I’VE got to admit, that promotion rather crept up on me!

I was so focused on wanting us to get the job done against Forest Green that I didn’t really pay much attention to the possibility of us actually getting promoted last Saturday.

Three points would leave us in a position where we were virtually assured of promotion; every conceivable result involving both us and our rivals would have had to go against us to thwart us.

It was an odd, if wonderfully satisfying, experience.

It was very swiftly apparent that we were going to keep our end of the bargain: we continued on from Tuesday’s magnificent win, while Forest Green were awful.

The best we’ve managed all season pitted against the worst performance we’ve been up against for some considerable amount of time, meaning there was only going to be one outcome.

Rovers were unable to move the ball around accurately, and illustrated why defending in numbers is no substitute for defending properly.

However, before I get carried away with my criticism of them, I have to say that much of that was down to our quality.

Rovers had come off a horrible run of five consecutive games against the top five, and looked to be on their knees by the time they went behind against us. But they were competitive in those games, and even beat Crewe 3-0 at Gresty Road. We were the only side good enough to make them look bad.

So, with three points in the bag we could sit back and enjoy the show. The thrilling racket which surged around the ground as goals in other games flew in was a remarkable side-plot. Indeed, it became the main plot as our goals piled up.

Could it possibly happen? Barrow were a man down early on in their match at Gillingham, a daunting six-hour journey kicking off a gruelling Saturday-Tuesday schedule that would go on to the last day of the season.

Soon they were behind as well. Surely they were no longer serious contenders.

Yet Milton Keynes Dons are the sort of side who burst your bubble.

They were the side which survived in 2005 at our expense when we were demoted, the Football League ludicrously taking 10 points from us for going into administration when we’d done it to save the club from the clutches of an owner we didn’t trust.

They were ahead against a Mansfield side which had been looking bedraggled since we dominated them last month. Immediate promotion seemed unlikely.

But then, remarkably, they caved in as Mansfield ran them ragged. Good old Nigel Clough, I knew he had it in him!

The closing minutes at the STōK Cae Ras were incredibly stress-free. When has that ever been the case for a Wrexham fan?

To complete the job so efficiently is a huge compliment to the staff and players.

Elliot Lee said after the game that he felt confident of success because so many of the squad were involved in last season’s run-in. They had the experience of successfully seeing things through, knew what it took, and were ready to do it again.

Certainly, when you contrast our terrific performances last week with the nervous stuttering of our rivals, you can see a marked difference.

The turning point feels like it was Paul Mullin’s 100th goal at Colchester.

An away game to a side which was both hard to beat and fighting for its life was a real test, and United were marginally the better side when they went ahead. We were reeling for a while, struggling to get back at them, but when Ryan Barnett did so well to keep the ball in on the right and then tease in a lovely cross which invited Mullin to head it home, we were in business.

From that point onwards we have engulfed our opponents in a storm of attacking excellence.

Colchester were swept away, Crawley arrived full of confidence but we sent them away with their tails firmly between their legs, and then Forest Green were simply devastated by Storm Parky.

It’s been brilliant to watch and Parkinson, the architect, deserves immense praise for engineering the remarkable feat of back-to-back promotions. And to achieve it with two games to spare.

They said League Two would be a greater challenge. Nonsense, bring on League One!

We travel to Crewe confident that we enjoyed our biggest ever win at Gresty Road earlier this season.

Admittedly, it was a slightly odd affair: a Bristol Street Motors Trophy group match which saw both sides field line-ups which differed from their usual elevens. We were ruthless, and were two goals ahead by the 13th minute, through Jordan Tunnicliffe and Jordan Davies. Skipper Luke Young completed the scoring with a second half penalty.

James McClean could make his 525th league appearance on Saturday, while Sam Dalby could play his 175th career match and Andy Cannon is in line to make his 50th league appearance for Wrexham.