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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Helen Pidd North of England editor

Red, blue and buzzing: excitement builds in Manchester for FA Cup final

Two meen grinning as they pose for a picture shot through the glass food didplay cabinet of a fish and chip shop containing pies
Bobby and Sal Parekh, proprietors of the Maine Road Cafe: ‘We can’t get tickets now for love nor money.’ Photograph: Joel Goodman/The Guardian

When Manchester United play Manchester City for the first time in an FA Cup final on Saturday, few fans at Wembley will have travelled as far as Leon Labko to witness the Manc-Manc showdown.

A native of Melbourne, Australia, it took the 78-year-old 25 hours to fly in for the match, undeterred by having experienced heart failure three times on previous flights to watch his beloved United.

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