Nottingham Forest captain Gareth Taylor will draw on his experiences at Manchester City to ensure the Reds do not trip up in League One this season.
Forest start life in the third tier of English football for the first time in 54 years when they host Huddersfield on Saturday.
And Taylor knows from his time at the same level with Man City in the 1998-99 season that the pressure will be on for a club of Forest's size.
"I joined Man City when they were in the old Second Division and it's the same sort of thing as there is at Forest now," Taylor told BBC Sport.
"City were drawing massive crowds to every home and away game and it was obvious that the club shouldn't have been where they were - but there were and they had to deal with it.
"It's hard to tell until the season starts, but we know there will be a lot of expectation on Forest to do well.
"We knew that players were raising their games just because they were playing Manchester City. Every team that came to Maine Road at the time, it was almost like their Cup final that season.
"They were walking out on a nice pitch, in front of a big crowd, in a great stadium, so they were up for it and they fancied it and that's something we're going to encounter this season.
"Teams will come to the City Ground and settle for a point but we have to take that as a compliment and make sure we do the things we do right and impose ourselves on the game."
At 32, Taylor is one of the most experienced players in the Forest dressing-room and the Welsh international knows how important his influence can be on the side's younger players.
"The manager Gary Megson has bought some experience players this summer and I definitely think it's going to help," he added.
"At times last season we were a really young team, and sometimes it can call for some experience.
"The younger players are obviously going to look for help from the experienced lads, and I've always been that sort of person whether captain or not, I've always tried to help the younger lads out.
"A lot of it is basic encouragement and just making sure they go out and enjoy themselves."
Taylor admits relegation was an enormous blow but says Forest must quickly get used to their new surroundings and focus on getting back into the Championship.
"Despite what happened I've never thought of leaving the club," said Taylor.
"Don't get me wrong, I was absolutely devastated when we went down, but I really do love the club and I love playing here. It's got fantastic support and I just feel, like we all do, we want to do something about the situation.
"It's weird seeing our name alongside some of the teams in this league, but it's happened to big clubs before and there's nothing we can do about that now apart from get on the pitch and get positive results.
"We don't talk about promotion but it's in the back of everyone's minds and that's the goal we are hoping to achieve.
"People are going say that if we don't get promoted it will be a failure, I guess that's the whole expectation thing again,
"But it would be disappointing if we didn't go up because that's what everyone at the club is striving to do."
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