La Remontada, Agüero and 1966: football fans on leaving games early

Sergio Agüero scores against QPR in 2012, Sergi Roberto scores Barcelona’s sixth against PSG, and Geoff Hurst scores for England against West Germany in 1966. Composite: Getty Images

‘My grandfather left the 1966 World Cup final’

I have never left a game early, but my grandfather apparently left the 1966 World Cup final before West Germany equalised in the 89th minute to beat the traffic. That was unwise. I was four at the time and he died when I was still young, so I never had the chance to ask if it was true or was an apocryphal story. I have never left a game early. Dan