Sportsman Last Night

[Horsham Gull]

ive offically gone off the sportsman going to try the Brewary tap saturday

 

[Uncle Buck]

ive offically gone off the sportsman going to try the Brewary tap saturday

Would not bother with the Brewery Tap.

 

[Horsham Gull]

where do you suggest for a pre match drinky?

 

[clapham_gull]

Absolutely terrible pub, I've tried the brewery tap once thinking it was one of the better pubs in area

 

[Uncle Buck]

where do you suggest for a pre match drinky?

If you insist on drinking nearish the ground the Station or the Crown and Anchor are the best of a bad bunch.

To be honest you are better off going into town and getting the train or the 27 bus.

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

If you HAVE to go to a PP pub that isn't the Sportsman, the station is, for me, the 'best' one on a matchday.

 

[Horsham Gull]

im open to suggestions where to drink as long as its not the Sportsman anymore

 

[Basil Fawlty]

I've totally gone off the Sportsman, last night was a joke. It wasn't packed out like the Man City game was, but they were only letting in 7 to 8 people a time whenever people left the building.

 

[clapham_gull]

im open to suggestions where to drink as long as its not the Sportsman anymore

If I have a drink (although quite rarely) I go into town and either find it quite easy to find some people (who are doing the same)willing to share a cab to the ground, queuing up outside the station.

Usually costs me a couple of quid.

...or I simply jump on the train back to Preston Park. Quite a few people drink in the Nelson and jump on the last train.

 

[BensGrandad]

I often walk from the station down Traflegar St to London Rd and catch a no5as it is easier walking down the hill than walking from Preston Park. What are the pubs like in London Rd or on the way down to it.

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

Not been in there for years, but I remember people saying much the same about it back then. It's main selling point is being where it is. Cos of that enough people will always put up with it, and so it will always be in a position where it doesn't have to try.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

After deciding to get the bus in early from town with my mate and getting there at 7.00, we were surprised to find a queue outside the Sportsman and had to wait 15-20 minutes in total. We were told by the door staff we were unlikely to get in at one point, but 5 minutes after being told this, we were in (around 7.20 p.m.)! To our surprise it really wasn't that busy inside and we got served straight away. It seemed a bit excessive to me, although I think it did cut down the crowding at the bar.

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

That's exactly what they were doing for the Leicester game, trying to stop congestion at the bar. It wasn't full at all but they were still not letting people in staright away, but not one in one out either. I rarely bother going in there these days.