Post by animallittle on Jul 5, 2008 23:08:36 GMT 1
All the players and coaching staff raced towards the Anfield Road End to join our 6000 jubilant fans in celebration,i meanwhile had a bit of a dilemma,should i stay put and come out of the stadium when our fans had finished celebrating,or do i leave now and try to mix in with the Liverpool fans out on the streets,in the end the decision was made for me because i started receiving phone calls and texts on my mobile,the first one came from my old man who was still in a bit of a daze and could hardly believe it,and then the calls came in from guys i have worked with over the years and fans of other clubs,Huddersfield Town,Donny Rovers,Leeds United and Man Utd,so i could hardly be walking the streets of Anfield with my mobile to my ear whooping and hollowing over this famous win and so i decided to stay put and watch the celebrations.
When the players eventually made their way back to the dressing rooms and our fans began to filter out,Anfield was now totaly deserted apart from a couple of hundred fans on the kop who were demonstrating and calling for the head of their manager Rafa Benitez,very strange i thought considering this guy had won them the European Cup in 2005 and made it to the final last season and i thought it summed up Premiership football today really,at one time when Liverpool had the likes of Keegan,Heighway,Toshack and Hughes the fans would have shown more patience than they had done today,but with 80k a week wages been paid out the players can forget that luxury and the Liverpool crowds animosity towards its expensive players had certainly helped us win today and this was one occasion when the cash rich Premiership had helped the little guy.
I made it back to the car without any problems and was soon on the M62 heading back to Yorkshire,inside i was buzzing and could hardly believe we had come away from Anfield with the win and i was really looking forward to sinking a few pints when i got home,i put the radio on and Fivelive was full of us and were interviewing Davey and Howard...... and then my mobile rang.
When it rang i was in the fast lane on the M62 and doing about 80 mph,normally i would have ignored the call till i got home but when i saw the on-screen message read "HOME" i picked it up,"dad....dad....we won.......we won.....just watching Sky Sports news ......i cant believe it"it was my 15 year old son Aiden,now i would like to think that we would have been able to pick our relationship up in time.......but who knows where these things can go and i find it best not to even think about that.......the truth is Brian Howard and the boys won more than an FA cup tie today and although they will never know it.....they got my life back on track and i got my boys in my life again.........more than a game......you had better believe it.
When the players eventually made their way back to the dressing rooms and our fans began to filter out,Anfield was now totaly deserted apart from a couple of hundred fans on the kop who were demonstrating and calling for the head of their manager Rafa Benitez,very strange i thought considering this guy had won them the European Cup in 2005 and made it to the final last season and i thought it summed up Premiership football today really,at one time when Liverpool had the likes of Keegan,Heighway,Toshack and Hughes the fans would have shown more patience than they had done today,but with 80k a week wages been paid out the players can forget that luxury and the Liverpool crowds animosity towards its expensive players had certainly helped us win today and this was one occasion when the cash rich Premiership had helped the little guy.
I made it back to the car without any problems and was soon on the M62 heading back to Yorkshire,inside i was buzzing and could hardly believe we had come away from Anfield with the win and i was really looking forward to sinking a few pints when i got home,i put the radio on and Fivelive was full of us and were interviewing Davey and Howard...... and then my mobile rang.
When it rang i was in the fast lane on the M62 and doing about 80 mph,normally i would have ignored the call till i got home but when i saw the on-screen message read "HOME" i picked it up,"dad....dad....we won.......we won.....just watching Sky Sports news ......i cant believe it"it was my 15 year old son Aiden,now i would like to think that we would have been able to pick our relationship up in time.......but who knows where these things can go and i find it best not to even think about that.......the truth is Brian Howard and the boys won more than an FA cup tie today and although they will never know it.....they got my life back on track and i got my boys in my life again.........more than a game......you had better believe it.