That’s not to say Buxton have been ever-present in the league since we last met them as equals in October 1996. A year or so Boston defected to the Southern Premier League, Buxton were in the mire, relegated in successive seasons in 1997 and 1998 to the Northern Counties East league. It wasn’t until Nicky Law’s arrival in 2005 that the club finally began its ascent back up the pyramid. The club were promoted to the NPL Division One in 2005/2006 and their momentum was such that they claimed the 2006/2007 title, and promotion into the NPL Premier League, too.

Buxton were formed in 1877 under the umbrella of the local cricket club, moving to play at the Silverlands – the highest football ground in the country - in 1884. There’s a lot more of the usual history rubbish we could write about, including tales of Cheshire League triumphs, but we’re not going to bother.

Anything else? Not really, so let’s really grasp at straws. Although having no geographical connection with the town, Lewis Buxton, a decidedly average defender, plays for relegated Premiership shower Stoke City. Buxton. Geddit? Arf. Erm. And that’s it.

Buxton are, famously, the highest football club in the UK. Don’t get jumpy, Fenland acrophobiacs, we’re not talking Bolivia here. At a mere thousand feet, the ball only travels 0.467% further than it does at sea-level, and no, water doesn’t boil at a lukewarm sixty degrees – although you’d be forgiven for thinking that it does after a visit to Silverland’s snack bar.

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In Buxton, one thousand feet above sea-level, none of these things will happen. In fact, aside from the odd bout of ear-popping, the human body barely registers the slight reduction in atmospheric pressure, from 1000 to 977.71 millibars. Which is a very long-winded way of saying no, you will not die in Buxton.