Eternal thanks to Mick and his squad of 59

On July 21, 2006, Mick McCarthy walked into Molineux and urged us not to expect miracles.
The MM initials on his jersey did not stand for Merlin the Magician, he famously remarked.
Well 1,003 days later, and with varying degrees of help from 59 footballers www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A50112... McCarthy has got us back into the only league worth playing in.
We are Premier League, and standing on the centre circle in a sea of black and gold at 5pm on Saturday was a very special feeling.
And all hail McCarthy - and we'll worry about how to survive in the Premier League after the season's finale against Doncaster.
While I'm in statto mood, his league record with Wolves reads: P136, W66, D34, L36, F190, A155, P232.
His Molineux career has not been without rocky, fractious moments, but overall what a brilliant achievement to galvanise a club that was in disarray post Glenn Hoddle.
And how fitting it would be for McCarthy to secure the Championship title at his hometown club next weekend.
A focus on young players hungry to achieve something, rather than Molineux's previous approach of paying big wages to over-hyped, under-performing players, has ultimately paid a massive dividend.
And Wolves really are in a decent position to aspire to the standards set by Stoke and, dare I suggest, Wigan and Bolton.
McCarthy has signed players on the up - Kightly, Sylvan, Berra, Foley, Elokobi, Keogh, Jarvis, Edwards, Vokes and Stearman.
Whether they will all be Premier League hits can be debated, and will be, but they carry better hopes than the Wolves squad that were promoted in 2003.
In 12 months time, Molineux may well be reverberating to the strains of the Great Escape.
And if that's our aspiration for the spring of 2010, I don't think that's being defeatist.
It's being realistic.
Home games will undoubtedly hold the key, and the level of outstanding support we've given our team particularly over the last two months will be the minimum requirement.
Molineux will be rocking every game next season - be it Saturday lunchtime, Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening, Sunday afternoon or Monday evening.
Welcome to the Premier League - and welcome to the Premier League fixture list!