Football, like time, has the unpleasant dependency of bringing you back to earth and it is very rare that the touchdown is comfortable.
Eighteen months ago Coventry Town and Luton City met at Wembley with a Premier League pitch on the line.
The Hatters took the closest honors and applause for the way they came this far to maintain gliding supremacy.
Meanwhile, Coventry recovered from that defeat at Wembley to complete a creditable ninth place in the Championship last season and are on the verge of thrashing Manchester United in an FA Cup semi-final.
But the generation and football are not yet on their feet and this weekend the two face the Sky Blues in the relegation zone and Luton just two points above the dotted line.
Mark Robins’ side have lost four in their six pace league games and the leaders, the oldest in the EFL, have urged fans to hold firm despite a lackluster start to the campaign.
Ellis Simms controlled 19 targets in all competitions last season, but has only found the Internet twice so far: they want him to start shooting.
Luton, like many unbroken Premier League teams flush with parachute tickets, were expected to put together a handful of pieces much better than the current one.
Current relegated colleagues Burnley and Sheffield United are some of the favourites, Rob Edwards has seen his team win just three in their first 11 games.
Like Coventry, they struggle to score goals, especially on the road, with the more skilful Stoke Town and Plymouth Argyle finding the net on fewer occasions than the Hatters’ two on the move.
You wonder what the consequences might be for those defeated on Saturday.
