Originally posted by Alex Anderson
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1993 - Munich - mid point of a two week, 12 game, 7 country trip to Katowice and back
1994 - Sadly not
1995 - Vienna - another long trip with a diversion to Rostock and just the 10 games and 5 countries
1996 - Rome - In and out for this one
1997 - Munich again then Katowice again
1998 - Amsterdam, just one night, saving my holiday for the 14 games at France '98
1999 - Barcelona - then on to Sofia. 9 games. Barcelona to Sofia is a long way, I can confirm.
2000 - Paris - but you knew that, again 14 games at Euro 2000 so just a one nighter
2001 - Milan - In and out again
2002 - Glasgow - That goal and the Proclaimers on the back of a van. Followed by 18 games in Japan/Korea
2003 - Manchester - On the way home from England in S Africa
2004 - Gelsenkirchen - My last one.
2005 - Istanbul - I had a ticket for this but England were playing two friendlies in America the following weekend and I couldn't face Istanbul again after the England game in 2003 ( we were banned and getting in to that one is a story for another thread)
After that, well ebay made it impossible. Millions applied for every ballot, everyone turned in to a tout. I had a train booked for Paris in 2006 but didn't bother going when I couldn't find a ticket. Athens 2007, well Liverpool being there was always going to make that impossible, 2008 Moscow - two English teams, I gave up.
So, 11 finals in 12 seasons. Not a bad record.
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