Graham Cummins: Those glamorous away trips in Europe? Actually, not so much.

Eggert Jónsson of FH Hafnarfjordur action against Greg Bolger of Sligo Rovers during the Uefa  Europa Conference League first qualifying round first leg last night. Picture: Haflidi Breidfjord / Sportsfile

It’s these weeks that I’m thankful I’m no longer a football player. 

While some loved the excitement of playing in Europe, I always dreaded it. I enjoyed the home ties of a European competition but the away trips were not pleasant. Seeing the players social media accounts from Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers and Bohemians and them posting pictures of themselves sitting in an airport or hotel with a coffee, brings back all those horrible feelings of the boredom of away trips in Europe.