I did have a tear in each eye at full time. Seeing the bloke in front of me with a similar condition and being hugged by his dad didn’t help. And I started singing the Dunk song on the lap of honour as he passed the North, but had to stop as a lump had appeared in my throat.
For me, this meant...
I went 2-0 Utd, purely because the fixture arose on my football manager, and I said to myself (in my head..) ‘whatever the score is will happen on Sunday’. Bl00dy game.
United are 5/6 to win the tie by any means - which includes having corruption on your side I’m assuming. Definitely worth a bet as it’s obviously going to be manipulated in their favour, so the world can see the glorious Battle Of Manchester in the final. The Spurs game has really made me lose...
The odds for us winning are just shorter than Spurs, incredible really. I'd be happy with a draw. I can see there's going to be a moment of controversy though that buggers up our chances.
All sorted and in the lower tier behind the goal - v excited now! We went upper tier in 2019 and felt a bit detached from the atmosphere, so hoping this will be great.
Up to 327 on Futbology. Luckily I used to get a programme for each game, so spent a few happy hours logging them onto the app. There's a few anomalies, like I have 2 Reading away progs, and for the life of me, I can only remember going once. But can't recall anyone giving me the other prog...
My mum also befriended Bob Todd as he used to drink in The Maiden’s Head in Uckfield where she worked. I remember as a small kid they chatted on the high street, and he said ‘Look after your mum’ to me!
At least it gave Sanchez something to do! I agree, no idea why they would do that, and it started early, so not even a response to losing. Shame cos they let their other fans down who were decent and in good voice