The promotion party at The Apex was a glorious, beautiful, and slightly sticky affair.
Dave the baker, in a moment of pure, unadulterated genius, had managed to create a three-tiered "Promotion Cake" in the shape of the Northern Premier League trophy, though it was leaning at a rather alarming, structurally-questionable angle.
"It is a masterpiece of 'culinary engineering'!" Julián Álvarez's voice boomed from the large TV screen Leon had set up in the canteen.
He was attending the party via video call, a tiny, pixelated, and ridiculously enthusiastic presence in his full Liverpool kit.
"It is a metaphor for our season! A little unstable, but ultimately very, very sweet!"
