"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."
"A Barcelona fan's navigation mishap turned into an unexpected adventure when he arrived at the wrong St James' Park on Tuesday for a Champions League clash, ending up 366 miles from where his team were playing. The Spanish fan, who had travelled from London expecting to watch Barcelona take on Newcastle in the first leg of the last-16 tie, instead found himself at the turnstiles of third-tier Exeter's St James Park."
A Spanish fan traveling from London to watch Barcelona play Newcastle in a Champions League match made a navigation error and arrived at Exeter City's St James' Park instead of Newcastle United's stadium, 366 miles away. The mix-up occurred when he followed GPS directions for St James' Park without realizing there were two stadiums with the same name. Upon presenting his Barcelona ticket at Exeter's turnstiles, staff discovered the confusion. Rather than turn him away, Exeter's supporter experience team provided him with a complimentary ticket to their League One match against Lincoln. While the fan watched Exeter lose 1-0, Barcelona drew 1-1 with Newcastle at the correct venue.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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