My beloved Arsenal-supporting dad sadly died in the early hours. He fought bravely after breaking his hip & getting pneumonia before Christmas. Having witnessed the kindness and care shown by the NHS I’d like to thank all the nurses & doctors for their professionalism. RIP Dad 💔 – at East, England

Guten morgen from Munich. What’s German for horrendously hungover? A top, top day yesterday catching up with so many old pals and seeing so many good people. Having been to 14 of the 16 games between Arsenal and Bayern I have to say that was one of the best attacking displays against Munich stretching across 25 years of this fixture. PS thank you to everyone who came up to me and said they read my work, very kind of you. Hope I wasn’t too drunk that you didn’t get any sense out of me, come on you Gunners, cheers 🙏🏼

FT: Bayern Munich 2-2 Arsenal

Goooooooaaaaaalll!!!

Come on you Gunners!

Come on you Gunners!

Made it into the away end here at Bayern Munich. Come on The Arsenal

Twenty minute walk from the nearest metro to the away end turnstiles. Welcome to Euro aways. And you wonder why away teams sing at the Emirates. Because they’re treated like visitors rather than a hindrance

The Arsenal in Munich

Catching up with a table of old Arsenal pals after making it to the world famous Hofbrauhaus. Last time I was in here was before I saw England beat Germany 5-1 at the old Olympiastadion

For those of you who didn’t follow me during my month in Germany covering the Euros I must say I do like a plate of currywurst. Lunch here in Nuremberg. See you back in Munich later, cheers

Nuremberg’s beautiful Aldstadt

Thought I’d have a quick stroll around Nuremberg’s medieval Aldstadt before my train back to Munich this afternoon

This is the Ehrentribüne the Nazi’s called the tribune of honour. The main grandstand here at Reichsparteitagsgelände. During the annual Nazi Party rallies from 1933 to 1938 attended by 300,000 Germans Hitler had his architect Albert Speer build gold eagles on each end. It seated 500 with the Fuhrer in the middle. The site now stands as a stark warning against totalitarianism

I’m leaving the site of the Nuremberg Rallies. An eerie place with a dark history. One that serves to remind the world of the murderous dangers of totalitarianism

Over in the Zepelinfield in the shadow of FC Nuremberg’s stadium you can see a gridiron crossbar that belongs to the Nuremberg Rams American Football team. After the Second World War there was also an American school for the children of US service personnel nearby

The Nuremberg Rally Grounds serve as a jarring reminder of how the totalitarian Nazi regime used the spectacle of monumental architecture as power, and stark symbolism as intimidation to trample on democracy and instil fear and total obedience among its citizens. An eerie place

The grounds of Nuremberg’s enormous Reichsparteitagsgelände were designed by Hitler's architect Albert Speer. It also included foundations for the Deutsches Stadion which was intended to be the world’s largest sports stadium at a capacity of 405,000. If Nazi Germany had won the Second World War Hitler wanted all future Olympics to be held here…

Original concrete steps here at Nuremberg’s malevolent Reichsparteitagsgelände

I’m here in Nuremberg’s eerie Reichsparteitagsgelände. In other words the Nazi Party Rally Grounds where hundreds of thousands of Germans assembled every September from 1933 to 1938 after Hitler declared Nuremberg to be the City of the Reichsparteitage. You can see the original concrete steps where weeds grow now. The whole site including the Zepelinfield is now a memorial to the victims of murderous Nazi repression