Plymouth Argyle fans take pet cat to the football as she was too ill to be left alone
A FOOTIE-MAD family who went to watch their beloved Plymouth Argyle take on giants Liverpool took their sick cat with them - because the pet was too sick to be home alone.
The Braunds travelled up to the highly anticipated FA Cup 3rd Round clash Lily Moonshine in tow, who was too poorly to stay at home by itself.
The eleven-year-old moggy almost died on New Year's Eve when her diabetes spiralled out of control and she was finally stabilised the day before Sunday's match.
The family from Tideford, Cornwall, said they couldn't leave her at home as Lily needed regular insulin injections, but they didn't want to miss the game.
She was so brilliant
Penny Braund, Lily's owner said: "We hired a minibus for six of us and [took] Lily in her cat box, [and] drove up to Stoke where we stayed the night in a Holiday Inn.
"We then continued to Anfield on Sunday, giving her injections in the back of the van. She was so brilliant.
"Unfortunately we couldn't get her a ticket for the actual match so we left her safely in her box in the minibus under the careful eye of the lovely Liverpudlian car park men.
"She had a good kip while the match took place and then we wound our weary but extremely happy way home."
Lily proved to be a lucky mascot for the team as they earned a 0-0 draw to secure a reply at Home Park next week.