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Crystal Palace supporter meets girl on train, turns to Twitter to find her, Twitter sorts him out

Published 20:47 26 Jan 2015 GMT

Conan Doherty
Crystal Palace supporter meets girl on train, turns to Twitter to find her, Twitter sorts him out

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Why didn't he just, you know, get her number?

A Crystal Palace supporter "fell in love" on the train to Southampton on Saturday but, rather than arrange a follow-up or exchange some form of contact information, he left it for Twitter to start a nationwide search for the girl who, for all we know, could be the one. Angus Mainland returned from Palace's FA Cup win at the weekend and went straight for the jugular on the social network to be reunited with the mystery girl who apparently had an Italian accent. Well, we say mystery girl... the one who was on the 12:45 train from Bournemouth on Saturday - the one he posted a picture of... https://twitter.com/Angus66Mainland/status/558991690229628928 Naturally, Twitter did its thing and it spread like wildfire. Angus, meanwhile, was being hunted down by newspapers left, right and centre. https://twitter.com/Angus66Mainland/status/559693465467232256 But, tonight, they have been reunited. https://twitter.com/Angus66Mainland/status/559790128118644736 https://twitter.com/Angus66Mainland/status/559794114297102336 It's making us wonder how that Leinster girl ever got on when she went in search of the Irish lad she was sitting beside at the Harlequins game last month.

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Crystal Palace supporter meets girl on train, turns to Twitter to find her, Twitter sorts him out