The scene is a Football League match last month and the time is around 4.40pm one Saturday afternoon.
In the crowd is a nervous wife watching her husband's team hang onto a one-goal lead with full-time approaching.
'Ten more minutes left and I've got a decent weekend,' she says. 'If we don't get a win then my whole weekend is a write off. I might as well pack my bags and go and see my family.'
For all the benefits it can provide this is the lesser-seen - to outsiders at least - side of football management.