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On 8th June 1996, Tony Adams led his England team out to face Switzerland in the championship curtain-raiser at Wembley. 77,000 fans saw the spoils shared after Kubilay Turkyilmaz’s late penalty cancelled out Alan Shearer’s first half opener. Two players on opposing sides that day were Darren Anderton and Ramon Vega. They’d later become teammates at Spurs, of course, so it was a great pleasure to reunite them via video link to share their memories of Euro 96 - and that game in particular - with Mark.

In the first episode of a new podcast accompanying the replaying of Euro 96 on the ITV Hub, Tony Adams joins Mark Pougatch to discuss his memories of the tournament. By Tony's own admission, it was the year that changed his life - and possibly even saved it. Despite captaining England on their run to the semi-finals, his personal life was a mess as he wrestled with alcoholism. Here, he speaks with stark honesty about his demons - and the part his journey through the competition played in confronting them.

In the absence of any football for the foreseeable future, ITV is replaying every single match from Euro 96 on the ITV Hub during May. Mark Pougatch has news of a special series of podcasts to accompany the coverage ...