30 years ago (roughly) ....

I was at Wembley when Dave Watson climbed the famous steps and lifted the cup for Norwich. Now, roughly 30 years on, I'm going back hoorah! Although much has changed, not least the stadium, but this time I'll be going there with my son who is roughly the same age as I was last time Norwich went there. There are of course some parrallels, not least the oh so sweet semi-final route and the opposition will be in red and from The North-East. I will tell my son; take it all in mate, soak it up, drink it in, enjoy the whole day because it is these days that we live for as fans. It is these days that we dream about. It is these days that can erase the despair and dissappointment of relegations gone by, countless no-shows in the FA Cup and long away trips with nothing to cheer just another drubbing at the Etihad or an away defeat at Tranmere, they hurt in equal measure.

To those that also haven't been before, then enjoy every moment because it will be so special and it may well not happen for another thirty years. This, is the stuff of legend. Be part of it. Get to your seats early and take in the build-up and ramp up the atmosphere. Let's turn our half of Wembley yellow, take a flag, hell take two flags and scarves and hats and curly wigs and replica shirts and torn up yellow pages and streamers and let us build a yellow wall and get behind our lads. Sing your hearts out for the whole game. Don't stop singing. Do. not. stop.

And if they score, then puff your chests out and hold your head up all the more and let out the most almighty OTBC to show our boys that we still believe. Together we will triumph.

This is our club, our team, our day.

..........COME ON CITY

*and take a big f**kern yella flag ffs

Posted By: Tombs on May 21st 2015 at 12:59:00

Message Thread

30 years ago (roughly) .... (NCFC) - Tombs, May 21, 12:59:00
- nice post Tombs. Whatever happens... yellow and proud. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, May 21, 14:19:08
- COME ON YOU YEEELLLLLOOOOWWWWSS!!!..... (NCFC) - yellowman, May 21, 14:18:27
- #Like (n/m) (NCFC) - Pit, May 21, 14:10:35
- Lovely words Blander, and very simliar to me and my boy. (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, May 21, 14:07:28
  - Very Simiar to me, My Dad took me in 85 when I was 12,, on Monday I am taking my 11 (NCFC) - strap_on sally, May 21, 14:26:34
- THEY'LL NEVER TAKE OUR FREEDOM! (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, May 21, 14:03:16
- I sent a tweet to the Evening news to start a Yellow pages campaign (NCFC) - strap_on sally, May 21, 13:56:33
  - i dug mine out what happend to the gret old yella pages of old? (NCFC) - Tombs, May 21, 14:01:05
  - Stick it on *my* Facebook event, Nige. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, May 21, 13:57:46
    - i'm attending *your* event - meeky invited me (NCFC) - Jumbo1, May 21, 14:06:22
    - Yes, might do. #yellowsnowstorm (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, May 21, 14:00:59
      - An audience of 1.1k - the floor is yours. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, May 21, 14:09:24
- Good (n/m) (NCFC) - Real Man, May 21, 13:54:19
- *Applauds* (NCFC) - bird table, May 21, 13:45:45
- these big days out do generate a huge sense of 'togetherness' of the club 'family (NCFC) - mr carra, May 21, 13:45:08
  - ^^ this. (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, May 21, 14:04:47
- A little bit more upbeat please (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, May 21, 13:36:16
- Brilliant! (n/m) (NCFC) - Bungle, May 21, 13:29:18
- this reminds me - what's happened to thebigfeller? (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, May 21, 13:28:26
  - Oh god yeah.... 'Him!' (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, May 21, 13:30:20
- Nice speech.... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, May 21, 13:23:25
  - didn't go to cardiff (NCFC) - Tombs, May 21, 13:32:50
    - It was ok. (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, May 21, 13:47:06
- x (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, May 21, 13:22:41
- I love you. (n/m) (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, May 21, 13:21:22
- will you speak at my funeral? (sobs) (n/m) (NCFC) - AndyVegas, May 21, 13:18:31
  - as long as it isn't monday (NCFC) - Tombs, May 21, 13:19:55
    - it could be immediately after if I cant get home. (or if we lose) (n/m) (NCFC) - AndyVegas, May 21, 13:23:25
- this is why I love Tombs. great post. (n/m) (NCFC) - Tony Martin, May 21, 13:16:06
- wevs granddad (NCFC) - Jumbo1, May 21, 13:12:55
- Yes. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, May 21, 13:11:45
- Too many words (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 21, 13:11:26
  - ^^^this (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, May 21, 13:40:00
- *Wipes a tear* (NCFC) - norway, May 21, 13:11:13
  - VMT (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, May 21, 13:45:12
  - Nobody deserves to be bracketed with Roeder (n/m) (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, May 21, 13:35:33
  - At the end of the say, supporting is distilled down to searching for scraps of glory. (NCFC) - Yellalee, May 21, 13:14:04
    - Scrabbling around in the mud for a pound coin (NCFC) - norway, May 21, 13:15:18
  - Same users (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 21, 13:11:52
    - You on the halfway line did you say? Doing any pubbage? (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, May 21, 13:16:02
- I'm not wearing pathetic colours (NCFC) - Charles21, May 21, 13:04:17
  - ^ Can't fit in the XXXXL shirts (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, May 21, 13:07:05
    - is he coming? (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, May 21, 13:07:58
      - Almost continually. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, May 21, 13:11:20
  - pwopa geeze (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, May 21, 13:05:49
  - I'm even wearing my green adidas gazelles (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, May 21, 13:05:43
- 30 years ago (NCFC) - pants, May 21, 13:02:58
  - You going to the game pal? (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, May 21, 13:04:43
    - I've got game bubba (NCFC) - pants, May 21, 13:20:46
- ** something in my eye ** (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, May 21, 13:01:54
  - That'll be one of the sticks from the flags. (n/m) (NCFC) - Meh, May 21, 13:05:09

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