(13 Nov 2022, 1:07 pm)Unber43 wrote For me its mainly because Im never in Sunderland when matches happen, however I do remember it being quite bad I think I was last stuck in traffic after a Sunderland match on the X36, we were about an hour late.The only time I've been on shift on a match day, I was on the 16 towards Grindon.
I took over the bus (which had been told to run light to Wheatsheaf) 20 mins late, I did a run to Grindon and back to Red House. On return from Red House, I got to the stadium (I think just after the match had finished) on time with about 5 people on. I got to John Street 35 minutes late with about 55 people on (fight broke out on the bridge which gave us some entertainment). When I got to Hastings Hill I was told to terminate in the City Centre and run light to Red House for my last run of that part (then bus to depot) - a decker that IIRC was meant to be behind me did exactly the same and I followed it (I was 14-17 mins late throughout) until I terminated on John Street.
And of course I still had people trying to get to Southwick/Red House even though I had 'City Centre' in giant letters on the front.