NORTHERN Echo Sports Editor Nick Loughlin is on the trip of a lifetime, following England in Russia.
Nick has arrived in Moscow with his father John and friend Paul Fryer for tonight's 2018 World Cup semi-final match with Croatia.
It is a particularly special trip for Nick's father who was at Wembley when England won the World Cup in 1966.
Here's what Nick had to say on arriving.
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