A football fan facing a £400 train ticket to watch Doncaster Rovers got there for £33 by taking a tram, two trains and two flights - but it did take him 11 hours. Jack Peat, 36, tries to see his hometown team as often as possible since moving to London in 2012, and wanted to see them face Barrow AFC away.
Faced with a £389 on open return train ticket to Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, he decided to look for alternatives. He managed to get there for £32.70 - but it involved a journey of many legs.
He got a tram from Beckenham Road to East Croydon for £2.50 at 6.45am yesterday morning (Tuesday), and a train from East Croydon to Gatwick Airport for £5.90 at 7.30am. He boarded a flight from Gatwick to Dublin for £10 at 9.30am and then took another from Dublin to Manchester for €9 (£7.80) at 1.50pm.
