The summer break is upon Burton Albion following their final-day relegation from the Championship.
Here, we reflect on the breathless final two-and-a-bit months of the campaign as Albion's fate was confirmed...
MARCH
The Brewers' March began with a postponement, as the heavy snow and freezing temperatures put paid to the trip to Sheffield United.
Still, a run of six successive games against sides in the top 10 will have made more than a few Burton fans shiver.
Things began poorly and yet far too familiarly at home to Brentford, with the Bees scoring twice in the final half-hour to secure a 2-0 triumph at the Pirelli Stadium.
That left Burton with only two points from their last 14 home games.
They did improve that tally slightly next time out against Bristol City, although missed chances again proved costly in a goalless draw.
That is as good as things would get in a tough month.
The rearranged trip to Sheffield United saw the Blades win 2-0 thanks to goals from Enda Stevens and David Brooks, despite another promising away-day display from the Brewers in which Lloyd Dyer was twice brilliantly denied.
Table-topping Wolverhampton Wanderers were up next on a bitterly cold afternoon at Molineux.
Dyer did find the net on that occasion to make things interesting at 2-1, but the champions-elect always looked comfortable in a 3-1 triumph.
And that scoreline was repeated after the international break as Neil Warnock's Cardiff City clinched all three points in south Wales.
Albion again asked questions, with Darren Bent's first Burton goal cancelling out Kenneth Zohore's early opener.
But Nathaniel Mendez-Laing scored on the stroke of half-time, before Callum Paterson made sure of the Bluebirds' eighth straight win.
It left the Brewers at the bottom of the table, five points adrift of safety with only seven games to play.
APRIL
Six games in April seemed sure to decide Albion's fate one way or the other.
It ought to have started in the best fashion.
Marvin Sordell knocked home an early opener at home to Middlesbrough and had the Brewers on the verge of a first Pirelli win since September.
But that old frailty late on in games let Burton down again as £15m striker Britt Assombalonga bundled home a 90th-minute equaliser to deny Albion a precious two points that they had fully deserved.
If that hurt, then just how painful did it feel for Nigel Clough and co when their fate was repeated next time out?
Away at Birmingham City, Dyer got his obligatory goal against the Blues to put Albion in front against a genuine relegation rival.
Stephen Bywater was in fine form to keep Lukas Jutkiewicz, Jota et al at bay as the hosts piled on the pressure for 90 minutes.
That pressure was withstood until minute 87, when Jutkiewicz leaped highest to divert a well-judged header back past Bywater and under the bar, sending St Andrew's into raptures.
Two 1-1 draws in a week did not look bad on paper - but Albion had let four crucial points slip through their grasp.
Those setbacks looked to have left their mark on the Brewers when they were thrashed 5-0 at home by a revived Hull City on April 10. It was a really disappointing evening at the Pirelli.
With four matches remaining, the Brewers were surely all but down, seven points adrift of safety.
Indeed, neighbours Derby County could be the ones to seal the deal, if they beat Albion and Birmingham then won at Wolves the following day.
The Brewers were not about to let that happen.
An inspired Burton performance saw Liam Boyce, Luke Murphy and Lucas Akins score in a 3-1 triumph over the Rams.
That set up a tantalising bottom-of-the-table clash at Sunderland the following weekend.
Both sides could have found themselves relegated by the end of that day - but only one would.
Albion trailed 1-0 until the 86th minute, when Bent scored against his former club to level things up.
Boyce then grabbed a brilliant injury-time winner, before the Black Cats had a last-gasp effort disallowed, relegating them and breathing new life into Burton's survival hopes.
Suddenly, Albion had the chance to move out of the relegation zone - for the first time in 2018 - if they beat Bolton Wanderers on the penultimate weekend and saw Barnsley fail to beat Brentford.
Clough's side kept up their side of the equation, outclassing Wanderers and winning 2-0, courtesy of strikes from Hope Akpan and Akins.
A win for the Tykes, though, meant Burton remained in the bottom three on goal difference alone ahead of the final day.
It was set up for a dramatic conclusion.
MAY
Few would have expected it to be quite this dramatic.
Close to 2,000 Brewers fans were in dreamland when Hope Akpan curled home a 20-yard equaliser against 10-man Preston North End.
It moved Albion out of the bottom three, with Barnsley losing at Derby County and Bolton drawing with Nottingham Forest.
Things got even better as time ticked away at Deepdale. Forest went 2-1 up at Bolton, meaning the Brewers were safe, so long as they did not concede.
Or so it seemed. But two goals in as many minutes from Wanderers plunged Albion back into the relegation zone.
Cue last-gasp panic by Burton, who pushed up in search of a winning goal to secure safety.
Instead, they were caught out at the back, Louis Moult won the game for Preston and Burton's two-year Championship stay was over.
