My first post on here but have been a regular viewer for months.

Me and the family travelled to Watford (my home town) on Friday evening from Warrington (my adopted home town) with the car decked out with flags and ribbons and parked in my parents street outside a house decked out in primrose and blue.

The owners had seen us drive past and came to the door for a chat - I think that may have something to do with me dancing around with Wire flags outside their house. Only about 50 yards from where i grew up!

Being a Watford football fan I've seen limited success (2 play-off final wins at the old Wembley & Cardiff) and they were real highlights. However, I've never seen a team I support win a national cup final and it felt better.

Well done to the players and supporters for making it such a great day.

C'MON THE WIRE.

Was it Natters?

Heh heh!

Great weekend as usual and all the Wire fans were fantastic.

Highlights include

- Winning my bet on first try scorer. Cheers Richie!



- Seeing DJ Birchy and the Wire fans in our group nervous for a change as opposed to the other way around!

-The manager in O'Neils bar (Euston) getting agitated as Wire songs were being sung.


It was a good game and it was nice for Warrington to win it (while Saints weren't there!!).

Congratulations guys.

I'd like to know who the other Wire fans were who were serenading a middle-aged black bloke who looked a bit like Louie Armstrong with "It's A Wonderful World". On a tube somewhere in Central London. Funny as hell, and the guy took it in great spirit.

ditto my daughter had richie mathers 1st try..16/1just added to a great weekend

We didn't do too bad on winning margin: won back the money we'd lost on first try scorer and Lance todd winner anyway!

Three of us were dressed as banana-men which is a predominantly yellow and blue outfit - and when we were going around the London after the game we were asked many times why we were dressed that way - were we from Sweden or Chelsea supporters or on a stag do. It was also amazing how many young ladies wanted to have their photo's taken with us. Its the first time in my life that I could ever be described as a babe magnet.

So many memories :-

Arriving at Warwick Services to a sea of P&B and having to que for the blokes bog !! They didn't know what had hit them !

Coming back to Warwick Services and being thanked by a WPC for being such a great bunch of people - then her pointing out those babes in the bikinis, saying - hardly dressed for Wembley are they - pmsl

Like someone else on here - slogging up the hill to the Green Man to meet all the our fellow Southstanders, as pre-arranged, only to find them not there. Still never mind managed a couple to still the nerves !!

Meeting my daughter in the Green Man, who'd travelled from Gt Yarmouth for the big day.

Having a drink with my mates along with other RL fans.

Walking back down the hill with 'Lefty' and then realising I never introduced myself - doh (I'm the Southerner if you remember)!

Hearing the final hooter, and my son taking the p.. coz there was a tear in my eye,. Celebrating with my mates and fellow fans, and hearing the words - 2009 Challenge Cup Winners - Warrington Wolves !!

What a simply amazing day !!

A guy I know from work was dressed as Bananaman (John), was he one of your group? The stories you are similar to what he told me.

Amazing weekend, from start to finish. By finish, I mean like 10pm on Monday, just one of those weekends where you spend the weekend smiling, laughing etc.

Could go & on really, a couple of favourite moments.

- Having friends around on Monday, watch the game back, get a takeaway etc. We ordered some food, it was a bit pricey, so my mate had a change of heart and decided we'd order elsewhere but clearly felt that he had to give them a reason so simply said "Can I cancel that mate, my kids have fell down the stairs see."

- Penny chanting "Dougie, Dougie, Dougie..." on that bus, just made me laugh, oddly.

- Easily my favourite 'having seen it again' moment, is Vinnie Anderson and the "Ferkin Power Up Boys ...", amazing.

- Mathers leap and fist pump at FT, mega high.

- Briers at the final whistle, bit of Flintoff about him, comiserating Robinson, hauling him up off the floor, offering a few words etc, showed the class of him, despite what folk say about him. He could have been forgiven for endulging at that moment, he's a top man.

Just a brilliant weekend. Saturday was perfect, the journey, the weather, the performance, the banter, the company. Sunday was crazy, just crazy. Will live long in the memory.

What a fantastic weekend, great memories - Only just coming down now!!

Friday night picking up the mini bus then all of us decking it out with our Tony Smiths Barmy Army banners and flags etc

Saturday Morn - Picking up our crew in various parts of Warrington and seeing everyone walking (fully decked out) to their various trains, coaches etc

The journey down stopping at the services on the M40 (not many Wire seemed to go that way!) and everyone asking who we were and where we were going

Pre match on Wembley way - Missus & mate DID have photo's with bananaman! having the banter with other fans and meeting old friends

Game - dropping my pint, getting half of one all over me that was destined for some troublesome Wakey fans and the result

Saturday night - Watching game again until falling asleep in drunken stuppor

We saw you lot, think you were going past the Bobby Moore statue...you were the funniest thing we saw all day, absolutely brilliant.

Memories..

Arriving at Bank Quay station for the Wire Flyer to be met with a legion of Primrose and Blue. (Never seen the platform as busy)! Shouting up to the guys who were near the top of one of the massive Crossfields towers who were watching us congregate.

Good laugh going down on the train, everyone adorning the train coach with the free flags they handed out.

Spotting the Wembley Arch for the first time from the carriage window - cue mass uproar.

Meeting up with family at the Hotel Ibis bar - stopping a few pints of cider from going bad!

Being overwhelmed by the size and spectacle that greeted us when we entered the ground for the first time.

Seeing Wolfie score the try under the sticks.

Using my programme as a visor for most of the match as I was sat directly facing the sun!

The joy of seeing us lift the cup.

The never-ending journey which was our train ride home.

Getting p#ss wet thorough standing on the town hall grass watching the lads parade the cup!


A couple of days that will live long in the memory!

Irons fans, best in the world.

I saw you on the concourse by one of the food stands. I was the blue and yellow fairy

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U mean wolfie knock on under the sticks

Jesus Christ. Did Ganson miss that as well?

Ha I saw that, good job it wasn't a bad omen.

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