Here's an idea for next season. The club makes an away travel season ticket. You pay X for the entire season and this funds the coach. If you don't go, you don't go but the coach is still paid for.

Curtism's idea is fine but realistically, how many people would part with £250 up-front, for away travel?

I reckon it would be good to target 2 or 3 games (ones which are difficult/expensive by train) and there's a few of us Sidcupians that would go (not Bridgend though. Already got our train tix!).

Shame coach travel is so blimmin expensive. Maybe we should club together and buy our own!

PS- Nice to see our boy's on the posh Quins Etihad coach. Surprised they thought it safe to take it to Cas!

I would

Tried to get the club to speak with other teams to let us in on the cheap if we did this.

Ok ... greedy coach company wanting firm comitment then offering a £800
one-off's.

Regret to say think you need to do more work before you get firm comitments from me.

1. Only Saturday, Sunday & B/H games.
2. Firm price and booking 14 W/days in advance
3. Sorting out of pick-up & drop points plus routing i.e. trip starts at The Stoop not in north London etc before The Stoop to M25.

How many quotes did you get as I've been given 'quick' quote of £650 for a 46 seater with loo/tv and hoer 'bring your own coffee/tea/sugar.

Routemaster

I know we have been here before, but they are still an option. Since I first muted the idea, they have become rare, but they are available.
If there are 30 hard core away fans, then £250/£300 each should do it. Even though as wire has pointed out I am a part time fan at home, I will immediately throw £250 into the hat. 29 more and we own a bus!
What better way (apart from a fleet of 4 black cabs) to turn up at an away ground (Catalans would be worth the £250 on its own) than in an iconic london red double decker bus?

The old posts are long gone, so I am doing this from memory.
1989 scania engines, capable of 60 mph (aren't all large vehicles regulated to 55 now?). Licence is required, but we can cross that bridge if we ever get to it.
Re-furbished interior and the option to (once we have it) modernise (bar'n'bog) as we go....
Stable, reliable and very much in demand. They were available back in 2004 for £7,500. That's 10 journeys at £800.....paid for
I never said at the time it would be comfy, but it would be a laugh and we would be able to dictate pick up/drop off, departure times and policy for drinking/smoking/eating etc.
We're all going on a summer Holiday....what chance we call it Cliff

It would be horrible.

When has it been otherwise?

I was thinking that too, but I'd love to see a bus with a bar

Oh my Journo friend...you miss the point.
The PR alone would be worth the £7,500. That and the "summer" journeys up north would be a larf. It really would be a money spinner after year 1.....10 trips and it has paid for itself...

I'd love to spend £250 of my own cash to get some PR for the club, especially after the money they have given me over the years.

Will do if there is any real feed back from people, but I am not going to put pressure on myself to do loads of work if it is a no brainer. I am relying on people like Gob, PP, Lister, Darthchris to give me real feed back as they travel a lot more than I do.

If it comes across that it would be a positive thing and people would use the facility then I will get a number of quotes but I need to know there is a commitment and I am not wasting mine and everyone elses time.

I can't believe that we couldn't get 40 names even out of our usual crowd of say 2500 to fill a coach, if it was promoted the right way and the right match targetted. It would never really be an option for me living in Kent and relying soley on public transport but I think it is certainally an idea worth pursuing.

What would people prefer, an early start and having a couple of hours free time before kick off, or a more sensible departure time and just arriving for kick off?

For me personally, i'd like a couple of hours before the match for a beer, lookround etc.