The League Two promotion race in 2024-25 was like one of those horse racing games you find at a seaside amusement arcade.
You pick your colour and urge it out of the gate, feel despair as its fast start fades, others pick up momentum which then peters out, eventually 10 runners are within striking distance going into the final furlong before the fast-finishing red-and-white colours take the win while the long-time leader in red and black ends up empty-handed.
Well, I don’t wish to alarm you, but the early stages of this season have all the hallmarks of another epic race to the finish.
The top 16 sides are separated by just eight points, 14 of them have a positive goal difference and we’ll be roughly a quarter of the way through the season this weekend.
Walsall, who were the footballing equivalent of Devon Loch last season, find themselves back on top for the visit of seventh-placed Bristol Rovers.
Gillingham’s unbeaten start was ended last weekend to drop to third, but they will seek to bounce back at MK Dons, sitting ninth, while fourth plays fifth with Salford hosting Grimsby.
Saddle up…
You can follow the entire weekend as it happens on the BBC Sport website and app, starting with live text coverage of Wrexham v Birmingham City on Friday, 3 October.
We will have live text commentary on the Championship, League One and League Two campaigns all season on BBC Sport.