I promised the wife that as long as we got to Wembley i would not be disappointed if we lost the final. Although i have since changed my mind!
I am was too young to appreciate what it meant when we got there in 1990 and didn't go the Regal trophy final in 1995, so this is the biggest sporting occassion i will have ever been to.
This is my first Challenge Cup Final and although I've been to a couple of Grand Finals they obviously weren't involving my team so didn't mean as much. Great Britain V Australia at Wembley and the first Tri-Nations final at Elland Road are probably the biggest RL games I've been to before and I've been to Scotland V England RU at Murrayfield too but Wire at Wembley will be ten times bigger than any of those games in my eyes so in rugby terms then yes.
However I've also been to three European Cup Finals (Old Trafford 2003, Istanbul 2005, Athens 2007) and this won't come close to 2005 so in overall sporting terms then no.
I've seen most of the Finals of various competitions that we've been in since I started watching aged 10 in 1966 and nothing can compare (until next week) with Murphy lifting the Cup in 1974. The 1986 Premiership Final came close.
If we do win, one absolute 'must' for everyone is the Town Hall on Sunday afternoon. I doubt that anyone who was there will ever forget Mike Gregs speech in 1990.
I was there in 74 and the memory is awesome ,went in 75 great day but losing took the shine off it the celebrations the year before were still the best ever ,went in 90 always remember the pie eaters after on wembley station on the opposite platform miserable as e and the Wire faithful were bouncing on the other side singing and dancing all the way home and we lost.
Will be there this year expect nothing but a great day with the Wire faithful and hopefully be rewarded with the ultimate prize and drown out creamfields the day after with our home coming
COME ON THE WIRE !
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