GREAT CROSS..ALL WAY ACROSS SEA

Dad & son find Irish U12 team's ball on Welsh beach

- LAUREN BEAVIS

A FAMILY in Wales discovered a football that washed up nearly 130km from its team's home in Ireland after floating across the Irish Sea.

Andrew Jones and his son, Celyn, 12, were "very surprised" to discover the ball on the small beach Porth y Nant, in Nant Gwrtheryn, on Easter Sunday.

Andrew, who runs the local Pengraig Campsite, said: "I saw a football right by my feet, and kicked it across the beach to my son.

"He's a 12-year-old boy, so of course he loves football!"