Coventry City and their supporters have waited more than 25 years for this magical moment and, whatever happens this season, Jay Dasilva will never forget it.
Dasilva chose the perfect time to score his first Coventry goal and become the first player to find the net in the Premier League for the club since Mustapha Hadji in May 2001.
That was the day the Sky Blues' long stay in the top division ended, with defeat at Aston Villa , but here was the result and performance their manager Frank Lampard had desperately been seeking.
Coventry's return to the land of cash had proved difficult so far, with four league defeats in a row before their trip across the Midlands. Here was a victory which hoisted them above Tottenham in the embryonic table.
It was perhaps fitting that Dasilva, the diminutive wing-back, should score such a historic goal after proving such a key player in their progress over the past three years.
Coventry also benefited from a controversial VAR moment at the end when Nottingham Forest 's Igor Jesus was judged to have fouled Caleb Yirenkyi, with the equaliser ruled out after referee Jarred Gillett reviewed the incident on his TV monitor.
Lampard said: "This is huge, mentally, for the team, and we have a lot of players having their first stint in Premier League football. Not everyone is a Wayne Rooney or a superstar that can just own it. This can now hopefully give us confidence.
"We are new to this and every win is a relief, especially where we are in the league."
Frank Lampard celebrating in front of the Coventry fans was a frequent sight in the Championship last season - Getty Images/Carl Recine
While Coventry are finally up and running, what a strange and frustrating evening this was for Oliver Glasner and Forest.
For the second successive home match they had a goal controversially disallowed late on after a VAR review, but in truth they were poor for much of the match.
After securing such an impressive win at Villa last weekend, this was a slow and ponderous performance which extended their dire run of form at the City Ground.
Forest have won only one league match at home in nine months, and that was against doomed Burnley . Against Coventry they registered 26 shots on goal, but only three on target.
Jesus thought he had equalised four minutes from time but, after a lengthy delay, Gillett made the big call to infuriate Forest's players and fans.
Glasner said: "I could feel the heaviness of the past and the entire City Ground was nervous. You have to remember this club has been fighting relegation for most of the seasons and sometimes the players can feel it.
Oliver Glasner's team failed to hit the heights of last week's performance against Aston Villa - Getty Images/Ritchie Sumpter
"We have to find a solution as it was very quiet in the dressing room. Of course I have thoughts about the VAR decision, but I don't want to speak about it again. The referee decided and we accept it."
Coventry displayed plenty of adventure, plus the crucial qualities of resilience and spirit which any team will need to avoid relegation.
Their return to the top table was always going to be a challenge, despite a summer spend of about £130m.
With three of their five games so far against champions Arsenal , Manchester City and Brighton , it has also been an unforgiving start.
Forest had the better chances of a scrappy first half, with Dan Ndoye sending a shot narrowly over the crossbar before Liam Delap almost found the bottom corner from 20 yards.
Yet Coventry's moment came 11 minutes into the second half.
Dasilva eluded Daniel Muñoz after a mammoth clearance from goalkeeper Carl Rushworth and then advanced into the area to confidently beat Matz Sels .
Jesus, a substitute, was involved twice near the end with a chip that was cleared off the line by the impressive Bobby Thomas.
The moment of drama came four minutes from the end, causing anger among the home support, and not long afterwards it was the 3,000 away fans making all the noise.
