Luton Town limped up the M1 on Saturday carrying knocks, their trusty deck of UNO cards and a lingering sense of injustice ahead of Monday's 'straight shootout' for Wembley.
Their Championship play-off semi-final with Huddersfield is finely poised after Friday's first leg, an engrossing battle at Kenilworth Road that ended 1-1.
Manager Nathan Jones was unhappy with the officials' failure to award a first-half penalty - and a red card - after striker Cameron Jerome tangled with Naby Sarr inside the area.
'A real terrible decision,' he said. 'Because they had half an appeal in the first seconds of the game (when Harry Toffolo was barged over by James Bree), he hasn't given it.