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| Norwich City fan's dog eats play-off tickets | Norwich City fan's dog eats play-off tickets |
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| A football fan was left in panic after his dog ate three tickets for his club's Championship play-off final. | A football fan was left in panic after his dog ate three tickets for his club's Championship play-off final. |
| Norwich City fan Matt Grimmer from Bradwell discovered Freddie the cockapoo had chewed up part of the tickets for Monday's game against Middlesbrough at Wembley. | Norwich City fan Matt Grimmer from Bradwell discovered Freddie the cockapoo had chewed up part of the tickets for Monday's game against Middlesbrough at Wembley. |
| "The barcode which you use to go through the gates at Wembley was totally defaced," he said. | "The barcode which you use to go through the gates at Wembley was totally defaced," he said. |
| Norwich City have re-printed the tickets for him and two of his sons. | Norwich City have re-printed the tickets for him and two of his sons. |
| Mr Grimmer, 41, will now be able to go to the game and see if his side can win to reach the Premier League. | Mr Grimmer, 41, will now be able to go to the game and see if his side can win to reach the Premier League. |
| 'Not a rival' | 'Not a rival' |
| He had put the tickets in what he thought was a safe place, so they would not get mixed up with the recycling. | He had put the tickets in what he thought was a safe place, so they would not get mixed up with the recycling. |
| But two-year-old Freddie "obviously got a smell of them", he said, "he's a typical cockapoo" (a cross between a poodle and a cocker spaniel). | |
| "He's full of life and energy and if he sees something he'll go for it and have a play and obviously he saw the tickets and the rest is history," he said. | "He's full of life and energy and if he sees something he'll go for it and have a play and obviously he saw the tickets and the rest is history," he said. |
| "He chewed the edges and had actually eaten some of the tickets. | "He chewed the edges and had actually eaten some of the tickets. |
| "My season tickets were with them as well and we thought he might have had one of those, but we found that underneath the rug." | "My season tickets were with them as well and we thought he might have had one of those, but we found that underneath the rug." |
| Mr Grimmer said the dog was born in Norfolk and not Suffolk and so could not have an allegiance to rivals Ipswich Town. | Mr Grimmer said the dog was born in Norfolk and not Suffolk and so could not have an allegiance to rivals Ipswich Town. |
| "It happened to a QPR fan last year [and they won] so the omen is there for us to do it again this year - we will win 2-1," he said. | "It happened to a QPR fan last year [and they won] so the omen is there for us to do it again this year - we will win 2-1," he said. |
| Canaries fans have had ticket disasters before - earlier this year Mikey Knights' mother accidentally cooked 16 tickets he had bought for a match at Brighton. | Canaries fans have had ticket disasters before - earlier this year Mikey Knights' mother accidentally cooked 16 tickets he had bought for a match at Brighton. |