Joined: Mar 11 2007 Posts: 5659 Location: Next to Ramsgate Sands c.1850 in West Hull
Bal wrote:My grandad was us. He has barely missed a game since the second world war. He carries his fathers, my great grandads Hull FC scarf with him. In the last 6 minutes, he was talking to his scarf (actually, he was talking to his Dad and my Uncle)... We had 4 generations at Wembley on Saturday. I know he is emotional when he goes quiet and still. I think he is thinking about all the years, games and people of the past.
He told me today after the homecoming that it was his biggest wish.
Bloody hell, that's just made me cry all over again...
Philip Larkin wrote:
There ain’t no music East side of this city That’s mellow like mine is, That’s mellow like mine.
Was very close. Luckily for me, me & my lad are the only people in our family that do rugby so didn't have any past family members to remember. The cheer Radford received when lifting the cup very nearly got me going though.
Joined: Oct 19 2003 Posts: 17898 Location: Packed like sardines, in a tin
Mick Cranes Sidestep wrote:I cried during Abide with me - as I always do; in fact it starts in anticipation of it. Cried at the end and again watching the cup being lifted when I watched the last 10 minutes again on TV. I have little or no recollection of the last 7 minutes. I saw us go from losing to winning and then possibly lose it again - but didn't realise it was Houghton who made the tackle - it just didn't register at all with me.
I didn't realise that the game was up when mini dropped onto the loose ball. It was like an out of body experience.
Mrs28 cried when Shaul scored and I had to tell her there was still time left!
At full time we both did (although I was still panicking that Wattsy was offside when he made that tackle - of course he wasn't!)
Filled up a few times since reading people's stories and watching the game again too. Met two of my schoolmates from Leeds outside after so that was pretty special as well
Joined: Feb 13 2003 Posts: 1301 Location: Rodley, West Riding
Myself, Digger and Robs were swept along in the emotion of it all. I was physically drained afterwards and didn't recover until after we had had a meal in the West End. Did I shed a tear? for sure. I've seen FC lift the cup in my 16th, 39th and 50th years but wow this was the sweetest moment I have had in the 35 years of following the club. The scenes at the end will live with me forever. What a weekend, glad we pushed the boat out on 1st class travel and a quality hotel. Four days of boozing has taken it's toll though, I'm off to Portugal on Saturday for a week and will be toasting the club all week.
Great to meet various forumites on the day too and swapping seats with Uppo as planned worked out fine. Great work on the diary Wilf, was waving to you at the end but we were all lost in the moment by then.
Wasn't it just brilliant and an experience the like of which we will never see again, I was so proud to be there! You don't need to be chopping onions if you've read this thread! Aren't we lucky!!!
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Joined: Jun 28 2011 Posts: 277 Location: North Yorks
54 years I`ve been waiting for that to happen since my mam took me along as a 5 year old. It would have been her finest moment of following our club. At the final whistle I looked across at our kid and we both looked to the skies together knowing that she was watching it all unfold. Tears ran like Usain Bolt down our faces.
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