Wembley Heroes
Spot the future Albion manager! (John Barton, top left) after the Trophy Final at Wembley
The Brewers' players on the traditional lap of honour
And the traditional Wembley homecoming, - the open top bus! Sunday afternoon in King Edward Place, Burton.
"You did us proud" enthuses the Burton Mail, but the Brewers have to share the front page with Margaret Thatcher, who chose that day to name the election date.
Homecoming heroes
Wembley Stadium, Saturday 9th May 1987
FA Trophy Final
Burton Albion 0-0 Kidderminster Harriers (aet)
Attendance: 23,617
Wembley Teams:
| Albion | Harriers | |
| Martin New | 1 | Jim Arnold |
| Alan Kamara | 2 | John Barton |
| Nigel Simms | 3 | Kevin Collins (Pearson 90) |
| David Vaughan (c) | 4 | Clive Boxall |
| Steve Essex | 5 | Colin Brazier |
| Gil Land | 6 | Martin Woodall |
| Paul Groves | 7 | Graham McKenzie (c) |
| Paul Bancroft | 8 | Kim Casey |
| Bob Gauden | 9 | Paul Davies |
| Dave Redfern | 10 | Mick Tuohy |
| Neil Dorsett | 11 | Adrian O'Dowd |
| Dave Wood | 12 | Jon Pearson |
| Clive Patterson | 14 | Chris Jones |
Even those crazy rock'n'rollers All About Eve can't compete with the Wembley fever sweeping Burton -Albion's imaginative choice of Wembley song tops the charts.