Superfan Tracey Marsden has had to quit her job and fly more than 2,000 miles to watch her beloved Bradford Bulls in Super League Grand Final action this weekend.

The 36-year-old will be jetting in from her home in Gran Canaria for Saturday's record-breaking showdown against Wigan.

Tracey, a fan for 28 years, has shelled out more than £400 in air fares to be at Old Trafford.

She's among the thousands of fans who have snapped up tickets for the fastest-selling final in history.

Speaking from her home on the sunshine holiday island, she told the Telegraph & Argus: "There is no way I would miss this. Not for anything. We moved here in July and I miss the Bulls so much.

"My friends text me the scores and I go to bars to watch them on Sky.

"I am known as that mad Bradford supporter. I go crazy watching them and shout a lot.

"I tried to get time off in the perfume shop where I work to come but they wouldn't let me and as I am new I have had to pack it in."

She will be travelling tomorrow with partner John Whitehead and returning to the Canaries on Monday.

Both her parents and grandparents supported Bradford Northern, as the club was known, as she was growing up in Baildon.

Before she emigrated her pals arranged for her to meet the players at Odsal as a farewell present and a picture of her with Jamie Peacock is a treasured possession.

Full back Keith Mumby from the seventies is her all-time favourite player.

Tracey, who worked for a financial advisers inHarrogate, added: "We moved to Gran Canaria because we had had great holidays, the skies are always blue and its is 20C at 8am in the morning.

"But I miss the Bulls matches so much. I went to every home and away game before we moved here.

"When I get back I shall have to look for a new job - sharpish."

The ticket office at Odsal has been under siege since they went on sale and only a few, odd singles remain.

Carole Hirst, from the club, said: "People will sit behind each other rather than miss the match.

"It has been manic. I have never known the tickets go so fast. It is virtually a sell-out now which we have never had before. Some people have been buying up to 20 at a time. The interest is huge. You play all season for this match and the prestige that comes with it is huge.

"We have not had time to breathe. We have not stopped."

A spokesman at the Rugby Football League said it was already a record-breaking match with more than 62,000 tickets sold to date.

The previous highest attendance was more than 61,000 for last year's Grand Final.

The spokesman said it was heading for a sell-out.