AWOL 2014 Issue 280 2nd May | Page 28

Visit www.awolonline.net on the buses premier league stadiums to be converted following chelsea bus parking exercise liverpool, england Premier League clubs have convened a hasty meeting following last Sunday’s match at Anfield between Liverpool and Chelsea, to discuss the immediate conversion of their stadiums to bus parks. A spokesman for the Premier League said, ‘Clearly the way forward for all clubs in the league is to park buses on the pitch, because the revenue generated from the parking fees clearly outstrips what the clubs receive from the spectators every week, and as long as the buses are painted in the team colours the clubs feel that there will still be thousands who will turn up to see the buses.’ He added, ‘There is also the added bonus that parked bus fanciers tend to be less aggressive so the policing fees for every game will be drastically reduced, and local residents will be less inconvenienced on match days.’ Some clubs including Stoke City and West Ham successfully tested the Left: The two buses that have caused so much debate this week following Liverpool’s 0 - 2 defeat to Chelsea concept earlier in the season, but the mastery and driving skills displayed by Jose Mourinho’s side seems to have finally won the rest of the clubs over. Ironically the Chelsea manager was one of the harshest critics of the idea earlier in the year, but has been so completely won over by what he called a ‘19th Century’ concept at the time that he has had the club staff working overtime to perfect it. One problem on the horizon, however, One Stop Service is the interest being shown by both the DVLA and the Unite union, who are demanding that any bus parking must be done by properly qualified operators who have paid their union dues. This, though, has not stopped the clubs jointly hiring top contruction firm Laing to draw up plans to allow both double and single decker buses access to the grounds, with Fulham expressing particular concern and asking for special dispensation to park water buses. Construction P. S. 28 House Sales • • Legal Services Land Sales • • Visas Projects • • Work permits Permits etc.. • • Insurance GROUP Tel./Fax: 032 472589 [email protected] • Translations 46 Netelon Road, Cha Am • Company Registrations • Travel services • Copy/Print/Fax etc Mon - Sat. 9am to 6pm 032 890218 [email protected] 339/52 Ruamchit Road (Beach Rd.) Near Soi 5, Cha Am See also our advert on page 5 Sell it fast with AWOL Classifieds