It is almost like an actor refusing to say “Macbeth” for fear of jinxing the play. Even though Lincoln City’s promotion to the EFL Championship is nigh on certain – “it feels a bit like we’re on match point,” Michael Skubala said after Friday’s 1-0 victory over AFC Wimbledon – no one involved dares mention the prospect of Tottenham or Wolves playing a league game at Sincil Bank next season.

Extending their club-record unbeaten run to 24 league games at Reading on Monday would guarantee Lincoln’s return to the second tier of English football for the first time in 65 years. A draw between Bolton and Stockport would also suffice.

So impressively have Lincoln overachieved under the innovative Skubala this season, building on a decade of steady progress since becoming the first non-league club in 103 years to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals in 2017, it is tempting to wonder whether they have unearthed a formula that could allow them to be competitive in the Championship next season. After all, with the 17th biggest budget in League One, Lincoln are already defying the odds.

For now, even facing Spurs, or Nottingham Forest, in a league game sounds implausible....