Take That superfan Jenny Foster seized the chance of a lifetime when she met her idols – today describing it as a moment she will Never Forget.

The 34-year-old met the group at Birmingham’s NEC in 1992 and told how she was “so in love” with Mark Owen she could “barely talk”. In 1992 and aged just 15, Jenny suffered a devastating stroke that left her in a coma for eight weeks and permanently brain damaged.

Following her release from Dudley’s Russells Hall Hospital she was taught at home and it was her tutor Jean Swift, who suggested the family write to the Make A Wish Foundation to ask to meet the band.

And Jenny, of Kenilworth Close in Wordsley, was delighted when her heroes, who she has seen in concert a staggering 17 times made her dream come true by inviting her backstage before the gig.

“I was ecstatic – it was fantastic, absolutely brilliant,” she beamed today. “It was backstage in a basic room with chairs and a table and I remember there was a bowl of fruit on the table and funnily enough, Jason Orange asked if I would like an orange.

“They gave us a drink and mum took our photographs with them and at one point I got out of my wheelchair and Jason was wheeling around the room in my wheelchair.

“They asked me how I had ended up in a wheelchair and we had a laugh and a joke – Robbie of course was the joker and made everyone feel at ease.

“My favourite was Mark Owen, I was in love with Mark so when I met him I was very star struck, I could barely talk. It was one of the best days of my life and something I will probably never get to do again. It was one of the best days of my life.”

Jenny spent around 20 minutes with the group along with her then 10-year-old sister Victoria.

The girls’ mother Jackie Jones, also of Wordsley, took the pictures.

Jackie, aged 51, who is married to Graham, 53, said today: “I was a fan as well, and I still am. It was a bit of a dream too but I was more happy for Jenny.

“Jenny had had a really tough time before that so it was a major boost for her.

“We got hugs and kisses and Robbie was so funny. I remember there was a buffet on the table and he told us to fill our handbags up with fruit! They just made everyone feel so at ease.”

Jenny first saw the band at Himley Hall in the late 1980s.

She said: “When they first started out I would have been about 13.

“I first saw them at Himley Hall in the late 1980s before they were really famous. They had only just started out and they were very young, totally different to now.

“I have seen them 15 times in Birmingham, I went to Newcastle once and Manchester.”

As as youngster her bedroom was adorned with posters of the group, she was a member of the fan club and she knew all the dance routines.

He favourite tour to date has been the Circus tour, but she said she is devastated not to be seeing the Progress Live 2011 tour at Villa Park next week after struggling to get tickets.

“We tried for seven hours on the phone and me, my mum or sister just couldn’t get through,” added Jenny, who is married to steel worker Lee, 38, and is mother to Abigail, 12, Taylor, eight and four-year-old Lucy.

She added: “By he time we did get through it was mainly standing tickets and I cannot stand for long periods of time so we cannot go. I am just heartbroken.

“But I do have the memories of meeting the band. It really was magical and is something I will never forget.”