Blackburn pub which was the headquarters of the local edl group, asked for a pint of strongbow and was given a can and then poured into a glass, we had booked an advance fair and it was pissing down and the train didnt go until 6.15pm so we had nothing to but stay there.
pompey 2 seasons ago ended up in havant in some dive called the six bells.
One somewhere up near the old Baseball Ground stuck in between some houses. Pink and Green neon lighting everywhere inside. Definitely one for the more discerning Gentleman in the evenings.
The one at Coventry,i think was called the Rocket,one at Blackburn with a jukebox with all the songs spelt wrong "Wipout" instead of "Wipeout",Port Vale and Stoke had some ropey old boozers.
Huddersfield
– I can’t remember the name, I thought The Swan but I can’t find it on Google. Really
dark and dank, southerner tax on the beers and racist graffiti in the loos.
Quickly finished our drinks and left.
Yeovil –
Royal Oak. @stewart and I kept missing our train home so every hour we were back
in there amid stares, gawping and weirdo west country types. Didn’t help
Stewart first bounded in there with a crate of beer on his shoulder (meant for
the first train we missed).
Gillingham
– The Southern Belle. Total dive plus after a quiet Kent Cup game we were
treated to the full-on inbred karaoke by drugged up Jeremy Kyle types, who kept
pointing and staring at my mate because he was in a suit.
The pub next to Wolverhampton station was about as bad as they get. The floor is sticky, the lager was cloudy (and tasted metallic) and my mate nearly got his head torn off by the landlady for asking if they had Sky Sports (they didn't by the way)!
The pub next to Wolverhampton station was about as bad as they get. The floor is sticky, the lager was cloudy (and tasted metallic) and my mate nearly got his head torn off by the landlady for asking if they had Sky Sports (they didn't by the way)!
The Whetherspoons isn’t much better - bloke tried to nick my change after I bought a drink, when I wouldn’t let him he tried to fight me then and there. All this happened whilst he was holding his 6 year old sons hand.
I quite liked the Rocket, it's gone now but I thought it was ok
I know the one @roseandcrown is on about in Bradford and can confirm it is a proper creepy place
Gillingham's worst pub was the livingtone arms which has been gone for years but that was bad.
It's hard to think of one I'd class as so bad I'd refuse to drink there, in fact the Oak pisses me off more than any away pub I can think of. Manchester city centre has some moody places you need to watch yourself in as does Liverpool but for me having to wait ages for a drink anywhere pisses me off at football, time, drinking time is crucial to the days enjoyment and I can handle beer in cans even expensive beer in cans as long as I'm not waiting in a queue for it
Wolverhampton is the worst city I've ever visited for pubs. Only been up there once, arrived nice and early to check out the local hostelries - couldn't find a single place that I'd actually choose to drink in.
And the locals are all backward, inbred simpletons.
is that the one close to the station? if so went in there after our game last season and it kicked off as I was leaving with a local threatening to burn the pub down.
is that the one close to the station? if so went in there after our game last season and it kicked off as I was living with a local threatening to burn the pub down.
The Gas Club in Huddersfield is one of the worst places I can remember drinking. Easily the most Northern feeling establishment I've ever been in and was surrounded by about 30-40 of their youth lot so spent the time speaking in whispers.
Don’t know the name but when we played Bury in the league cup early nineties, me, oohaah, threadkiller and mcs brother got up there early and found a hovel of a place. We bought drinks, put some music on the juke box and started playing pool. that investment probably doubled the pubs takings for the week as it was full of local youths, none of who had drinks and they looked pretty pissed off at us cockneys “lording” it over them. We didn’t stay long but must’ve found somewhere else to drink as mcs brother chundered over the seat and oohaahmortimer was so pissed he tried to leave at half time, convinced it was full time. Had a cracking curry in Whitefield after the game.
Not a footy pub, but I remember the going to a pub on the Scottish western Isle Islay. We were staying at a nice hotel, with a nice bar filled with lovely Islay whisky. Why on earth we went to the one next door... It was clearly where the locals were housed to keep them away from the tourists. It was like if the whicker man has been set in the bar in Star Wars. I know there have been a few jokes about inbreeding, but this wasn't funny. There was a bloke at the bar who was either the result of serious parent and/or sibling inbreeding... at best. At worst he was a chimera of several failed early attempts at bipedal ape, and another looked like his entire head had imploded. There was a TV in the corner showing hardcore pornography, and all the local underage kids were watching it with alcopops (though one kept shouting at me "I'm 19 years of age pal, 19 years of age". Someone else was unconscious had had words like "bawbag" written on him in marker pen.
