Up until now last Saturday was the biggest day of all our footballing lives. It was an unbelievable experience and a real high in my career but though it is hard we need to forget that and fully concentrate on the game against Stockport County. We can't get caught up in the euphoria and all the celebrations because we haven't done the job yet. We need to stay fully focussed and treat Wembley as just another game.

We were over the moon with the outcome of the Darlington game but the truth is now is not the time to celebrate. With no disrespect at all to County we need to approach the game with the confidence that we can win it. There is no point turning up if we don't.

Every player in this squad knows exactly how much this all means to all our supporters.You could see on Saturday with the celebrations on the pitch as soon as the last penalty went in. Everything about the day and the whole build up was unbelievable and we know how much it means to not just go to Wembley but actually win the match.

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We are 100% behind everything that this club is trying to do and it would be so much better if we could all celebrate together, whatever the outcome of next Monday's game. As a squad we can feel justifiably proud of the season that we have had.

Winning for me would be a great double to go with Sunderland staying in the Premier League and it would be even better speaking as a Sunderland fan if we were playing in the yellow kit! I can't have everything I guess so i'll just have to get on with wearing black and white for one last time.