Driving buses...

[eastanglianclaret]

....apparently this is what one of my fave ex-clarets now does/recently did. Came across this photo by chance. Can you name him?

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[Longside]

John Pender

[mkmel]

I too think it's John Pender

[eastanglianclaret]

Correct! I found the photo on a Wolves legends site. Driving buses some how seems an unusual occupation for an ex-pro footballer. I'm sure that there are plenty of other examples though.

[ClaretTony]

It is John Pender but I didn’t know he drove buses

[Steve1956]

These guys missed out on the really big money,shame really.

[tim_noone]

Correct! I found the photo on a Wolves legends site. Driving buses some how seems an unusual occupation for an ex-pro footballer. I'm sure that there are plenty of other examples though.

Billy ingham

[eastanglianclaret]

CT - here's the link to where I found the photo. I am a very lazy reader but I think it says he became a bus driver in the penultimate paragraph.
https://www.wolvesheroes.com/2019/02/16 ... e-front-2/

[tim_noone]

These guys missed out on the really big money,shame really.

I know what you mean....but in the grand scheme of things money means Jack Sh!t .. that said you wouldn't get me driving a bus....at any Price.

[minnieclaret]

These guys missed out on the really big money,shame really.

In 20 years time we’ll be saying that about Messi and Ronaldo.

[Steve1956]

In 20 years time we’ll be saying that about Messi and Ronaldo.

Naw...them two will never be bumming around driving space ship public transport

[Steve1956]

....apparently this is what one of my fave ex-clarets now does/recently did. Came across this photo by chance. Can you name him?ex-claret.jpg

He actually looks to happy to be a bus driver.

[Bosscat]

The wheels on the bus
go round and round
go round and round
go round and round
The wheels on the bus
go round and round
All day long

[ClaretTony]

CT - here's the link to where I found the photo. I am a very lazy reader but I think it says he became a bus driver in the penultimate paragraph.
https://www.wolvesheroes.com/2019/02/16 ... e-front-2/

I’d seen the photo before and he was some size last time he was at the Turf. I’d no idea he’d followed in Billy Ingham’s footsteps and taken up bus driving though.

[eastanglianclaret]

Too many Double Deckers? I'll get my coat..........

[COBBLE]

I have long thought that driving a bus with dozens of peoples safety in your hands was one of the most undervalued and underpaid jobs.

[claretburns]

My dad drove buses for years but gave it up around 15 years ago because he couldn't put up with the chavs all piling on each day after school.

[ClaretTony]

My dad drove buses for years but gave it up around 15 years ago because he couldn't put up with the chavs all piling on each day after school.

I’m not surprised. Behaviour of school kids on buses now is nothing short of a disgrace.

[bobinho]

I know what you mean....but in the grand scheme of things money means Jack Sh!t .. that said you wouldn't get me driving a bus....at any Price.

Couple of my mates used to drive buses... both said it was the best job in the world, until they hit the button to let the public on...

[tim_noone]

Couple of my mates used to drive buses... both said it was the best job in the world, until they hit the button to let the public on...

[tim_noone]

I’m not surprised. Behaviour of school kids on buses now is nothing short of a disgrace.

[Claretitus]

Good guy too was John, he lived round the corner from me in Ightenhill, remember talking to him about the tour of Russia, that CT highlighted on here the other day.

[Wokingclaret]

Always thought we got rid of him too soon, especially seeing what was to come in.

[dsr]

Didn't Ray Deakin drive buses as well?

[Somethingfishy]

Didn't Ray Deakin drive buses as well?

I think so..in fact didn't he drive the team coach a few times?

[Herts Clarets]

Ray Deakin drove the team bus but I don't think he ever worked as a bus driver. The last time I spoke to Ray mid 90s he was working in sales for a chemical company.

[bfcjg]

Jose Mourinho would love Pender to join him as an assistant ,let's face it his teams are notorious for parking the bus.