Bom Dia! and Good Friday to you. Welcome to the season 9 finale of Nick’s Portuguese odyssey with Wolves, who are sitting pretty in the league and still in the FA Cup. Can they secure at least one trophy, or even the double? Or will it be more heartbreak? Over to Nick…

Here’s a look at the table with 15 games to go. Leicester and Arsenal sit top, but we’re only a point behind, and still have to play them both, so we’ll at least have a say in where the title goes (hopefully Molineux). Game on…

We start away at Man City, where it couldn’t really go much worse, as we find ourselves 3-0 down in half an hour. We pull 2 back, but sadly that’s as good as it gets…

Our FA Cup run resumes at home to Coventry, where despite losing one centre back to injury, and his replacement getting sent off, it’s a surprisingly comfortable win…

The draw is kind again. Is this our year?

A Coelho goal seems to come free with every Wolves ticket this season, and he starts the comeback after we trail against The Brum, before his partner in crime finishes them off…

It’s a right humdinger at home to Sheffield United, where we’re looking set for a double Desmond until Amaral completes his hat trick by netting the winner 11 minutes from time…

Back in the FA Cup, 33 year-old Figo continues to roll back the years as he gets the only goal of the game to send us through to the semis to face Man City. Dare we dream?…

And the legend is at it again a few days later as we cruise at Everton. Leicester have started to wobble, only managing 4 points from their last 3 games, so the win takes us top!

A few days later, we smell blood and take full advantage of the wounded Foxes to stay top, but Arsenal have a now have a game in-hand due to their League Cup involvement.

After 4 wins in a row, it’s only natural that things start to go pear-shaped. Colchester are clearly p*ssed off that we beat them in the FA Cup, and they frustratingly hold us to a draw…

And then Bolton come and do the same. This Spizak tw*t is beginning to get on my tits. We could well look back on these 2 draws as the moment where we threw the title away…

The draws leave us 2nd, a point behind new leaders Arsenal, and another Anselmo injury only makes things worse…

We keep calm though, and the pieces are picked up at Wimbledon…

Back in the cup, goals from Amaral and The Boa look to have sent us to Wembley, until our keeper scores an own goal in the last minute to force extra time. But luckily both scorers are on target again to prevent penalties. Yes!

Normally I’d be happy with this draw, but we’ve not beaten Bolton in the league this season, so hopefully that’s not an omen…

Now it’s finally time for those final 7 games I mentioned at the start of the season. Don’t get me wrong, I’m delighted to still be in the title race, but can we handle squeaky bum time?…

We start with a win that Newcastle fans will enjoy, 4-3 away at Liverpool! We almost throw it away by giving away an 83rd minute penalty but The Boa immediately spares our blushes…

I hadn’t counted Sheffield Wednesday as part of the tough run-in, but they’re deservedly 4th. Amaral and The Boa inflict the damage for a 3rd game running, and the win takes us top by 2 points after Arsenal lose at Bolton…

Of course we lose at Old Trafford, and Arsenal beat Wimbledon to go a point ahead, but a few days later The Gunners blow their game in-hand and lose at Coventry! So we’re now level on games and still have to play them at home.

A 3rd defeat against Villa for the season does nothing to help, as Arsenal win to go 4 points clear with 3 to play. F*ck.

But our hopes are kept alive with a win at Barnsley, and the news that Liverpool have beaten Arsenal 4-1, so we’re now just a point behind again and play The Gooners next…

A win for Arsenal will secure them the title, so I’m anything but confident. But once again my boys surprise me, and dig deep for a massive win to send us top by 2 points. Get in there!!!

The last team you want standing in the way of your first title are the European champions, but that’s the hand we’ve been dealt. Only a win will guarantee us the title as Arsenal’s goal difference is 3 better.

It’s the worst possible start as we go 1-0 down, but Gomes gets us back in it. We keep pressing, but Southall’s regen puts on a performance reminiscent of that of Ludek Miklosko against Man Utd in 1995, and it ends all-square. All eyes on Highbury now…

Fans with portable radios glued to their ears jump up and down as news filters through that Sheffield Wednesday beat Arsenal 3-0 after Gunners’ keeper Danny Milosevic was sent off. Turns out The Owls really do give a hoot about us after all. TWIT F*CKING TWOO!!!

Here’s that screen we all love to see. Open-top bus parade incoming…

And here’s confirmation. Normally you can only afford to lose around 6 games to win this league, but it’s been one of those seasons where all the teams have taken points off each other, not that I could care less. Champions!!!!!

After all the excitement of winning the league, I’d forgotten about the cup final, but it turns out to be something of an anticlimax, as the boys seem to still be hungover from the title celebrations (who can blame them?), and that pr*ck Spizak does us once again…

Moving swiftly on, here are the stats. I was disappointed at how many goals we conceded, so it’s ironic that my keeper and 3 centre backs got the highest average ratings.

Rui Costa shows there’s still life in the old dog with 8 goals and 7 assists, and his replacement Gomes filled in admirably when required, with 6 goals and 9 assists.

Wide boys Boa Morte and Figo chipped in with 14 goals and 17 assists between them, and the strike pairing of Coelho and Amaral yielded 52 goals and 29 assists.

So there we go, it’s taken 9 long seasons, but we’re finally Premiership champions! Another cup final defeat hurts, but the league was what I really wanted. Join me next time when I’ll be looking to see if being crowned champions has raised our appeal to any of the few remaining top Portuguese players. Adeus!