Quote: loinertillidie "How does it feel Sally? Getting ready for your first Grand Final. Slightly nervous, a little giddy? Prone to spontaneous outbursts of laughter?
I know it's fourteen years ago and I was only in my early twenties, had to travel to the game from University in Glasgow I did. But what a journey. What a day.
Enjoy it.'"
It feels a bit surreal. For most of my Warrington supporting life I never expected that we would win a major trophy, in the Cullen era even after Simon Moran had taken over the club and put money in, got big names like Gleeson, Johns, Morley etc it always felt like we were chasing the unreachable dream a bit like Newcastle United in the 1990s under Keegan.
The 2009 Challenge Cup Final was the big one for me, I thought that could potentially be our only chance to win a trophy, I was really nervous before that, didn't particularly enjoy the occasion or appreciate the build up, once we went ahead early on I sat there counting down the clock waiting for the hooter. Once we had won that then for me it took the pressure off, a lifetime ambition had been realised to see Wire win a major trophy even if we never won again.
I was a lot more relaxed in the 2010 and 2012 Challenge Cup finals, I felt like there was nothing to lose as I'd already seen a trophy and if we lost to Leeds I could take it whereas I would have felt really shattered if we had lost to Hudds in 2009. I feel the same about this GF. Looking forwards to a new experience but I'm not afraid of losing, if we lose I can accept it and say fair play to Leeds, we are seeing a historic group of players that will be talked about for a long time.