.
A bumper crowd of 1,014 at the Harborough Town Community Football Ground were entertained in a very tight and competitive fourth round tie which former Vase winners and pre-season favourites North Shields edged on penalties.
Ambitious Newcastle Blue Star are making big noises in the North East Non-League game – and that was before the discovery of a World War II bomb in the foundations of their home ground!