If I don’t come back I’ve shot myself. Those were the words of a fellow long-suffering Oldham Athletic supporter when, with Northampton Town in the process of becoming the latest big gun to stroll to victory at Boundary Park, he squeezed past us on his way to the toilet.
It was the highlight of another miserable afternoon in the miserable recent history of Britain’s biggest basket-case club as it lurched towards the inevitable. Last Saturday, fans were put out of their misery and Oldham became the first former Premier League team to drop out of the Football League entirely.