So, I've 'had a word' with myself and told myself that the game DIDN'T finish at 10pm and that we were back home by 10:30. I've also told myself (because I saw it with my own eyes) that he was fine the next day and, in reality, going to bed a couple of hours later than he normally would really...
No, because:
I believe my actual words were something like 'If we go, it's like they've won because they've made you so scared that you don't want to watch football'. Again, that might sound a bit wet, but it's what I thought. Funnily enough, it was the thing he said he thought about most at...
In what way did it 'create a bit of atmosphere'? All I could see was bewilderment among home and away fans and, in the case of my son, fear. For a nine-year-old boy – who has seen coverage of bombings and suicide bombers on the news and therefore thought it was something to worry about – it...