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Liverpool Fan Is Charging Just £1 For A Return Trip To Paris After Buying 'Cheapest Coach In UK'

Liverpool Fan Is Charging Just £1 For A Return Trip To Paris After Buying 'Cheapest Coach In UK'

Simon Wilson has conjured up a plan for the Champions League final.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

​A generous Liverpool fan is charging just £1 for a return trip from Anfield to Paris for the Champions League final after buying the 'cheapest coach' in the UK.

There's been a staggering demand for travel to France ever since the Reds booked their spot in the Champions League final. 

Extortionate prices for ferries and flights has led to one fan taking matters into his own hands ahead of Saturday's showpiece event. 

​Simon Wilson, who previously drove to Madrid after buying a £40 car, has purchased a 'cheap coach' in a bid to offer travel to Liverpool supporters.

He's charging just £1 for a trip to Paris for the Champions League final, focusing on Liverpool fans having the 'experience of a lifetime' without the outrageous price tag. 

"A couple of years ago I saw fans getting charged extortionate prices. People who were massive fans and just wanted to go to the game couldn’t because it was so expensive," Simon told the Echo. 

"For this final, I was going to take the Skoda but there’s only a couple of seats in the car. We wanted something a bit bigger so we could help people out."

Image: Alamy
Image: Alamy

On his purchase, he explained how he googled 'cheap coaches' which saw him land an 'old 1950s school bus'.

He added: "I bought the cheapest coach in the UK that I could find. I was just Googling cheap coaches' and I came across this one.​

"We’ve wrapped the coach and put stickers on it, for perspective, the stickers have cost more than the coach.

"The guy we bought it off just seemed to be a very nice, helpful guy, so that sort of gave us a bit of confidence, but we’ll let you know if the coach is any decent if we get there.

​"That weekend it’s half term and it’s coming up to the Queen’s Jubilee. There’s not one ferry from the UK going to the Netherlands, Paris or Spain that’s free, all transport is virtually taken. It’s just a nightmare weekend.

"As soon as I put the post on my Instagram, we had thousands of people [contacting us] within minutes.

"Unfortunately, we can’t take everyone, but we are going to try and take as many people as possible."

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Featured Image Credit: Liverpool Echo

Topics: Liverpool, Champions League, Football

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Darren Till. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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