Saturday 16th April 2011
Perfect Day
Today I went to Wembley for the first time since the 1999 Play-off Final, driving down there for the first time. My pre-match research on where to park and which tube to use paid off spectacularly well, with no problem finding a space within minutes of the motorway and no queues for the tube on the way back. The new Wembley is a huge improvement on the old one, the view was superb, as was the atmosphere. There was banter between the fans but I didn't see any aggro, either both or after, which was a pleasant surprise given the antipathy some of them have for each other. And then of course there was the game itself, which, after being comprehensively outplayed for the first half hour and lucky not be behind, we grew into and eventually dominated. Not even the dreaded five minutes of "Fergie Time" would be enough to deny the Blues today and then it was party time.
I'll be back at Wembley next month for the final, and nobody here's assuming that's a foregone conclusion, that's for sure. But I'll enjoy the high of this perfect day for a while first.