It's changed a lot over the decades, Wembley. The first time I went there was when we played Wolves in 1974. Got off the coach and was ankle deep in water in a shale car park. Puddles everywhere. There were bushes growing on the outside of the stadium, but it was what is was back then, and much the same when we played Newcastle a couple of years later.
The next time I went there was when I lived in Brighton and they played yooo nigh tid in the cup final. I regularly watched Brighton in those days as it was only a 10 minute walk from home and they were in the 1st division at the time.
It was open scenery then, Olympic Way, with all round views and the car parks looking the same. I made the mistake of buying a burger off one of those vendors with those little white trolley things and didn't feel too great for the rest of the day after eating his boiled burger, but you live and learn.
I was surprised, on my first visit down there for the cup final against Stoke, how much development had taken place in the area. It's well developed now, but one thing I remember is, after the game finished in 1984{?}, was an uncomfortable crush in a tunnel on the way to the tube. I'm pretty sure it was Wembley Park station, but whichever station it was, it silenced everybody in there.
Maybe somebody with a better memory than me can recall which station it was, but it wasn't a pleasant experience.
