My dad took me & my younger brother to Ayresome Park in late 1971 over the next 30 odd years we still religiously went to the Boro games, though my brother went with his mates, me mostly with my dad, all cup finals we all went together to, hopefully, see us win a major trophy together
I travelled by the soccer special which left Darlington Station, with a very good friend of mine, my brother in law, nephew & my dad
The view of the millennium looked awesome, we walked around it then made our way inside, its sounds strange but my 1st thought that it looked like a European stadium
The game kicked off, the atmosphere was awesome, we went in to an early 2 goal lead, fastest cup final goal at the time, then cruising it turned in to typical Boro but finally & something we all dreamed of but probably thought we would never see, we won a trophy
When we won the Carling Cup my dad was sat next to me & brother infront, sadly neither are with us today, but to be together when we triumphed at the Millennium Stadium will live with me forever x