With three days to go before the FA Cup final between Arsenal and Aston Villa, organisers had two tickets remaining. SO they did what any sane person would do in that situation – they sent them into space.
The tickets were attached to a balloon and launched from the centre circle at Wembley at 6am today, reaching the edge of the earth’s atmosphere at a height of 29km.
All the while, the FA was giving updates to the whereabouts of the tickets via Twitter using GPS signals – then, as they plummeted back down to earth, the scramble was on to find them.
They eventually landed in the village of Broad Oak in Kent and were found by Arsenal fan George Lamb.
Our GPS tracker tells us the #FACupFinal tickets are falling from this point (51.1720, 0.2943) #FACupAdventure pic.twitter.com/2OXhFTuxeh
— The FA (@FA) May 27, 2015
The 19-year-old said: “When I woke up this morning the idea of going to The FA Cup Final hadn’t crossed my mind. Now I’m going on the ultimate adventure to Wembley.”
These must be the most well-travelled FA Cup final tickets ever.
Source: SNAPPA
