“Bus Driver Loses Job After Wearing Liverpool Jersey That Sparked Chaos Among Chelsea Fans”
A London bus driver says he was unfairly dismissed after being mobbed by Chelsea fans for wearing a Liverpool shirt while behind the wheel of a rail replacement bus.
The driver, identified only as Isaac, was working in west London on Saturday night when his bus was surrounded by jubilant Chelsea supporters celebrating their team’s 2–1 victory over Liverpool at Stamford Bridge. Footage shared on social media shows Isaac’s bus being rocked by fans who noticed his white and green Liverpool away shirt, chanting and banging on the windows.
According to his employer, the incident caused “significant disruption and delays,” leading to his dismissal. But Isaac insists he did nothing wrong, saying the shirt was simply “the first clean T-shirt” he found before heading to work that day.
Speaking on TalkTV while wearing the same Liverpool jersey, he explained: “I didn’t know what route it was. The first clean T-shirt I had was a Liverpool one. I later realised I was going to go past Chelsea and then I saw the fans outside the stadium. I saw the funny side to it when I was watching the videos, but when I was sat in that cabin at that time, it wasn’t so funny. I was holding the window shut. The window on the driver’s side is supposed to lock from the inside, but it didn’t, so I was holding it shut.”
He recalled that police eventually arrived to disperse the crowd. “They literally surrounded me in the bus. Eventually, the police got them away from the bus and I got back to the depot,” Isaac said.
The next Monday, Isaac received an email from his agency notifying him of his termination. “My agency sent over an email saying, ‘Regarding the events of Saturday 4 October, we will be dismissing you due to a uniform policy.’ The video had circulated all over social media, and they told me the bus company had seen it as well,” he said.
The agency later declined to comment, citing data protection regulations, stating only: “Due to GDPR, we are unable to comment on this matter. This is being dealt with through internal processes.”
Isaac, a lifelong Liverpool supporter, maintained that his managers had no issue with his shirt before the incident and criticised London’s transport leadership. “Nobody had a problem with it. Nobody told me to cover it up; it was literally just ‘carry on doing your thing.’ They weren’t too fussed about what I was wearing,” he said, adding, “I don’t see any care in TfL anymore. I don’t think it’s being operated correctly. Maybe under a different mayor, we could see better light in TfL. But at the moment, there’s no common sense in the operation whatsoever.”
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