(24 May 2026, 2:06 pm)Storx wrote To be fair it was always going to have issues. 

It's a bank holiday so loads of people want the time off, but more importantly Sunderland are at home and it's an either/or.

Companies like L&G Coaches aren't going to throw their football specials away for a one in a blue moon event.

Think that was something that contributed to the issues, a mix of all sorts of various other things happening, Friday various companies had their usual scholars contracts to operate, Saturday had the last minute trip to Wembley for Boro although that looked to be difficult to resource too given the circumstances, JH Coaches also had a festival shuttle to run in North Shields on Saturday but unsure how many buses that required, Rail Replacements between Darlington/Redcar & York Saturday to Monday, Shaws provided 2 coaches and 1 from Stanley Travel for 'Big Green Coach' services to Slam Dunk Festival in Leeds today and of course Sunderland home fixture.

Friday was certainly a poor show due to the limited resourcing and whilst scholars services obviously have to run, still can't help but feel if it could've been better organised, all seemed very last minute from what I've gathered at least.