Leeds United fans stood disconsolately the rain at the compact Glassworld Stadium, as a postman rose highest meet a corner-kick and deliver the moment they had dreaded.
Champions League semi-finalists just seven years earlier, now defender Matt Langston’s header had put them on course for defeat against a village team in the second round of the FA Cup. Being down in League One was bad enough, but this was even worse - Histon 1 Leeds 0.