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Having lived in London Town for a number of years I thought it best that I should pass on some pub knowledge.

Wembley is a nightmare for getting into pubs let alone getting served.

My suggestion is to get off at Kilburn (only a few stops away from Wembley Park) and head to either The North London Tavern or Brondes Age.
Both are 2 mins away from the tube station and much easier to get served.

Hope this of use to some.

Regards Wills

or just stand outside the pubs loaded with cans, like we've done on the last 2 visits.

isn't their a pub just on the main high street which we used in '93 and '90????

Cheers...might be a good option.

yeah with a shop next door.fuck knows what it's called though?

nice idea, i'll be comming up from bournemouth on me own, so a place to meet everyone would be good

I might head for Marylebone for pre match drinks, only 10 mins on the overground to Wembley Station.

The premier inn outside the tube, will have a big outdoor bar also, normally they'll have the beers continuously pored and about 10-15 staff serving, so you only wait a couple of minutes normally.

Cracking idea, Allsop arms maybe ala Wycombe. ( Sure the landlords forgotten the racket we made after Wycombe!)

Best pub in the area slightly off the beaten track

http://www.thegreenmanhotelatwembley.co.uk/

http://www.theprinceregentw1.co.uk/

Went here versus Millwall...nice boozer.

Some of my family live in Hitchin. Fancy that. They're all Spurs fans though. :(

the greenman looks a nice one. especially with the large beer garden. hope the weather is good

I'm going to visit Uxbridge (wife driving in) in the morning and then tube down to Wembley Park about an hour and a half before kick off I think.  The sheer lack of options around Wembley combined with 80k people milling around just smacks of queues, not finding anywhere etc.

How you getting up Chubbs, been looking at the train prices :(

from my observations it's mainly Arsenal fans in Hitchin due to train service to Finsbury Park. Spurs fans tend to live in East Herts and Essex

Marylebone sounds a good shout. So long as its full of town fans I'm not fussed

I'm tempted to retrace my steps from 1993 which would mean parking at Northfields and having a few in The Plough before heading up on the Tube. If only it was my 25th birthday again as well!

Drinking round wembley will depend on where they put Millwall fans i suppose

that is true. where is best though. we travel into Wembley Stadium

It will be pretty packed round there, and will be all town fans.

Everywhere is going to be packed to be fair.

wembley high road. simples

will be swamped with old bill too

Wembley Central for me (our side of the ground) I will be doing the tube via Willesden Junction to avoid the possible Baker Street congestion. There is a pub I went to in Harlesden (2 stops down) about 12 years ago when I went to see England.

Will probably start in marylebone/baker street then tube it to wembley park..will probably start drinking on the train from Croydon beforehands

Although Swindon are situated to the West side of the stadium, it is a racing certainty that Millwall will be allocated some of the major pubs around the stadium. Millwall had the east seating area last year, but had loads of the big pubs [The Green Man] to the West of the stadium as well. Drinking at Baker St would be foolish ... unless you like to mix it with Millwall. There are no drinking restrictions on the day, with most pubs open by 11am latest ... maybe earlier as the local pubs get special dispensation on event days.

Second attempt ... doh!

We started off in 93 in the Master Brewer in Hillingdon - good place to park, drink & hop on the tube - and it was full of Town fans. The reason for this post is that we noticed on Monday, when we went through Hillingdon, that said pub is now a pile of rubble. Quite sad cos we used that place for over 20 years for England games.

Just wanted to advise anyone who was thinking of going there next Sat. There is another pub right next to the tube station there but it's pretty small, esp compared to the Brewer. 

interestin link to where their mob think they'll be drinking

http://www.hof.org.uk/showthread.php?t=6743&p=58731&viewfull=1

also noticed on that thread mention of a tube strike that day...cant see anything on t'net though.

Here you go: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8689951.stm

It's not a tube strike as such, but a strike by the engineering train drivers. In other words, it'll only affect lines that would have been closed anyway.

There are no important tube closures on that day, except maybe the very top of the Metropolitan line being closed

I do believe Bob Crowe is a 'wall fan, I am sure he can sort something out!

they mention being allocated pubs.

when do we find out where we can go?

Monday

and where will it say

wait till monday and you will see!

Dunno.I will find out

millwall are hoping for the greenman again as it was very good there last time they went. hopefully we'll be allocated that seeing as we're that side of the ground

Usually when i go to Wembley i go here http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub3634.php

I rang them yesterday and they said that they wont know until monday what fans they will be serving but they have told the met that if it's Millwall they won't be opening.

My mate runs a pub in Harrow on the Hill... Will see if he wants to do a deal for Town fans :D

Is that someones front room ;)

It is a quality boozer mate massive out the back with beer on tap in the garden

Could be a plan then

sounds ok to me.

green man looks to be the one of choice though. hope we get it. looks massive and a great big beer garden too

that Green man does look good, reasonable prices for food aswell although what will the chances be of getting a pint never mind a meal?! i bet it will be bloody rammed

I had a few beers in there before an England game, big marquee + beer garden out the back, will be good if we get allocated this one I reckon

:D

Likewise, been there before a few England games, massive marquee out back.

Everywhere will be though in fairness.

Not really, just go to a tried and trusted pub in Central London, I know a few, doubt our exodus will infilrtrate every drinking establishment

I want the pub with the best stout or porter.  Love the dark stuff.

right fellas, rumour has it (via landlord at the swiss chalet) that Swindon have got the greenman pub :-)

Millwall fans are talking of taking it early and packing it out on there forum no matter who gets it.

