‘Behave, or cops will nab your ticket’
BRITS are set to go on a beer and barbecue spending frenzy to celebrate one of the UK’s biggest ever sporting weekends.
Pubs expect to sell around two million extra pints during Saturday’s Champions League final between Tottenham and Liverpool.
Tens of thousands of fans have defied sky-high travel costs and a lack of tickets to make the trip to Madrid for the match.
But those not going, as well as millions of neutrals, will stock up on beer, snacks and barbecue food to watch at home on one of the hottest days of the year so far.
“Super Saturday” also boasts the Derby, two Cricket World Cup games and the Premiership Rugby final at Twickenham.
And bookmakers hope to take £100million of bets as punters lap up the action, topped off by heavyweight boxing king Anthony Joshua’s fight with Andy Ruiz Jr in New York.
Tesco reckons one million packs of sausages, half-a-million packs of burgers and three million cans of beer will fly off the shelves. Natalie Bastow, from the supermarket chain, said: “We’re expecting shoppers to make Cricket World Cup, at Cardiff 1.30pm Cricket World Cup, at Bristol AFGHANISTAN v AUSTRALIA
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Boxing THE UK’S top football cop has told fans going to the Champions League final: “Behave or your ticket will be seized.”
The first wave of more than 70,000 Liverpool and Tottenham supporters arrived in Madrid yesterday. And Det much as £6million, in a welcome boost to the struggling industry.
Thousands of fans last night brought a carnival atmosphere to Madrid ahead of the first all-English Champions League final since Manchester United beat Chelsea in Moscow in 2008. Tottenham-mad Daniel Tennent, 19, booked his flights Chief Con Mark Roberts – the national would face “robust” action. Mr Roberts lead for football policing – revealed an said: “Local laws allow police to seize operation had been launched to stop tickets from anyone misbehaving.” troublemakers getting to the game. More than 4,700 Spanish cops as
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