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So yes it has been eventful since I have been here

“So, yes, it has been eventful since I have been here.”Now comes the great moment of his career. “Can you imagine what it would be like, winning the final? Manchester United were never going to win the League this year. The Cup was the only silverware they were going to get, so obviously they’ll be up there flying That makes them more dangerous But they’re only 11 men So are we. Now we’re there we might as well have a go.”And the prospect of scoring the winner? “It’s one of those things you dream about as a kid, isn’t it? You never imagine getting this close.

Now you’re there.” Ifill praises Wise for lifting Millwall’s season when he became player-manager last autumn. “There had been a big bust-up about bonuses and a lot of the lads went into this season out of contract, myself included, so we were a bit flat Now that’s all been sorted out. I could have left on a Bosman at the end of this season but I always wanted to stay here and that decision has been vindicated by the Cup run.”I liked [the previous manager] Mark McGhee He did well for me and stuck by me But I think he had taken the club as far as he could. He is the man for me.”Ifill’s parents split up just after he had arrived at Millwall. Soon after, Paul limped off with a groin strain but is now fully fit again. In Ifill’s time as a first-team regular Millwall have reached, and lost, the Auto Windscreens Shield final, been in the play-offs twice and been Second Division champions. Dad will be in Cardiff on Saturday, along with a large contingent of Paul’s pals from Saltdean So will Christine “My mum has done so much for me,” he said.

“She is my biggest critic, always ferried me about, moaning about having to do so, but she always did it. If I ever needed money to get trains anywhere she would provide it. Now she comes to every home game with my uncle.”Ifill has played 241 games for Millwall, the biggest one to date being last month’s semi-final at Old Trafford in which his pass for a Cahill goal knocked out Sunderland. His back injury soon resurfaced and was preventing him sprinting, a basic requirement for a winger. “I went to see numbers of different specialists, but I was out for three months, couldn’t do anything.I thought I would never get back.”Then Dr Jakubowski, who runs the Gonstead Clinic in Harley Street, was consulted He diagnosed a pelvic flaw pressing on a nerve. “He did something to my back and, bang, I was able to sprint again the next day It was as good as that. I even sent my mum up to see him because she has had trouble with her back for years and he fixed her, too.