This is a cautionary tale not meant to scaremonger. In times like these we have to make sure that we enjoy and make the most of them as there is plenty of living proof that it can all go terribly wrong.
Wigan Athletic, Portsmouth, Blackpool, Bradford City, Swindon Town, Barnsley, Coventry City, Oldham Athletic, Sheffield United and Wimbledon.
All of these teams have something in common. They are not listed in any particular order and I am sure if I gave you a few moments you could hazard a guess that common theme.
They are all clubs that have played in the Premier League but have dropped lower than the Championship. The list is far from exhaustive. When I say Premier League, I join that media suggestion that was no top tier before its inception (which of course, is not true).
Read the names. Some of you may not remember some of them plying their trade in the Premier League since it was formed in 1992. The top division of English football has grown to be a cash cow with millions of virtual notes being thrown at it from every conceivable angle.
Take a look at where these clubs. What sticks out most for me is that how times change in the game of football. One moment you are confidently competing at the top table, the next you find yourself extinct having been franchised to another part of the country.
That of course is the extreme example of Wimbledon. RIP. That in itself is quite a story for another day which I am certain has been touched on before here at TEB. However, the clubs that are much more relevant to this cautionary tale are Portsmouth and Wigan Athletic.
Portsmouth have faced terrible financial difficulties. So much so, it makes our plight in 2010 look like a walk in the park. They won the FA Cup in 2008 but relegated from the Premier League two years later. That began their spiral all the way down to where they currently ply their trade, League 2. Hopefully that is as far as they fall and they start to work their way in the right direction.
Wigan Athletic look like following a similar route. They won the FA Cup in 2013 but were relegated from the Premier League the same season. They are now heading down to League 1 and it is hard to see them returning to relive former glories any time soon.
While the downfall of the South Coast club had an awful lot to do with financial difficulties, it is one example of what can happen if a club is not managed properly both while competing in the top division and after they suffer their first relegation.
You could say there are teams that have been caught up chasing the dream, or more to the point, trying to keep the dream alive. Throw money at it in order to achieve promotion from the Championship for a shot at the big time or do the same to stay in the big time. That is a whole new ball game as to strive to be a seasoned Premier League team takes time, and money.
Just like Burnley this season, those that have gone before them such as Swindon Town, Blackpool, Barnsley and Bradford City did not particularly throw huge amounts of money at it in a bid to stay up. These are clubs that had to live by their means and fair play to them for that. It does not mean that they have not suffered financial hardship by dropping lower then Championship football.
You only have to look at where these clubs now find themselves in the football pyramid. It is a harsh reality of what can happen in football especially in the current age. It is only likely to get worse in the future. The television deal for next season gives clubs in the Premier League even more of an upper hand.
At the end of the 2015/16 season, whoever finishes bottom of the table and is relegated will be rewarded with £100 million for their efforts. How can Championship teams compete with that? The gulf between the two divisions will become even bigger than it is now and much more challenging for promoted teams to survive.
The Financial Fair Play rules will also play a part. It is just a pin in the bubble of the dreams that Championship teams (and lower) cling on to and another step to perhaps creating that Super League that has been mooted in recent years.
It is no longer a game where football means money, it has turned much more into money means football and by becoming so it is in danger of ripping the heart out of the game if it has not already done so.
Do not get me wrong. I want my club to be dining at the top table in football. It is great watching my club take on some of the best players in the world. The problem is, the more we look at how far the club can progress, the options are limited. There is a much longer way to fall if things do not work out.
While we have an idea of how it could feel with the emotional scares of 2010 just about healing over, just ask Portsmouth fans how close we were to seeing how wrong it can really go.
