Re: Hands up did you cry? : Sun Aug 28, 2016 3:36 pm  

i honestly didnt think i had any tears left in me after yesterday but having got back at dinner and just watched it back for the first time it appears I do...... Lots in fact.

God what a feeling. We have finally done it.

Re: Hands up did you cry? : Sun Aug 28, 2016 3:47 pm  

jimmys sidestep wrote:

i honestly didnt think i had any tears left in me after yesterday but having got back at dinner and just watched it back for the first time it appears I do...... Lots in fact.

God what a feeling. We have finally done it.

Same as me mate having just watched it again. What a day.

Re: Hands up did you cry? : Sun Aug 28, 2016 4:05 pm  

I thought I was all teared out after yesterday.

But I just watched it back in real time from 2 o'clock and it got me right in the feels again.

Re: Hands up did you cry? : Sun Aug 28, 2016 8:07 pm  

I was delighted for you yesterday, here's why.

My first final was Wigan v Hull in 1959. Wembley then was standing and non-segregated. I was a 10 year old boy who went with my mam & dad, all of us Wigan fans. Stood next to us were a family of Hull fans including a young boy who was about eight or nine years old.

At the end of the game we were obviously happy, but the young Hull lad was in tears.

My dad turned to him and said, "You'll be alright, you'll be back and win"

I've thought about that moment every time, Hull have been to Wembey, more particularly since my dad died in 2003, and yesterday I shed a tear, for him, for you, and wondered if the young boy who would, like me, be in his sixties was there to see the game. I see sincerely hope he was.

Re: Hands up did you cry? : Sun Aug 28, 2016 8:14 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

I was delighted for you yesterday, here's why.

My first final was Wigan v Hull in 1959. Wembley then was standing and non-segregated. I was a 10 year old boy who went with my mam & dad, all of us Wigan fans. Stood next to us were a family of Hull fans including a young boy who was about eight or nine years old.

At the end of the game we were obviously happy, but the young Hull lad was in tears.

My dad turned to him and said, "You'll be alright, you'll be back and win"

I've thought about that moment every time, Hull have been to Wembey, more particularly since my dad dies in 2003, and yesterday I shed a tear, for him, for you, and wondered if the young boy who would, like me, be in his sixties was there to see the game. I see sincerely hope he was.

Great post

Certainly been a long, long wait. My first final was in 1980. I remember being so envious of Wigan fans winning there eight years in a row - I just wanted one!

Re: Hands up did you cry? : Sun Aug 28, 2016 8:21 pm  

Great thread this. Some great and some sad personal stories. That's what's great about our sport. I took my lad to his first final and we both cried. I watched it back today and had tears again. What a fantastic day!

Re: Hands up did you cry? : Sun Aug 28, 2016 11:24 pm  

Before the tears came there was screaming. I dropped my head back, faced the sky and just screamed and screamed until my voice broke and I collapsed back into my seat. The lads in front had turned round to watch. One fella said "You are a very passionate man. And we are the best fans and have the best team and we deserve this." Then I cried.

Re: Hands up did you cry? : Mon Aug 29, 2016 4:05 pm  

Couldn't even slightly tear up after the game as i was still just wondering how we managed to get back into the game as it looked like Wire had us figured out but when i got home after the long, long ride home.....it all came out after watching the last 20 or so mins again.

Re: Hands up did you cry? : Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:03 pm  

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.

Re: Hands up did you cry? : Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:05 pm  

BrianGriffin wrote:

Couldn't even slightly tear up after the game as i was still just wondering how we managed to get back into the game as it looked like Wire had us figured out but when i got home after the long, long ride home.....it all came out after watching the last 20 or so mins again.

I'm kind of the same. I still don't get how we won. Currie should have scored, Gidley should have made those kicks. It was written in the stars.