AT the end of the 1987-88 season, Northampton were staring straight into the abyss after finishing bottom of the Courage League National Division Two table.
They had won only once in 10 games – while a clash with Gosforth wasn’t played – scoring just 81 points and conceding 226, but luck was on their side. There was no relegation. If Wakefield, who won the Division 3 title, had been promoted, then trips to Askeans, Met Police, Maidstone, Sheffield, and the Vale of Lune beckoned, but instead, the smell of revolution lingered in the air.
A so-called ‘Gan...