This wasn’t Albion’s biggest game in the last year. But they turned it into the biggest party.

Middlesbrough last May was a bigger match. In fact their final four games of 2015-16 were bigger.

The visit of Wigan was purely a first match point of this season.

But it was a massive occasion and massive opportunity.

And it turned into their biggest party in decades.

It was a chance to go up, of course, but also to do it in their fabulous six-year-old home, before 30,000 of their own fans.

To give the Amex a day to go into folklore.

To tap into the building excitement around the city without any false starts or temporary let downs.

To remain in charge of the title race.

Boxes ticked. All round.

Albion were expected to win. They did as they have often done it - with patience, cool heads, organisation and a clinical edge.

But were players expected to invade the press box in celebration?

Was Tony Bloom expected to dance in the directors’ box, twirling his scarf? Were Bruno, Beram Kayal et al expected to lead the singing?

Albion are on their way to the Premier League – after an afternoon 30,000 people will never forget.

No, it wasn’t Albion’s biggest game – but maybe that helped.

Maybe the fact so many of the players went through that one-off £200 million decider at the Riverside, and were so cruelly denied, has stood them in good stead.

Maybe it prepared them for what should have been a nervous period of the season but has actually never really felt like it.

It wasn’t as cold or grey today in Falmer as it was on Teesside last May.

The stakes were not so high, nor was the media spotlight quite as intense.

But the ultimate prize was the same. And they celebrated it in style - together