June 16th 2024 Today I was at Schalke’s Stadium in Gelsenkirchen to watch England beat Serbia 1-0 at Euro 2024. We had literal front row seats, but the entire stadium was on their feet the entire game. The atmosphere from both sets of fans was intense in the first half particularly, but a nervy second half quietened the England fans. The stadium is beautiful though. One of the nicer stadiums I’ve watched football in. It’s been a long day. We got to the fan park before midday and stayed for the first game as England fans slowly filtered in: The … Continue reading Gelsenkirchen

June 15th 2024 Today we made it to Gelsenkirchen ready for England’s first game at Euro 2024 tomorrow. Gelsenkirchen, as it turns out, is a shit hole. I’m not sure if they deliberately put the England fans in the worst host city in the country, but it was probably a good idea. It was tragic when we first got here. We watched the Switzerland-Hungary game with about twelve other people at the official fan zone. The highlight of that entire experience was our 6-3 5-a-side victory against a bunch of Germans. I had two goals and an assist and somehow … Continue reading Foden