Southampton supporters have been through the wringer this season when it comes to their beloved Saints.
Relegation was already a pitter pill enough to swallow for those with connections to St. Mary's, and after Will Still had only secured two wins from 13 Championship games after his arrival, the South Coast giants looked to be hurtling towards the drop zone in the second tier.
Thankfully, Tonda Eckert has injected constant positivity into proceedings since being given the main manager's job post-Still, with the Saints very much in the playoff mix, now, away from their 1-0 FA Cup heroics at Craven Cottage.
In particular, Southampton's away record as of late has been gleaming, as Eckert and Co. continue to be force to be reckoned with on their travels.
Southampton's very impressive away record
Saints fans often have to put up with mammoth journies throughout the long Championship season to see their treasured side, away from the home comforts of St. Mary's.
At the moment, they are being rewarded for their die-hard loyalties, with an FA Cup quarter final now on the horizon, after Ross Stewart sent the away end - which had 5000 Southampton fans in attendance - into bedlam with a late spot-kick against Marco Silva's bewildered hosts.
Across their last three away games back in the bread and butter of the Championship, too, the playoff-chasing side have collected three wins on the bounce, with a spectacular nine goals put away by the rejuvenated South Coast outfit.
It's all contributing to a feel-good environment returning to Southampton, when it was once very toxic under Still and previous relegation-doomed regimes in the Premier League.
Eckert will have only solidified his position in the Southampton good books with his post-match comments after the famous Fulham day out, as he rightly praised the unwavering commitment of the travelling masses.
Eckert's 'special' comments about the Southampton fans
Southampton desperately needed the Eckert full-time appointment to be spot on, in order to try and repair a battered and bruised fanbase.
It has certainly worked a treat so far, with the German looking very assured in the St. Mary's dug-out, when pulling off a stunning 15 wins from 25 games at the full-time helm.
This 1-0 win at Fulham surely goes down as his proudest moment, yet, since stepping in to pick up the pieces post-Still, as Eckert rightly recognised the Cup upset as "special."
He said, when quizzed about the energy of the tie post-match: "When you get off the coach and you come into the stadium, the whole end behind the goal is full of Southampton supporters.
You just feel that this game was something special for us today, and I think we managed to do this quite well over the 90 minutes."
Eckert will hope this distinct connection between the club and its fanbase only strengthens, now, as Southampton eye up a late surge into the playoff spaces in the Championship.
No doubt, the resolve of his troops will be tested, but with a roaring fanbase behind them, an instant return to the Premier League might well be clinched.
Fulham versus Southampton could end up being a league fixture, this time next year, with the Saints surely fancying their chances back at Craven Cottage, if that reality came to fruition.