Soaked in champagne and bursting with joy, Slaven Bilic marched around the Hawthorns pitch and immediately started making plans for the Premier League.
The day was July 22 and his West Bromwich Albion team had just secured the point they needed for promotion after a nervy 2-2 draw with Queens Park Rangers.
Fast forward less than five months and Bilic is out of a job. To the casual observer, this may seem a surprise — Albion are far from cut adrift in the relegation scrap, and Wednesday’s 1-1 draw at Manchester City was another spirited effort.