WARRINGTON Wolves’ legends of yesteryear turned out in force to help former winger Mark Forster launch is new book “Wire till I die.”
The coach who signed him as a teenager, Tony Barrow joined former team mates Paul Cullen, Paul Sculthorpe, Iestyn Harris and Lee Briers for a Q&A event at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, compared by Sky Sport’s Angela Powers.
Written by sports journalist Gary Slater the book is about Forster’s life in rugby league which included 458 appearances for Warrington’s first team, more than any man currently alive.
“Foz” scored 191 tries for the club, including the one that took the Wire to the 1990 Challenge Cup final.
In 1986 he was crowned the fastest man in rugby league and he also represented Lancashire, Great Britain, and finally Ireland, for who he starred in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.
His love of the game is so great – he still turns out for Woolston Rovers, now aged 51!
In the book “Foz” looks back on his lifetime in rugby league, from his early days as a choirboy at Warrington parish Church and an outstanding junior player, to the games when his try scoring exploits made him at Wilderspool hero.
The book is lavishly illustrated with pictures from local photographers Eddie Whitham and Eddie Fuller – plus one extremely rare picture by warrington-worldwide Editor Gary Skentelbery of the team with the Regal Trophy!
Proud family man- Mark Forster with his grandchildren – PICTURE EDDIE WHITHAM
Mark with Gary Slater PICTURE EDDIE WHITHAM
