Gone full circle
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I thought I had heard it all last year when colleague Noel Millier waxed long and eloquent on the beautifully appointed coach which Leeds United FC had bought to take them to their fixtures. At £40,000 it had to be good. Mind you, that's about 10 per cent of the value they place on Joe Jordan.
Anyway, I've now been told of another luxurious, even more luxurious, football coach costing £50,000. It seems as if coach prices in the football market rise with the same speed as players' transfer fees.
This is a Bedford YMT 11-metre chassis, with the Bedford eight-litre diesel engine and all-aluminium bodywork by TDC, of Rayleigh, Essex. The vehicle was supplied by Len Street Ltd of Chelsea, but not, as you might imagine, for the team next door.
This one is off to Saudi Arabia's Union Sporting Club, which brings me back full circle. Isn't that where Don Revie went? Is it possible the ex-Leeds boss is doing an export sales job for us on the quiet!