Honestly my old eyes can pick out the famous arch above Wembley from my position right here on the banks of the Tyne.
Where once it was the famed Twin Towers of North West London which acted as a magnet on cup finals it is now a different skyline but the same throbbing excitement. I was at the old Wembley when United played their one and only League Cup final back in 1976. Now Geordies will surely return in their thousands bedecked in black-and-white with soaring hope beating in their hearts.
I have no wish to tempt fate but I must celebrate what I honestly believe and that is, having won 1-0 at Southampton in the first leg of their semi-final, United will see off the sinning Saints up here next week.