That's because they're fucking idiots. Hopefully police will have it covered, I'm not holding my breath though.

This has now been confirmed by the landlord of the pub. The Green Man, Dagmar Ave is a STFC pub for the day, opens around 9-10am apparently?

I'm in London over night... i'll get there for opening and see off those nawty nawty Millwall chaps.

Try The Porterhouse.  Big pub near Covent Garden

http://www.porterhousebrewco.com/coventgarden.html

We'll be there to recover the body...

Right teffers. I need your help. I'll be travelling down by car with my old man and fam etc. so where can I go to drink once I get to the stadium? Will I need to get trains? Is there anywhere within walking distance?

Read back through, it's all there.

The Green Man it is then!

Stop scaremongering, two fans on their forum said that. Police will be segragating off of the tubes etc. they'll get the east side pubs which makes sense.

Im just writing up what I saw, It's on a couple of their forums, IndependentMillwall and HOF.

http://www.hof.org.uk/showthread.php?t=6930

Don't get me wrong, im not trying to scare or put people off the pub, just letting them know.

Nah will be fine, there will be plod everywhere, that's why we''ll only make about £30 quid from the whole day !

Millwall are a funny bunch. Love the whole super tough-guy thing they've got going on, really works with that Stone-Island and Burberry outfit you often see.

They really need to grow up a bit. Thick juvenile twats.

Some people need to get a grip. If you want trouble go looking for it, Millwall aren't any worse than any other club

Are you for real Sippo?

they are sippo.they are worse than the majority of clubs.
alot of their lot wouldn't think twice about smacking a shirt wearing fan.

They reputation/history stands out more, and some think they are bigger and better because of it.

Before the millwall game at their place, people were over exaggerating saying they were scared of being stabbed etc. It really isn't that bad.

Are they as bad as people make out?   No

Are they one of the clubs with the highest idiot hooligan minority?  also yes.

That's a cracking pub, but it's in Covent Garden. If you drink there you're going to have a very interesting time on the tube. Better to head North West early I reckon.

Yeah wish we had a 5pm kick off like the BSP final and make a day of it!  :beers:

If we win, we'll just have to make a night of it instead!

It's gonna be a long day me thinks!

Good point.  I live in Sarf Landon.  I'm thinking of wearing a neutral t-shirt until I get out of here on Sat morning.  Get the wife to chuck the usual crap out of her voluminous handbag and put my Swindon shirt in  :D

Out of the 38,000 (or whatever) Millwall fans going to Wembley, how many do you think are actually involved in the violence etc that forms the club's reputation? I'd say at most 2%. I know you're not saying this in a deliberate attempt to provoke a reaction, but I have NEVER seen any serious violence at a football match. It's not to say it will never happen - plenty of innocent people got caught up ina what happened at the Inn on the Green a few years ago - but I see little reason to worry. If Millwall are not allocated a certain pub it will be a very small minority that even thinks they have any right to go there, let alone has the balls to do anything about it.

I thought the landlord of the Green Man had already stated it will open for swindon fan but if Millwall turned up they would shut?

Sure i read that somewhere

You're dealing with Millwall supporters ... the ratio of 'active' fans to normal supporters is massive. Come on fella, Millwall's supporting history isn't a myth?

You seem to know a lot about Millwall... And talk of them in quite a proud light...  :hmmm:

For what it's worth on the real football factories the millwall bloke says "millwall have a lot of sleeping supporters that turn up for big games, and a lot of those are hooligans".

Having said that I think a game at Wembley will have a different vibe to a massive game at the new den against leeds or whatever.


Do people unecessarily worry about Millwall because of their reputation? Yes.

Will something kick off at some point during the day? Probably.

Will it involve shirt wearing fans? Very unlikely.


That's my POV.

Wasn't that the sports bar?

I have several mates who live and work in South London, have witnessed over the years some of the tactics involved, so it really is plain to see. I guess it's a classic case of taking note or burying 'ones' head in the sand ... I'd settle for the former myself?

And let's have a guess....when Millwall are away they play in their 'Red away kit'. The gobshite cockney twat. Admin can you get his details up please.

red away kit is spot on.

Why can't they play in their red away kit and we play in our blue third strip?

That's a trifle premature 'ammer? You're hardly Insp' Morse are you ...

comical

http://www.hof.org.uk/showthread.php?t=6930&p=60888&viewfull=1#post60888

blah blah blah we're Millwall blah blah blah we'll take it blah blah blah

you wont take a pub that will shut if you turn up.

Perfect, that would confuse the fuck out of the players, manager, fans and commentators.  Plus the hoolies won't know who to slap.

Love the fact they've put on a public forum the intention to take the pub.

I suspect plenty of OB will be anticipating this action anyway, almost certainly now.

exactly. We'll have the pub come rain or shine

If this was facebook, I would 'like' this comment...

 :sherlock:

Im gonna "take" whatever pub Millwall have.

fuck it lets all drink in bermondsey

I think you have just proven the point.

Red Away Kit = Millwall ?!

 Please try and keep up Spy.

Millwall play in red/black stripes 'away' most of the time.

Anyway, back to the pub situation ... Millwall have been allocated the east side of the stadium pubs, Town, the west. BUT, nearly all of the pubs are located to the west of the stadium? I don't think this will matter too much  :suicide:

Doesn't bother me TBH.

Lets face it, if you smack a Millwall fan they're going to go down the same as any other. We're going to have just about every piece of shit within 30 miles of Swindon following us. Sunderlands lads got a right spanking in 90 and there were a good few Leicester in 93 who didn't quite make it home that night including several in the pub i was drinking in before hand.
If you want to go and enjoy yourself, you will. If you want a scrap, you'll get one.
It will be absolutely safe as houses regardless of the result. If you want it, you'll get it - simple.

