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Daily Mirror
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Steve Bates

Michael Owen's shirt swap gaffe and late night beer denial - Reporting on Germany 1-5 England

Disbelief. Shock. Astonishment.

England's 5-1 win in Munich on September 1, 2001 remains a “where were you” moment for Three Lions fans who'd never witnessed it's like before – or since. Luckily for me it was an “I was there” night, a result captured in history and a game never to be forgotten by anyone inside Munich's vast Olympiastadion.

In our business the games come thick and fast and many are often forgotten even quicker. Not this one, though. Almost 21 years later it lives on in the memory for England fans, and this reporter. And it's treasured even more because it came from absolutely nowhere.

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