Hoppala about club bus

The theft was just an internal misunderstanding

(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Reinhard Hörmandinger)

Before the regional league clash in Sattledt on Friday, Grieskirchen spent days desperately searching for the club's only bus. After a report to the police, it took a Facebook post to clear up the "missing person's case". An internal communication problem led to the misunderstanding.

"Unfortunately, we had to take note that our club bus, which is immensely important for maintaining match operations, was stolen," a Facebook post from provincial league team Grieskirchen read on Tuesday. The team had been searching for the vehicle for days beforehand and not only made a public appeal, but also reported the "missing person case" to the police on Sunday.

Internal communication problem
However, the all-clear can be given ahead of the seventh-placed team's away game in Sattledt on Friday: "The bus has been found!" The solution to the mystery: an internal communication problem, so the bus is said to have just been in the workshop. "We won't say any more about this - also out of respect for a person in the club," say officials, "the most important thing is that our only bus for our 200+ active children has reappeared!"

Aside from this misunderstanding, President Thomas Altendorfer's club works in an exemplary manner and has over 15 youth teams from U6 upwards. Recently, they even took the kids to a training weekend in Obertraun. "We would actually need a second bus," laughs Altendorfer.