Brilliant Forfar up for it as they go nap
After the game, delighted Forfar manager Gary Bollan said: “It was convincing in the end but we knew it was going to be tough.
“However, we were up for it from minute one. It helped scoring early to put pressure on Peterhead.
“We looked a real threat throughout the game, cut them open and deserved to win but I certainly wasn’t expecting it to be so convincing. We managed to kick on after going in front.
“I’m not usually emotional but it is getting the better of me at the moment.
“It’s a moment I will savour as we should have won promotion automatically weeks ago.
“The players were determined that disappointment wouldn’t get the better of them – and that showed today.”
Disappointed Peterhead boss Jim McInally said: “It was a horrific way to end a horrific season. I carry the can as we have defended like that all season and I haven’t been able to change it.”
In driving rain, both sides went on the offensive but it was Forfar who scored to extend their aggregate advantage with only five minutes on the clock.
The ball bounced over the head of Blue Toon defender Ryan Strachan from a throw-in and in nipped Milne to roll the ball low into the net from the right side of the penalty area.
It could have been two after 13 minutes but midweek goalscorer Martyn Fotheringham volleyed over from eight yards as the confident Loons went for more.
It was, therefore, no surprise when Forfar doubled their lead after 17 minutes and, inevitably, it came from a Peterhead old boy. David Cox cut into the left side of the area and scored with a shot smashed between keeper Graeme Smith and the post.
It now looked a long way back for the home side but, after 25 minutes, it looked like the home side might get a lifeline as Scott Brown was set to pull the trigger but centre-half Thomas Obrien slid in with a perfectly-executed tackle to clear the danger.
It was not looking like being the Blue Toon’s day as, minutes later, it was Obrien to the rescue again, this time blocking a McIntosh shot from the right side of the penalty area for a corner, from which keeper Grant Adam produced an acrobatic save to turn away a McIntosh header.
There was little to suggest a comeback on the restart, with Michael McMullin sending a cross virtually out of the ground in the 59th minute.
A minute later, it was definitely game over as Danny Denholm finished in style curling a shot with the outside of his boot from a Cox pass into the right side of the net from 16 yards.
The humiliation continued after 68 minutes when substitute Aiden Malone cheekily backheeled the ball into the net for a fourth goal to put the icing on a well-deserved cake for the Loons.
Twelve minutes from the end, Peterhead did manage a consolation, Scott Brown sending a bobbling effort into the net after bursting forward from midfield for a rare moment of joy for the remaining home fans.
In the 83rd minute, Forfar made their final substitution and, within seconds, Josh Peters hammered in a Jim Lister lay-off for goal No. 5.