There’s my new thing learned for today. Just looks like a way to over charge for Angel Delight though.

As an alternative view from a slightly younger generation, I only started following regularly in 2000 having been to a few games between 94-99 as a young kid (and being sucked in by the early Premier League hype). I didn't witness the Wembley defeats, or even see any Wembley finals. I also didn't hear any Rovers fans singing about it except for a a meaningless annual friendly that began in 2003 (as they weren't in SL) so winning at Wembley wasn't really important to me - winning a trophy was. I didn't care where. I just knew that we hadn't won anything for a very long time and that it was always the same faces. In the time between 2000-2004, Leeds, Bradford, Saints and Wigan were in EVERY final. To break that duck was impressive enough, and to finally get to a final after so long was intense for me, but to go on and win is a moment I'll never forget. I just didn't think we could and was happy just to get there. The game was also one of the best I've been to in terms of drama and excitement.

In the following 11 years, we had higher expectations and different challenges. We reached the Grand Final the following year and winning that seemed the logical next step for us. When our form dropped dramatically, we became unrecognisable from just 2 years prior so the new dream seemed to just fade away - yet we still managed to reach another Cup Final. That one was important to me because it was my first ever trip to Wembley, but wasn't as big for me because we'd been spoilt with 3 finals in 4 years and we'd already won.

As our form picked up slightly, but still pretty bang average, expectations of winning the league slipped, a number of derby embarrassments began to build up, so winning at Wembley became more important. The nilling at Wembley was embarrassing, and the stick we got irritating, so it became it more important for us to win at Wembley and get that monkey off our back. For Rovers to get absolutely embarrassingly humiliated the year before made 2016 incredibly sweet, and to win there after seeing us lose twice and the collapse we'd had between times was incredible, as well as the history.

But for me, 2005 was the beginning of the making of the era. We had a bit of a bump, but are now back in track. That one will always be my fondest memory I think. It's what created my expectations for all future seasons. I think only a Grand Final win can top that... then a World Club Championship away from the UK!

you mean like "hand carved ham, served in a French bauette, with layers of tomato and lettuce and a mustard jus" aka, ham sandwich?

food hasn't got better, kust more expensive, and poncy.

(how the heck we derailed quite here is beyond me)!

I wouldn't know what a possett was if it slapped me in the face (the power of the tinternet eh).
Sounds marsupialian to me.

But butterscotch Angel Delight, wow, now you're talking.
A staple of a proud council home upbringing.

Yes I do. let’s do one for the pattie buttie.

Hand molded smashed Lincolnshire potatoes with mixed herbs, battered and deep fried in beef dripping from grass-fed Somerset cattle, and served in a soft white barm.

Want one now.

Oh hell - I am so suggestible when it comes to food. I’d pay through the nose for a Pattie buttie and some butterscotch angel delight now.

But it’s Easter Sunday and I live in Leicestershire, so even that simple pleasure is denied me. It’s a hard knock life.

Oh Heston. You've certainly got a way with words!!

Corned beef hash (large Argentinian tins of it, nicked off Hull docks that kept the estate going for a year) and a butterscotch after.
Now that was living alright.

Just to add my two pennorth to this thread, I was there (as a child) when Wigan beat us in 59 and again the following year when Wakefield repeated the dose of sadness. (I cried). Due to work committments over the years the next final I could attend was Cardiff n 2005 and oh the joy (I cried a different kind of tear then). Having now retired I was able to visit Wembley in 16 and 17 and was delirious with the success that Adam and Radders have brought to our club. It doesn't mean I'll forget the misery of those losing finals but will regard them as stepping stones to the success we've had since and will hopefully continue to have in the future.

Watching the game back at the moment. Lee Jewitt is a horrible (and not very good) player. Threw 2 forearms straight into Griffin's face when he was on the floor, and I remember him losing his temper later on in the match too. Gonna be a massive liability for Rovers this year if he isn't careful.