Yep, similar experiences. There's something amazing being at a tournament knowing there are millions of people watching at home. The Brighton Euro tour last season brought back some of those memories. The main difference I found to watching England away in a tournament to back home is that you just don't get all that media insanity and it's much more chilled. It's like being the eye of the storm rather than being battered by endless headlines and hyperbole.Loads, went to every tournament from 96 onwards until England didn't and loads of away qualifiers. The experience is so totally different from that seen externally, I've never seen any trouble and always felt wanted and welcome wherever we were....
That what I call proper England supporting. All that way!Used to go to the Scotland-England Home International games. It would be at Wembley one year, Hampden the next year. This was the old Hampden. One year I went, 1970, the attendance at Hampden was 137,000