A football lost during a game in Scotland has turned up in Norway

Thursday 13 April 2017 09:36, UK

A football lost during a Scottish club game has been discovered more than 1,000 miles away in Norway.

Banks O' Dee Football Club U19s in Aberdeen thought the ball was gone for good after it was kicked over a fence during a game at their home ground.

Managers from the amateur team were astonished when they received an email saying it had been discovered on the Norwegian island of Vanna.

It is thought to have floated down the nearby River Dee in Aberdeen, into the North Sea and onto the island.

The beachcomber who found the ball tracked down the owners from the club's name scrawled in pen on the side of it.

Banks O' Dee secretary Tom Ewan said: "It's the Norse saga of the long distance football."

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