If Wolves indeed reach the Premier League's promised land, Tuesday November 25, 2008, will stand out as the evening that Super Mick's men really laid down a marker of intent.
Not many clubs will emerge from Bramall Lane this season with three goals and three points - and not many clubs will win in the face of such injury adversity.
But as Wolves continue a scintillating assault on promotion to the Premier League, there won't be a single Wolves fan who's not absolutely distraught by the latest injury to Matt Murray.
As Wolves were building a fantastic result in Sheffield, one of the club's best ever goalkeepers was once more being carried from a football pitch in agony.
A man as universally popular as Murray does not deserve this anguish.
A man as talented as Murray does not deserve this crippling run of knee injuries that must leave a massive question mark hanging over his whole footballing future.
No-one said it, but most of us thought it; Murray probably had one last chance to rebuild a career that, but for his shocking catalogue of knee injuries, would surely have brought England honours.
Even now, with Murray almost, almost, back to fitness, there has been talk of Murray reaching South Africa 2010 as he helps out Hereford at the foot of League One.
Not only has Murray had to contend with the knee injuries, he's had the mental battle to win.
He managed to convince his mind, but would his knee stand up to the rigours of professional football ever again?
As his beloved Wolves continued to march to the Premier League, Murray's career was being dealt a hideous, and possibly, fatal blow.
What a grotesque irony.
Every Wolves fan will now anxiously await an injury update on Murray, but the prognosis at this early stage does not look good.
What a crying shame for a fantastic goalkeeper and a fantastic man.
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