Town legends hail progress

play a part in helping Wagner guide Town to top-flight safety.

“The fans were great when I was manager in the way they got behind us and they always used to follow us all over the country which we really appreciated,” Buxton added.

“There will be plenty of fans who backed us who were there against West Bromwich but there’s a new generation who clearly feel they can make a big difference to what happens on the pitch and I’m inclined to agree.

“The West Bromwich game showed their worth and I get the feeling they will stick by the team through all the ups and downs of this momentous season.”

Hart, who came through the ranks at Town to captain the club to the Fourth Division title in 1980, headed to the game with a friend from the West Midlands where he is now a vicar.

“I have never heard anything like it,” added Hart. “The noise was deafening. It was a truly remarkable.

“I’ve been around the block as a player a few times but that was something else. I couldn’t believe it.

“We were behind the goal West Bromwich were attacking in the second half and I was on the edge of my seat throughout.

“In the circumstances, it was a great win and if the fans and the players can continue to be as one and stick together through thick and thin, then anything is possible.”

Both Mick Buxton and Peter Hart have re-lived their own Town glory days in a new book, The 101 Club, to be published this month by Great Northern Books.