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Thread | Red button Sky games in pubs
at 19:05 30 Sep 2022
Hi all,
I'm hoping to see our game at Sheffield United via the red button. Does anyone know if pubs show these games and, if so, of any likely venues (ideally in relatively central London)? I looked at a similar thread from a few y ars ago but all the recommendations then (Egerton in Hammersmith, Corrib Rest in Kilburn and Neeld Arms in Maida Vale), have all closed down since 😞 |
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Reply | Best ever loan signing
at 20:24 26 Jan 2022
A few that haven't been mentioned yet, all from around the same time when we were in trouble in 2007/8 - Bolder, Cullip, Idiakez.
I also liked Michael Mancienne and was disappointed we couldn't sign him. Jimmy Smith also looked decent and got us a couple of good results - Palace and Norwich spring to mind. |
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Reply | Cycling to matches
at 17:28 8 Mar 2018
I often cycle to games. There's a fairly large rack to the right as you come out of White City tube (where the petrol station used to be) that seems to be fine. Alternatively I use the small row of Sheffield stands at the edge of Hammersmith Park (on the left as you go down South Africa Road to the stadium). I should also add that I use a heavy duty lock in combination with a bang-average looking bike, so hopefully doubly unappealing to any ne'er-do-wells. |
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Thread | Reading v Sheffield United attendance
at 22:42 27 Feb 2018
Only 6,800 there tonight. Must be a new league low for Reading since they moved into the Madejski. Any explanation other than its blooming freezing/snowy/icy? |
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Reply | Art of Football LFW Pub Guide — Your help needed, prizes on offer
at 23:24 24 May 2017
Name of pub: Andover Arms
Location: 57 Aldensley Rd, London W6 0DL
Size: Medium
Selection of beers? Usual Fullers range plus one or two guest ales. I don't drink lager but I think it's got at least four types. Plus a cider.
Price of drinks? Hammersmith prices. £3.80+ for a real ale. Don't know about the others.
How full does it get on a matchday? It's quiet.
How are the bar staff? Seem to be fairly engaged.
How long does it take to walk to the ground from there? 15-20 min
Sky Sports/BT Sport? No
Suitable for away fans? Yes, even those in colours
Suitable for families and kids? Yes
Where can you go to smoke? It's on a dead end street, so on the pavement or in the road.
Beer garden? No
As far as pub toilets go, just how bad are these? Not bad. On the ground floor, which is always a plus.
Does it serve food and is it any good? Yes. Decent range of lunch options (curry, fish n chips, pies, posh sandwiches, pasta) and it serves in the evening too. Fair (West London) prices. I've had most things on the menu and haven't sent anything back yet. Maybe I'm not the most discerning customer...
Trendy modern bar, traditional pub or somewhere in between? Traditional pub. Very male but no reason women wouldn't like it that I can see.
In one sentence why should people visit/steer clear of this pub? Just far enough from the ground not to be too noisy or obnoxious and serves honest foods and good beers.
Any other business? Make sure you leave enough time too see kick off! |
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Thread | Club Shop closed after the match
at 18:14 17 Apr 2017
Do they not want us to spend our money? Club liaison chap on the door said they were "using Sunday trading hours, because it's Bank Holiday". Only at a club like this would they shutter the shop during one of their 23 most obvious revenue raising opportunities of the year. And I thought Lee Hoos was all over this kind of waste... [Post edited 17 Apr 2017 18:16]
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Reply | Springbok/ Queens Tavern
at 07:46 11 Sep 2016
There is no ale on offer, whether cask or keg. And you don't need to be a hipster to enjoy a drink that tastes of something other than cold. |
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Reply | Springbok/ Queens Tavern
at 00:20 11 Sep 2016
All the same, surely you would drink your own piss in preference to someone else's? |
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Reply | Springbok/ Queens Tavern
at 23:59 10 Sep 2016
Still no proper beer, then? Why anyone drinks Coors Light is a genuine mystery to me |
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Thread | MK fight club
at 19:51 24 Oct 2015
Anyone know what that was all about? Seemed to go on for a while and lots of spectators involved as well as stewards. First trouble I have seen for a few years inside Loftus Road. Heard a bit of chat on the tube afterwards but assume it was alcohol induced to some extent. Hope we don't see a repeat for a long time anyhow. |
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Reply | Cycling Stasi
at 13:07 22 Jun 2015
Where do I brand all motorists? I thought I had taken particular care not to do that.
Of course the car has its uses, and certain advantages, over bicycles, the easy transportation of certain goods being among them.
We can, nay should, do more to make life easier and more pleasant for pedestrians and all those who choose to travel actively. |
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Reply | Cycling Stasi
at 13:01 22 Jun 2015
You might find this blog interesting: https://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2012/07/10/the-physical-constraints-of
Or this one: http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2014/10/our-streets-are-too-narrow-for-cycl
People seem to have an insistent belief that London’s streets are ‘narrow’. At a guess I would imagine this belief stems from an assumption that because London has, in some places, a medieval street pattern, its streets are necessarily medieval in layout. But while the City of London, in particular, has largely retained its original layout, the history of construction in London is generally one of a desire to impose order with wide, grand streets.
