I remember a few weeks after the final, Keith Mills had the trophy at his house for some reason.

When news got out he had loads of kids from Whelley & New Springs in his back garden having their picture taken with it (me included obviously).

Anyone know where Mark Bitcon lives on the off chance (if we win) the same happens this year?

1.8am Getting on coach bottom of Gidlow lane
2.M1 full of coaches in red & white and black & white
3.Police horse with 2 wigan rosettes in its reigns
4. Gillys try
5. crying when Westy lifted the cup 4th time at Wembley watching Wigan first win

Well my 1st Wembley was also against Hull but in 1959 and thou we won easily what a great day it was,Billy B scored a great try so did Brian McTigue Dave Bolton put some lovely kicks thru we had a great team back then and "Wigan's Past" on twitter put a short video of the tries,I also learned the words of Old Faithful from the Hull fans ....well it's what you did then, we also met people from Hull on the 1992 Lions tour to Aus (Peter Banners) and still see them to this day so it will be a great day at Wembley for us this year .

Memory I most treasure wasn't from the game itself but the run up to it. A couple of days before the final, we had a darts/dominoes match in the Latham. Just about everyone in the pub was going to the final and around 10.30ish the tele showed the players departing from Central Park. Almost spontaneously, the pub erupted in cheers and Ere' we go, Ere we go, Ere' we go, followed by Wiiiiiiigan Wiiiiigan. Went on for a good half hour.

Still brings a lump to my throat to this day.

After every loss for the following few years we watched THAT match when we got home and it made things better. Still does!

1) My first ever Wembley - Going in to Wigan to get the coach at the old gas showrooms and seeing everyone decked out in cherry and white.

2) Seeing the Hull coaches merging onto the M1 and exchanging friendly gestures!

3) Getting my first glimpse of the twin towers

4) Getting almost crushed, covered in beer and carried forward every time we scored - never known anything like it at a rugby match.

5) Looking at my watch and praying for the hooter in the dying seconds - I'm still convinced that we would have lost had the game gone on for another couple of minutes.

This was the game that kick started my love for Wigan rugby league at the age of 14. I watched the video more times than I care to remember and knew the commentary almost off by heart.

Big Westy stood next to the trophy signing autographs in John Menzies.
I'm not sure in which order it was but I remember the football team winning a cup final, probably the autoglass trophty, then the rugby team won the CC and then the start of the 10 years of domination. I wonder if that could happen again.....I'm sure the football team could qualify for the equivalent of the autoglass trophy the season after this

DVD has just come in the post, looking forward to seeing what all the fuss is about. Think I'll wait till the night of the 23rd

Great Final,will never forget it,Ray and Murph quality commentary,"I WISH BET HULL, I BET WISH HULL, I BET HULL WISH he had his hands in his pockets now,(Brett Kenny)