Northampton Town stood on the brink of liquidation only ten months ago but on Wednesday night at Sixfields, they intend to turn a drama into a crisis for the land's richest club, Manchester United.
Northampton, of course, know a thing or two about crises of their own and to reflect on their financial situation this time last year is to place United's form in perspective. In autumn last season, Northampton faced an existential threat to their 119 year heritage, facing a winding up order and six figure tax bills. They were salvaged by the investment of businessman Kelvin Thomas and a £10.