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Apart from my sons being born, and marrying the woman I love, this past Saturday ranks as one of the best in my life. It all began for me when my dad told me he had bought me a ticket for my birthday, along with 4 other tickets for my uncle and cousin, my birthday isn't until September so I was over-joyed, he also got me and my son a cup final scarf each (im 44 this year and still get great surprises from my dad) So Saturday morning came and the wait was almost over, I was awake at 6.15am and browsing facebook and these great forums, time passed slowly until my lift arrived at 10am and off we set for Glasgow, on the way we passed quite a few Dundee utd buses, and I waved my scarf as we passed and was greeted with rude gestures haha! passed some saints buses too and got the complete obvious of course We arrived in Glasgow just after 12, headed to parkhead and proceeded to find a parking spot, sadly we couldn't go for a pint in any of the nearby pubs as no kids were allowed in, so we headed to the stadium to take in the build up. We were interviewed by STV (but was never used) and had our photo taken for todays evening telegraph, we meandered, I ate sumthing resembling a burger and then went to queue outside our turnstiles..... OMG! too many stairs to get to section 438, my dodgy knee did not enjoy it one bit, but the view we got from there was worth it, could see every area of the pitch, had a wee read of my programme as the stadium began to fill up nicely, Its now approaching kick off, and the noise from our end is brilliant, and then the teams came out, I almost solied myself when those pyros went off as we held up our coloured pieces of card (which does indeed look ace on tv) then the match begun, nervy to start with, with both teams making a few mistakes, but its to be expected at something like a cup final, there was goal mouth action a plenty at both ends but our defense played so well, the amount of utd attacks that were broken down were just brilliant... Then it happened....the goal...oh.....my .....god!!! the place went MENTAL!!! and what a perfect time to score it The second half was just as exciting as the first half and I was praying for us to get a goal at this end....and we did, took almost as long as the first goal to come but was worth the wait, parkhead was jumping from this moment on, chants of 'cheerio cheerio cheerio' as the Dundee utd unfaithfull left the stadium. When the final whistle blew the place was in uproar! I was jumping, I was cheering, I had a tear in my eye! best day to be a saints fan ever! the celebrations went on for a good while, but my party wanted to leave (why??? I wanted to stay and join in!) I couldn't understand why they wanted to leave so soon, but I did get to see them come round with the trophy. So we headed back to the car, through a sea of Dundee utd supporters, offering handshakes and congratulations, something I thought I would never see. So after that it was just a trip home, passing Dundee utd buses, with no flags flying, no gestures, just buses full of sad faces. Had a laugh with a saints bus, as it passed us, then we passed it, we waved and smiled at each other, then it slowed down, and we slowed down, then it passed again and I gave a sad face as if we were losing a race, then at last we caught up and soared past it, and I gave them a big celebratory wave! wow, ive rambled a bit haven't I?? why don't you share your thoughts too?