The scene is a Football League match last month and the time is around 4.40pm one Saturday afternoon.
In the crowd is a nervous wife watching her husband's team hang onto a one-goal lead with full-time approaching.
'Ten more minutes left and I've got a decent weekend,' she says. 'If we don't get a win then my whole weekend is a write off. I might as well pack my bags and go and see my family.'
Steve Bruce was sacked as Newcastle manager last month - to the delight of an angry fanbase
For all the benefits it can provide this is the lesser-seen - to outsiders at least - side of football management.
A job so consuming that what happens in the all-important 90 minutes has far-reaching consequences that go well beyond the pitch and last long after the final whistle.
Steve Bruce shone a light on the issue when revealing he was considering quitting football for good due to the personal abuse he suffered at Newcastle and the strain it placed on him and his family.
His admission and concerns struck a chord with his managerial colleagues who, as well as offering their support, have discussed that very topic among themselves but soldier on regardless, finding their own coping mechanisms for an issue that is too easily dismissed as 'part of the job.'
With the aforementioned EFL manager, there was an added reason for the worry as the clock ticked down. His home life had already been negatively infiltrated by football.
A previous job decision - the sort many managers will have to make in their careers - once prompted sick supporters to wish cancer on his wife and death on his father.
His phone number was posted on an online fans' forum opening him up to 'dogs' abuse' and resulting in him being bombarded with so many messages his voicemail box reached maximum capacity.
He was forced to change his number and involve the police.
Bruce has since revealed he was considering quitting football for good due to the personal abuse he suffered at Newcastle and the strain it placed on him and his family
During that ordeal friends noticed how ill he looked such was the toll it took on him.
He was barely sleeping, his attitude and mood suffered as did his relationship with his wife.
While many managers have thick enough skin to absorb the football-related criticism that comes their way, personal abuse but especially their nearest and dearest getting dragged in – as targets but also collateral damage - is where the line is drawn.
'You don't get that far [in management] only because you are good at tactics but also because you're a strong character, a leader,' former Croatia and West Ham boss Slaven Bilic said.
'I don't lose my sleep about it but it's more about family now. When my kids were growing up then it came to the age where it is not only about me.'
The disdain in Chris Coleman's voice could not have been clearer when he spoke about the 'mongrels' and 'bullies' who overstep the mark with their abuse of managers.
Slaven Bilic says he doesn't 'lose sleep' about any abuse his way, but his family do worry
He says he is strong enough to dismiss anything aimed at him 'in 10 seconds.'
'I've had people come up to me after games in the street. Unfortunately, that comes with the territory. They don't even register with me,' the ex-Wales manager said, but he added: 'But when it's your family, that's the soft spot.'
Neal Ardley said: 'When I first took over Wimbledon the first year we had to win our last game to stay up and my wife knew if I didn't get the first job right and I'm relegated what it might mean to my career.
'She bore the brunt. She couldn't even look at the telly. She'd go out for a walk at 3pm for two hours, she'd not take her phone with her. It means even more to the wives in many ways.'
Ardley also recalled a fan of one of his former clubs who had been on his case repeatedly on social media over an extended period.
At one stage the supporter also jumped uninvited into a social media conversation to ask Ardley's daughter 'does your dad know you're in the showers with the players after each game?'
Later in his reign after a crucial victory, as he celebrated with supporters he noticed a man hugging him, telling Ardley how much he loved him and that he was unbelievable.
Chris Coleman says those who overstep the mark about families are 'mongrels' and 'bullies'
It turned out to be the same fan who had been behind the social media campaign against him and also sent the 'horrible' message to Ardley's then 15-year-old daughter.
'When I tell this to people, they look mortified and say "did you give him a right hook while he was trying to cuddle you?" Ardley, now of Solihull Moors but previously of AFC Wimbledon and Notts County, said.
'I say, "No. That's the world we live in. They can do what they want to you and you've got to take it, be professional and lead your club with integrity because that's the job".'
While managers being subjected to abuse is nothing new the emergence of social media in particular has changed the landscape.
Beijing Guoan boss Bilic said: 'Fifteen or 20 years ago, you had to open the papers or turn on the television. Go in a pub, club or restaurant to hear, very rarely, that somebody will tell you something nice or not nice.
'It was difficult to do it face to face. In the last 10 years it's becoming like enjoyment for those guys to do it.'
Neal Ardley (left) is a AFC Wimbledon legend but was subjected to social media abuse by fans
Paul Tisdale, who has managed over 700 EFL games, said: 'It's very different now and the banter culture. It's not just the detailed, focused criticism of you as a manager.
'Instagram and all the different sites are just constantly ridiculing. It means nothing but it's everywhere.'
Ardley said: 'It has got miles worse because of social media and what happens now is in many cases it actually loses people their jobs.
'The world has become so social media orientated that even if your chairman isn't on it will be a member of his family that is and people can't help telling people what's going on.
'They'll say "fans aren't happy, they want the manager out, blah, blah, blah". The moment you mention that you're putting the seed into people's minds.
'I'm adamant now that the merry go round of management isn't just because we've got a lot of foreign owners or impatient owners.
'A lot of it now is that the world has become impatient and they make more decisions based on pressure from the feeling they get from fans who are not just at the game on a Saturday at 5pm but it's throughout the week.'
Paul Tisdale knows of social media pitfalls: 'All the different sites are just constantly ridiculing'
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