"A group of 12 avid Manchester City fans have proved their dedication by hiring a 72-foot fishing trawler to take them to this week's UEFA Cup qualifier in the Faroe Islands - 26 hours by sea - after being priced out of flying.

And such dedication has earned the dozen supporters sponsorship from football magazine FourFourTwo - who are providing beer for the entire journey.

The epic journey will start from with a drive from Manchester to Aberdeen before embarking on a 12-hour overnight ferry to Lerwick on the Shetland Islands.

Leighton Gobbett & Co will spend over two days on board the Three Sisters

From there, The Three Sisters - fully kitted out for deep sea divers with 14 sleeping compartments, a kitchen, toilet and shower - will set sail for Torshavn in the Faroe Islands in potentially rough seas and arrive Thursday, the day of the game against EB Streymu.
They will return by trawler on Sunday.

The group, led by exhibition organiser Leighton Gobbett are all aged between 25-40 and follow idols City everywhere. "

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1035337/Twelve-Manchester-City-fans-Three-Sisters-willing-carry-Faroe-Islands--UEFA-Cup-qualifier.html

Wonder how they'll be getting to Barnsley for the return leg?

They've been held up in Scotland due to bad weather, apparently. Five metre high waves have meant their trawler (not ferry) can't leave port.

I've actually been to Torshavn. We went there when I was in my early teens to just get away from everything, and we had to sail from Aberdeen to Lerwick too.

There wasn't much to do, but we did go in early spring, so it was nice and cold (I hate hot weather), and the nights were still long, so I got some spectacular dark nights for stargazing. Well, when it wasn't sleeting, anyway.

They've been flown there.