AN ENGLAND fan pushed back his mum’s funeral to watch the Euro 2024 final from Germany – but says it is what she would have wanted.
Leicester supporter Dave Ross, 73, has been out since the Three Lions’ first group stage game on Sunday, June 16.
But sadly, just days earlier on the Friday his mother passed away in a care home aged 89.
And as England continued to progress in their road to the final, Dave had to delay his mum’s funeral by a week.
But he is hoping it will all be worth it on Monday when he leaves Berlin first thing to get back in time for the funeral the next day.
Dave told SunSport: “We’ve had to obviously put a funeral back because hoping, praying, that England would get to the final, and they’ve done it.
“And I’ve got to be up very early on Monday morning to drive back because my mother’s funeral is on the Tuesday.
“I’m sure she would have been pleased to see me here and see England win the Euros.”
Dave was just a boy when he watched England win the 1966 World Cup.
In later years, he started travelling to games and has been to every major tournament since the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Dave’s witnessed the ups and downs, the moments of magic and all the heartache but hopes to see England lift the trophy – again.
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He said: “There’ll be millions, won’t there, in England, in the pubs, at home, wherever they’re watching it, wishing England well and wishing, hopefully, that we’ll win it.
“I was in Dortmund on Wednesday night and what a fantastic atmosphere, what great support for England and hopefully, Sunday night, we’ll be the same and we’ll see a similar result.”
