Of all the things you can roast , matchday tickets for a Championship match do not normally come high up on the list . However a Norwich City fan was left stunned when he noticed his mum had accidentally roasted 16 tickets for the Canaries ' upcoming match against Brighton . Mikey Knights ' mum put the tickets , worth £500 , into the oven along with a chicken on Tuesday as she prepared dinner for her son . Mikey Knights ' mum roasted 16 matchday tickets for Norwich 's Championship match against Brighton . Mr Knights was left stunned when he noticed his mum had roasted matchday tickets worth £500 . The tickets for Norwich 's away match against Brighton on April 3 came out black and unreadable after being in the oven for approximately 40 minutes . Luckily for Mr Knights , Brighton have agreed to reprint the tickets in time for the league match at the Amex Stadium . ' I went round for tea on Tuesday and my mum asked me if I was in a good mood . I said `` yes '' , ' Knights told the BBC . 'Then I was told the football tickets had got roasted . There were the tickets , roasting away nicely . I thought it was a wind-up at first , but then I opened the envelope and the 16 tickets were inside , all black . 'There would n't usually be this many tickets to cook , but as the match is on Good Friday more people wanted to come along . ' I 've already got my train tickets , but it 's a good job those did n't go to my mum 's address . She might have put them in for afters . ' Championship promotion hopefuls Norwich face Brighton at the Amex Stadium on April 3 .
Norwich mum put tickets into oven while preparing dinner . Matchday tickets worth £500 came out black and unreadable . Brighton have agreed to reprint tickets for Mikey Knights ' 's game at the Amex .