‘Oh Ashington, is wonderful’ bellowed out from the main stand at Woodhorn Lane as the Northern League club began to write another chapter into an intriguing FA Cup tale.
INSPIRATION is rarely far away in football. And if any Non-League coaches or players are on the lookout for some in November, they could do worse than follow Canada’s fortunes at their first World Cup since 1986.
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.