Nine months, 39 weeks, 274 days – however you wish to look at it, it will have been a very long season by the time referee Martin Atkinson blows the final whistle at Carrow Road on Sunday.
Four goalkeepers have been among the winners of Norwich City’s player of the season award – and John Ruddy would be a worthy addition to this select band.
A point against Liverpool will finally cement Norwich City’s place in the Premier League next season – and the issue may even be settled before the day’s late kick-off at Carrow Road if Wigan fail to beat Newcastle earlier in the afternoon, or if Bolton are beaten at Sunderland.
There was not too much in the sporting world to lighten the mood on Saturday after the rather chastening experience of watching Manchester City’s Carrow Road goal blitz, coming so soon after City’s great victory at Tottenham.
As if the action on the pitch was not gripping enough at White Hart Lane on Monday, there is an added bonus for the written media, courtesy of Tottenham Hotspur.