Memories flood back for Adam
There are still two days before he arrives at Wembley, but the memories are already flooding back.
Liverpool may have waited 16 years for a trip to the home of English football but Charlie Adam was a much more recent visitor. And the opponents, like in Sunday's Carling Cup final, were Cardiff City.
The occasion was the 2009-10 Championship play-off final and the afternoon is memorable for perhaps Adam's finest moment in football as he hit a beautiful free-kick which set Blackpool on their way to a 3-2 victory.
"That day was incredible," says the 26-year-old. "That whole season was incredible, to be honest. It was a special time for me as a player being at Blackpool. I was given an opportunity to express myself and play with good players, under a good manager.
"Cardiff were a good side, but I knew that day that there would be only one winner. We had done so well all season, and nothing was going to stop us."
Blackpool lasted just one season in the Barclays Premier League, at the end of which Adam sealed a dream move to Anfield.
He has gone from working with one of the most colourful managers in the game, Ian Holloway, to being tutored by one of the most successful, Kenny Dalglish.
"Kenny has put a lot of faith in me," says the Scotland international.
"He brought me here and I owe a lot to him because he gave me the chance to sign for such a wonderful club.
"I know what the manager will be like. It will not be about Kenny Dalglish, it will be about Liverpool winning a trophy, and a squad of 25 players, the backroom staff and supporters all going for the same thing. That's the objective.
"It is not about one individual. It's a massive club effort here, and it won't just be the manager who will be proud if we lift the cup."
While Adam admits settling fully into life as a Liverpool player has and will require time, it hasn't taken long for him to fulfil the main goal he set before making the transfer from Blackpool: playing in a final.
"When I came here, I said I wanted to win trophies," he says. "Fortunately the final of the first competition of the season has come around and we are in it.
"We've had to work hard to get here, and we will do our best to enjoy the occasion. But the only way we can do that is by winning it.
"At the end of the day you know the expectations as soon as you walk through the door. You see the players that have played here, and the amount of trophies that have been won. The expectation is here.
"It takes time for players to settle in. But we have a wonderful support, that will back the team to the hilt no matter how well they are playing.
"As long as the players are giving 110 per cent for the fans, the supporters will accept that. We try to do that every week, and there have been very few games this season where we have let ourselves down."
Having beaten Exeter, Brighton, Stoke, Chelsea and Manchester City to reach the final, Liverpool now have to beat a side who are full of confidence having put themselves in the Championship play-off positions.
"Cardiff are a good side, with some good players," said Adam.
"There are a couple of my international teammates playing there, and they have got a good manager as well.
"It will be a tough game, but if we play anything like our best then we will have a great chance of winning the trophy.
"It will be a great atmosphere. It is 16 years since Liverpool have been to Wembley, and for Cardiff it will be a fantastic day out.
"They will want to win the game, of course, the same as us. They have nothing to lose.
"We will just go there and play the way we know we can.
"We have some players with great experience, some top internationals, and we will get out there and pass it.
"It should be a great occasion, and hopefully it will be enough to win us the trophy."