By Paul Sculthorpe Great Britain star and BBC Sport Online columnist

Saturday's Super League Grand Final against Bradford will be a tremendous occasion.

Everyone associated with both clubs has been waiting for this all year. Tickets are selling out fast - even the players are struggling to get their hands on any!

Old Trafford is a fantastic stadium - the best I've played in, and I've played at some great venues.

It will be a packed house, with the whole crowd on top of you, so it really is a cauldron atmosphere.

Last year I think some of the Wigan players were a bit over-awed by the occasion and that showed as Bradford effectively tied up the game in the opening 20 minutes.

But we hope that the atmosphere on Saturday inspires us rather than inhibits us. My advice to my team-mates will be to enjoy the match.

These games really fly by. All the Grand Finals I have played in before are over before you realise it - you don't know where the time has gone.

These are one-off occasions that you will remember for the rest of your life.

I always take the time to look around the stadium when I come out of the tunnel and try to take in as much as possible.

I have been lucky enough to win twice at Old Trafford and the chance to do it a third time was certainly something I was thinking about when we played Wigan in the final eliminator.