Since ten o'clock last Wednesday evening, my phone just hasn't stopped ringing. It's been absolutely manic with people calling with congratulations and best wishes. The response to promotion has been brilliant and I could never thank them enough for their support.

I was actually at the reserve team game at Carrow Road when Sunderland were playing to possibly decide our fate.  It was difficult to concentrate fully on the game I was watching with my mind straying to events at Selhurst Park.  When the result did come through and we knew we were going up, there was a wonderful atmosphere with 3,000-plus fans in the ground.  It was nice to have a match that night and to be able to celebrate with the fans right away, giving us a chance to show our emotions at  the sense of achievement. 

But since then the celebrations have been modest. It's nice to have earned promotion with four games left but we've got an eye on the championship, as have West Brom, so we want to give ourselves the best opportunity of finishing the job. Despite reaching our first goal, we had the game at Watford on Saturday and the reaction was very good. The players did what they always do and worked very hard to come away with a win. 

Preston are up next for is in our last home game of the season tomorrow and it's set to be a wonderful day.  The fans will be out in their numbers, there will be yellow and green everywhere and a party atmosphere all around Carrow Road. We'll be encouraging the players to go out there and join in with a good display and three points.  

Following that, we go to Sunderland on Tuesday, then have Crewe away on the last day next Sunday.  If we have three good games and do our job, as we've said all season, we'll get the title, but if we don't we leave it open for West Brom to snatch.

Inside the club we've started looking towards next season and have had a few chats. We'll be going through some potential targets for our return to the top-flight. We need to be wise and get value for money with any acquisitions, because we haven't got an awful lot of money to throw around. The model club for us is Charlton Athletic who, between the manager and the club, have made it happen on the pitch and have retained Premiership status. 

Our main goal next season will be to finish anywhere from fourth bottom upwards. As a team coming up from the First Division, if we can survive that first term and then stabilise, we will have a real chance. It's going to be very, very tough, but we want to meet that challenge head on.
 
Nigel Worthington