I just arrived back home after an intense and great weekend at Wembley. We arrived from Paddington to Wembley Central around 12 am and I went straight to the ticket office to pick up our tickets.
Then me and my mate Vegar met up with the other norwegian fans - berswin who I hadn't seen since our trip to Swindon in 93/94 and his girfriend, and a fellow Swindon-fan from Oslo named Stian.
We got into the ground and saw the spectacular stadium - nothing like it in Norway - and the impressive numbers of food and beer outsales.
We had some pre-match beer and berswin pulled out his norwegian flag - which none really noticed, except a couple of other norwegians that also were on the game - they were neutrals but sat in the Swindon section as well.
We found our seats and prepered for the game. The atmosphere was great, but to be honest I think the Millwall fans sounded a bit louder from were we sat. We didn't know any other songs then the regulars, but we tried to follow when the crowd around us sang.
The game were nervewracking, but sadly Millwall won. They were the best team on the day, I hate to admit. I think Swindon Town was a too little direct/too slow when attacking. Short passes are lovely to watch, but Millwall made the difference with speed forward.
I felt bad for Charlie Austin missing his sitter - we all couldn't believe it - but chin up, Charlie, you've had a brilliant season!
We clearly missed Gordon Greer at the back, and I must say that Lescinel Jean-Francois was our weakest player saturday - very insecure with his feet and his resolution is bad. I think Danny Wilson should let him go really, since he's out of contract.
After the game we went to a Swindon allocated pub by Wembley Central and had a good laugh even though we were heartbroken about the loss. Congratulations to Millwall. Swindon Town will come back stronger next season, as Danny Wilson also summed it up.
Chin up, fans and players - come on you Reds and thanks for a brilliant day!
The Norwegians
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