Google Maps tricks Barça fan, sends him to third-tier St James Park 📱😂 | OneFootball

Imagine the scene: you leave London with your blue and claret scarf, excitement running high, and Google Maps set to get you to St James Park as quickly as possible. The plan is perfect: you’re going to watch Barça face Newcastle United on a magical Champions League night.

The problem is that, in England, if you ask to go to "St James Park," the destination can be a bit tricky. Our protagonist knows this all too well—he traveled the more than 250 kilometers from London to Devon (in the southwest of England), arrived at the turnstiles of the Adam Stansfield Stand at St James Park, and, full of excitement, presented his ticket.

The stadium staff looked at the ticket, looked at the guy, and had to break the bad news: he was at Exeter City’s St James Park (a modest and charming League One club), not at Newcastle’s St James Park, which is about 560 kilometers to the north.

🤝 Better than nothing...

Adam Spencer, head of fan relations at Exeter, later explained that the young man was "devastated and a little embarrassed." Not being fluent in the language and a bit lost with technology, the poor Barça fan found himself in a small city when he should have been on the other side of the country.

"I guess he just put the name into his phone and followed the directions," Spencer commented.

But instead of leaving him empty-handed and lamenting his luck, the Exeter City staff got him a free ticket to the match against Lincoln City. The Barça fan didn’t get to see his team, but at least he got to experience the atmosphere of a classic British stadium and will have a story to tell for the rest of his life. 

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

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