So you told `em "We`re The Wire...The many, many Wire"

Arriving in some dog end of the earth someplace in london on friday night around midnight, trying to find some food and it was really quite intimidating and scaryish about.. and then... we see a wire shirt!!

Just walking the 2 mile walk from the hotel to the stadium, everyone beeping and cheering to each other, and then the masses outside the greyhound pub, buying bottles of WKD from the offlicense nearby and the guy behind the counter opening them for us.

Seeing everyone in fancy dress.

Walking into the stadium, and all you can see is half of wembley stadium in blue and primrose.

Wolfie scoring the try.

The 10 second countdown at the end of the game. Players stop ready for the hooter to jump on each other celebrating.

THe whole of the sunday, coming back beeping everyone on the motorway, getting back to warrington and playing chelsea dagger full blast with the windows down and beeping everyone, and loads of people cheering us or dancing to it.

Getting my champions tattoo today

Day of the Semi Final

Standing on Newton High Street late morning, with my jersey on, in a Flintoff pose, as 2 coachloads of Wigan fans pass by. Some of the 'ladies' on the coach didn't seem too happy and showed their disapproval.

Texting my missus at half time telling her that in 2 hours time I'd be stood in the same spot waving the coaches back.

And the Final

Not being able to sleep on Friday night. It was just like being a kid again at Christmas.

Waiting to get on coach 10 and hearing the driver tell a woman in her seventies that she couldn't bring on 2 cans of Mackies, despite being told they were for medicinal purposes.

Being really chuffed seeing how many cars there were on the motorway with Warrington colours. Seemed like every other car was P&B.

Driving past the Greyhound and seeing the number of Wire fans. 1 bloke dressed as a 1970s rugby player dancing along side the passing cars

Coach spotters in the Wembley car park.

Singing in the concourse just before kick-off.

A bloke asking me where he was. P&B paint running down his face.

'You're in Wembley?'
'oh'
'who you with?'
'don't know'
'where you sitting?
'don't know. Wemberley, Wemberley.................'

walking through the entrance to get to our seats, what a sight.

the noise

thinking it was all over when King scored.

knowing it was all over watching Hicks just before full time

We arrived at our Heathrow hotel on Friday lunchtime and drove into London for a tour of the place. Driving round Trafalgar Square and seeing the plinth occupied by a young lady in primrose and blue dancing and waving a Wires flag !!

We had the flags on the car and attracted a few puzzled looks.

Had photo opportunities with Stevo and David Gest !!!

Quality weekend

Hahahaha...Fantastic, is that true!?

Opened a new topic !!

Let's hope it isn't in a 'private' area then!

you know what every Wakey fan was doing at the exact same time, i take my hat off to you

It was fantastic getting into the Wembley Park station at 12 ish and hearing all the chanting from the confines of the station to the stadium concourses and the place being flooded with P&B (where were all the Hudds fans).

Seeing a great try saving (and match turning) tackle from a Wakefield underhill college??? kid in the pre match game by bundling a player into touch.

The fella in front of me suffering from the same nerves i was feeling and high fiving people after every score (including a family most of which seemed to have been forced to come along).

Setting off at 7, going dallam lane from mine and seeing thousands of wire fans, and the lord rodney was absoloutley heaving

Warwick services Amazing, primrose and blue everywhere! They even had a stall outside the services selling wire merchandice

Arriving in High Wycombe and going to the coffee shop with my dad talkng to this couple from Warrington, just beginning to get a taste of the atmosphere now, and that chicken sandwhich was lovelly

Seeing the first friendly face at the station in Wycombe , Wire in the Final

Waiting for the train, getting really excited now

Having to stand up on the train and every one around me listening to my conversation with my dad, me asking him who he was on about about, he kept mentioning some old singers or something (kids today, was his reply ) and boy did my back hurt standing up on that train

Getting off the train and immediatly looking up and seeing one side of Wembley, i tapped my dad on the shoulder and said 'look dad, there it is!' I was amazed by the sheer size of it, huge

Walking around Wembley, took about half an hour with all the stops chatting to Wire fans. Looking over toward Wembley Way and seeing thousands of fans (mainly p & b) walking in my direction. The camera had to come out at this point

Seeing those people selling them 'hear the ref' radios, what the hell lol why would i wanna hear the bloody ref! Imagine it, 'ONE' , 'HELD' , that would really annoy me

Meeting my friends in the Greyhound pub, there were millions of wires in there it was amazing. Didnt wanna pay them prices for beer but luckily i came prepared, bottles of calsberg in a bag

Meeting Anthony Sullivan, Chris Joynt and many of the Prescott charity fundraisers was good, getting pictures taken with them, although i dont think Chris Joynt was too happy ot get mobbed by all us lot

Entering Wembley and going up the never ending escalators was amazing, people singing and the whole setting was great.


Walking out onto Wembley , what a site! Turning around to see my friends who were trying to get my attention, waving hands like mad shouting 'Gaz. Gaz, up here!' lol that put a smile on my face.

The game itself! Ive never seen a stadium like it, the atmosphere, the crowd, the people, the colours. It was amazing, a day to remember. This was the greatest day of my life, unbelievable.

Wolfie scoring a try!

The game, what a game! Mathers going over in 70 seconds was just the start we needed. And the Briers drop goal was the icing!

Watching Morley and Briers lifting the cup together, priceless!

I was never certain we'd actually won the game until the clock read 79:12 then i just jumped on my dad with a massive sigh of relief , we'd won the cup! Never had a feeling like it before, the kinda feeling you never forget.

And from there on it was just emotional and exciting, taking it all in was too much, you cant describe the feeling you have to have been there. Its what you wait you whole life for, and boy is it worth it!

left at 7 saturday morning,stopping at corley services with the place packed with wire fans,the realisation of what was ahead dawning.
passing a car on the m1 with two kids aged about ten in the back,we passed them about five times and each time they were fist pumping and laughing.
getting into the sports bar at wembley for about 10.45 and having a few pints sat with some hull kr fans who were a scream.
meeting scully with the greeting
"your still a wire scully" having a chat and a photo with him,top bloke.
standing outside the ibis when simon moran came out of the station and everyone was cheering.
getting in wembley and soaking it all in,the game,say no more.
on the tube with some leeds fans who wished us all the best and seemed genuinely pleased for us,again a great set of lads.
a top night out in soho,talking to two coppers outside a pub who were checking out my club polo shirt and also were made up that we won.
falling into bed at 2.30 am when i had drunk myself sober.
one of the best days ever.

Is a bit scabby and bloody