I haven't watched the highlights, as it will only give me nightmares, but I think Northampton's 2nd goal is even worse than you described. Did it not start with Sam Long's 60 yard back pass to Cummings? Then Cummings whacked it back up field for Northampton geezer to whack it back.
It was quite bizarre as SL seemed to have the ball under control and I'm sure options to pass short or if really necessary poke it towards corner flag and let Dale run after it, but decided for whatever reason pass it back 60 yards to Cummings pass several Northampton players.