The only time I've been to Wembley was to watch Bon Jovi before they demolished the old stadium.

So I'm looking forward to the atmosphere of a major sporting event and my team actually being in it for once.

Lat time I went was 1991 - Spurs Forest FA Cup Final, we won that one and I haven't been back since.

I am travelling down to London on the Friday so will miss the Saturday exodus - I know that if I did the Saturday, mine would be the car / bus / train that broke down and I would miss it all !!

Getting to the ground around 1100 hrs and just going to soak up the atmosphere, walk up and down Wembley Way (or is it Bobby Moore way) then get inside the groud around 1-30 to see the day unfold

Looking forward to :

the players coming out to warm up and hearing 20,000 Wire fans in unison
Abide with me - tears will flow
the entrance of the teams
the noise at kick off
the Wire chanting
the lifting of the cup

Not much to look forward to is there ??

Your humiliation.

Seeing my eldest daughter walking around the pitch at half time as one of the RFL Volunteers who are helping out down there from the Thursday morning.

I am hoping to get all the Wire fans to sing, "Kerry-Ann, Kerry-Ann give us a wave" that would really make her go bright red!!!!!!

also Abide with Me will make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck.

Speak to some Londoners, seriously it's great.

My wife and I go to the CC final every year and as she's from St Helens, she usually wears something Saints related, whilst I have my Wigan top on. Two years ago, Arsenal were playing Man City at home and I got talking to one of their fans on the tube, who said to me that he was well aware it was Challenge Cup final day (though he didn't know who was playing) because he'd seen every single super league top on people just milling around and bantering. And so were we, several pints in Covent Garden with other fans and what have you.

He went on to say that, at the FA Cup final, you wouldn't get that. You would get one club's fans in one part of London, the other lot in another part, and a load of police keeping them apart.

A lot know nothing of RL, but they do know that by and large, their fans can mingle and have a laugh and a banter.

The whole day, but definetley picking up the cup :

* Stopping at a services at like 7.30am, and there'll be about 1000 Warrington Fans buying Ginsters pasties, awesome.

The motorway services in Yorkshire where all the coaches stopped on the way to Hull KR in the quarter final was awesome.

The non Wire supporters who were also there were asking who we were etc including a coach of American tourists who took some of our pictures kitted out in the P&B.

its my birthday come on the wire!!1

Just to be able to sing all my wire songs in the ground instead of listening to "when the saints" like last 2 years

The National Anthem!

Things I can't wait for:

1. The drive down to London. All the excitement of going away for the weekend to watch the Wire, not to mention talking the mickey out of the Saints fan in our party!

2. Starting the build up early on Friday night by getting smashed.

3. The build up to the game on Saturday and hopefully bumping into a fair few people, either from here or my other friends/family who are making the journey.

4. Singing Abide With Me (hopefully Katherine Jenkins will be singing it! )

5. Bowing my head and shunning the national anthem in the national stadium, ala Brian Carney when he played for GB. Awesome.

6. Having a silent moment and just looking around Wembley being packed with Primrose and Blue.

I'm sure I will think of much more before I get back home from work!

Pfft. You must be joking.