When I got off the train after our win at Newcastle in 1979 I said to the guy next to me "see you in Europe". I never for one moment thought it would take 44 years and with all the ups and downs that have happened in between.
I turned off the TV in anger when Walcott seemingly scored the equaliser. You can imagine the relief when I checked my phone 5 mins later and the score was 3-1.