Football supporters’ and sports team coach hire in Glasgow

Coach access to Hampden is controlled on big match days, and the route depends on which end your club is allocated. Two published notices show the difference:

• Via Titwood Road (west). For one Scottish Cup Final, Rangers FC told supporters’ buses to leave the M77 at Junction 1 (Dumbreck), follow Dumbreck Road and Titwood Road, then follow police motorcyclists to bus parking west of the stadium. Club coaches could leave that route only with a Hampden car park pass on display.
• Via Aikenhead Road (east). Aberdeen FC’s Hampden travel advice (October 2024) sent coaches with a pass to the Purple car park via Aikenhead Road, asked them to arrive no later than 90 minutes before kick-off, and directed coaches without a pass to Calder Street.

The low bridge. The Rangers notice warned of a low bridge on Titwood Road, 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in), with a diversion for taller buses via Haggs Road and Shawmoss Road.

We always follow the notice the club or police issue for your fixture.

No alcohol on board on the way to or from a football match. Section 19 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 makes it an offence to have alcohol on a public service vehicle mainly used to carry passengers to or from a designated sporting event, or to be drunk on one. The same section creates offences for the person who hired the vehicle and for the operator, with a defence for anyone who took all reasonable steps to prevent it.

Which grounds and matches are “designated” is set by order. The current consolidation is the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014, which covers senior Scottish football grounds and Scottish clubs’ matches [verify the schedule text before publishing]. In practice, treat every football trip as alcohol-free.

Youth teams and amateur clubs need room for kit and a driver who knows where the team bus can stop. Tell us the number of players, coaches and parents, the kit (bags, ball bags, medical kit) and whether children are travelling. A small squad fits our minibus: see minibus hire in Glasgow. School sports trips are covered on school trip coach hire.

• TRNSMT at Glasgow Green. On festival days, private vehicles cannot get close. Past festival guides listed set drop-off and pick-up points around the park, such as Duke Street at High Street, Caledonia Road, London Road and the Broomielaw [verify for 2027 on the TRNSMT website]. We drop at the agreed point and collect after the last act.
• OVO Hydro. The SEC says the OVO Hydro drop-off and pick-up zone is at the west of the SEC Centre. We agree a pick-up time after the show and a meeting point the group can find.

Conferences at the SEC are covered on corporate coach hire.

The price drivers specific to sport:

• The wait during the match or show, which counts as driver hours.
• Late kick-offs and late finishes, because a day is up to 10 hours and extra hours may be charged.
• Season. Prices differ by season.

Prices from: a 53-seat coach from £1,200 a day, or from £1,500 in peak season. A 16-seat minibus from £375 for an airport pick-up.

Every quote is in writing and lists what is included: fuel, mileage, the driver, road and bridge tolls, standard parking, waiting time during the hire, bottled water and Wi-Fi. Ferry crossings and coach-park or event parking charges are charged at cost and shown on the quote. See the coach hire price guide for how prices are built. All services: our services.