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Saints are surprise winners of first merit table…and 20 gallons of beer

MOMENT IN TIME
NORTHAMPTON DAILY MAIL PENNANT WINNERS 1976
NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO BOB TAYLOR AND VINCE CANNON

NORTHAMPTON’S prize for becoming the first winners of the Daily Mail Pennant was a flag for the clubhouse and 20 gallons of beer from the Watney Mann brewery.
They had seen off the best clubs in England and Wales with ten wins from 13 games, collecting 15 points with a winning percentage of 76.9 per cent ahead of Rosslyn Park in second place.
Rosslyn Park had played three games fewer but could not rearrange Pennant fixtures because of a successful run in the John Player C...

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