Finglands Coachways first provided the club coach to games more than 60 years ago.
And our pictures (right) show how technology has moved on - with the new model delivered to Eastlands this week constrasting with the original collectors' item supplied back in 1934.
The Volvo 9700 costs around £300,000 and contains 32 leather seats, tables, satellite television, a DVD, a fully equipped kitchen, two hot air ovens and a fridge-freezer.
So Sven-Goran Eriksson's collection of expensive imports should certainly have no cause for complaints when the Premiership campaign gets under way next month.
On hand to try out the new state-of-the-art transport was ex-Blues star Mike Summerbee, who - having been a big name of the 1960s and 70s - was able to appreciate just how many mod cons make the life of the players of today so much more comfortable.
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