Fans remember the day Mansfield Town won at Wembley

The two sides were locked at 1-1 after extra-time before the shoot-out, which the Stags won 5-4. Fans have been remembering that day 30 years ago.

Gordon Foster – I had to stay at home swotting for an imminent exam while listening to the commentary on radio.

Alan Bennett – I could not find my bus to come back on so I got on another going the same way, not realising there was a search party from the original bus looking for me.

Vik Piuk – My dad was flying from Heathrow so said we could take him in his car and then go on to Wembley. But the car broke down on the M1. It was towed off and fixed and he made it to airport with just 10 minutes to spare. We made it to Wembley just in time too, but missed all the pre-match build-up. I remember very little of the game as it was so tense. The car completely packed up on the way back and we ended up at Luton at about midnight getting a train back to Nottingham. Did I mind? Not in the slightest. We had won the cup!

Mark England - I remember the whole day vividly. I was an impressionable 14-year-old and the whole day seems surreal now. Like a fairytale trip to Wembley that you’d design yourself (apart from the impeccable Cass missing his penalty) - the glorious weather, the town emptying with a tide of yellow and blue, the drama of being minutes from winning to drawing and extra time; then the drama of looking like losing the shoot-out and Hitchy pulling off his penalty-saving miracles. Big George lifting the cup is still the highlight above any other memories that I have in my years as a Stags supporter, and the guy still has this god-like status in my head, planted there from being a kid. You have to remember that Wembley had a more mythical air to the place in those days too. And of course, the day after, as the whole town celebrated, felt just as joyous. It’s a rare thing, that hasn’t been repeated since yet, to get the whole district feeling like it did on that special weekend. Thirty years on and the memories are still like magic, dancing around in my head. Hopefully something similar will be experienced again some day.

Andy Perrin - Me and the wife will never forget the mighty Stags winning at Wembley. I took her to celebrate our first wedding anniversary so it’s etched into our family forever.

Nige Gray - What a day. On the way back our coach was struggling and the only thing we passed was anyone who had broken down. I can remember getting back into Mansfield to catch the last pint as the bell had just rung. Happy days.

Ken Sharp – I took the family to Majorca for our first foreign holiday and we were due to fly back on the Saturday afternoon (before the final on the Monday). We got on the plane after a long delay of five or six hours. We were given a meal but then told we couldn’t fly as the pilots’ hours had expired. We were shipped off to hotels overnight – with no toiletries or money (this was pre credit cards). of course. My son remembers me being so angry and depressed and I wouldn’t speak without snapping someone’s head off. There was no guarantee we would get back on the Sunday due to French air traffic controllers being on strike. When we finally boarded and the plane went down the runway I was the happiest I had ever been - a moment only superseded by George Foster lifting the trophy!

Yellowstagsfan on Stagsnet – I drove down in a little 850cc Mini with my wife and 10-year-old daughter. Great day, apart from stewards letting coaches out of concourse before cars. When we got back on the M1 Stags fans were mooning in the back of windows of coaches on the way back. Hilarious!

Aspleystag on Stagsnet – At the beginning of 1987 I moved to Bristol for work and worked with a load of City supporters. I predicted we would meet in the final and was the only one with a smile on my face coming back along the M4. Thankfully we moved back to Nottinghamshire in September that year, back to my beloved yellows.

Big Lad Stags on Stagsnet – So many good memories – winning and sitting next to Dr Legg from Eastenders. Leaving the stadium bus park, a City bus in front of us and several supporters mooning on the rear window.

Morley MTFC on Stagsnet – Absolutely brilliant day, nerve-wracking and full of drama. All the players did their bit and so glad Cassells’ missed penalty did not cost us as he was immense in the cup run and final. To see Kevin Hitchcock deflect City’s last two penalties up and over the bar will live with me to my last breath.

Son Of Sherwood on Stagsnet – My personal highlight was George Foster taking my scarf as he came down the steps after receiving the trophy and wearing it as he went on the team’s lap of honour.

Siddostags53 on Stagsnet – Remember sitting in the stands as the teams came out. An old chap in front of us turned round and said in an emotional voice: “Bloody marvellous. Stags at Wembley.” That summed it up for me. How right he was.

Radarstag on Stagsnet - I`d booked an holiday in Weymouth so i travelled from there to Wembley and met up with a few friends and relatives in the stadium. After the I made my way to catch my train, only to realise it was going to be full of Bristol fans. After fastening my jacket to cover my Stags shirt I spent the ride to Poole smiling to myself while the Bristol fans were all moaning about how they were robbed etc. Once we reached Poole some of the carriages were separated and we carried on our separate journeys, but not until I wound them up by removing my jacket to show my Stags shirt and stood in front of the window of the carriage i was in. They weren`t too happy realising they had shared a train with the enemy.

Woodclanger 1 on Stagsnet - My defining memory is being probably the last bus to arrive.

When we turned on to Wembley Way (which is another treat now lost from the awful new Wemble as going in through an industrial estate is not the same) it was a never ending sea of amber and blue.

Kernow – on Stagsnet – I remember being close to tears when Keith (Cassells) missed his penalty and then the elation with Hitchcock’s saves. We should have won the game in extra-time.

CassellsCap - I will never forget the whole cup run, winning at Middlesbrough, then the Chester game. There was a great away following each time. Will never forget the elation of the fantastic win at Wembley. On the lap of honour Cass (Keith Cassells) came up to me at the side of the pitch and, leaning over the fencing, I gave him my cap, which he wore on the lap of honour and every photo of lifting the cup and the celebrations that followed . The next day on the open top bus tour around Mansfield Keith still had my cap on. Amazing memories of all the Stags legends. What a team.

Skeglad on Stagsnet – It was the first game I went to with my dad (he was a Forest fan). I have never felt so embarrassed as when Bristol equalised and he stood up and clapped, saying well it was a good goal that.

Vantage007 on Stagsnet - I was 29 at the time and three of us drove down and parked in the main car park at Wembley, where we had hot dogs cooked on a BBQ by some City fans. I remember one of them saying he had strong feelings that we would ‘do them today.’ I have never been so nervous as I was throughout the penalty shoot-out. After the game we drove back and our first stop was the Rushley and then on to Brunels (now Mansfield station) where we left the car before finishing at the Woodpeckers in Mansfield Woodhouse, where they constantly played the radio footage of the winning penalty being scored. What a day! I will never forget it. I have still got my Wembley scarf!