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'I had to go on stage during the penalty shootout in Istanbul...'

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Every Liverpool fan remembers exactly where they were on May 25, 2005 - the night the Reds clinched a fifth European Cup after one of the greatest cup finals ever contested.

But for some, it is perhaps easier than others.

Take Starsailor frontman James Walsh, who was playing to a packed out crowd at the London Astoria the moment Jerzy Dudek's outstretched palm kept out Andriy Shevchenko's penalty and brought Ol' Big Ears home.

He recalls: "We were looking at all the timings and it was looking perfectly doable – the game would finish just in time for us going on stage.