(24 May 2026, 9:15 pm)Jimmi wrote 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.

Yeah agreed, the location didn't help either mind since it's not really walkable to anywhere so everyone needed transport and the buses to Durham didn't get there - who signed off terminating at a P&R with zero buses after 11pm is a mystery to me. 

Not sure where else you could do it but surely there has be somewhere more central.