Pubs and Pints.

[BobyBrno]

7 minutes ago, Spider said:

The lounges are full of morons these days, anyone can get in for a tenner. 

Theres less aggro in the terminal bars now.

How many have you been in recently?

I get your point though. They aren’t what they used to be when I travelled Business Class. Still better than the throngs ‘downstairs’ though. 

[Spider]

14 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

How many have you been in recently?

I get your point though. They aren’t what they used to be when I travelled Business Class. Still better than the throngs ‘downstairs’ though. 

Manchester was the one I was thinking of in particular. It’s fckin awful.

the one at Dubai is a totally different world.

[BobyBrno]

11 minutes ago, Spider said:

Manchester was the one I was thinking of in particular. It’s fckin awful.

the one at Dubai is a totally different world.

There are 8 at Manchester. Anyway, my comment on Gonzo’s post was more about the extortionate cost of food and drink at the airport rather than a recommendation for a lounge. 👍

[athywhite1958]

6 hours ago, tshape said:

Royal? Used to play darts for em and used to go in every weekend. Chrissy and John are sound. Need a Sunday dinner there soon.

Usually go in every Thursday night and Saturday for tea after the match, Chrissy and John have been in there just over 25 years

[little whitt]

3 hours ago, gonzo said:

Not sure you can beat an airport pint. 

 

then two there 

bet there wernt much change out of £20 

[little whitt]

51 minutes ago, athywhite1958 said:

Usually go in every Thursday night and Saturday for tea after the match, Chrissy and John have been in there just over 25 years

20 years 

there where some BLOONS and stuff up last week with 20 on 

[gonzo]

12 minutes ago, little whitt said:

then two there 

bet there wernt much change out of £20 

Naff all mate. £8 a pint. £10 for the barm.

It's €9 a pint here in the dam 👍

[Big E]

5 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Naff all mate. £8 a pint. £10 for the barm.

It's €9 a pint here in the dam 👍

Get yourself to susies saloon. Bargain prices. 
 

the scary as fuck twins who worked there were sound as fuck. Used to sort us out with priority on the tv for Widnes and Bolton games 😁

[athywhite1958]

1 hour ago, little whitt said:

20 years 

there where some BLOONS and stuff up last week with 20 on 

Yes sorry, it is Carol who works behind the bar has done over 25 years

[athywhite1958]

Cider is £3.80, Magners £3.40 , Guinness around £4.00, Bitter £3.40, Corona £3.10

[little whitt]

3 minutes ago, athywhite1958 said:

Yes sorry, it is Carol who works behind the bar has done over 25 years

isv that the one who has pink hair sometimes 

blonde now 

[athywhite1958]

1 minute ago, little whitt said:

isv that the one who has pink hair sometimes 

blonde now 

Yes, she's a red too

 

[Traf]

47 minutes ago, athywhite1958 said:

Cider is £3.80, Magners £3.40 , Guinness around £4.00, Bitter £3.40, Corona £3.10

Where?

 

[athywhite1958]

2 hours ago, Traf said:

Where?

 

The Royal in Atherton

 

[Big E]

2 hours ago, athywhite1958 said:

The Royal in Atherton

 

Is that Wigan ? 

[Zico]

10 hours ago, BobyBrno said:

If that’s Manchester, if you buy another pint I reckon it would have been cheaper to have paid for lounge access. (Probably)

I've stopped bothering with lounges because the food is nowhere near as good as what he's having there 

Sandwiches and bog average pasta 

Aye you can drink all you can but it's not a selling point for me in a two hour window 

 

[athywhite1958]

1 minute ago, Big E said:

Is that Wigan ? 

No, it is the urban district of Atherton, Lancashire.

[BobyBrno]

1 hour ago, Zico said:

I've stopped bothering with lounges because the food is nowhere near as good as what he's having there 

Sandwiches and bog average pasta 

Aye you can drink all you can but it's not a selling point for me in a two hour window 

 

As I said, it wasn’t an endorsement of lounge's, it was a comment on the price of food and drink on the main concourses. Having said that, at Manchester, it depends which lounge you go in, the time of day, how much you eat and drink and also, how long you may or could be delayed. The ‘two hour window’ is flexible. For me, it’s more about the comfort than saving a pound or two.

Don’t want to challenge Gonzo of your choice of food but I’d prefer the pasta. Bog standard of not.😊
 

[Casino]

Terminal 2 has seven brothers bar

Generally riff raff free

Though, as a big fan of early flights, im not too arsed with ale at 4am

[bolty58]

13 hours ago, BobyBrno said:

In Coogee, there is a Legion Club and a Diggers Club. I’m guessing they are the same. Only went in the Legion on the front looking over the beach and sea. Lovely. 

I used to go to Woonona Bulli RSL every Friday for their lunchtime special. A whole flounder with chips and salad for five dollars! It would have fed three.

Cracking value at RSL clubs.

[bolty58]

Speaking of pubs and pints, a few of us were chatting about the 'mad years' in English football last night (69-75) in our 'local' (if you can call it that).

One of the subjects discussed was the mental and massive Red Army of the DMB's.

Knew a lad (known as Johnny Red) who worked at Walmsleys pattern shop at the bottom of Union Road although lived in Bury. In the early 70's (in the Frank O'Failure era I recall), he and his mate nicked a pantechnicon in Bury and got 40 odd lads in the back to drive to an away match in London (West Ham from memory).

Did the match and the mayhem then drove it all the way back to Bury and dumped it in a car park at Goshen playing fields as it was known at the time.

This thing had the company name emblazoned upon it and was not exactly inconspicuous. The coppers back then were bloody clueless!

Can you imagine this happening now? Number plate recognition, traffic cameras etc. They wouldn't have got too far outside of Bury.

 

[FrancisFogarty]

On 11/03/2025 at 11:08, gonzo said:

Not sure you can beat an airport pint. 

Not sure about that.

I think airport pints are overpriced ordinary at best. If you had that pint after work it wouldn't be the same. And it's lager. The only acceptable airport pint is an early morning Guinness. Breakfast in a glass followedby another, then a mad dash to the gate. With Mrs. Fogarty moaning down my earhole about the second pint.

[crawshawbooth]

Been supping my favourite ever draught ale in a pub this week. Hercules ale. normally brewed in November to drink in the run up to Christmas there has been a small batch brewed for a competition this month.

6.5% ale and epic flavour with every mouthful

Crazy nights in pubs havent been beaten since the last night at Burnden ,Durty Nellies back in the day before and after our last game back in our true home.

[gonzo]

10 hours ago, FrancisFogarty said:

Not sure about that.

I think airport pints are overpriced ordinary at best. If you had that pint after work it wouldn't be the same. And it's lager. The only acceptable airport pint is an early morning Guinness. Breakfast in a glass followedby another, then a mad dash to the gate. With Mrs. Fogarty moaning down my earhole about the second pint.

I meant the meaning of it rather than the actual taste or price

...I'm way past having pints at silly O'clock just for the picture mind.

Nobody actually wants that pint.

Has to be past 10am for me.

[Spider]

6 minutes ago, gonzo said:

I meant the meaning of it rather than the actual taste or price

...I'm way past having pints at silly O'clock just for the picture mind.

Nobody actually wants that pint.

Has to be past 10am for me.

Last few early flights I've had I've just had a brew and a bacon butty and I have to say it's amazing how much less stress the whole experience is. 

As you say, it's more about what the pint signifies than the price or quality.

Though I think most people are just shit scared of flying and need the brave pill