It is 50 years now since Allen Batsford took over at Plough Lane, created arguably the greatest non- league side of all time and set the club on the path to glory. After becoming the first Southern League side to win an FA Cup tie on a top-flight ground for 56 years when Mick Mahon scored the winner against Burnley, they held the League champions to a draw following Dickie Guy’s penalty save at Leeds and went on to emerge from a gruelling 69-game campaign with a league and cup double. It was also the year that a volley from Roger Connell nearly killed Great Uncle Bulgaria, when Kettering Town’s Frank Large attempted to bite off a piece of Dave Bassett’s hand during a game at Rockingham Road and when a group of businessmen tried to buy the club and install George Best as player-manager. With pictures, match reports, stats and eye-witness accounts we remember every kick in the latest edition of The Historical Don.