Harborough FC ‘surprised’ as 100 Spanish fans turn up to watch game
by Daniel Lavelle from World news | The Guardian on (#6WQTH)
Fans are subscribers to YouTube channel focused on English football whose founder wants to strengthen links with club
Football tourism is usually seen at Premier League stadiums such as Old Trafford, Anfield and the Emirates, so fans of Harborough Town, who compete in the seventh tier of the football pyramid, were stunned when 100 Spaniards arrived at Bowden Park to watch them take on St Ives Town.
The Spanish fans, who turned up last Saturday, were subscribers to a Spanish YouTube channel, La Media Inglesa (LMI), focused on English football, which has now started arranging overseas trips for its followers.
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