Probably 1996.

Being a Saints fan over the past 14 years has given us tonnes of matches to choose as our most emotional, and for that we are privileged to watch such a great team.

However, my most emotional match was the ‘Wide to West’ match.

That morning, I had attended my Granddad’s funeral in Lytham which was a very emotional event in itself. Me and my Dad weren’t going to attend the match, but we were persuaded to by my mum, knowing that Granddad would have wanted us to go the match.

My Granddad loved his rugby league and used to be a rugby league referee back in the 50’s and 60’s. He refereed the famous Odsal match, a cup final replay, where there were about 110,000 people attended. He also refereed Wembley Cup Finals 5 times, a record only equalled and never beaten.

So me and dad got changed at the wake and set off - my uncle came along too.

The emotion when we scored that try was unbelievable – something I will never forget. I was hugging my dad and my uncle, as well as a number of random people too.

Out of the all the matches I could pick, that was the most emotional I have attended.

As a footnote, Abide with Me always gets a lump in my throat too as that was my Granddad’s favourite part of the Cup Final.

Some great stories in this thread. Thanks. Really enjoyed reading them.

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Toss up between us winning the GF in 99, first time I'd seen them win a trophy, or Newlove's last match for us against the Pies. We got snotted, I got "tired and emotional".