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I was working in Athens in the late 90s and was there when Olympiakos played Ajax in the Champions League. There were 4 of us and we were the only 4 that didn’t look obviously Greek and therefore, by definition we must be Ajax fans. The floodlights went as we were queuing to get in and the...

I think I was at that Wolves game, must have been late 1984? I was in the away end - after the game about 25 of the Wolves yoof jumped the barriers, avoiding damage to their Pringle sweaters, and gave it the big ‘come on then, who wants it?’. The Albion fans just laughed and they all trudged...

I think that was all happening around me. One guy who came and stood next to me - “ orroight, lads. Sorry oi’m late, gart into a foight with some Broighton farns arrn the way in…..”

Well I know that’s not true, because I phoned them and as soon as they got a sniff I didn’t have a local address we got into a discussion which ended with the call being ended by them!

The ultimate one for me was on May 3, 1997. Got the tickets through a relative who lived nearby as they weren’t selling to anyone from outside the area and I hadn’t managed to get any tickets from Albion. It got rather tasty in there more than once, more than a few proudly with bloodied shirts...