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David Connolly

You just can’t beat the Wembley experience

Former republic of Ireland striker
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DECENT WARM-UP: Portsmouth celebrate their second goal, scored by Brett Pitman, in the 2-0 win at Shrewsbury last weekend
PICTURE: PA Images

TWO of my former and favourite teams, Portsmouth and Sunderland, will meet at Wembley today in the Checkatrade Trophy final in front of a packed crowd.
I won this trophy in 2010 when the Southampton team I played in beat Carlisle 4-1 in the final. We had the likes of Adam Lallana, Morgan Schneiderlin and Rickie Lambert in our ranks – it wasn&rsquo...

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