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One lucky Arsenal fan is heading to Wembley on Saturday after his grandma discovered a pair of match tickets for the FA Cup final while walking her dog on Wednesday morning.
The FA attached two matchday passes to a weather balloon and launched the comeptition parcel from the middle of Wembley's pitch at 6am yesterday.
The balloon travelled around 29km into the atmosphere before bursting and falling back to earth. The FA tracked the tickets and posted updates to their Twitter feed before it was announced they had landed 70 miles away from the national stadium, in Kent.
Just minutes later it emerged that George Lamb, a 19-year-old Arsenal fan from Broad Oak, was heading to Wembley after his grandmother discovered the tickets while taking her dog for a morning walk.
Arsenal's route to the FA Cup Final
He said: “When I woke up this morning the idea of going to the FA Cup Final hadn’t crossed my mind. Now, thanks to my grandma finding the tickets, I’m going on the ultimate adventure to Wembley on Saturday, although I’m sure the tickets’ adventure to space is certainly a close second!
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FACupFinal?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-38376-https://twitter.com/hashtag/FACupFinal?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#FACupFinal</a> tickets have landed safely in Kent after an <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FACupAdventure?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-38376-https://twitter.com/hashtag/FACupAdventure?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#FACupAdventure</a> to top them all!!! <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/44C4ROfaCN" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-38376-http://t.co/44C4ROfaCN" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/44C4ROfaCN</a>— The FA (@FA) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/FA/status/603502253635428352" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-38376-https://twitter.com/FA/status/603502253635428352" data-vars-event-id="c23">May 27, 2015</a>
"This will be my first time to Wembley and I’ve got butterflies at the prospect of it.”
Lucy Roberts-Hartley, Marketing Manager for The FA Cup, said: "This season’s competition has truly been one to remember - on and off the pitch. The Cup has travelled to the South Pole and on the pitch we’ve seen some of the most memorable matches in FA Cup history.
“Sending the final pair of tickets into space is a great way to finish the off-pitch adventure, we hope George enjoys an out-of-this-world match on Saturday.”
