Only three days after Newport County's spirited FA Cup run ended in the fifth round at the hands of Premier League leaders Manchester City, the Welsh club found themselves at Meadow Lane playing Notts County, bottom of League Two. That's what you call coming down to earth.
There can't be many clubs who have played the best and the worst in England's Football League in consecutive games and it must be a candidate for a pub trivia quiz.
Newport, under manager Michael Flynn, enjoyed a thumping 4-1 win against the cellar dwellers on Wednesday, suggesting their FA Cup run has given them much-needed momentum in the league.
Newport are one of three Welsh clubs playing in the top four divisions of the Football League, the others being Cardiff City in the Premier League while Swansea City play in the Championship.
There are three other Welsh teams competing in the English league system.
Wrexham are currently top of the National League after being relegated from League Two in 2008, while Colwyn Bay and Merthyr Town play further down the English football pyramid.
Life has not been exactly a bunch of roses for the top three Welsh teams this season.
Cardiff, who began the season as favourites for the drop, have managed to haul themselves up to 17th place, but they are still very much in the relegation mix.
Their season has also been marred by the tragic death of Argentinian signing Emiliano Sala in a plane crash before he had even played a game.
Cardiff manager Neil Warnock is not everybody's cup of tea, but his tactics so far have been effective, if not pretty.
Swansea are a disappointing 13th in the Championship after nurturing high hopes of making a quick return to the top flight following relegation last season.
They have not been helped by off-field problems concerning share sales. However, the Swans beat Brentford 4-1 in the FA Cup to earn a quarter-final berth at home against Manchester City, who will face their second consecutive Cup excursion to South Wales.
Newport, by far the smallest club of the Welsh trio, are a lowly 15th in League Two.
While all three clubs have a tale to tell, Newport's saga of survival against the odds is worth closer inspection.
It is something of a miracle that Newport are still in existence considering that in 1989 they went bankrupt and fell out of the league. But thanks to the efforts of fans and local businessmen, what is now Newport County AFC was born.
They managed to get a place in the Hellenic League, five divisions below the Football League and slowly worked their way up.
Owing to a legal dispute with Newport council they could not play at their old Somerton Road Ground and for the 1989-90 season their home games were at the Gloucestershire town of Moreton-in-Marsh, about 130 kms from Newport.
This meant that many of their "home" games were further away than the away fixtures, so they adopted the nickname "The Exiles''.
Despite the long journeys they retained a loyal fan base. Honorary club president David Hando recalls: "We took over 400 fans on our 'magical mystery tour of the Cotswolds' and they cheered us on to a League and Cup double."
After playing at assorted "home" locations, in 1995 they moved to Newport Stadium and following a series of promotions reached the Conference in 2010. They moved to Rodney Parade in 2012.
The Great Day came on May 6, 2013, when they beat Wrexham in the final of the Conference play-offs, to win promotion back into the Football League. It was incidentally the first time two Welsh clubs had contested a final at Wembley.
Founded in 1912, the original Newport County played in the Third Division South until 1939 when they won promotion to the Second Division. Unfortunately they had only played three games when World War II broke out.
After the war they rejoined the Second Division for the 1946-47 season, but suffered a miserable time including being routed 13-0 by Newcastle United.
Len Shackleton was playing his first game for the Magpies and it turned out to be a memorable debut, with the great entertainer scoring six goals. After that game Shackleton famously remarked: "And they were lucky to get nil."
Newport were relegated to the Third Division South in the 1948-49 season and stayed in that division until dropping to the Fourth Division in 1962 where they were to remain for 18 years.
In 1970-71, they suffered the worst ever start to a season by a league team, going without a win for the first 25 matches, losing 21 of them.
The club's biggest success came in the 1979-80 season when, inspired by a young John Aldridge who scored 70 goals for Newport before he moved to Liverpool, they won promotion to the Third Division.
Newport also triumphed in the Welsh Cup which entitled them to play in the European Cup Winners' Cup.
They surprised everyone by reaching the quarter-finals where they faced East German side, Carl Zeiss Jena FC.
Newport outdid themselves in the first leg drawing 2-2 away, but in the second leg, in front of a capacity 18,000 crowd at Somerton Park, went down 0-1.
Alas, eight years later they were rock bottom of the Fourth Division, and bankrupt. They ended up fielding their youth team as they could not afford to pay the professionals.
These days the Welsh clubs in the English leagues are more concerned about survival than any European exploits. Let's hope they hang in there as these teams add colour, spice and diversity to the Football League.