Football fans have travelled for hours amid ongoing train strikes to watch the FA Cup final, with a sports journalist from Oxfordshire calling it "vindictive".

Around 12,000 members of the train drivers’ union Aslef have taken part in the mass walkout, with 15 rail companies affected.

The industrial action took place on a busy day for London, with the FA Cup final between Manchester City and Manchester United at Wembley and the Epsom Derby, as well as other sporting and music events, including a Beyonce concert.

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A football writer and fan from south Oxfordshire who was given a two-hour lift from a friend to Wembley has said rail workers striking on the day of the FA Cup final is “vindictive”.

Journalist Phil Annets, an FA Cup expert who has written in the official programme for Saturday’s match, set off from his home in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell at 10am, arriving just after midday before his friend turned around to drive back.

Talking to PA, the 58-year-old, who was born in Manchester but is a neutral for the derby said: “I appreciate that they’ve got concerns but the people that are suffering are not those that are involved in helping them get to what they want – they’re targeting the wrong people."

“I think it’s just vindictive from the strikers to try and impact as many people as possible.

“Ask any player or fan of any club, they will tell you that the FA Cup is special.”

Mr Annets does not know how he will get home from Wembley after the game, hoping to get the tube “as far as (he) can” before organising a lift back to South Oxfordshire, stating: “I’ll worry about getting home after the game.”