To be fair, at least they were friendly and we stayed for a couple, but by God!
When we went back to the hotel bar and said we'd been there a hushed silence descended, like we'd taken a wrong turn at a dinner party and found the sex dungeon.
50p to get in though. The Market Tavern in Huddersfield is the worst yet funniest. Dog on a bit of string outside was a clue. Most in Coventry and Wolverhampton are horrid, Gotham Town in Newcastle awful. Hogan's in Darlington takes a bit of beating too.
West Brom away one Boxing Day in the 80's. Absolute hovel of a pub a couple of miles away from the ground. We were having trouble getting a cab before the game when a driver popped his head in the door and shouted "taxi for Singh".
4 fat, white, bald blokes got up, said yes, and jumped in it.
West Brom away one Boxing Day in the 80's. Absolute hovel of a pub a couple of miles away from the ground. We were having trouble getting a cab before the game when a driver popped his head in the door and shouted "taxi for Singh".
4 fat, white, bald blokes got up, said yes, and jumped in it.
Not sure about this, but house or pub in Coventry c.1986, that served beer in their hallway through a serving hatch. This could have been a dream I have mixed up with reality.
50p to get in though. The Market Tavern in Huddersfield is the worst yet funniest. Dog on a bit of string outside was a clue. Most in Coventry and Wolverhampton are horrid, Gotham Town in Newcastle awful. Hogan's in Darlington takes a bit of beating too.
I actually quite liked it there.
It wasn't even that long ago and round of about 7 drinks was less than a tenner
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Gone 12 not open see us outside so opened by the Addams family was really creepy. Walking to the toilet was like walking the green mile.
pompey 2 seasons ago ended up in havant in some dive called the six bells.
Huddersfield – I can’t remember the name, I thought The Swan but I can’t find it on Google. Really dark and dank, southerner tax on the beers and racist graffiti in the loos. Quickly finished our drinks and left.
Yeovil – Royal Oak. @stewart and I kept missing our train home so every hour we were back in there amid stares, gawping and weirdo west country types. Didn’t help Stewart first bounded in there with a crate of beer on his shoulder (meant for the first train we missed).
Gillingham – The Southern Belle. Total dive plus after a quiet Kent Cup game we were treated to the full-on inbred karaoke by drugged up Jeremy Kyle types, who kept pointing and staring at my mate because he was in a suit.
I know the one @roseandcrown is on about in Bradford and can confirm it is a proper creepy place
Gillingham's worst pub was the livingtone arms which has been gone for years but that was bad.
It's hard to think of one I'd class as so bad I'd refuse to drink there, in fact the Oak pisses me off more than any away pub I can think of. Manchester city centre has some moody places you need to watch yourself in as does Liverpool but for me having to wait ages for a drink anywhere pisses me off at football, time, drinking time is crucial to the days enjoyment and I can handle beer in cans even expensive beer in cans as long as I'm not waiting in a queue for it
And the locals are all backward, inbred simpletons.
We bought drinks, put some music on the juke box and started playing pool.
that investment probably doubled the pubs takings for the week as it was full of local youths, none of who had drinks and they looked pretty pissed off at us cockneys “lording” it over them.
We didn’t stay long but must’ve found somewhere else to drink as mcs brother chundered over the seat and oohaahmortimer was so pissed he tried to leave at half time, convinced it was full time. Had a cracking curry in Whitefield after the game.
To be fair, at least they were friendly and we stayed for a couple, but by God!
When we went back to the hotel bar and said we'd been there a hushed silence descended, like we'd taken a wrong turn at a dinner party and found the sex dungeon.
West Brom away one Boxing Day in the 80's. Absolute hovel of a pub a couple of miles away from the ground. We were having trouble getting a cab before the game when a driver popped his head in the door and shouted "taxi for Singh".
4 fat, white, bald blokes got up, said yes, and jumped in it.
It wasn't even that long ago and round of about 7 drinks was less than a tenner