My favourite game: Everton v Rapid Vienna, 1985 Cup Winners' Cup final | Mark Tallentire
It took some wrangling but I was in Rotterdam when Everton won their first European trophy on an unforgettable nightI had accepted I would not be going to the 1985 Cup Winners’ Cup final about halfway through the second leg of the semi-final, when a British Rail guard informed “anyone who’s interested” that Everton were 1-0 down to Bayern Munich. I was on a train to Lime Street and somewhere around Watford Junction at the time.Luton had already been beaten in the FA Cup semi-final and a 0-0 at Bayern in the first leg had opened up the possibility of two finals in the same week – or more likely for me, one. If I was lucky. The problem was...