[Albion] Team Bus/Coach

[Official Old Man]

Why do we not have a team coach, as in the thing with 4 or 6 wheels, all decorated with BHA on the side?
The team use Kings Ferry for transport from hotel to home or away ground and aircraft to away matches but there must be a whole host of backroom staff who use a coach for away games. And with blacked out windows, it could be the Pope inside or the cleaner, no one would know.
I saw the Borussia Dortmund coach on the M40 Tuesday and guess it's been driven over for Saturday at great expence.
ps. Just seen Real fans had a Barca emblazed plane today.

 

[Withdean11]

We sold it to Chelsea.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

What actual benefit is gained by having a club liveried coach (or TWO coaches, as lots of the away teams at the Amex seem to have)?

Seems rather pointless to me.

 

[dolphins]

Maybe also unliveried as a security thing? There's LOADS of coaches driving around all the time, for all sorts of reasons. A football club's coach if obvious could be a target for the nutters and knuckle draggers.*


* cf Palace fans vandalising their own team's coach.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Not that an uncommon thing to see BHAFC-liveried buses around town. Most of them are double-deckers tho

 

[B-right-on]

The only detailed club coach I've seen at the Amex is Citeh. They've got 2.

Liverpool, Man U had generic luxury coaches.

They're always parked outside the NW corner.

 

[Gazwag]

Why do we not have a team coach, as in the thing with 4 or 6 wheels, all decorated with BHA on the side?

I saw the Borussia Dortmund coach on the M40 Tuesday and guess it's been driven over for Saturday at great expence.

I think you have answered your own question

 

[Guinness Boy]

What actual benefit is gained by having a club liveried coach (or TWO coaches, as lots of the away teams at the Amex seem to have)?

Seems rather pointless to me.

So that Burnley fans know which one to throw bricks at.

 

[jessiejames]

All extra cost involved. Just like lorries they are MOT at 1 year old vehicle off road for 5 days basic cost £550 without and defects , PMI (safety inspection) every 6 weeks basic cost £140 each inspection, storage of coach when not used, transport manager, CPC and operators licence and Driver wages etc. Easier to use top of the range company.

 

[Knocky's Nose]

Not that an uncommon thing to see BHAFC-liveried buses around town. Most of them are double-deckers tho

Can we not use those? Two birds with one stone, and much cheaper. Injured players could get a disabled discount and Welbeck could get an OAP pass!

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

So that Burnley fans know which one to throw bricks at.

Bugger you beat me to it, although I was going to say "So Palace fans spray paint the right coach next time".

 

[dazzer6666]

The only detailed club coach I've seen at the Amex is Citeh. They've got 2.

Liverpool, Man U had generic luxury coaches.

They're always parked outside the NW corner.

Liverpool definitely have their own liveried coach and have done for a few seasons.

Can’t find it at the moment but pretty sure Barber answered this once before - seem to recall him basically saying it wasn’t anywhere near cost-effective. The Liverpool/City coaches are driven down to Brighton pretty much empty while the players fly down, just to take them from the Marina/ESGC or wherever they are staying to the Amex.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Can I book a ticket to Japan on it?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Liverpool definitely have their own liveried coach and have done for a few seasons.

Can’t find it at the moment but pretty sure Barber answered this once before - seem to recall him basically saying it wasn’t anywhere near cost-effective. The Liverpool/City coaches are driven down to Brighton pretty much empty while the players fly down, just to take them from the Marina/ESGC or wherever they are staying to the Amex.

Indeed - an absolute nonsense from a cost and environmental perspective, just for a bit of brand awareness / vanity.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Not that an uncommon thing to see BHAFC-liveried buses around town. Most of them are double-deckers tho

Just amuses me to think of multi millionaire footballers with their massive egos being forced to travel on a . . . Brighton bus.

 

[US Seagull]

Seems a bit tin pot to me. Below us.

Tried a few mock ups:

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG3.nOKO05YBolEn4YkwIjai?w=270&h=270&c=6&r=0&o=5&dpr=1.3&pid=ImgGn

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG3.p3eM.glug46eImTM_AvP?w=270&h=270&c=6&r=0&o=5&dpr=1.3&pid=ImgGn

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG3.e00hYnWH5VoACrPk61DH?w=270&h=270&c=6&r=0&o=5&dpr=1.3&pid=ImgGn

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG3.bD0zy0u2j.antojhfVIl?w=270&h=270&c=6&r=0&o=5&dpr=1.3&pid=ImgGn

Pretty sure those massive seagull logos on the windscreen wouldn't pass the MOT

 

[A1X]

The only detailed club coach I've seen at the Amex is Citeh. They've got 2.

Liverpool, Man U had generic luxury coaches.

They're always parked outside the NW corner.

Liverpool definitely had their own branded coach last season

 

[Weststander]

Always breaks down on the final run in to trips.

 

[dazzer6666]

Liverpool definitely had their own branded coach last season

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They’ve had that one since 2017

 

[studio150]

Similarly why does PBOBE drive around in a plain car with a personalised number plate, rather than a car in Brighton colours and the club badge on the bonnet