We received this email earlier. Thought I would share it with you here....
i am a newcastle fan
i am also disabled and 31 years old, that is relevant to this email
a friend of mine got me a ticket to the barcelona liverpool game,
i can walk but not that strongly and i was getting the fear about getting to my seat
there were elevators, but an incompetent barca hid this information from me despite my asking for it
i was reassured by many, mostly geordie friends, that the scoucers would get me there,, you appear to have a good reputation.
having got to the ground the officials having a complete failure of intellect, confiscated my stick
still keeping it a secret that they had an elevators, i commenced my journey halfway to the moon
one of your fans, called greg, said 'don't worry mate, we'll get you to your seat, even if means carrying you on my back' thankfully this was not required, but i do not doubt him, not for a moment
having got to my seat the liverpool fans around me were fantastic, offering me coffee, snacks etc from the stalls
great result by the way
at the end i was left next to two gentlemen called john murphy and harry
they offered to help me get down i declined this, sitting on my own and waiting for my friend who was trying to get to me to help me down, they would not let him.
sitting on my own in the stands, the security guy who did not speak english, physically grabbed me not listening to my protestations, not that they would have meant anything to him, and dragged me, me holding on to the chairs, i would say about 30 yards,
at this point john and harry, spotted this and came to my rescue, the four of us went to the elevator, this was the first time i had heard of its existence, to his credit the security guy was gutted when he realised the reality of the situation. hands were shaken when we parted.
the people running the ground were facists, and every time i tried to settle somewhere my friend could meet me, i was moved on, this is probably a good thing as there was no chance of my meeting my mate, he was forced in a given direction, no choce.
these two fellows i was with, who were in their seventies, stuck with me on a secuitous metro trip with three changes and those long underground tunnels finally seeing me in a cab.
i wanted to share this with you
i could have not higher esteem for your club and you fans, i hope you do it again.
best
pete straker
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