Like the fans, the players were just as excited when the fixtures were released this week.
It's great to get a home game to start off, and to be at Griffin Park on the final day is also very kind.
Although there are no easy games in this division, the first five or six matches gives us an opportunity to get some points on the board early on, which would give us a platform to build on for the rest of the season.
As a youngster who has been released from other pro clubs, you may have worried you wouldn't get this opportunity again. But now we are looking forward to facing the likes of Reading, Blackburn and Bolton, who were all in the Premier League not so long ago.
Winning promotion feels very real now after seeing the fixtures and who we come up against. The games in League One certainly don't look as pleasant as they did before!
There are a couple of games I am really looking forward to - my two former clubs Charlton and Fulham.
I was at the Valley for five years up until I was 15, so that was always going to be a big one for me, especially being from that part of town.
I then went to Fulham, but to be honest my experience there left a bitter taste in my mouth.
I was there for a year and was promised a contract, but unfortunately things never really materialised.
There was about 50 kids at a release trial where players from all over the country would play/watch.
They said if I did well I would secure my deal. We lost 5-3 and I scored a hat-trick, but I still never got anything.
I went to Welling and then back to Fulham again to play a tournament in Marseille. I thought I done well but they said they couldn't offer me a scholarship because they already had their full quota.
I ended up going back to Welling, so to now be playing a league fixture against Fulham will be extra special for me.
Pre-season training begins on Wednesday but to be honest I wish it was tomorrow!
Dougie, Macca and myself are all 30 and above, but we feel 21 again and can't wait to get started again.
When I was working on the underground and playing part-time at Carshalton being a pro footballer was beyond my wildest dreams and all I wanted to do, so you won't hear me complaining.
We are set targets before we go away for the summer, so we have to make sure we take care of ourselves and return in good nick.
You have to try and relax but in the back of your mind you are always thinking about pre-season.
In between holidays I have been doing bits in the gym, pilates and running to try to stay in shape.
I am feeling the benefits, especially since I missed the second half of the season through injury.
My knee was a bit sore at first, but I'm building up my fitness and raring to go again.
At the end of the season we were fortunate enough to go to Vegas; not just the players but the backroom staff too.
It's a team effort at the club and that is the reason we were successful last year. It will be no different this time.
It's going to be nip and tuck in the Championship with games decided by small margins. You have to be a tight-knit group, which we are. We've got team spirit in abundance.