I agree Chalkie, if anybody is daft enough to want it next Saturday, there will be no shortage of lunatics willing to oblige.
Sunderland 1990 was a blast at the time, although the OB knocking on the door 6 months later at half five in the morning scaring the old dear half to death, made me realise that it ain't worth it. (The £400 fine for affray was a bit fucking steep as well)
A bit wiser now, and a lot fatter and slower, so the plan is to get nicely pissed in some arse end of knowhere boozer, watch us hammer them 4-0 and if they want the Green Man, let the mad bastards have the place.

Let me guess, balaclava, CS gas, train of Sunderland, fisticuffs. You weren't at Gillingham as well were you?

good to see oxford now joining in....

Nice response from the 'Wall...



"Fuck off you Slaaaaag! "

Heh! heh! 8)

Mitchell and Webb live in Kilburn, just to let you know

As does the old drunks misses when dreaming in An All American National Sport, right Carter fans.

........so where's everyone meeting for pre-Wembley beverages? Is it bettter to stop of before Wembley?

Any town fans going to be around Marylebone at lunch time-ish. My dad and I are going down from Manchester and were planning on having a feww in Laaaandan before jumping on the 10 minute train into Wembley. Don't think I can be arsed with the hassle of getting a beer outside the ground.

If those cockney psychos want the green man let 'em have it - im sure there's plenty of other pubs we can use - want to enjoy the day not interested in a scrap tbh  :beers:

agreed and tbh i dont know London at all so i'd rather be with my own town fans than stroll into a boozer with a shed load of Millwall fans staring at me...if ya know what I mean

If they want the Green Man, let them have it.

We can just take over Bermondsey instead. :D

I honestly couldn't give a shit what pub Millwall want to drink in.

I'm going to enjoy the day and see Swindon get promoted :)

i think because of the number of swindon arriving compared to what scunny had last year we will easily get the greenman pub.

as for the weather i think it'll be ace

http://uk.weather.com/weather/10day-Wembley-UKXX1158

They're going to The Greenman regardless if they're allocated it or not.

I reckon heading there is a bad move.

personally i don't. the police wont let Millwall that side of the stadium for drinking

Quite a few of us are heading there very early - should avoid the congestion on the tubes and Millwall, plus loads of good pubs.

Nonsense. There are no pubs on the east side of the stadium, and the ones we've been "allocated" are still on the west side, just north a bit. Plenty of 'wall will be walking past the Green man to get to the stadium anyway.

The main problem though is that the majority will just head there because that's where we were last year. As Scunny only took a handful of fans we had pretty much all the pubs, but most people went to the Green man. They will just automatically head there again.

The pubs aren't officially allocated until Wednesday/Thursday anyway and the reason they wait is for stuff like this. Even if you do officially get it, most people would already have made their plans by then, and how many of the 38k Millwall check the website everyday anyway?

And how exactly are the police going to stop a decent proportion of 38k Millwall from drinking exactly where they want to? Most of the Swindon fans will be avoiding it like the plague now anyway. The Green man will be ours, the only question is whether the Old Bill will give it to us beforehand, or be forced to take the path of least resistance (as they always do) and decide to start shepherding thousands of Millwall in, and dozens of Swindon out instead of the other way round.

You should try and take the west side of the stadium too. I reckon if you get their early enough you can do it.

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West side iz da best

That's really funny. Honestly. Well done you.

Most people will just want to go to the pub they went in last year. Lot's of others will just to take a pub that isn't theirs. Either way, I wouldn't go there If I was a Swindon fan.

Let them have the Green Man if "taking it" will help their egos. London is full of geat pubs and none of them are in Wembley.

Seriously, I doubt very many people really give a shit if you have it or not. You've only come on here to boost your ego.

you speak like you think millwall are invincible and will be the only club there?!
don't forget there will be 36k Swindon there too who just like you may want the pub aswel. just cos your millwall doesn't give you instant access into any pub you want to "take over".

personally I think it's rather pathetic tbh and if that's the pub which keeps your knuckle draggers happy then fine. have it.
I'm sure it's the special glasses for your webbed fingers which is the real reason you want it

A swindon fan accusing others of inbreeding? Really?

I'. getting confused with Migzy and Quigzy.

Which one is the cunt or are they both?

Probably both but Quigzy is a Millwall cunt.

They can have the Green Man if they want it, who gives a fuck. Not like its a good luck charm for them.

This thread has made me laugh if nothing else.

I'm gonna get to Banbury train station early and 'take it'.

The capuchino's are ours Magic.

I'm going to The Green Man, bring it on Millwall, Bird, Nez, Butterfly Collector, Encona, Mystic, Pinkie, BMC, LK, Sonny, Tea and LLG. Let 'em come down to the West side of the stadium, we'll take them all ... :D

We're planning on having a few in the building that used to be the old national train offices or something like that, which is apparently just over the road from Marelybone Station

If it's a good pub i think Millwall should be given it before the game. Only fair as we'll be celebrating in it afterwards whilst they head back on the tubes to kick shit out of their wives. Be their only chance to sample it.

Nezs' gonna be there?  Shit, we're fucked then. I for one am not going.

Bloody hell of all the posts i've seen on this site,this has to be the most pathetic of all time and if i was millwall fan i would be embarrassed.

I know this site says 80% bollocks but there's no need to over do it.

