Leicester City have been urged to evoke the spirit of the 1996 team in their quest for a play-off place.
Steve Walsh, a member of that side, believes City can upset the odds by beating Nottingham Forest on Saturday and hope other results go their way – and the omens certainly suggest it could happen.
The same thing happened on May 5, 1996, when City went to Watford and won 1-0 with a Muzzy Izzet goal.
City went on to win the play-off final with a Steve Claridge goal at Wembley against Crystal Palace – another possibility this time around.
Walsh was City's centre-half in the clash with Watford at Vicarage Road in 1996.
He said: "There was massive pressure going into that game because we knew we had to win and other results go for us, and Watford was a tough place to go.
"But we had been on a good run going into the game and we were a very resilient side who could hold on to a one-goal lead.
"I remember it was a backs-to-the-wall job for a lot of the time and Muzzy scored with a header, and we were able to hold on for the win.
"You have to hold your nerve in these big pressure games and show that spirit and resilience that we showed in 1996."
City have to beat Forest in front of a sell-out 30,000 crowd at the City Ground, and hope Bolton fail to beat Blackpool.
Club historian John Hutchinson said the omens, if not the odds, were good.
"Then, as now, City had to win their last game to qualify for the play-offs with the lowest-ever points tally," he said. "Then, as now, it was an away match.
"Even a win on its own wouldn't have been enough. Other results had to go Leicester's way.
"In 1996, Stoke, Charlton or Ipswich had to drop a point so that one of them would drop out of the top six for City to take their place."
City got into the play-offs with 71 points, the lowest on record. A win on Saturday and a play-off place would create a new record of 68.
One final omen – QPR were relegated from the Premier League in 1996.
City's 1996 team: Kevin Poole, Simon Grayson, Mike Whitlow, Julian Watts, Steve Walsh, Muzzy Izzet, Neil Lennon, Scott Taylor, Neil Lennon, Steve Claridge, Emile Heskey, Mark Robins.
