WE ALL HAVE our own match-day preferences and rituals.

Whether it be sitting in the middle seat at the back of the bus, tying your bootlaces in a particular way or making sure to have your pre-match meal (or pints) in the same venue, a good plan and a good routine is often essential for maximum enjoyment of live sport.

Sometimes though, things don’t go exactly according to plan.

Sometimes, you have to think on the hoof and change your logistical plans into something resembling an over-ambitious Wacky Races plot-line.

These guys wanted to see Munster face the All Blacks so bad, they called in the air corps…

YouTube credit: StarbarDee

And remember Jose Mourinho commandeered a laundry basket to aid Chelsea’s Champions League quest?

Madness.

Getting around is never easy for Mario. Luca Bruno/AP/Press Association Images

So, dear readers, tell us the story of the bizarre, weird and downright odd methods you’ve employed to go that extra mile in support of your team. It can be a roundabout way of getting to the field of play, or an audacious maneuver to sneak through the turnstiles (not that we condone that sort of thing). Whatever it is, we want to hear about it.

Bonus (metaphorical) pats on the back and (actual) thumbs up for the best traveler’s tale.

Why were some Cork hurlers over an hour late for match against Clare in February?