A DEDICATED Bolton fan flew 6,000 miles to see his team lose at Wembley, weeks after making the same journey only for the game to be abandoned.
Unlucky Andy Bebbington has now spent £1,650 and travelled 24,000 miles to see Wanderers not score a goal.
But Andy, 36, who works as an English teacher in China, says it was worth it and would do it again. He said: "If I was there on my own I would say the journey wasn't worth it.
"But, I have been with my family all day and we're about to go out for dinner soon. My dad isn't getting any younger this might be one of the last chances we get to be at Wembley together. It was worth it but only just.
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