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Fervent soccer followers might nicely count on camaraderie and boisterous chanting from the terraces of packed stadia.
However one Scot discovered himself fully alone within the away finish of a match in Italy’s Serie A league that includes Napoli V Atalanta.
Steven Faughnan travelled from his Edinburgh dwelling to look at the match in Naples however discovered himself having to create his personal environment after police banned anybody with sure postcodes attending.
The 36-year-old helps Atalanta, which relies in Bergamo, Lombardy, and watched them win 3-0 in opposition to Napoli on Sunday – all whereas sitting on his personal.
Steven Faughnan was the one fan allowed into the away finish on the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples
The 36-year-old Atalanta fan loved his aspect beating their hosts by three targets
The authorities banned anybody with a Lombardy postcode from attending
Police guidelines meant he had your complete away part of Stadio Diego Armando Maradona to himself.
Resulting from public security considerations, anybody with a Lombardy postcode had been barred from shopping for tickets to the match – however Mr Faughnan used his Edinburgh tackle to get his seat.
There’s a historical past of violence between ultras teams of each golf equipment.
Mr Faughan stated he was conscious of the distinctive scenario earlier than shopping for a ticket – and says he tried to maintain the house aspect spirit alive regardless of the empty seats.
Scenes from the final time Atalanta travelled to Napoli
He added: ‘I bought fortunate I used to be capable of purchase a ticket and was handled to a beautiful Atalanta efficiency. It’s simply unhappy that life lengthy followers from Bergamo couldn’t expertise it stay.
‘I had this week booked off from work for the final 6 months with the intention of going to any video games that Atalanta have been enjoying.
‘It was an incredible expertise being a solo away fan in such an enormous stadium. I did attempt to make some noise nevertheless it was tough!’ He turned a fan of the staff after assembly followers at a Hibernian recreation in 2016 – and since then, he and associate Lauren have change into common guests to Bergamo.
The fan added: ‘I’ve been to round 24 Atalanta video games and met so many good people who find themselves all the time so useful.’
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