Wise Words for You

On the 29th May 1985, the Heysel Stadium disaster changed the immediate future of English football. Pressure mounted on UEFA to do something drastic, and just two days later the governing body banned English clubs from European competition for ‘an indeterminate period of time’. This period would end up being 5 years for all English clubs and 6 years for Liverpool. So, it got me thinking; Who exactly missed out on European competition during that 5 year period and how far could they have gone? Prior to the ban, England were ranked first in the UEFA coefficient ranking because of the performances of English clubs over the five previous seasons. This meant that England were always guaranteed one place in the European Cup (League champions), one place in the European Cup-Winners Cup (FA Cup winners), and at least 4 places in the UEFA Cup (3 next highest positions in the League and 1 for the League Cup winners). It’s an incredible ‘what if?’ spell for English clubs as some of the best and m...

201 is now back from refurbishment and repaint, and is nearly ready to return to service. It becomes the highest-spec member of the generic silver fleet with a number of very exciting one-off trial features: * high definition destination displays * interior & exterior colour lighting system for route branding * kerbside logo projector when doors open * extended interior refurbishment, including under-seat lighting and trimmed sidewalls We are very committed to our brightly coloured route brands, and want to strengthen them further when one of silver spare vehicles (that cover all routes) have to be used to cover for maintenance. The coloured lighting on the inside and outside of our orange, purple and little berry buses has been a real success - helping them to look really eye catching, especially at night. 201’s prototype lighting system should allow us to automatically light the bus according to the colour of the route it's running, once all of the programming and colour matc...