   

Some pretty scary names them.

quigzy you slag, you or any of your lot come within spitting distance of the green man you're gonna get your ears bitten off

its a swindon pub you two-bit sigh

I think it's because, as an area, we are 95% English so we have to inbreed a lot, it's just a fact of demographics; we're not as cosmopolitan as you geezers.

I'm just relieved it's the Butterfly Collector, not the Flower Presser, the Jam Maker or (shudder) the Doily Embroiderer. Millwall WI take no prisoners at the cake stalls, I tell thee

haha, i was thinking exactly that eariler.

im gonna take the coach im traveling. It will be mine!!! I'll murk all the old biddies on their day trip to london.

We're Swindon Town & proud of it - lets keep it that way - cant believe we're actually going to wembley next saturday..... just think of the teams / fans that would love to be us now......all very surreal to me  ;)

Just wanted to add that I think your a fucking cunt.

Many thanks.

You managed to get cunt in your first post.

You'll fit in here.

its gunna get pwopa nawty sunshine, fucking muggy jellied eel wankers gunna get a pwopa laurel n hardy on their salt n vinegars before we shake n vac their cats whiskers. Nawty.

Well done you ;)

Millwall.......mmmmmmmmmmm.....I can smell the tostosterone from here... 8)

And if I'm honest, I do find it ever so slightly arousing :hmmm:

You seem to have spelt naughty wrong.

He's clearly not read it through at all. It's full of errors :nonono:

if loads of millwall decide to go to that pub i can't see what a few coppers will be able to do about it. i think they will get in there, and will take it.rather than have an angry mob of meatheads,they'll just let them in i reckon.

Fucks sake, 10 whole pages and not one "jog on". What's the (under)world coming to?

Jog on Batch you Mug before I get proper nawty on your ass...

Hmmm...I think I may have slipped into Harlem Gangsta at the end there ???

Ill pop a cap in ya, you slag.

Does anyone know where you can buy caps now Woolies is gone. My Lone Star gun takes those red paper ones. 80's tastic

If they want the Green Man who cares. I just want to have a drink in peace, and if the children want that pub, they can have it. I'm an adult and have no desire to take part in some childish dick-waving competition with a load of knuckle-dragging mouth-breathers with the IQ of mashed potato.

Well said Barry.


Heh heh!




dick waving 8)
I do find that expression amusing.

exactly barry.we are going to enjoy the day,and wouldn't want to let some cretins ruin it for us.it's only a pub.they can have every pub for all i care.we will be taking the trophy

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Is it possible to drink cans of lager outside the stadium? Certainly better than queuing up inside a pub for 30mins trying to get a pint in.

Open can...lift...open mouth..tip...drink..enjoy...sounds feasible to me :hmmm:

If you venture up the hill on Wembley High Rd you will be wading through a river of cans. There are a few pubs, take-aways etc round there plus plenty of, erm, Asian-type shops that sell cans-a-plenty. Buying from them & drinking the cans outside the pubs is always a good idea there. You want to be drinking don't you, not wasting half the time queueing.

So thats how it works, cheers. I was forgetting the open mouth bit, resulting in many sad and sober nights.

If I was sensible, I would let Millwall have the Green Man.

The East side is rubbish, weve got the prime end. Loads of pubs, loads of choice.

Millwall will be expected to come in via the Jubilee at Wembley Park. The best way of segregating it would be to let us have all the pubs south of the British rail overline, they get the handful that are north of it (which would include the Green man and DRS's Sports bar).

I guess landlords may well have requested to have Swindon instead of Millwall? But by not giving them the pubs nearer to Wembley Park I think the Met would be backing Millwall into a corner.

Find out soon anyway. Cant wait. 2 hours away from Wembley week.

By the way, I dont know if the Greyhound is still closed? But when Ive been to Wembley recently weve just had cans outside the front of that. Brilliant.

Always happy to help 8)

It's funny really, I love a beer. I mean REALLY fucking love a beer but I've only very rarely got pissed before a game. The only time I've ever got REALLY pissed before a game was Leicester away in 1992 (just before Christmas) and it was horrible. The game was just like a dream...wierd. And I drunk the most horrible concoction of drinks. Felt shit for about three days - and that was when I could really drink (not like now)

Anywhoo, pont is. I'm not bothering to drink before the game. If we win though I am going to party like it's 1999 all over again. I do actually have some champagne on ice chilling as we speak 8)

I'm with you there OST. Whenever i've got drunk before a game i've pretty much missed it. Everyone i am going iwth is getting on it at 9am and i'm worried i'll be too fucked to watch the game (it takes about 3-4 pints nowadays), so may try to stay soberish.

Not sure I want to be wrecked before the game. Will deffo want to have a few down me though. Charlton was a pretty good balance actually. Got into the ground feeling OK and the nerves had gone. Same again I think.

I might be horribly tipsy  :girlgiggle:

Agreed.  I'm a big lover of beer but have always found beer before football unsettling.  If we win, I shall indulge myself enormously, but its such a big occasion I want to be sober to take it in.

To be fair, as a long distance fan going to a game has, since 2002, involved a lot of driving - making drinking a bit of a no-no.  Even so, I'd hate to wake up on Sunday not fully remembering Saturday, no matter how it turns out.

You must be close to getting married Billy  :cunt:

Indeed, fatherhood is impending.  I stand by it though - if we win on Saturday by a last minute goal, why would you want to wake up not remembering that moment?  If you need to be pissed to enjoy football, you are missing the point entirely. 

Of course, I shall get hammered after the game when I finally get home.

i'll have a few beers,but wont get drunk before the game.i dont see the point of that at all

Well played for a first post. Incorrect spelling of you're but the sentiment os pretty spot on. Welcome.

