Submitting.
It was my first heartbreak as a youngster and I wasn’t on my own - millions of fans across the globe shared in the heartache. Would anything ever fill the void they left behind?
The pencil tins, posters and memorabilia were consigned to the drawer while I listened to Everything Changes on repeat on my Walkman that night.
Thankfully the Euros came to the rescue as we clung to the football that year - and as a nation we collectively dared to dream.
Our school playground was filled with football cards as we all looked to complete our collections with trade-offs.