The end of the English football season was nearing. Yet David having held the Man Utd membership had not once set foot at his Footballing Mecca. Match ticket memberships were going at £10 for what few matches were left for the season, a bargain! So the rest of us each got a membership to support the greatest football team for the remainder of the season. After fooling David and Jo into thinking we were unsuccessful in getting the ballot, we looked forward to the 10th of April, the day of reckoning after Roma had beaten us in the first leg a week earlier, wondering if we would be witness to the final nail in Man Utd's European coffin. Instead we bore witness to the pre-match crowd trouble between the two fans, causing the Megastore to be closed (hence I couldn't get my jersey, although a Cantona shirt and Champions League scarf isn't half bad). The atmosphere was terrific as the match started but i swear there was an unnerving tension whenever Roma (or Totti) touched the ball, knowing another goal by the Italians would almost but spell trouble. So imagine the relief when Carrick put the ball into the Roma net. Then the second came from Smudger Smith, and the Theatre of Dreams went ecstatic and by the time the 3rd goal was scored by a certain Wayne Rooney, we could sit back and relax and watch the show. Little did we know the match was going to end an emphatic 7-1 rout and as we left, all of us were still singing while walking down from the terraces. It was a long arduous drive back to London, but the beaming thought that I had been there and a few bob richer off the bookies was fuel enough :) Onward to Athens!