'I'm a glutton for punishment...' dedicated football fan flies 6,000 miles only to see team lose

A dedicated Bolton fan flew 6,000 miles to see his team lose at Wembley, weeks after making the same journey only for the game to be abandoned. Unlucky Andy Bebbington has now spent £1,650 and travelled 24,000 miles to see Wanderers not score a goal.

But Andy, 36, who works as an English teacher in China, says it was worth it and would do it again. He said: "If I was there on my own I would say the journey wasn't worth it.

"But, I have been with my family all day and we're about to go out for dinner soon. My dad isn't getting any younger this might be one of the last chances we get to be at Wembley together - it was worth it but only just.

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"We're sat here now feeling as low as we're feeling but if we were in the same situation in 12 months would we do it again, absolutely." Andy was in the capital yesterday to see Wanderers lose 2-0 in the League One promotion play-off final against Oxford United.

In February, he also made the same trip to watch his team play Cambridge United, only for the game to be called off due to heavy rain. Andy made the snap decision to jet back to the UK after watching Bolton beat Barnsley their semi-final at a bar in Shanghai last week.

He had quickly booked tickets for his ‘flying visit’ to London - which saw him arrive on Friday night (May 17) after an 18-hour journey and depart on Sunday evening (May 19). And while he had to shell out £850 on hotels and airfares, Andy felt it was a “no-brainer” to roar his team on during the crunch fixture.

He said: “I was watching the semi-final in a bar in