A friend of a writer on satirical news website TheSpoof.com, once travelled from Hull to Torquay to attend a football match, only to arrive fifteen minutes after the game had finished, says a report from a pub Up North.
Maurice Flood, 18, was the unfortunate traveller who made the mammoth 317-mile journey from Hull to the South coast back in 1981, having hitch-hiked the entire distance with another friend.
Flood rolled up to the Plainmoor ground after his beloved Tigers had suffered a 2-1 defeat, and immediately boarded one of the coaches heading home, but not before the Bingo Enthusiasts had indulged in a spot of Freestyle Landscape Gardening around the sleepy Devon town's shopping and bar areas.
Police said they were looking for upwards of 100 "Northern yobs" who caused a lot of distress amongst locals, but, of course, never found them.
Flood still lives in Hull, where he is still late for his tea, most nights.
* The subject of this story died in November 2017. Much respect to him.
