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  • On the Buses The Football Match (Season 7, Episode 5)
  • TV Episode | 26 min | Comedy

On the Buses

The Football Match (Season 7, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 26 min | Comedy

The bus crews are encouraged to form their own staff football team,to take on the Basildon Bashers. Jack and Stan are not enthusiastic but there is a five pound bonus on offer. The depot only has one star player,young Bob,and Stan injures ...See moreThe bus crews are encouraged to form their own staff football team,to take on the Basildon Bashers. Jack and Stan are not enthusiastic but there is a five pound bonus on offer. The depot only has one star player,young Bob,and Stan injures him in training,so he asks Blakey if he can field a substitute - Olive. Blakey feels that women and football do not mix - until he sees the Basildon Bashers. They are an all-female team and they contrive by fair means and foul to give Stan's team a good pasting. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less
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Writers
Bob Grant (written by) | Stephen Lewis (written by) | Ronald Wolfe (series created by) | Ronald Chesney (series created by)
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Updated Mar 25, 1973

Release date
Mar 25, 1973 (United Kingdom)
Awards
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