Jeff Stelling is bracing himself for another white-knuckle ride in the Soccer Saturday hot-seat as his beloved Hartlepool dice with doom again.
Six years ago, the Monkey Hangers' president went through the gamut of emotions as Pools were relegated from the Football League in a dramatic finish on the last day of term.
Wearing his replica shirt beneath his waistcoat, club president Stelling was leaping out of his chair when Devante Rodney's late goal against promoted Doncaster appeared to have pulled off a great escape for Hartlepool. But Mark O'Brien's 91st-minute winner for Newport against Notts County turned the award-winning Sky Sports anchorman's joy to despair as studio panellist Matt Le Tissier relayed the grim news from Rodney Parade.
