Coming up next at Bangor City Stadium…the Busmen are back!

A football club which disbanded three years ago is returning for one day only in the name of charity.

Arriva Bangor will take on Mynydd Llandegai at Bangor City Stadium on Saturday, December 28, 2 pm kick-off, with all proceeds supporting the Children’s Unit at Ysbyty Gwynedd.

Arriva made the step up from Sunday league football in 2017 to enter the former Anglesey League.

The Busmen went on to win three trophies in their first two seasons – the Benllech Car Boot Trophy twice and the Elias Cup.

However, in 2021 they were forced to call it a day due largely to the effect of the pandemic wiping out the 2020-21 season leaving the club desperately short of players.

The demands of the new COMET system imposed by the FAW also made it near impossible for a club with so few volunteers to continue.

In 2021, on disbanding the club’s former manager Kevin Jones, who held just about every other position as well in his determination to keep the Busmen going, said he hoped to reform Arriva Bangor at some stage.

So far, that’s not been possible, but Saturday’s game will at the very least revive some fond memories of a team which did extremely well in its short existence.

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