Following a heart-breaking 5-4 defeat against Coventry City, Sunderland's remaining five fixtures were vital if they held any hope of clinching promotion to the Championship at the first time of asking. First up: Doncaster Rovers at home.
The lads had run out 1-0 winners away to Donny earlier in the season, with Chris Maguire's finish from close range being the difference between the sides back in October. This time the sun was scorching and the Yorkshire side were welcomed to the Stadium Of Light for a 17:15 kick-off on Good Friday.
As was quite common at this time, my pre-match experience was spent working; The Engine Room at The Fire Station was at full capacity for hours in the lead up to kick-off and it's fair to say I didn't get a single moment to think about the game leading up to it! A standard run through the town and onto the Monkwearmouth Bridge followed, as tens of thousands of red and white shirts flocked to the SoL for our penultimate home league