THE PLAYERS LOUNGE
ANDREAS BREHME • TERRY BUTCHER MARTIN DEMICHELIS SAMMY McILROY
You enjoyed your first special World Cup experience aged 13. Tell us what happened.
During the 1974 World Cup, which was held in West Germany, I went to watch the Dutch players training near my home in Hamburg. I climbed over the fence and no one stopped me. There was Johan Cruyff, Johan Neeskens and all of these other stars. Thankfully, they were really nice to the strange kid who came of nowhere and gave me autographs. Many years later, when I spoke to Barcelona about possibly signing for them, I
