Some people are calling it the 'Barry Fry final'.
Why? Because when Peterborough United and Birmingham City walk out at Wembley for Sunday's Vertu Trophy final, it will be a meeting of two of the clubs he has been most closely associated with during his 65 years in football.
The young Fry scored five goals in six games for England Schoolboys, one of them at the old Wembley in front of 95,000 people, before a blood clotting problem in his legs brought a promising playing career to a premature end.
And he is relishing the prospect of returning to the national stadium to see Posh, the club he has served in various roles for the best part of 30 years, take on Blues, who he guided to an EFL Trophy and promotion double in 1995.
Fry, who turned 80 earlier this month, told BBC Look East: "I'm just a football nut. I've been so lucky to have been in football since I was [knee high to] a grasshopper. It's going to be an unbelievable day for me."
His ability to wheel and deal is legendary - he once persuaded George Best to turn out for non-league Dunstable, his first club in management, having been appointed at the age of 28.
Fry said he made Birmingham £12m in transfer market profits before leaving St Andrew's, and that negotiating talent has continued with the likes of Ivan Toney, Dwight Gayle and Ronnie Edwards passing through Peterborough on their way to bigger things.
"I've done some special deals and got money even I didn't think I'd get," he said.
"The secret is that you really believe in your players - you believe they can go on to be an international or play in the Premier League. The bigger the club, the more you ask for and the more you expect."
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The Birmingham years 1993-96
Birmingham have dominated League One this season, and Tuesday's 2-1 win over Peterborough at the Weston Homes Stadium secured promotion back to the Championship following relegation last May.
They only need five more points to reach 100 for the campaign, but it was all very different when Fry left Southend United in 1993 to become Blues manager.
"They were bottom of the league by nine points, I think. I decided to go there despite them being bottom and we finished the season very well, out of the last 10 games we won seven, drew two and lost one," he said.
"That was promotion form but unfortunately we got relegated. The following year I said we'd do the double and we did."
As well as winning the Division Two title in 1995, they also triumphed at Wembley in the Football League Trophy final, beating Carlisle United 1-0 in front of a crowd of over 76,000.
"We took 57,000 [with us] that day. Fair play to [then owners] David Sullivan, David Gold and [managing director] Karren [Brady] because in the earlier rounds you get no crowds whatsoever, nobody's interested," Fry added.
"But ...
