The date was 17 May 2006, and I bunked off school. I say bunked – my teacher was informed and I was with my Dad – but the three of us agreed to keep it a secret. All that mattered was I was off to Paris for the Champions League final.
This plan disintegrated on arrival at Waterloo station, when we were accosted by a film crew from BBC Breakfast, who interviewed us on our way to the platform. At which point, the operation was no longer covert. As it happens, Arsenal led for most of the game before losing 2-1 to Barcelona, but it was not all bad. I got to experience the Eurostar.
