I forgot that Blackburn game. After that night I thought that we had a real chance of going up (to the old Div 1), but we then totally blew it. Most of that team then managed to get relegated instead the next season!
Well, John Vinnicombe did not see all Dawson's goals as he left before the end to catch the last train from Hartlepool to get home that night - the only time he ever did that. We only made it home that night because we had a lift to Stockton. When we met John at Darlington he would not believe...