Since then I have only missed about 10 home games all due to weddings, holidays or illness. I have been a season ticket holder for 33 years now, and get to around 15 away games a season.

I am founder and trustee of the charity Free Kicks Foundation, and we are releasing the new version of Posh We Are on April 28. Get it from www.poshweare.co.uk and we will hopefully be in the charts the day after the promotion celebration against Darlington. My son Ashley was the youngest ever member of Junior Posh, when I registered him at six hours old, and is now a mad 11 year-old Posh fan.

Pre-match: We left Peterborough just after 9am – myself, my son Ashley and friend Sam (who drove up from the Isle of Wight on Friday) drove across the country. We bumped into some Exeter fans at the services on M42 who wished us luck.

We then went for lunch at a friend's just outside Hereford and arrived at the ground around 2.40pm.

We wandered around to find the club shop so that Ashley could get a badge for his collection.

Nerves kicked in as we got parked and we stood behind the goal with the bulk of the Posh fans. Ashley stood down the front in the rain, Sam and I weren't so brave and stood under cover.

First-half report: Both teams were nervy and Hereford looked dangerous on the break. Tommy Williams looked very good going forward.

But a great cross from Chris Whelpdale, and Dean Keates showing why he was top scorer for Walsall last season, gave Posh a deserved lead. The goal just made me even more nervous for the second half and I had to make my second visit of the day to the bunker they called a toilet.

Atmosphere: It was great, the 1,177 Posh fans were in brilliant voice, particularly singing Posh We Are (new version available from www.poshweare.co.uk April 28)

Full-time report: It was possibly the longest 49 minutes of my life. I can't remember ever being so nervous at a game. It was great to see Craig Mackail Smith back worrying defenders and the whole team committed to getting us out of this awful league.

Joe Lewis even had time for some showboating, as well as a cracking save. When the four minutes injury time went up I almost expected the ball to go in off Trevor Benjamin's backside, but we hung on and the celebrations were building up in the away end.

Mackail Smith was my man of the match for his endless running, but Tommy Williams had a great game too – oh and Keates for his goal, Whelpdale for his cross, Westwood and Morgan defended brilliantly . . . okay all of them!

I don't really remember the first five minutes after the final whistle as it was all a bit of a blur.