United 2-0 Walsall: 1st January 2026

The most wonderful time of the year

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This is really coming together, isn’t it?

Remember in the Lockdown Legends season, the last time Walsall played at the Abbey Stadium. 90+4, a drab goalless draw was turned into a key victory by a Paul Mullin belter. Or Port Vale in the same season when Liam O’Neil scored the goal of the season to secure another three points.

Grimsby away on a Tuesday night in 2013, Adam Cunnington’s bundled winner and Chris Maxwell’s penalty save.

You knew at the time they were results that would be looked back on as critical in the final reckoning. Not in retrospect, but the moment the goal went in or the final whistle went – this is a season where something is happening and promotion is achievable.