Spelling "os" instead of "is" makes you a cunt too Chalkie.

You are stating the bleeding obvious with that. Next thing you'll be talking about lizard people in denim shitting on everyones ballot papers to fix the elcction.

"elcction" is well bad. We need to go drinking together to sort this.

Fair play TT. I may have had a beer or two tonight. I'm a bit wooried thuogh that we need to go for a drink to sort my "election" out. Are you Chinese?

We'll sort it out over a garlic chicken and beansprouts. Followed by an examination of your "election" by a spicy Thai.

I think I'm going to take my election to bed. I may have a headache tomorrow. Goodnight darling.

MWAH

I'm getting the tube to Edgeware Road and then pub crawling it through Marylebone to Baker Street (doesn't look far on the map but suspect someone will now say it's a good hour's walk!). More pubs that way and you don't have the disappointment of getting to The Globe and seeing it rammed....mostly with Millwall!! The Met bar opposite is large but soul less unless we get a couple of 100 town in there!  :beers:

http://millwall.vitalfootball.co.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=47959&posts=20

Not a pub i would go to anyway,but i know of two mini buses who have paid deposits to drink and park here...seems Millwall fans are heading there to which is abit naughty if the landlord/landlady has stated its a Swindon only pub.
Not trying to worry people etc but would be very wary at this pub.

i wonder what the old bill will think of this? seeing as it's been allocated swindon and is on our side of the ground could produce a nasty atmosphere.

they are acting like spoilt children who don't have the best toys so want everyone elses

surely spoilt children would have the best toys.

yeah, they're acting more like deprived children

not really. they may have all the toys but not the best ones

The way people are going on you'd think every single Milwall fan was a cross between The Incredible Hulk and Danny Dyer.Most of them are just normal fans like you and me.

Yep, and this has been done to death, very boring now.

I hear the pub's run by an Oxford fan!

Could be worse,could be a West Ham fan.

not heard this before...

One of my mates is friends with the landlord and was going to speak to him before the England game tonight. I''ll hear from them tomorrow and let you know what the landlord says.

What?

tell the old boy to get lots of cider in then old chap wont you

wouldnt go near the green man if the wall are headed that way, which they are

reverse psychology? - just tell the thick fans it's allocated to the smart ones and there they all are neatly self-segregated out of everyone's way  :toocool:

Surely if they have all the toys, that must include the best ones?

you're not likely to be involved in a playoff with a proper club anytime soon

From what sutton said in the now deleted troll thread regarding The Green Man, he spoke to a mate in the met and they're checking tickets, so if any do slip through they'll be removed.

That was a bit childish

Nevertheless warranted

bit unfair on York City I guess but shit they let us down on the day

are swindon a proper club? you really should be at least selling more tickets than a non-league team. bit embarrassing otherwise.

yes, but didnt they have to reduce the price of tickets to your 'final'  by half to get some interest?

Given the choice of being non league for half your history, or selling 2k less tickets than your poxy rivals at wembley, I know which one i'd take.

What happened t'other thread?

Awful, poor effort.

Not very subtle there OF.

There was just a chopsy Millwall cunt playing the big 'I am'. Nothing exciting.

Oh joy, another "my club is bigger than your club"  slanging match!

seems certain section of millwall are giving up on the greenman due to several people speaking to the landlord who said it's swindon only.
they're looking to INTIMIDATE the Swindon down Baker St instead soapy tit wank

We were in there yesterday before the England game and they told us its a Swindon pub.

i've been told we have coach loads of fans getting dropped off outside this pub

Can I ask, what's the big deal about this boozer?

Why has it generated 2 or 3 threads ?

because it's the biggest and closest to our end. they do bbq's and are properly geared up for large numbers.

only taking 2 or 3 mins to get served

is that the sas travel dropping off

nope.a local pubs contingent

so is that one coach or several? at what time?

A fella who is going on one of those buses told me.i didn't really want to know what time they are going etc,etc.so dont know the answer

I heard this last night aswell arriba but i wasn't sure whether it was true or not.I was told at least 16 private coaches from clubs and pubs are heading there,apparently a BBQ is going to be laid on for them aswell.

That's 800 people, does it hold that many?

millwall said they had 2k in there last year

God knows im just going by what i was told,I only mentioned it because arriba brought it up,when i first heard it i thought it was a load of old tosh.

Yeah, but they're all quite squat and stumpy so you can get more of them in per sq foot than normal people. And they stack easier

Surely peter crouch is the ideal basis for maximising the person per sq foot ratio, not short fat types?

It is a very big pub, and the garden is absolutely massive. Overlooks the stadium as well.

That said, I'll be drinking elsewhere.

Surely this is offset by the extra floor space required to accomodate the copious pairs of knuckles

Queen Vic is where its at anyway.

Yeah, meant cubic feet not square feet, obviously.

Well apparently our "official" pubs are as follows:

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~2059121,00.html

So maybe the Green Man's still up for grabs?

so after all this Millwall have the greenman!!! soapy tit wank

I assume it was given to Millwall after all... or it's staying closed.

Perhaps it's a private booking from those coaches and thats all they are allowing in,saying that it does say this is not a definitive list.

yet the landlord has said he's allocated Swindon??!!!

anyone know what any of these are like? did i read somewhere else that a lot of people just hav cans outside the greyhound

having just spoken to the Greenman Pub they have said they are deffinitely Swindon and only Swindon.

