[Wembley. The Palace End. 19:22 BST.]
The drum had stopped.
Tom Donaghue at the back of the Holmesdale Lower had hit the drum from the third minute of injury time without stopping, and now Tom Donaghue had the drum on the ground in front of him and his hands flat on the rim and was just standing.
Forty-five thousand still on their feet.
I walked the last fifteen yards to the railing in front of the Palace end. Mama on my left with the armband still on. Eze on my right. Wilf with both hands on Olise's shoulders. Nya at the back of the half-circle because Nya had been the last one off the pitch.
I put both hands on the top of the railing.
The Holmesdale was four rows deep at the front against the advertising boards. Frank Whitlock at row K seat 47 with the hat on his head. The man with the daughter on his shoulders. The dad next to him who had brought his son. The Holmesdale lads with the tifo poles. The drummer with his split drumstick.