Looking at these pictures it is worth noting both the huge distances between the building frontages in every single case, and also that, in the great majority of examples, the entire road width is given over to the passage and storage of private motor vehicles. The pictures tell us that the real issue in London is not ‘physical constraints’ or ‘a lack of space’ but rather how that space is allocated. In other words, how those ‘other road users’ might be affected.
In many places, they needn’t be affected at all, because the amount of space is vast. But I think Boris has to grasp the nettle and recognise that space will need to be reallocated if he is going to ultimately solve the problems of congestion in London.
Back in May, the author of the Cycalogical blog wrote that
Part of the congestion problem [in London] is that people don’t see a realistic alternative to driving. Buses aren’t much of an alternative if they’re caught up in the same congestion as the cars. For most people, cycling isn’t an alternative because even residential roads are perceived as too dangerous for cycling — mainly because they’re full of the rat-running traffic I referred to earlier trying to avoid the congestion hotspots. So people are driving distances of less than a mile in some cases, distances that are cyclable by anyone of average fitness. We know at least 50% of London car journeys could easily be cycled — we also know the main reason people don’t cycle is fear of traffic, although 30-40% of people would like to cycle. In simple terms, there is no good reason why London can’t be like Amsterdam.
… My appeal to Boris is this: stop treating cycling as some sort of expensive, taxpayer-funded play scheme. Cycling is not a game, it is a transport mode, and one that is well-adapted to the age of austerity by virtue of its low infrastructure and low end-user costs. This is a city that desperately needs a bold strategy to relieve it of congestion. Make cycling in London safe and that will stand as a worthy legacy, with lower transport costs, better public health and an improved environment. Do nothing and London will fall further behind its European competitors, who already have more efficient transport systems in which cycling is an increasingly integrated and important part.
Boris’s current strategy of dealing with congestion seems to involve tinkering around the edges with signal timings and junction capacity, which amount to little more than trying to squeeze every last drop of capacity for motor vehicles out of the current system. It is ultimately unsustainable as a strategy. He needs to drop the fairly insipid current approach of ‘selling’ cycling by means of ‘encouragement’ and get behind serious moves to shift people out of their cars and onto bicycles; serious strategies like London Cycling Campaign’s Go Dutch, that present a realistic solution to the transport difficulties London continues to face, by making cycling a safe, inviting and convenient option for all, rather than just a hardened minority.
The space is there. |
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Reply | Cycling Stasi
at 12:43 22 Jun 2015
"I hate cyclists".
In what world is it OK to write a sentence like this? There is no collective responsibility and just because one person rides through a red light does not give you carte blanche to hate others who happen to have chosen to get around by the same means of transport.
You may also like to make the link between why people ride on the pavement, and the danger you perceive on the roads in London. Perhaps you should start campaigning to make the roads safer, less noisy and polluted, and more conducive to being 'people places' rather than trying to inconvenience your fellow man. |
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Reply | Cycling Stasi
at 12:37 22 Jun 2015
How much would it cost to set up, administer and monitor/enforce this comulsory registration. I would think well over £20. Switzerland tried something similar a few years ago and decided it wasn't worth it. No other country in the world has such a scheme. Why should it be any different here?
There need to be a sizeable change in the political wind before we see any significant building of proper cycling lanes and infrastructure. There are so many vested interests against it in this country that we are still light years behind some of our more enlightened European neighbours. Meanwhile we can continue enjoy the highest levels of inactivity and obesity in the EU, and a shameful road safety record. |
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Reply | Cycling Stasi
at 12:31 22 Jun 2015
But that's not how tax works. There's no hypothecation for roads any more, and hasn't been since the 1930s. I cycle and I drive, and I pay various forms of tax to do both in one way or another (not just income tax, but also upon buying the bike and accessories, there is VAT, ditto on servicing; for the car, car tax/VED, VAT on buying the car, duty and VAT on fuel, VAT on servicing). Likewise: I don't have children, but am happy to pay for schools, free school meals, and child benefits. I don't use the NHS, but am happy to pay for it. I don't use libraries, but am happy to pay for them. They all help make society better.
Why should cyclists in particular be made to pay for something in a way that no other group is? The fact is motorists still get a huge subsidy to use the roads when one considers the damage motor vehicles do to the road surfaces, not to mention the air pollution, noise pollution, the delay they cause with traffic jams, and the costs of the accidents they are involved in.
If you call for cyclists to pay this special levy then, fair’s fair. If cyclists were ever asked to contribute this way, any payment they made for the provision of excellent cycle facilities ought to be offset by the cost savings made by cyclists for the benefit of the economy. Going on just some of the externalities, it has been calculated by the University of California that cyclists in the UK could be due for a rebate of somewhere in the region of £50bn. This isn't far-fetched: in Norway, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration pay for employees to cycle to work instead of driving. In Copenhagen the city calculates that for every kilometre a citizen on a bicycle rides, society earns 1.22 kroner (25 US cents). For every kilometre a citizen drives in a car, society pays out .69 kroner 89 (13 US cents). |
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