Barcelona fan accidentally attends match 366 miles from Newcastle after ticket blunder
A Barcelona fan who was expecting to watch his side in the Champions League accidentally turned up to the wrong stadium in a hilarious blunder.
On Tuesday, Newcastle United entertained Barca in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.
A raucous St. James' Park greeted Hansi Flick's side that featured the likes of Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha.
It ended 1-1 as Yamal converted a last-minute penalty to cancel out Harvey Barnes' strike.
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366 miles away from the home of the Premier League side, Exeter City hosted Lincoln City in a League One fixture.
League One leaders Lincoln ran out 1-0 winners thanks to Tom Hamer's first-half header.
Exeter's game against Lincoln was played in front of a crowd of 5,950, which happened to include a Spanish football fan, who was invited to the match after mistaking the two English stadiums.
Exeter said the supporter travelled from London but arrived at the wrong stadium given they share the same name.
The unlucky fan, who was 'pretty gutted and a bit embarrassed', only realised his error when he showed his ticket to ground staff at Exeter.
In a great gesture, Exeter gave him a free ticket to their game against Lincoln.
Adam Spencer, supporter experience officer at Exeter, said: "One of our volunteers came to the office to let us know that this guy had turned up expecting to see FC Barcelona. His English wasn’t great, but from what we could gather, he’d come from London. My guess is he’d put St James Park in his phone and then just followed the directions from there.
"He was pretty gutted and a bit embarrassed. So, we sorted him out a ticket and he got to watch a game at the real St James Park. He’d be welcome back any time."
Topics: Newcastle United, Champions League, Football, League One, FC Barcelona
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