"Just came across this in the Sun in August" = "I was desperatley hunting for this and I found it"
Why is this eating you up so much?
Here's the story by the way. No claims of making it up from scratch.
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/7-year-old-coventry-city-22278781
If anyone was arrogant that day, it was the Spurs fans. There were some in front of us, and at half time (they were 2-1 up), they were having a sweep on how many more they would score.
I don't think anyone is disputing they get tickets as I know that the Nuneaton & Bedworth Supporters club get them too. I think the bone of contention is how many, and I'd say that it is nowhere near a third of them.
Just cos you 'hear' something, it might be worth evaluating whether it could possibly be true or not (which this clearly isn't), before putting it out as a fact. People then believe what you say then and it all snowballs out of hand.