14 bottles of Sol later,being pestered to light bbq “I a will after a few mer” didn’t go down too well telt then , if it was normal I wouldn’t been home from Ratherham yit
I was working in London at the time and managed to sneak in to Wembley for the last 20 min through the exit doors.
He was going on a lads holiday to Spain on cup final day. Bad planning as they didn't expect England to get to the final! They found out in Spain that England had won the cup, so they immediately did a conga line around all the Germans sunbathing to inform them of the result Some German lads took offence and claimed Germany was the greatest at every sport. They challenged them to name their sport and they would beat them at it. Dad and his mates chose cricket. They played on the beach with trousers rolled up to their knees, knotted hankies on their heads and absolutely thrashed the German lads at it