I went down in the car with Notty and a couple of fans who were on an older forum at the time, one of the guys was the American fan (Jerkass?), and the other banged on and on about his dream he'd had (Notty will know more!) Parked in a hotel car park because Skanky was staying there and we blagged his parking spot (thanks mate!)
I'd been made redundant shortly before but still had my company car so there was no sparing the horses!
I seem to remember Jerkass did a piece with Radio Lincolnshire from my car on the way down?
Terrific, terrific day, everyone happy and together. I also remember being slightly stunned at the stadium when you had climbed the steps to the stand and could see it properly, I had never seen the Imps play in anything like it before, I think we won a few friends that day elsewhere as almost all of us stayed for the ceremony IIRC?
A Preston supporting friend made a few quid after I remarked that Ben Futcher was very likely to get on the scoresheet!
Like everyone else I couldn't bear staying for the Southend presentation, a completely different feeling, I think we all felt that was our time and our turn.