Well, it seems a pretty unfair fight, as City’s Robins take on the high-flying eagles of Crystal Palarse. But anything can happen in the playoffs, and with a fully fit, highly motivated squad with nothing to lose, who would write us off? (And why are so many clubs’ nicknames bird-related? Anyone?)

It’s a two-legged tie, of course, with the home leg coming on Tuesday evening, and the overall winner going onward to the final at Wemberley. So even a narrow defeat tomorrow would not be a disaster, as we can be good at comebacks – my favourite City memory is off the injury time winner against Hartlepool to take us to the 2004 playoff final, a moment of such intensity that I can still feel the Dolman stand shake. (Of course we lost the final, to Brighton, of all teams, but we won’t dwell on that…)