It was an extraordinary collapse, esp given the healthy goal difference we had, which as you say was 18 (!) better than Preston with a few games to go.

The saddest thing perhaps was the limp ending it gave to Ninian Park. We all assumed we would at least get a point at home to Ipswich and see another game there. Not to be.

I remember the last game well. I suspect I wasn't alone, in that I was at Cardiff Blues v Leicester in the Millennium Stadium, which itself was a remarkable game. I think only 1-2 mates had an internet phone then and I vividly remember Wednesday going 1-0 up. Very upsetting and at that point we had no idea premiership football would come a couple of years later