Was that the goal that saved Forest's season?

The name's Blackstock. Dexter Blackstock. Just how important will the last-gasp win over Bristol City turn out to be when the season finally draws to its conclusion in three weeks' time?

With just eight minutes left we were 2-1 down and staring League One in the face. True, we would still only have been one point away from safety by virtual of Norwich's defeat at Swansea, but psychologically, I think defeat would have finished us off, especially with the prospect of a trip to automatic promotion-chasing Sheffield United to dread on Easter Monday. So to come back from a goal down in the last ten minutes to clinch a crucial, crucial win in our fight against relegation is a tremendous tonic. The sending-off of right back Bradley Orr for a second bookable offence was the turning point as substitute Joe Garner equalised from the resultant free-kick, and that paved the way for Forest to push on for the winner.

When Blackstock's volley crashed into the back of the net, the atmosphere at the City Ground was incredible. I had my headphones on so I could keep in touch with the other scores, but I couldn't hear a thing in the last ten minutes. I had no idea if Swansea had managed to hold on against Norwich, or whether Barnsley had scored a late goal at Watford. Fortunately for us both results went our way with Barnsley only managing a draw and Norwich losing 2-1, and as a result they are just one point away from us now and right in the thick of the relegation battle. Our last-gasp win saw us leapfrog Norwich and go two points clear of them and four clear of Southampton, who look to be down and out whether or not they will get deducted points. But let's not get too carried away. In all probability we will be back in the bottom three by the end of Monday's round of matches as it will be extremely tough to get anything from the Sheffield United game, and Norwich will probably win their home game against Watford.

I won't worry too much if we are in the bottom three as I think we'll be back out of it next Saturday with victory over Coventry, who suffered a 4-0 hammering at the hands of Plymouth yesterday. That result should ensure Plymouth have a place in the Championship next season as they are now six points clear of the bottom three. I honestly thought they would go down, but a couple of wins on the bounce has seen them pull clear. Coventry's confidence will be really dented after that, so perhaps it's a good time to play them. I reckon we need two more wins, and a draw from our final four games, and with Coventry and Southampton being our last two opponents at the City Ground, I think we have an excellent chance of staying up.

It could have been oh so different if we had not beaten City. I would not have been happy with a draw at all, even if the equaliser did come late on. Everybody was saying before the match that it was our home games that mattered, and if we were to win all three of them, we would probably stay up, so when Dele Adebola, whom Forest incidentally had tried to sign a couple of months ago, pounced on a terrible error by Iain Turner to give his side the lead with twelve minutes to go, my heart sank. I couldn't see a way back and was by then trying to come to terms with a return to League One football. I sat there thinking 'we're just not good enough for the Championship'. And no doubt did thousands of others, some of whom decided to up and leave at that moment. Shame on them for missing such a thrilling climax to a great game of football.