Burton O'Brien believes his experience of previous relegation battles could help Livingston pull off what would be a remarkable escape.
The West Lothian club have spent almost the entire season bottom of the Championship and not so long ago looked all-but doomed.
However, a 4-0 win over Raith Rovers at Stark's Park - that's 13 points from their past six games - helped them leapfrog Alloa and another win over Queen of the South next weekend, the final day of the regular league season, could be enough to secure survival.
O'Brien, who boasts a League Cup medal from a previous stint with Livingston, has been here before and knows what it is like to go stay up and go down at the death.
His experience on Saturday was invaluable as Mark Burchill's side easily defeated Raith thanks to strikes from Callum Fordyce, Craig Sives, Danny Mullen plus a Craig Barr own goal.
And the 33-year-old is prepared for another day of almost unimaginable tension.
O'Brien said: "I remember the day we drew 1-1 at home to Dundee in 2005 to scrape survival in the Premier League and they got relegated. That game against Dundee was bigger than when we beat Hibernian in the League Cup Final the year before as so much was at stake.
"I also was on the wrong side of relegation when Falkirk needed to win at Kilmarnock in 2010 and they scraped a 0-0 draw. Falkirk were relegated and it was horrible as people lost their jobs and the consequences were painful to experience.
"I think these experiences can help me ahead of the Queen of the South game which is massive. I can draw on the positive and negative experiences of these relegation battles and try to help the younger guys."
O'Brien knows it won't be easy against a Queen of the South side who clinched their play-off place with a 2-1 win against Dumbarton; Kevin Holt and Stephen McKenna scoring for the fourth placed side before Donald McCallum replied.
The Dumfries side will aim to keep their momentum going ahead of a potential play-off quarter-final clash with Rangers.
It will surprise few observers of League 1 that the promotion campaign is going down to the final day of the season with three teams still capable of claiming the title.
Morton moved into pole position with a 2-0 win at previous leaders Stranraer whose route to promotion is now most likely going to be via the play-offs. They are three points behind the Greenock outfit.
On-loan Aberdeen striker Declan McManus, the scorer of both Morton's goals, summed-up a fascinating season when he said: "League 1 is the tightest division in the country. It's just never boring."
Forfar Athletic are level on points with Morton after a 3-1 win at Dunfermline Athletic and the men from Angus will attempt to overturn an inferior goal difference when they host relegation-threatened Ayr United, while the league leaders entertain Peterhead.
Ayr United, who beat relegated Stirling Albion 4-0, may well need at least a point to avoid going down as Stenhousemuir, two points adrift after their 2-2 draw with Brechin City, play Stirling on Saturday and they would be well fancies to win easily.
That point was enough to secure Brechin's place in the promotion play-offs.
With the top three places in League 2 already settled and Montrose confirmed in the Pyramid play-off, the only issue to be resolved is the crucial fourth top place.
East Fife are within touching distance of that spot after a 3-0 win at Berwick Rangers. They could yet be overtaken by Annan Athletic who secured a thrilling 5-4 win at Elgin city where Darryl McHardy's hat-trick for the hosts was matched by Annan's Peter Weatherston.
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