Newcastle fan travels 120 miles for game…that’s on next Tuesday

Get this man a football wall-planner quick

A Newcastle fan has probably had the loneliest drive ever home from a football ground this afternoon after he arrived to Turf Moor for the Magpies clash with Burnley three days too early. Alan Pardew's side are playing Burnley on Tuesday and actually lost 1-0 to West ham in London today while the home side eeked out a 1-1 draw with Aston-Villa. Football reporter Simon Hughes spotted the unfortunate supporter before kick off: https://twitter.com/Simon_Hughes__/status/538680014091591680 https://twitter.com/Simon_Hughes__/status/538681720422543360 https://twitter.com/Simon_Hughes__/status/538689359097389056 We imagine his reaction when told there was no game was something like this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lPJ9J-6vDw H/T to The Mirror