Supporters have been desperately clamouring for match tickets and flights to Turkey and paying through the nose – but the chance to see their side lift the Holy Grail of European football is priceless, they say.
Jerseyman Lee Bonass has already witnessed his side conquer Juventus in Turin and Chelsea at Anfield this season, so he was certainly not going to miss the club’s most important final in 20 years.
‘I’ve paid £400 for a final ticket, but you couldn’t really put a price on it – especially if we win,’ he said.
‘And it’s cost me nearly £400 again to get there.
But I tell you something, it was cheaper to get from London to Turkey than from Jersey to Heathrow!’ The club’s last European Cup Final in 1985 ended in tragedy as 39 Juventus fans were crushed to death after Liverpool fans had charged the opposing stand and a wall collapsed in a patently unsafe Heysel stadium.
