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with the building society of that name which was to be another high profile casualty of the 2008 financial crash, but came about as a result a merger between the Bradford and Bingley clubs. The match was uneventful and dominated by the home side who ran in seven tries through Derek Briggs, Tony Henderson, Ross Wilkinson, Sheldon Byrne, Dave Morley and two from Denis Clegg. Fly-half Peter Clark – Banty Johnson had moved to Northern after they secured employment for him in the construction industry – kicked two penalties and four conversions. The Gosforth team that day was: D.Briggs; T.Henderson; R.Wilkinson; D.Clegg: T.Elliott; P.Clark; D.Walker; C.White; G.Cooper; M.Fraser; T.Roberts; C.Hall; S.Byrne; I.Grayson; D.Morley. their own grounds at that time, and both played their home matches at the County Ground. These discussions were resurrected in the late 1980s as both clubs were losing money and facing uncertain futures. Gosforth had been in steady decline since the glory years of the late 1970s, whilst Northern’s playing decline had commenced earlier and had progressed rather more sharply. The premise behind the possible merger was that the clubs would merge and the proceeds from the sale of Gosforth’s ground would be invested in developing Northern’s McCracken Park into a top class rugby venue. Talks were complicated by the fact that McCracken Park was not actually owned by the rugby club, but by a separate ground company. Nevertheless, the smart money at the time was on the merger going ahead. On the Monday following the cup replay Alan Hedley bemoaned the lack of For the record, Northern, inspired by Johnson, won the cup final replay 24-16. It was this result that was to acquire much greater significance. Despite the cup replay and Gosforth’s victory subsequent press reports were dominated by talk of the progress, or rather lack of it, on possible merger talks between Gosforth and Northern, which were running the risk of leaving Gosforth temporarily homeless. This was not the first time that such a merger had been on the agenda. Preliminary discussions between senior elements in the two clubs had taken place over 50 years earlier when neither club owned George Graham ALL OUR YESTERDAYS 49
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