With hindsight, that looked very suspicious.’ĭavid Spring: ‘Having flown over in the previous days with a friend and colleague from work, we went to the ground and sneaked in via an open vehicle tunnel to get a cheeky view of the pitch which seemed quite small, as stadiums/pitches often do when empty. I immediately produced my passport and phone and called to book. Finally, she told me she thought I should go. I ramped up my desperate amateur dramatics.
A week later we were driving to a wedding. I waited a couple of days and repeated the performance. She told me I could go “if I really wanted to”. She asked me what was wrong and I explained. Because I'm an idiot, I decided I would get her to insist on my going three times. My plan was to get her to give me permission to interrupt the holiday. Sean Jones: ‘I had a problem: I was due to be in the US on the date of the final on the holiday of a lifetime with my wife. Colleagues were none too pleased when I returned home, however the students gave me a hero's reception as 'Sir' had played “hookey”. ‘However, it turned out that we were being interviewed not by officials but by the press because I personally appeared on UK television throughout the day! That would not have been a problem, but being a teacher at the time, I played “hookey” so as to go to Stockholm and of course was seen on TV. Banter and questions seemingly all very jovial. We were greeted by officials as we were coming off the plane and on the tarmac and walked through border control, no problem. Neil McCrone: ‘Four of us flew to Stockholm early morning.
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