Blog: 10 things you don't want to see at Wembley

The Trust have a limited edition Wembley Ale on sale soon and there's even a cup final song being recorded.

But obviously we all want to enjoy our big day/weekend, so there are some things I just don't want to see:

1) Yellow Shorts

Bristol City's home kit is red-white-red, so there's no reason why we have to wear the treacle and custard combination at Wembley, all black will be fine (moronic Chelsea fans will just have to get over it). In the overall scheme of things it probably doesn't matter that much, but think back to England's exit at Euro 96, wasn't it made that much worse by the sight of our boys in Southgate Grey? Don't leave it to chance, black shorts please.

2) Half and Half Scarves

If anyone approaches you offering one, politely decline and back away slowly, report it to the nearest official looking person and remember to keep all children out of harm's way. They are just plain wrong, wrong, wrong.

3) Anyone supporting their 'second' team

Let me qualify this, of course there will be fans of other clubs with us on the day, I've no problem with that but no true fan supports two teams (also see above). At the Millennium in 2001, Reading fans outnumbered us two-to-one but did they know how to back their team? Not a chance, our support was magnificent that day as it will be at Wembley.

Everyone in our end on the 22^nd March should be there to support the Saddlers properly, not out of some kind of 'Walsall are everyone's favourite second team' notion that only exists in the minds of local journos.

4) Tom Bradshaw looking at the bench whilst rubbing the back of his leg

Need I say more?

5) Less than the full allocation of Chambers twins

Adam has been superb all season and James deserves to be in contention for a place in the starting eleven, they are almost synonymous with Deano's Walsall now it would be unthinkable not to see them together on the hallowed turf.

6) Andy D'Urso

Proof that this coalition government's policy of making people in certain occupations keep working until they drop is nothing but a complete disaster was very much in evidence last Saturday. I thought D'Urso had retired years ago and having witnessed his performance against Port Vile I bet most of us wished he had. As well as missing an obvious penalty and Andy Taylor's inadvertent impression of a stepladder, the way he failed to curb the thuggish petulance of Ryan Inniss, who could've picked up about five bookings, set the tone for the whole afternoon. A completely useless waste of space.

Thankfully the officials for the JPT Final have been announced and D'Urso is getting the day off. Mick Russell leads the team, having last refereed a Saddlers game on 17^thSeptember 2013, I think I just about remember that one. And although Russell did fail to punish Carl Ikeme for his outside the box comedy juggling routine, a repeat of that particular encounter would go down nicely.

7) A nervous glance at the League Tables

We have seven games before the final, and nine after it. For me we need to get to 50 points as soon as possible and preferably well before the Wembley weekend. Anything after that is a bonus.

8) Colin Lee

We all have our own particular bête noires and I think I may have mentioned my dislike of Mr Lee on one or two previous occasions. I know I like to talk about the Saddlers Family but Lee is no more than an unwelcome former stepdad.

I mention him in particular because the last time we reached a major final was also the last time we had a manager who created something truly special; yet just eight months later Ray Graydon was rewarded with the sack and replaced by Calamity Colin, who dismantled everything Sir Ray had created to the extent we've never really recovered. Stay away, you're not one of ours (and the same goes for you Simon Osborn).

9) A toss up to choose ends for a penalty shoot out

Tranmere aside, penalties aren't really our thing, so unless we're three down going into stoppage time we'll do without them.

10) A full opposite end five minutes after the final whistle

Apparently the M4 gets really busy even at that time on a Sunday so hopefully there'll be no real need for the City fans to hang around, best get straight off lads and lasses.

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