28.3.2007 I was at the Montjuic stadium in Barcelona to watch England beat Andorra.
I had been persuaded by a "friend" that it would be fun, a bit of hot sunshine in March, lovely jubbly.
Long story short, Montjuc is a mount/mountain and it was freezing. Very messy, got way, way too drunk, it was freezing cold, lashing lashing lashing rain, no goals in the first half, I staggered off to try and find a toilet, wandering up and down through the levels of the stadium. Walked for miles. Got onto a gantry above the pitch. I found some wheelbarrows and shovels and cement but no toilets... they were still building the stadium, even though they were about to demolish it I think? Eventually I found Alan "Sniffer" Smith sat all alone, looking frightened, faced with a seething mass of ignorant, drunk, frustrated, cold, annoyed England fans.
I did not say or do anything to him, but I could have. I suppose it was self restraint. I still resent him for coming on as substitute for Lineker against Sweden, perhaps Euro Qualifying around 1992?
This video does not convey the freezing horizontal rain, the boredom, the frustration of Fabio Capello's England.
I remember getting attacked by prostitutes at some point, and being chased through some slum by the locals, after walking back down Montjuc mountain. horrible place Barcelona.