ONLY HERE FOR THE BEER

Who said the World Cup is just an excuse for a booze-up. Just ask the Welsh fans who flocked to Tenerife to support their team, even though the Spanish island is further from Qatar than Cardiff.

The strange exodus was sparked by Bethany Evans, 25, who was eager to mark her country’s first qualification for the finals since 1958. But the steep price of going to Qatar and of alcohol there put her off.

So she suggested Tenerife as an alternative on Twitter “as a joke”, and the idea snowballed.

Last week, travelling Welsh fans packed out pubs on the holiday island to watch their team go out to arch-rivals England.

“I really thought it was just going to be me and a few friends, so this is absolutely incredible,” Evans told AFP