Steve Banks

Two years that shook the travel industry independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

@STN_Airport Happy to share my memories…small fire in lounge in Sep….chaotic response and missing management…let planes so go I had to spunk up £1300 from another airport… happy memories? Thoughts? #ThrowbackThursday

It’s #ThrowbackThursday 🔙✈️ Back in 1989, the terminal at London Stansted Airport was starting to take shape into the building you know today. Fast forward to 2026, and another exciting transformation is on the horizon… 👀 Who remembers flying through Stansted in the early days? Share your memories with us!

Well this aged well…

NCP car park firm on the brink of collapse with 1,000 jobs at risk trib.al/5R9Wqi5

How lovely of the @Fenerbahce fans to do this….scumbags

@TheAthleticFC assuming @ChelseaFC have the ability to sell the Chelsea Pensioners this season for £400m filling the hole this season after selling a hotel, and the women’s team previously#CFC

Chelsea booked the highest pre-tax loss in English football history in the 2024-25 season, per data released today by UEFA. The European Club Finance and Investment Landscape report, issued annually by the governing body, includes the 10 clubs with the highest losses in a given season. The west London outfit topped — or bottomed — that cohort last season, but it is the scale of Chelsea’s loss which stands out. In their third full season under the ownership of a consortium headed by Clearlake Capital and Todd Boehly, the club booked a €407million (£342m) pre-tax deficit. Full story from @CWeatherspoon_ ⬇️ 🔗 nytimes.com/athletic/70720…

Bizarre experience at @igairport with @wizzair …check in online with hand luggage only but made to queue for 90 mins to get your boarding pass. Michael O’Leary would be sh*tting bricks at this inefficient use of resource

Fenerbahce away….get you in very early and let you out very late….so predictable, but a great performance #NFFC

How good is @BBCSport @milanocortina26 …captivated by something called the women’s halfpipe….brilliant commentary by the two chaps

I misread this as thought it said to mark the return of Scotland from the World Cup not to the World Cup a was trying to to work out why it wasn’t on the 25th June🤔

Last game of the year If you said this time last year I’d get a Wembley semi-final and three European games I’d have bitten your hand off Favourite away ground - Spurs … just stunning….#nffc

Looking forward to this. Did the team travel on their first European game to Ruch Chorzow in my Lonsdale days and always kept an eye on their success since then

Shit referees #317….step forward Rob Jones… bad enough when you’re playing one of the best teams anyway, but what an inept performance from this chap #nffc

Ryanair fined €256m over ‘abusive strategy’ to limit ticket sales by online travel agencies👍 theguardian.com/business/2025/…

Only £3.99 extra to fly one way to Krakow that day out of LGW….the games gone!

…,and a Happy New Year @Clivewratten

All aboard the Utrecht Express #NFFC

Great British Railways flies the flag as logo goes back to the future theguardian.com/business/2025/…

World Cup 2026: Travel guide for England and Scotland fans, from flights to beds independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

#NFFC….lovely looking stadium from the outside but the reality is they probably ran out of money as inside as it’s more Huddersfield than Spurs…give me Goodison every time