Soccer fan who vanished while traveling to World Cup found in pub 10 days later ‘blissfully unaware of search’
He lost his phone during a layover in Spain and decided to hit the bars of Barcelona to watch the World Cup matches while his family launched an all-out search for him.
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World News Soccer fan who vanished while traveling to World Cup found in pub 10 days later ‘blissfully unaware of search’ By Zoe Hussain Published July 2, 2026, 11:26 p.m. ET (function() { var overlay = document.getElementById("nyp-player-lcp-overlay"); if (!overlay) { return; } function hideOverlay() { overlay.remove(); } function afterDCL() { requestAnimationFrame(hideOverlay); } if (document.readyState === "loading") { document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", afterDCL, { once: true }); } else { afterDCL(); } })(); See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google An England soccer fan who vanished while traveling to the US for the World Cup was found safe in Spain — “blissfully unaware” of his family’s anguished search for him.
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