Park the bus

Win 4 tickets for you and your team to Wembley by parking the bus

Park the bus

Fancy testing your video game skills and winning 4 tickets to Wembley at the same time?

Follow the footsteps of FC26 greats like Bateson and Nepenthenz by "parking the bus" in this year's game and be in with a chance of winning tickets to the 2026 FA Cup final for you and your team.

Here's how to do it:

- Adopt the National Express "park the bus" formation (Code: 8ZY8disEG6Y8) with your FC26 Ultimate Team and win a match with less than 30% possession.

- Take a photo or video of your match stats and tag us in it on your socials (Instagram, TikTok, X) by using @nationalexpress.

- We'll then pick a winner at random by 14 November 2025.

The Prize

4 tickets to the 2026 FA Cup final on 16 May 2026 at Wembley Stadium, including National Express coach travel direct to the game and back.

*Terms & conditions

  1. The promoter of the prize draw is National Express Limited of National Express House Birmingham Coach Station, Mill Lane, Digbeth, Birmingham, England B5 6DD (“National Express”).
  2. This prize draw is open to all UK residents aged 18 or over, except for employees of National Express and its group companies, their families and agents or any third party directly associated with administration of this prize draw.
  3. The prize draw is free to enter and no purchase is necessary.
  4. All entries must capture themselves using the National Express custom FC26 formation tactic: 8ZY8disEG6Y8, and tag @nationalexpress in a social post showing their match stats on Instagram, TikTok or X (Twitter).
  5. The prize draw runs from Friday 31 October 2025 and closes at midnight on Friday 14 November 2025 (the “Closing Date”).  Entries received after this time will not be valid.
  6. The winner will be chosen at a random by our team and will be contacted by Tuesday 18 November 2025.
  7. The competition winner will receive a prize of 4 FA Cup final tickets at Wembley Stadium on 16 May 2026.
  8. The travel element of the prize will be on the National Express scheduled UK coach network (excluding Northern Ireland) and is subject to availability.  A booking for the travel element of the prize must be made 7 days after the winner announcement, and all travel must take place on 16 May 2026.  All tickets are issued and all passengers are carried subject to National Express’ General Conditions of Carriage available at https://www.nationalexpress.com/en/help/conditions-of-carriage.
  9. If the winner does not respond to National Express within three (3) days of being notified by email, the winner's prize will be forfeited and National Express will be entitled to select another winner in accordance with the process described above.
  10. Upon response, the winner is required to confirm the name of the second person they would like to allocate a ticket to.
  11. Anyone aged 16 and under must be accompanied by a responsible adult (aged 18 or over, who would usually be the parent, carer, legal guardian or other adult entrusted with the care of that child). Anyone under the age of 16 is not permitted to enter, leave or re-enter the Festival unaccompanied by their responsible adult as per the Festival terms and conditions.
  12. The prize will be sent to the winner by post.  Upon request, the winner will therefore need to provide National Express with a postal address to which the winner would like the prize to be sent.
  13. The prize for the winner is non-exchangeable, non-transferable and no cash alternative is offered.  The prize may not be claimed by a third party on your behalf.
  14. National Express reserves the right to replace the prize with an alternative prize of equal or higher value if circumstances beyond National Express’s control makes it necessary to do so.
  15. The decision of National Express regarding any aspect of the prize draw is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into about it.
  16. National Express must either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award took place.  To comply with this obligation, National Express will send the surname and county of the prize winner and, if applicable a copy of their winning entry, to anyone who emails tasha.rought@nationalexpress.com or writes to National Express at National Express House, Birmingham Coach Station, Mill Lane, Digbeth, Birmingham, England B5 6DD (enclosing a self-addressed envelope) within one (1) month after the Closing Date.  If you object to any or all of your surname, county and winning entry being published or made available, please notify tasha.rought@nationalexpress.com.  In such circumstances, National Express must still provide the information and winning entry to the Advertising Standards Authority on request.
  17. By entering the prize draw, you are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions upon entry.  National Express reserves the right to refuse entry, or refuse to award the prize to anyone in breach of these terms and conditions.
  18. National Express reserves the right to hold, void, cancel, suspend or amend the prize draw where it becomes necessary to do so.
  19. Insofar as it is permitted by law, National Express, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of National Express, its agents or distributors or that of their employees.  Your statutory rights are not affected.
  20. Personal data supplied by you during the course of this prize draw will only be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy at https://www.nationalexpress.com/en/help/privacy-centre/competition-entrants. See also condition 16 with regard to the announcement of winners.
  21. The prize draw will be governed by English law and entrants to the prize draw submit to the jurisdiction of the English courts.
  22. No responsibility can be accepted for lost or misplaced entries and incomplete entries will be disregarded.
  23. National Express reserves all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the prize draw.
  24. If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms and conditions, National Express may, at its sole discretion, reserve the right to exclude you from participating in the prize draw.
  25. National Express reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the prize draw where it becomes necessary to do so.
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