Went to Birmingham two years ago when we played out a dire 0-0 and although the pub wasn't threatening it was rougher than any licensed premises I had ever been in. They had black linen hanging from the bar to the floor because the frontage had disintegrated and whilst there the top shelf that held the pints pots collapsed because or the disrepair. Luckily they served Worthington E which as any beer drinker will tell you makes up for any deficiencies in other areas. Oh and the upholstered benching was ripped to pieces with springs sticking out. I think it was called the Shakespeare.
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Roughest away boozer you've had a pre-match beer in !
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When our game against Walsall was postponed we tried to get into Villa Park for their game against WBA. They wouldn't sell us tickets so we ended up going in the Invincibles boozer next to the cop shop, turned out it was the place where all the banned Villa fans watch the home games on moody Sky. They weren't sure what to make of us at first but where fine in the end. The place had every single window boarded up.
Jim Van Winkle
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Good times. Don't think I've ever drank a beer so quick in my life. Should have realised with all that fake burberry and Lizzie Duke jewellery on display. That place really was one step beyond.
Jim Van Winkle
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I took Mrs Van Winkle in there. On describing that pub and Gillingham to friend's after her visit, she said - "It's was like the industrial revolution just packed up and left".
If you got a cab from town, the cu next Tuesday of a cabbie would drop you outside the 'Ninian Park' without fail. That's how I ended up in there before. Similar with the Swansea Jack. Tbh, if you end up in these places, the locals seem to regard you as a bit of a loose cannon and leave you alone.
We were drinking in Canton before so it was the last stop before the ground, there was only three of us so apart from a bit of piss taking it wasn't that bad.
Just remembered the Silver Cod in Hull. Scary.
supaseagull
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I was in the pub in Aldershot which got trashed the last time we were down there in the cup. That was a shithole
The Birdman
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Anyone stop in the Propeller just before the Purely way. Coming back from Bury to Haywards Heath we had 9 lads and one girl on our coach from the Bosun say no more.
After match Drink!
After match Drink!
Four of us went in there for the Villa FA Cup tie a few years back. Very interesting place. Despite its proximity to said cop shop it seemed to have a high percentage of under 18s happily gulping on their Stellas.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Can't remember the name, but there was an absolute PIT near Selhurst before the 5-0 disgrace.
Seagull on the wing
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iCardiff away...got there early on my own...went into this pub...can't remember the name....I had a blue jumper on with BHA emblazoned across the chest...the placed filled up with Cardiff supporters who were arranging a meet somewhere,pulled my jacket around my top till only the blue collar was showing and tried to look like a punter...match was a 0-0 draw,Cardiff fans were spitting on the Brighton disabled group and two Brighton fans in BHA shirts were attacked from behind after the game.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Hooters in Nottingham place was full of tits.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Two spring to mind, one near the old Baseball Ground in Derby. Looked like a miner's pub. Sh*tting myself in there. Lots of angry blokes.
The worst though has to be along Scotland Road from Liverpool city centre towards Stanley Park in the late 80s. Back then everything along the road was derelict, bombed out, just a mess and the only places open were pubs...loads of pubs. We went in one place where a bloke was sat in the corner and he'd pissed himself, I mistook the bird at the bar for a bloke and the loos...oh my God, the loo. They'd kicked in the toilet bowl to stop people shooting up in there and just left the rubble lying there with no door. And there was a poo in the urinal. I used to consider myself from working-class roots until I started going to away games in the North and places like this.
The worst though has to be along Scotland Road from Liverpool city centre towards Stanley Park in the late 80s. Back then everything along the road was derelict, bombed out, just a mess and the only places open were pubs...loads of pubs. We went in one place where a bloke was sat in the corner and he'd pissed himself, I mistook the bird at the bar for a bloke and the loos...oh my God, the loo. They'd kicked in the toilet bowl to stop people shooting up in there and just left the rubble lying there with no door. And there was a poo in the urinal. I used to consider myself from working-class roots until I started going to away games in the North and places like this.
TWOCHOICEStom
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I had a beer in The Stags Head in Portslade Old Village before a game once. That was pretty rough.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Another vote here for Shooters in Aldershot. I went to the cup game with a couple of Aldershot supporting mates so we ended up in there. Had just about had our first sip of our first pint when a load of Albion turned up outside and it kicked off big time. Fortunately there was a back door
That's the one! There's a lovely beer garden out the back which did some lovely chips - deepfried at about 110 degrees. Brings back some wonderful memories. We sent our mates girlfriend to the bar everytime to get the rounds in as she was from Slovakia.
Ernest
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Every pub at an away game in the late 70's early 80's was as rough as f**k, i don't think I ever went in a decent one
Pretty pink fairy
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- Jan 30, 2008
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never to be repeated , was always a highlight coming back from an away game, dropping off for a quiet shantAnyone stop in the Propeller just before the Purely way. Coming back from Bury to Haywards Heath we had 9 lads and one girl on our coach from the Bosun say no more.
After match Drink!
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DR