Play-off losses are obviously disgusting, particularly with a 5 hour trip home (even on the train, which I have splurged for each time), to contemplate every moment it went wrong. 2007 should have been the worse, not getting out of the conference, but we won next year, so hard to think of it as badly as it was, it was very much the prologue.
Last Wembley was horrible though, second defeat in a row, we were awful, some bloke got glassed on the train, so we were delayed for at least an hour and had to run to get a connecting train, and change about 3 times. Utterly miserable experience, and have to say, so Blase about Wembley, 4 times in 12 years, it's not really that impressive a place. Would rather Play-offs be played at Emirates or Spurs or well anywhere really. So can't say I am desperately missing out on Monday. The second leg would have been fun though.
Our best ever season was 1989-90, we just had a perfect alchemy of youngsters and experienced players that were still dedicated. Played 32 home games, didn't lose one, only 4 draws. Yet but being a City supporter, we have to have some misery, and my two biggest memories of that glorious season, was playing Norwich in the 3rd Round on my birthday in front of the MOTD cameras, that was the Norwich side of beating Bayern Munich. Went 1-0 up, header right in front of me from Rowbotham 89th minute, whilst I was still going mental Robert Fleck equalised. also 2-0 up against Sunderland in the last 16 of the League Cup with 13 minutes to go, managed to draw 2-2. got crushed in both replays naturally. Roker Park was ****ing scary back then.