Perhaps it should come as no surprise this went the distance. These two clubs had taken a circuitous route back to this point on the brink of the top flight.
Not necessarily scenic but always dramatic, always arresting and so it proved once again as Luton Town returned to the top-flight after a 32-year exile, completing their rise from non-league to the Premier League in nine years.
They did it on penalties, despite losing their captain Tom Lockyer, who collapsed early in the game and was rushed to hospital. And they did it when Coventry City substitute Fankaty Dabo missed the target with the 12th spot-kick of a tense shootout.