We've BEAN delayed! Nightmare for Ebbsfleet fans in 600-mile round trip to Barrow after lorryload of baked beans spills on motorway forcing kick-off back to 9PM



Hats off to the 10 hardy Ebbsfleet United fans who braved a 600-mile round trip, a baked bean accident on the M6 and freezing conditions to watch the Blue Square Bet Premier relegation battle with Barrow.



Kick-off was delayed by 90 minutes after a lorry crashed and shed its load of baked beans onto the carriageway, extending the lengthy five-and-a-half hour journey even further.

The team coach travelling up from Kent was held up in huge queues on the motorway near Newton-le-Willows in Merseyside, meaning the match didn't finish until 11pm.



Hardy souls: The Ebbsfleet fans made a mammoth journey to watch their team play Barrow

Fleet manager Liam Daish said he finally returned home at 8.30am this morning.



'I'm not full of beans at the moment,' the former Birmingham defender told BBC Radio 5 live. 'It was unbelievable.



'We just got really snagged up in traffic. First, we got caught on the M25. Then the second jam was caused by baked beans. You couldn't make it up.



'I live on the south coast, and I left my house (on Wednesday) at 8.30 to get to Kent to join up with the squad.



You've bean framed: The spillage happened on the M6 in Merseyside yesterday morning

'We travelled through the night to get back, and I walked through my front door at about 8.30 this morning. I've been on the go for 24 hours.'



With three vital survival points up for grabs, the Ebbsfleet fans were not deterred and made themselves head heard - drum and megaphone in tow - at Holker Street.



The match finished one-all, the visitors had a man sent off with 10 minutes to go and both teams remain rooted in the bottom three.