Royaloak said:
You are talking out of your arse - I suggest that you put a call into any of the coach companies taking fans to the game and ask them what the police have informed them. They will not want a coach full of City fans pulling into services with 20 Utd coaches there and vice versa, hence the designated routes. But don't take my word for it, speak to the coach firms.
The stuff being written on here about designated routes is getting rather pathetic, along with a lot of other threads about the semi final.
There has been no designated routes or service stations that you have to stick to. The police have advised coach companies the routes to take to ease congestion, as when coaches arrive at wembley they all go in the same way to the car parks, and leave the same way. So should be fun and games like there was against Spurs and Chelsea after the game.
If you have people on a coach/mini bus without toilet when you need a piss stop, and the shout of 'next services please driver', goes up, he wont be telling you to hang on for another 30 miles as he can't stop at this one a mile away. Again police have advised coach companies that all service stations are going to be well policed, and can stop where they want. If anything does happen with people on your coach, your coach will probably be allowed to leave the service area, but expect to be pulled before you get to the next junction where a marked police car will escort you off the motorway, search you and the coach, taking as long as possible, before saying, 'sorry you're going to be late for the game so we might as well send you on your way home'.
As for having beer on the bus, we have done it for every away game for the last 12 seasons. The rule being you ditch everything, empties or full ones a good few miles before the stadium.
So everyone who is making their first away trip on a coach, chill the fuk out use a bit of common, and enjoy the day.