Also said there are provisions in place to stop Millwall as they have been informed of the forum talk of them "Taking it Over".

all i asked was are you Swindon or Millwall!!

So... Green man then?

according to the Lady i spoke too

The article says it is not a definitive list, just a few of the pubs allocated on or near Wembley High Road - which the Green Man isn't. Pretty stupid them only posting a partial list, wouldn't exactly have taken them long to copy and paste the full list.

wait for the website update ;)

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~2059121,00.html

And, as if by magic .....

Wonder why we got allocated The Green Man?

Just hope they have plenty of Plod around because Millwall will turn up.

I'd expect any 'official' announcement regarding the Green Man would be held back until much later. The Met will guage the potential for public disorder. Nah, fuck it, let's take it anyway.

http://www.hof.org.uk/showthread.php?t=6957

i take it you don't want to go there Ralph

Errm...whoops !

Let them torch it then... I'll be in the MASSIVE beer garden anyway.

I like this post

"This is on Swindon site and it looks like the Green man is ours !
http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/...059121,00.html"

(Said link lists the Green Man as a Swindon pub, although to be fair it may have been edited unless the whole of the board can't read)

On the other hand, I think I may avoid going here on the day as I'm a big fan of my teeth.

I will be drinking in the Ibis Hotel when I arrive at the ground, approx 11.45

Green Man is a no-no for such an old man who has experienced the nasty Millwall element, a definite no thank you.

Not really no. I don't see the point going to a pub where it's highly likely it will all kick off.

I'm not missing this match for anyone or anything.

Another quote.....


''On Swindon site it is now saying it's theirs, good luck to the OB & Swindon if it kicks off. ''

why is everyone worried about what wont happen. the old bill will be all over this place from what the lady i spoke to said.

if millwall turn up and cause trouble the police are there to sort them out and then they'll miss the game.

and from there websites now they aren't bothering as it's too much hastle

WHO GIVES A FLYING FUCK.

Why put yourself in danger when you can avoid it?

I don't fancy a glass in the face!

we will have innocent shirters given punches etc by millwall yobs on saturday,make no mistake about that.those fuckers dont give a shit about who they hurt.they aint the typical hoolie on hoolie fighters.they are scum who will batter whoever takes their fancy.cowards who will batter smaller groups of fans for fuck all.

make sure it aint any of you eh?

I've just phoned the green man and they've saying it's a swindon pub, ie, no entrance without a ticket in the right areas. If that's the case, then it's good enough for me.

can't really understand the fear. You'll get trouble if you look for it. There will be so many swindon fans in this pub anyway...

No, Millwall have been allocated the Flying Fuck. We've got the Green Man

exactly. it's probably safer than anywhere else

Is this shit still going on.

A lot of Millwall are all talk, spotty 15 year olds on a forum acting hard.

Who gets this possesive over a pub for fuck sake.

it's not like millwall fans are another species or something


why so grumpy dan? did you not get saturday off?

I'm afraid that is totally incorrect.

No I didn't but something that trivial isn't going to stop me.

Just seems a lot of fuss about nothing.

it's all scaremongering because (as dave puts it) some 15 year old spotty twat writes something ard on a forum. ffs get a grip. this is wembley with 30k + swindon. not the den where we are out numbered in everyway

http://www.scunthorpeunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/only_six_millwall_fans_arrested_448762/index.shtml

nice lot.millwall

Five pubs is enough for 28,000 right?

This is really daft.  There are going to be 30,000 Swindon fans in London on Saturday.  Maybe 10,000 will be heading to a pub beforehand...and between them, they (we) will be visiting several hundred different pubs.  So why all the fuss over the Green Man?

Five threads isn't either, obviously.

This forum is getting so messy! It's upsetting my OCD!

What about the green man, what about the green man, what about the green man, what about the green man what about the green man, what about the green man what about the green man, what about the green man what about the green man, what about the green man what about the green man, what about the green man what about the green man, what about the green man what about the green man, what about the green man what about the green man, what about the green man what about the green man, what about the green man what about the green man, what about the green man what about the green man, what about the green man?

What's an OCD ? I'm not really into music.

Orientally created dump. prominent on saturday nights normally.

Ooh. Surely you mean 'orally'?

old cum dump

Nope orientally, happens everytime i have kung po chicken.

 
 Charlotte does not like this.

My mate spoke to the landlord before the England game and it is definitely a Swindon pub. Millwall had it last year and apparently were no trouble at all. He'd have been happy for it to be Millwall again but the Met Police told him it was Swnidon.
Both he and the Old Bill are well aware of Millwall's interest in the pub and it will be very heavilly policed.

As pubbage thread has now been deleted, could someone send me a message on here saying what pub Swindon fans plan on going to in Marylebone? were thinking of heading there before or to Wembley straight away and obviously want to be in pubs with Town fans and not Chavs Galore (Millwall).

I think the green man has been mentioned once or twice

Does anyone know if the Green Man is going to be a Swindon or Millwall pub? I can't see it anywhere on here.

you two should do stand up. you're fucking hilarious

Oh come on MR, it is getting a bit tedious now.

Do they do stand up in the green man?

not really sam. people want to know where is best to go and if it'll be the safest.
the green man appears to be the best pub we've been allocated but cos of millwalls interest they need to know if it's safe.

some people will bring young kids and the beer garden is ideal

Ditto....my original post was aimed at families or people on the forum who want a decent day out,i dont care how many police are about if you want a nice peacefull drink you wont get it there in my opinion...theres no fear involved for me because i wont be near the shite hole.

is the ibis the one oposite the station?

