THE hurly-burly's done, now there's a battle to be won.
After a week queueing, worrying and generally feeling fraught, the many, many Burnley fans from Todmorden and Hebden Bridge who have managed to secure their tickets for the Championship Play-off Final at Wembley on Monday can give their nerves a rest
for a few days.
Just obtaining the tickets left many feeling drained but they can now recharge their batteries as the spotlight falls on Owen Coyle's team for Burnley's biggest game since the Orient survival match in 1987.
That game was equally crucial because had they lost it there was a very good chance there wouldn't be a Burnley Football Club to watch on Monday or at any other time over the last two and a bit decades had they lost.
This one gives them a one-off shot, via the play-offs, at reaching the top flight of English football for the first time since 1976.
At this stage, it is only that - a chance. Coyle, wisely, has calmed his team down after the amazing night at Reading, the match which secured them their shot at the match dubbed the biggest prize, in one-off cash terms, in football.
And it really is a close one to call. Sheffield United, Burnley's opponents, finished the season in third spot but only four points better off than a Clarets side in fifth which has beaten them twice in the league this season.
It makes for plenty of ifs and buts. For example, will Blades boss Kevin Blackwell change his tactics? The aerial bombardment at Turf Moor was dealt with capably enough by Clark Carlisle and Steven Caldwell a month and a half ago, so will he try a passing game?
For Burnley's part, Coyle and his men will draw on the big game experience they already have under their belt this season, with the run to the Carling Cup semi-final and the FA Cup run which saw them finally fall to Arsenal.
Scalps along the way included the Gunners' famed youngsters, West Brom, Fulham and Chelsea. They were seconds away from knocking Spurs out of the Carling semi-final in a riveting two-legger in which they also learned a lesson after wiping the floor with the Londoners on their own turf but losing concentration badly to trail after the first leg.
It's the final lap of this season's rollercoaster ride which in any terms has been their most successful since the relegation in 1976.
Unless any more tickets are forthcoming from Wembley the club have sold their 36,000 allocation and they have some special guests with them.
Nine members of the 1959-60 league championship squad are travelling down to the game (and I'm sure the late Brian Miller will be with them in spirit). They know a bit about holding their nerve, having clinched the title in the last match to top the table that season for the first time as champions.
Let's hope they can give us that little bit of luck as well.