14/04/2008 - Notts County 1 Accrington 0
The fans in the Kop stand at Meadow Lane chanted "we are staying up" at the end of the game.
And with this victory, the Magpies will. Surely?
They are still not mathematically safe, of course. With three games left, there is still plenty of work to be done.
But Notts County took a giant stride towards securing their Football League status with a win against Accrington - moving five points clear of the relegation zone in League Two.
It was game they had to win. And they did.
There never looked like being any other outcome, even when the Magpies got a bit nervy near the end and invited pressure from the visitors.
Notts played with an impressive tempo, urgency, and commitment from the start. The significance of the game demanded it, and the players - all of them - well and truly delivered.
They were quicker and more determined then Accrington. And, crucially, they played with confidence and belief for the first time in an age.
They were unrecognisable from the side that trudged off the pitch dejected and downcast after defeat at Rochdale in midweek. In fact, they were unrecognisable from the side that has played much of the season.
And then there were the supporters in the Kop Stand.
It was 'Field of Dreams' stuff as they opened it to home fans and they came. Nearly 3,000 Notts' fans to be precise. They poured into the stand to make it a sea of black-and-white - and the third highest attendance of the season at Meadow Lane, behind Mansfield and Chesterfield.
The part they played was truly immense. Ian McParland said they carried the players to victory. And perhaps they did.
It made such a difference to the atmosphere inside the stadium. As inspirational as it was for the Magpies, it must have been intimidating for the visitors.
It was a masterstroke by the club and it now needs to find a way for the Kop to be a permanent home for their supporters. Not just a one-off.
It was just a shame the all-important goal was scored at the other end. But then, no one cared too much about that when Ryan Jarvis struck in the first half.
The on-loan striker needed a second bite at the cherry to score his first goal in ten games, after having his first shot blocked from Neil MacKenzie's corner. But he took it with aplomb, drilling the ball low past the visitors' keeper Kenny Arthur and into the bottom corner of the net.
The joy, and the relief, inside Meadow Lane was quite unbelievable.
Notts had completely dominated and it was a goal they thoroughly deserved. From that point, they were always going to win.
Jarvis, in his new role on the right of midfield, was impressive throughout. He could even have doubled his tally - and the Magpies' lead - before the end of the first half when the ball sat up invitingly for him just outside the penalty area, but he sent a powerful effort just wide of the upright.
On the opposite wing, Myles Weston was equally impressive. The youngster has struggled for fitness throughout the season, but after getting the nod ahead of Wayne Corden, he was Notts' chief avenue of attack. And the biggest threat.
He totally terrorised the visitors' captain Peter Cavanagh, beating him for sheer pace and skill every time he had the ball at his feet.
And he might, just might, have gone on to make himself a hero in front of the Kop in the second half if he had not been scythed down by defender Philip Edwards as he looked to burst through on goal.
It was a calculated tackle from Edwards and he was lucky not to see red.
We will never know if he could have held his nerve and capped a fine performance with a goal, but the Magpies could certainly have done with that cushion of a second goal.
The longer they held their narrow lead, the nervier the players got. Understandably so, given the club's precarious position in League Two where the cost of a mistake is probably the club's place in the Football League.
Substitute Shaun Whalley injected greater purpose into the visitors and he went closest to levelling in the second half when he seized onto the ball just outside the area and cut inside onto his right-foot.
But he miscued his effort wide of Russell Hoult's left-hand post. Ian Craney also had a good chance in the dying minutes, but rifled wide from the edge of the penalty area.
It made for a tense end, but in truth the visitors never really troubled Hoult. The on-loan keeper comfortably kept his sixth clean-sheet for the club. Indeed, it was the Magpies who went closest to scoring in the second half.
Substitute Lawrie Dudfield looked lively when he was introduced for Danny Crow just after the hour mark, and he hit a powerful, swerving, effort from inside the box that was too hot for Arthur to handle.
MacKenzie, too, blazed over the crossbar from close-range when he perhaps should have done better.
Notts could not have done any better. All that was missing was a goal in front of the Kop that would have lifted the roof off Meadow Lane.
And so onto Wrexham on Saturday, with renewed confidence and spirit. Safety beckons - it is now up to the players to grasp it.