Not sure..i am not going there,just agreed with Dell Boys take on proceedings.
I will be in Marylebone.

Mate Pm me if you hear anything as I to will be round Marylebone and want to meet up with other town fans. Cheers

Also looking to get a few in at this end before heading up to Wembley, don't fancy any nonsense with the Milwall lot tbh!

ah. i'll be round near the ground due to train coming into wembley stadium.

so one of the allocated pubs will do me.

but probably be the steps of wembley with cans as the party i'm with aren't that keen on the pub idea  ::)

Funny you should say that, because I am feeling a little nervous about taking my 7 year old up to Big London on Saturday with the massive crowds etc, and was wondering if there would be any pubs nearby with a beer garden that would be safe to go to, but after reading all this Millwall are going to 'take over' the pub bullshit I think were head straight into the ground.

Bunch of pussies. Especially you Ralph.

Exactly


Call me whatever you want but I want to enjoy my day at Wembley without getting the shit kicked out of me thanks.

That would be a shame Joe, but understand what you mean.

Must do the walk up Wembley Way at least?! Your boy / girl will never forget it!  :)

Christ, don't take kids on a forum so seriously.

To be honest, it's hard to tell who is on the wind up or serious after all the shit about the pubs on here and the Millwall forums.  :hmmm:

What end are we? Are we directly as you get off the train or have to walk round. I can't be fucked to look

As you get off the train.

Cheers mate

as the number of threads regarding pubs etc have got out of hand, can we please try to use this one?

no. our cheapest ticket was £40. yours, if you really want to compare?


the former? it makes the latter more impressive.

I believe we would have sold our allocation if we were playing Huddersfield.

The Oxford tickets were...  £35 in level 1 and level 5 and £40 in level 2 (Club Wembley seating)

I would imagine there were quite a few thousand neutrals at that game too

sorry to drag this up regarding pubs again and especially the greenman but i've just received a phone call from the met police football leason officer.

i'd emailed them early last week regarding allocation of pubs and which ones are Swindon.

He talked me through the ones which the official site mentioned and also the decision to allocate the greenman.

it was the landlords decision not the police. he had millwall last year but decided whoever had the most booking he would have this year.
Swindon so far have 17 coaches booked for the greenman arriving anytime after 10:30am.
He has sufficiant security for the pub plus police presence regarding entrances to the pub etc.
Checks are in place to determin Millwall & Swindon as he doesn't want the two together.

whether thats your pub of choice or not just thought i'd share what he told me.

I was wondering where everyone is going for a drink before the match, 7 of us are going to Ruislip high street(lots of pubs) for a couple of hours something to eat and then 20 minutes on the Tube
Where is everyone else going

Thanks MR. Looks like this landlord (oxford fan or not) seems to give a different answer to which ever fans ask him, according to the Oxford and Millwall forums. Looks like he is trying to keep everyone happy!  :hmmm:

If the pub is open at 10.30 I may be brave and venture there!   :nod: :no: :nod: :no:  not sure yet!  :D

Mate, I didn't say that did i.

Club Wembley :D

just the impression i got that was all.

I told you in the text earlier.

I didn't say I didn't want to go to any pub.

Totally untrue.

i posted that ages ago

Let's be honest, it's not going to kick off at this fucking pub is it, the lads who are up for a rumble are gonna be a bit more coy about it.

where you meeting the millwall lot dave? ;)

fuck off tans dave will be running with the rest of them

I have club wembley seats! no meal or free drinks though!

What's the point in paying the extra £whateveritis if you don't mind me asking?

Good view.

yeah cracking view from there Si.

even though when Blackpool were walking up the stairs to collect the trophy the camerman stopped on row 18 and gave a perfect view of what my view would be like. i'm definitely happy with where i'm standing

But it's exactly the same as the opposite (cheaper) side?

what cheaper ones?

You get a padded seat! :) also apprently access to our own toilets and food outlets etc?

Truth be told Si the tickets belong to our ticket provider we use at work he's knows Im
a Swindon fan and offered me them for a cracking price - be rude not too! Mean it's not everyday you get to go to Wembley is it?!

Hang about, I've just realised - are we talking the bit near the tunnel or the 2nd tier? I think I've got confused somehow.

The bit near the tunnel is the same as the opposite side which is cheaper. The 2nd tier club wembley section doesn't have an equivalent cheaper opposite side.

For some reason I always thought club Wembley was just the rubbish bit near the tunnel nd that side.

soapy tit wank
it's the second tear. 232 > 240 i think

2nd teir lovey! Im in 251

If someone could drop me a message about this too? Thanks.

how did you get the greyed out seats when they haven't been allocated a price?

I'd imagine JFW has corporate whored herself.  The greyed out ones get offered to non fans don't they?  You can get a wide range of corporate deals for the day, some via Wembley I think.

The various attempts at spelling 'tier' on this page makes me want to hurt people.

Apologies DMR think you might be talking about me there!  :-[

MR - as I said to Si I got my tickets through our Ticket provider at work not through the club - It probably helped one of my clients spent nearly £6 grand on Wimbledon tickets the day before the Charlton game  :D

It could end in tears.

oh dave i laugh so much a tier came into my eye

Back on thread, the concensus from my little crowd is that we will be drinking at pubs near baker street tube. Any takers?

Thought I read alot of Milwall drinking at Baker Street, not sure.  Is anyone still heading Marylebone? if so which pubs as cant seem to find in this thread where people said where they were headed.

a lot of millwall are heading up that way

I guess thats coz the jubilee line runs through it eh? Maybe marylebone is a safer bet then...

