My best friend worked at the post office at the time, so we went down on their coach.
It was.knackered to say the least, windscreen wipers stopped working going down the M1.
Was a coach of blades and owls having a good old crack.
When Mel walked out onto the pitch the support from both sets of fans was superb.
When Wads put the ball down and smacked it I said to my mate top corner.
When Corky scored it was delerium.
But alas as always with us Blades never a happy ending at Wembley over the last 30 years.
On the way back out of London some cockney scroat started chucking stuff at the coach windows and banging on the door to try to get in, while we were stuck in traffic, at that point two lads(men) on the coach one blade and his mate and owl got of the coach.
Everyone else thought they were going to batter him, but no they calmly talked to him until he decided it was better to walk away.
Didn't get back to Sheffield till midnight.
My most cherished memory of Mel Rees was his debut at the Lane, can't remember who it was against now but what a superb goalkeeping performance it was.
World class.
