‘To be honest, the whole way down to Madrid, I was sceptical that we’d make it’: Liverpool fan who drove £40 car to Champions League final instead of £800 flight finally makes it back home
- Liverpool supporter Simon Wilson drove £40 car to Champions League final
- He and three friends decided to travel by car due to expensive cost of flights
- Wilson revealed they encountered several problems during 1,290-mile journey
Liverpool supporter Simon Wilson has finally arrived back at Anfield after driving 1,290 miles to watch his side beat Tottenham in the Champions League final in Madrid.
The YouTuber opted to make the journey in a £40 Skoda Favorit GLXi with three friends after flights to Spain reached up to £800.
Wilson arrived in time to watch Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi score in both halves to seal a sixth European Cup, but admitted there were several difficulties along the way.
Liverpool supporter Simon Wilson bought a £40 Skoda Favorit to travel to Madrid
Simon (right) and his brother Ben (left) found the ridiculously cheap car on Facebook
The four supporters arrived in time to watch their club lift a sixth European Cup
Wilson told the Liverpool Echo: ‘I’ll be honest, the whole way down to Madrid, I was skeptical that we’d make it.
‘I mean we’d just gotten to Dover for the ferry and a pipe blew off of the engine.’
Despite being a lifelong fan, WIlson admitted he baulked at the prices demanded for flights to Madrid in the build-up to the showpiece final.
He said: ‘I love Liverpool FC, I’ve been to all the matches, but there was no way I was gonna pay out £800 for a flight that I could get for £40 next week.
‘Yeah, it was a little bit of a long car ride back but I think it only cost us around £200 on petrol each way, so we’ve got four people to the final for half the price of one person flying over.’
The YouTuber came up with an alternative method of travel after seeing the price of flights
On whether he would do the journey again, Wilson said: ‘One hundred percent, I’d recommend people give it a try.’
‘If we make it to Istanbul next year, there’ll be something big coming.’
Wilson also revealed he would be keeping the car despite it suffering numerous problems along the way.
He added: ‘Oh, I’m keeping the car. It’s gonna be the daily runner I reckon. I’ll get it done up first though!’