Spot on, that is one of many dittos sang on the Ewood Park terraces
Spot on, that is one of many dittos sang on the Ewood Park terraces
Thought I had posted this, but can't find it. I keep losing posts as I get "Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page" when I hit the post quick reply button.
Here goes.
CAMRA published a set of little books with pubs by football grounds a few years ago and I bought a set for my footy mad son. There was one for each division at the time, and I wished I had got myself a set as they had useful info on most UK towns and cities that would aid those going on a pub crawl, not just footy fans.
Shrewsbury came up with a similar one a few years back (now nicked by other clubs) to the tune of the Addams FamilyOriginally Posted by Strongers
your mum's your dad
your dad's your mum
you're interbred
you Burnley scum
Your Sister is your Mother
Your Father is your Brother
You only Shag each other
The telford family
Strangely telford fans are quiet proud of it !!
Theres a Man with a Mullet going Mad with a Mallet in Millets !
Hi Gill
I happen to possess a book called The Essential Football Fan by Duncan Adams,which gives a brief description of the pubs close to all the football league teams,but sadly this is a bit out of date now (2004). All the reviews are similar,and just picked Bury out as a typical example.
" There are plenty of pubs around the ground and along Manchester Road in particular.My pick on Manchester Road is The Swan and Cemetery,around a ten minute walk from the ground,this Thwaites pub is quite comfortable,serves good hand pulled beer and has a separate restaurant area.Nearer to the ground are The Park and The Staff Of Life.On my last visit The Park seemed to be the main pub for away fans and has a conveniently situated chippy around the corner from it.The Staff of Life is a stones throw from The Parkand is a basic pub serving hand pulled Lees.Also recommended on Manchester Road is The Waterloo,nearer the town centre".
I am not sure if this book is updated yearly or it was just a one off
I thought that this list of venues taken from the olympic website would be useful.
Olympic Park
Stratford Tube - E15 1AZ
Brands Hatch (paralympic Road Cycling)
DA3 8NG
City of Coventry Stadium (football)
CV6 6GE
Earls Court (volleyball)
SW5 9TA
Eton Dorney (rowing/canoe)
SL4 6QP
ExCEL (boxing/wrestling/table tennis etc)
E16 1XL
Greenwich Park (equestrian)
The Greenwich Park (pub) SE10 9JH
Hadleigh Farm (mountain biking)
SS7 2AP
Hampden Park (football)
G42 9BA
Hampton Court Palace (road cycling)
KT8 9AU
Horse Guards Parade (beach volleyball)
SW1A 1DH
Hyde Park (triathlon/marathon swimming)
The Swan W2 3PH
Lee Valley White Water Centre (canoe slalom)
EN9 1AB
Lords Cricket Ground (Archery)
NW8 8QN
The Mall (finish for marathon/road walking/road cycling)
Lord Man of the Mall SW1A 2DY
Millennium Stadium (football)
CF10 1NS
North Greenwich Arena Millennium Dome (Artistic Gymnastics/Trampoline etc)
SE10 0bb
Old Trafford (football)
M16 0RA
Royal Artillery Barracks Woolwich Common (shooting/paralympic archery)
The Fox Under Hill SE18 4LT
St James Park (Newcastle) (football)
NE1 4ST
Wembley Arena (badminton/rhythmic gymnastics)
HA9 0DW
Wembley Stadium (football)
HA9 0WS
Weymouth Bay & Portland Harbour (sailing)
Royal Portland Arms DT5 1SA
Wimbledon (tennis)
SW19 5AE
Last edited by Strongers; 04-07-2011 at 20:27. Reason: Added postcodes or nearest pub if a park etc
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Ahhhhh now.... wouldn't we fall foul of the nonesense about sponsorship here? Surely we could only link the Olympics and venues if they were part of the official sponsors - in the case of beer (in a very loose sense) that would be Heinekin and its UK subsiduaries (S&N, Caledonian etc) ?
There must be clues in various fanzines.
I can offer Walsall possibilities:
King George IV King George V
New Fulbrook New Fullbrook
White Lion White Lion Inn
Waes hael!
I see no problem with listing a few choice pubs in the vicinity of the venues for the interest of tourists whilst drumming up a bit of trade for the locals. It's not like this site is advertising itself pretending to be an affiliate of the cashlympics.
Also, I've added the postcodes to the venue list.
Last edited by Strongers; 04-07-2011 at 20:42.
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