Soccer fan has whole home section of stadium to himself after police banned certain postal codes

A shot instrumentality had nan full location extremity of a stadium to himself aft constabulary banned anyone pinch definite postal codes.

Steven Faughnan, 36, from Scotland, supports Italian broadside Atalanta and watched them triumph 3-0 against Napoli connected Sunday – each while sitting connected his own.

Police rules meant he had nan full location conception of Stadio Diego Armando Maradona to himself.

Due to nationalist information concerns, anyone pinch a Lombardy postcode had been barred from buying tickets to nan lucifer – but Steven, pinch his Edinburgh address, was capable to unafraid his seat.

Steven said he was alert of nan unsocial business earlier buying a summons – and says he tried to support nan location broadside tone live contempt nan quiet seats.

“I knew it mightiness beryllium difficult to get a summons for Napoli fixed nan erstwhile restrictions but thought I would recreation complete anyway,” said Steven.

“I sewage fortunate I was capable to bargain a summons and was treated to a awesome Atalanta performance. It’s conscionable sad that life agelong fans from Bergamo could not acquisition it live.”

“I had this week booked disconnected from activity for nan past 6 months pinch nan volition of going to immoderate games that Atalanta were playing.”

“It was an astonishing acquisition being a solo distant instrumentality successful specified a large stadium. I did effort to make immoderate sound but it was difficult!”

Steven became a instrumentality of nan squad aft gathering Atalanta fans astatine a Hibernian crippled successful 2016 – and since then, Steven and partner Lauren person go regular visitors to Bergamo.

“I became willing successful Atalanta astir 2016 erstwhile a mini group of Atalanta fans came and stood pinch maine and my friends astatine a Hibernian game,” said Steven.

“I past sewage successful touch pinch 1 of nan lads, Giulio, erstwhile maine and Lauren were going connected vacation successful Milan.”He managed to thief america get tickets for nan crippled v Roma – nan opening lucifer of nan 2017 season, 1-0 defeat.”

That was america hooked, loved nan city, nan people, nan shot and nan astonishing ambiance successful and astir nan stadium.

“I’ve been to astir 24 Atalanta games since past and met truthful galore bully group who are ever truthful helpful.”

Steven has now travelled to Germany to watch nan distant crippled astatine Stuttgart, and says he and Lauren will return to Bergamo astatine nan play for nan team’s crippled against nan Udinese.

“For maine pursuing Atalanta is astir much than winning trophies – though that was astonishing successful Dublin – it’s astir nan relationship nan nine person to it’s metropolis and supporters.

“It’s dissimilar thing I person seen before, which is what sewage maine hooked!”