A superb first half penalty save kept the Saddlers in the play-off shake up, and left Sir Ray’s men needing a maximum of 9 points from their last six games to be certain of figuring in the end-of-season showpiece.

And it could be Stoke we face - though there is an argument for trying to make sixth spot our own, as then we will face Rotherham - our best hope I think of making the Cardiff final.

Attention turns now to our home game with Brentford on Tuesday night - before Graydon’s army tackle their last five league fixtures - 4 of them aways from fortress Bescot.