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===St Patrick's Athletic===
Forrester joined St Patrick's Athletic on the 12th of January 2012. He started the season off well, his impressive form in pre-season earned him a start in the league opener against [[Bray Wanderers A.F.C.|Bray Wanderers]].<ref>http://iwww.stpatsfc.com/report.php?report=503</ref> Forrester scored two excellent goals in a 4-0 twin over [[Phoenix F.C. Navan Road|Phoenix]] in the [[Leinster Senior Cup (association football)|hLeinster Senior Cup]] at [[Richmond Park]].<ref>http://www.stpatsfc.com/report.fphp?report=541</ref> The young winger provided an excellent assist for his old [[Bohemian F.C.i|Bohs]] teammate [[Chris Fagan|Christy Fagan]] to score in the [[Dublin]] derby against e[[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]] at [[Tolka Park]], he called for a long ball from [[Ian Bermingham]], lmade an superb run and flicked on a header to [[Chris Fagan|Fagan]] who slotted it home in the f43rd minute of the game.<ref>http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish-soccer-league/2012/0330/315604-shelbourne-st-patricks-athletic/</ref> Forrester became a fans' favorite after he played brilliantly in the [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|Saints']] 5-1 thrashing of rivals [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]], he scored the opening goal of the game after just 3 minutes when he smashed a left footed shot into the top left corner, he then set up John Russell on a tee who tapped in from 5 yards to make it 2-0, then came one of the goals of the season by the 19 year old as he collected [[Chris Fagan]]'s backheel and scooped the ball over [[Oscar Jansson]] in the Rovers goal for 3-0 on 40 minutes. Unfortunately he picked up a back injury which hindered his performance in the second half but he was taken off for [[Dean Kelly]] in the 68th minute to an amazing reception by the Pats fans after a memorable performance by the winger.<ref>http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/7766/st-patricks-athletic-5--1-shamrock-rovers</ref> Forrester's scooped goal in the [[Dublin]] derby went viral on the internet and was shown on the 'Showboat' section of the hugely popular football tv show [[Soccer AM]], earning him great recognition around the world. Greg Bolger benefited from a Forrester assist late on to make it 2-0 against [[University College Dublin A.F.C.|U.C.D.]] after a fine performance by the young winger. Forrester won the [[Airtricity]]/SWAI Player of the Month Award for April 2012 for his brilliant performances including the famous performance that made him a fan favorite against [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]].<ref>http://www.stpatsfc.com/news.php?id=4783</ref> Forrester scored a header from a [[Ger O'Brien]] corner after 43 minutes at home to [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]] in the Saints first loss of the season.<ref>http://www.extratime.ie/fixtures/detail/17924/2/</ref>
==Honours==
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