ANTHONY BUNN on The Potters’ return to the Continent after a 37-year absenceEASYJET AND RYANAIR, OR ANYONE WHO'LL TAKE US THERE, EASYJET AND RYANAIR, OR ANYONE WHO'LL TAKE US THERE....WE RE ALL GOING ON A EUROPEAN TOUR.

So sang the thousand-strong Stoke following in the Bernese Oberland on Thursday, August 18 last year. FC Thun away was to be my only foray into Europe -unless you count a few days away in North Wales. It’s been that kind of year. So, how did Europe feel? Absolutely bloody brilliant. An oasis of laddish escapism set beautifully among a life spent s...