Flight cancellations, motorway breakdowns and relentless traffic, a penalty was the least those Bristol City fans deserved for the ones who managed to make it to Wearside on Saturday.
Others tuning in elsewhere would have cheered with a fist bump when Gavin Ward pointed to the spot in the 90th minute to end a ridiculous 469-day wait without a penalty.
After a moment to debate who was going to take it, Mark Sykes stepped to allow the experienced head of Nahki Wells to show nerves of steel and rescue a deserved point.
