Liverpool fans brave transport misery for 'chance of a lifetime' final
Businesses capitalising on Liverpool's Champions League match with Real Madrid in Ukrainian capital Kiev
When Anna and Ronnie Ellis each parted with 450 for a seat on an "executive" coach from Liverpool to Kiev, they were expecting a few little luxuries for the 30-hour journey to the Champions League football final. Plug sockets, a toilet, maybe even a TV. Somewhere to store their bags that wasn't their own laps would have been nice.
But the minibus that pulled up outside the Arkle pub in Anfield on Thursday was a little more " rustic. Let's just say the jerry can a fellow passenger had brought with him from work "for emergencies" was likely to be in high demand on the 2,750km-journey to the Ukrainian capital. Given the number of pints sunk in the pub beforehand, it may well have been full by the time the bus trundled on to the M62. Yet the cheerful couple were determined to make the best of things. "There was no way we were going to miss the match," said Anna, white wine in hand.
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