Ben Cooper

Soak in one hell of a pre-match atmosphere via the BBC's coverage of England v Germany at Euro 96. In my forthcoming book (Euro 96: The Full Story) Barry Davies says he didn't realise he was going to be called into action so early: 'Des Lynam handed over to me in commentary very early. No one told me he was going to do that. I decided this was a heck of a good thing because the noise from the crowd was building up and the song was being sung all over Wembley. I didn’t say anything for, well when I listened back to it, it felt like an eternity. It was about ten minutes. I had no idea he was going to come to me so early. Nobody told me. Maybe they thought they’d do that because I’d said in the past that there’s too much chat before the game – that problem has only got worse since! The noise that night though and the supporters were tremendous.' #euro96