A video game fanatic who travelled more than 1,000 miles for a football match achieved his "dream" of seeing his adopted club play in the flesh on Saturday.
Italian Andrea Lai has been playing the Football Manager series for almost 20 years and one day chose Coleraine Football Club, at random, as his new team to manage.
Last week, Lai traveled from Italy to Northern Ireland to see the Bannsiders play their final league game of the season as they pipped Glentoran to second place and a European spot.
He had first played as the club seven years ago and has won a heap of virtual silverware since.
Lai is from Imola in Italy and supports Bologna alongside Coleraine.
