Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Stuck for where to celebrate a friend’s birthday, fans turned to football scores

A group of lads from Derby ended up on a night out 140 miles away from home in Reading after using Saturday's football results to decide the destination for a double birthday celebration.

Norton Ahlfros-Hunt and his friends decided to travel to the town or city whose team scored the first league goal in the day's 15:00 kick-offs.

When Reading opened the scoring against Brighton after two minutes the group of eight set out for the Berkshire town.

"We had the best night", Norton said.

The friends gathered in a pub in Belper to watch the scores come in on TV and John Swift's goal for Reading beat a Burnley goal against Liverpool by seconds - sending the lads south rather than north.

The Reading revellers began their evening out in the town by posing for some photographs outside the Madejski Stadium - which by then was empty.

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption The lads were excited to hear their challenge would take them to Reading on a night out

Image copyright Norton Ahlfros-Hunt Image caption The group of eight embarked on a 140-mile journey from Belper to Reading

The 'Derby lad' trip to Reading Saturday, August 20 14:00 The lads meet at a pub in Belper

15:02 Reading score the first goal

15:05 The lads leave Belper and begin their 140-mile journey to Reading

18:15 The lads arrive at Madejski Stadium in Reading

19:30 They check into the hotel and get ready for their night out Norton Ahlfros-Hunt

Norton said: "It could have been anywhere - well almost. We decided it would have to be outside of the M25.

"We would have never normally have gone to Reading. Being from Derby, it would have been very unlikely that the group of us would have gone there for a night out at anytime."

Image copyright Norton Ahlfors-Hunt Image caption With over 50 nightclubs and bars in Reading, the group of men in their 20s had plenty of lively locations to choose from

With over 50 nightclubs and bars in Reading, the group of men in their 20s had plenty of lively locations to choose from.

If they had set their challenge a week earlier they would have ended up in the army town of Aldershot, Hampshire.