The team jets off for Hungary. A die hard fan travels to the game - and there's no sign of James or indeed any fan with the official party..
— Jonno Turner (@jonnot) July 19, 2016
Rumours start to circulate on the message board. Where is James, is he ok? Questions are raised to the club…
— Jonno Turner (@jonnot) July 19, 2016
Next communication from the club: James was too ill to travel. Hmm. #prayforhiggins begins to trend…
— Jonno Turner (@jonnot) July 19, 2016
Poor James. Very unfortunate. Some might say convenient. Then the club said anyone who'd bought a ticket could be refunded if they asked…
— Jonno Turner (@jonnot) July 19, 2016
Why? asked the fans. Why would they offer a refund on a legit raffle draw, just cos the winner fell ill?
— Jonno Turner (@jonnot) July 19, 2016
Social media searches failed to throw up any mention of James. Meanwhile, the club deleted the illness story from the website…
— Jonno Turner (@jonnot) July 19, 2016
Here it is, by the way… pic.twitter.com/YASFnI9L2G
— Jonno Turner (@jonnot) July 19, 2016
Finally, after all of this was spiraling out of control, the club's director and company secretary Ashley Carson released a statement acknowledging the whole fiasco and appearing to confirm the suspicion that the club just invented a supporter to avoid embarrassment and figured no one was going to miss some £50. Carson says they were provided false information:Supporters becoming a bit frustrated at this point. It *appears* the club charged £10 a pop, made about £50 so decided to scrap the idea
— Jonno Turner (@jonnot) July 19, 2016