That's the badger - Club Wembley is the whole middle teehur. If you went for the £62 option you either got CW or the best seats in the bottom teeyurr - hence my desire to wait until the CW tickets got released - for the extras. I'd rather slam my frank n' beans in the cutlery drawer than sit in those blocks either side of the tunnel with a bunch of people who couldn't care less about football, & are only there to shovel food & drink down their throats.


 :toocool: Fantastic seats, not many better in the whole stadium. You'll almost be able to reach out and rub JD's hair when he lifts the trophy.

 

Anyone know for sure if alcohol is on sale inside Wembley?

lush thanks one F - I might just do that!!

hahahaha that reminds me of my friends favourite memory of Wembley vs Leicester - on the Victory tour round town afterwards Martin Ling ruffled his hair!

fair enough, but I am trying to find a meeting place for various sets of fans coming from all sorts of directions, dont particularly want to say, ok meet at the 'fig and piddle' or whatever, if there is a possiblity there will be a heavy 'wall bias.

(note, I was replaying to ardiles' contribution, but that seems to have gone now?!)

Think alot of Town fans heading Marylebone, sure someone posted it on here earlier this week but cant seem to find it now.  Any idea which pub people are headed to? me and 4 mates headed that way so would aim for a pub with a few Town fans in.  If its easier to send a personal message then do that.

If Millwall are as bad as some of you think, isn't it a bit daft putting your plans on a forum ?

The concourse area for Club Wembley is top notch - proper restaurants are available if that floats your boat and plenty of really good food and drink available.  I took a little tour around there without permission when we went to watch Oasis - lost my seat ticket and then got an insiders tour of the inner workings of Wembley as a Steward was assigned to me to get me back to where we should have been (a little drink had been consumed and we had tickets for the all you can drink posh bit).

I think that is why he said to PM him.... :hmmm:  :D

Heard the same from some Oxford fans , that's why I waited out for them to come up rather than get 'normal' seats!

Ive only ever been to the Alsop Arms at Marylebone, which is towards baker street.

Not that many pubs about. Although some of the lads said they had been to the Hobgoblin.

i was in block 251, was pretty shocked when the players appeared next to us to get their medals - awesome seats

We're in about the same seats at last time...I can still hear the echo of the ball hitting the post from Maskell's strike.

As long as we don't go 3-0 up and then they get 3 back! I couldn't stand that.

Its at the end of Wembley Way, it's a huge hotel if you miss it you need to go to Specsavers.
Fans from both sides will be welcome as long as they behave themselves, bouncers on the door and in the bars etc etc ... a fantastic plate of food for £10 if you need a feast before the game and I highly recommend it. Quality.

Block 126 Row 43, similar place to when I went before, but slightly further back so I know the view will be good :)

Mind you, anywhere is decent apart from top tier I'd imagine.

south oxon reds are in the row behind you si :)

JFW likes this!!  :nod:

oooh Im row 3 as well!

Ooh I'm near you! Block 125. Down near the front in row 8 though.

block 124 row 17.

we're all in a similar area.

anyone know how many people per block?

I think it varies. In the top tier there are about 20 seats in each row, but some blocks have more rows than others! Not so sure about the bottom level.

Any one in block 134 Row 27

no cos i've heard there is a camera pillar in row 26 so is a crap view

Yeah I noticed that. Quality.

block 141 row 37 is where it's at

nah.its all about the block 140 row 40 crew

I'm 3 rows infront. Seat 4. So glad we got aisle seats.

i'll throw a chip in your general direction

6 of us in block 126, row 36, good to know there are some fellow TEF'ers in there, we will be rocking it!

I'm 10 rows in front of you. Block 141 masssiiiiifff brrrraaaapppp.

 :)  My pleasure - you struck gold there, JFW.


Yup, that's the case in my experience, although the front part of the top tier is a really good place to be, and what I'll revert back to for the Euro 2012 qualifiers. My first game there I was 2 rows from the very top on the half-way-line, & the players were tiny, I felt a little bit removed from the action.

Which Wembley pubs did you visit in '93 then JFW?

Right so out of all of the pubs we have been given by the police which pub is everyone going to tomorrow? :pint:

green man or greyhound are closest

Just did the walk from wembley central on streetmap - stopped off at the bear for one then jj moons for a couple

then had a quick jd's at the greyhound to settle the nerves...

didn't work though!

We're going to The Bear, but leaving at about 1.30 to walk up Empire Way and then back down Wembley Way! (Then all the way round Wembley to get to our seats!!). Sounds a bit pointless but I reckon it'll be worth it to see the sea of red!

i think i'm gonna go to wembley central from paddington.are our allocated boozers en-route from there?

ummm I was 12????????

yes mate turn right out of central, and the bear and jj moons are on your right. then you can head north for the green man or carry on along the high street for the greyhound

nice.cheers

we're coming into Wembley Stadium. was thinking of the greenman but the weather is supposed to be shit so no beer garden or bbq's there.

so probably head down the highstreet to one of the pubs there

Weathers not too bad Sun, Cloud and Rain so bit of everything by looks of it.

sunday?!! we're playing saturday!!

Sunshine not Sunday.

i'll get me coat

how was mr Kay dave?

Awesome mate, cheers for sorting the tickets out.  All new material, had us cracking up.  He had Rick Astley supporting as well which was good comedy.

What?!! Rick Astley! That would've been worth the entrance fee alone!

Haha yes I know my Mrs loved it, she loves 80's music.  He did all his 'classics' and a medlee of songs from singers from Manchester.  It was a good support act and Peter Kay was class, best comedian I have seen live.