When the Saints come marching in, all Forest need to do is win!

If only we had beaten Blackpool. We would be guaranteed of our Championship place by now and we could breath a collective huge sigh of relief, but unless Norwich lose to Reading tomorrow night (please God!), it will all come down to a final day showdown with already-relegated Southampton. And then anything could happen...

I am feeling incredibly nervous about it all. I know that our chances of staying up are good – beat Southampton and we are definitely safe – but if Norwich beat Reading on Monday, it means that if both Norwich and Barnsley win their last games, we absolutely must beat the Saints. A draw would not be good enough as it would only take us on to 51 points, which Plymouth currently have, and they have a far superior goal difference. They happen to be playing Barnsley at home, and if they beat them, it means we are safe no matter what happens, so I for one will be cheering for a Plymouth win as well as a Forest win, obviously!

Preston's surprise win at Birmingham might just have done us a bit of a favour as it means Reading have something to play for against Norwich. They will be putting in more effort than they might otherwise have done. They have an outside chance of going up automatically still, and their play-off place isn't mathematically assured, either, so they will be going all out to win at Carrow Road! So come on Reading!

The situation would have been out of our hands if we lost at Blackpool, and if they hadn't been reduced to ten men, I think they might well have gone on to beat us. DJ Campbell caused us a lot of trouble, but when they had a player sent off for bringing down Joe Garner when clean through, they had to play Campbell on his own up front, and they were not much of a threat. How typical that Brett Ormerod would be the one to score the equaliser, which cancelled out Dexter Blackstock's earlier strike, and put our survival celebrations on hold.

Saturday was extremely stressful as not only did I have to sit through Forest's game, but I then had to worry about the other matches as well. When Barnsley went into the lead against Wolves, my heart sank, but fortunately Wolves equalised late on and Barnsley, along with Norwich, remain behind us going into the final game. Let's pray that at least one of them is still there next Sunday evening...