‘I’ll be on a coach with my mates and my family’
IT’S a scene that will be replicated countless times tomorrow morning. A group of excited Evertonians clamber into a minibus, clad in scarves and other club memorabilia, and head expectantly for Wembley.
Songs are sung, jokes exchanged and predictions are made before a reverential hush descends upon first glimpse of the famous stadium.
Except this isn’t just any coach. Among their number is Bill Kenwright; theatre impresario, Everton owner and chairman, but most of all a dyed-in-the-wool Blue.
Kenwright admits he will live the dream when taking his seat in the Royal Box at tomorrow’s FA Cup final against Chelsea.
But the lifelong Evertonian won’t be able to resist the more traditional aspects of the club’s biggest game during his tenure.
“I will be with my mum, with my family,” says Kenwright. “They’ll come down on the Friday night. I’ll go on the coach with my mates and my family, I won’t go in a car. That’s what we did for the semi.
“My family who come every week to the game will come down. I’ve done that for 25 or 30 years.
“Jenny and I will get on the coach and sing ‘Tell Me Ma’ and we’ll play ‘Who can spot Wembley first’... things that a football fan does. I’ll be part of the Everton family that day.”






