Spit, and nick (and anyone else into their beers…) - if you fancy a good read about the British local pub, you could do worse than this 2024 book, written by a good friend of mine - [Link] or his 2022 book recommending 250 top beers in bottle/can [Link] Yes, he’s actually a beer journalist - nice work if you can get it… 🤪🍺👏

Saveloy - while I would like to see the breakdown of what beers sold more than others at PL, and having seen/been in line for the craft beer vendors, if BTH still couldn't make it work in a captive market like Plough Lane then perhaps it's not as viable as first thought...

REPD - what are you referring to when you say BTH/craft beer wasn’t a success? Clearly The Phoenix as a standalone pub hasn’t been a hit, but not sure it’s their fault we stuck it in a stairwell. Similalry they went bust because of things unrelated to us. Lots of people drank their beer on match day, which I think is the metric that matters for whether craft beer is wanted or not.

Oh, if the Gimps are around and able to work - none of the CSS scripts are working. Can't move the text box from right to left, and it's so small I can't resize it either

Morning all. Forget why, but there's a good reason why beers at sports venues tend to be similar to anywhere else. It won't stop people at even our games having a bevvie before or at half time, although if Aramak are smart they'll keep the food vendors onside. Also, as BTH proved, having craft beer inside a stadium isn't always a guaranteed winner...

Sympathy for the devil is one of the greatest songs ever recorded in Barnes. Superb piece of music with a great story that still manages to remain relevant 57 years after it was released

Prefer the Guns n Roses version to The Stone one [Link] Used in Interview with a Vampire

I think that's what will happen,a ruthless big American company won't want small independent businesses as compatition, sorry TBN

Nick - the usual method would be offering such poor terms that the vendors all pull out of their own accord and then Aramark and the club can claim it wasn't their fault.

Sorry about the fake news this morning, football league fixtures Thursday 26th June

Nick, I absolutely hate Sympathy for the Devil. A dreadful earworm as is Hey Jude.

Nicander, even some of the current vendors are of the opinion that the new catering company will want to bring all the outlets “in house” and there may not be a long term future for them once Aramark take over. Like you say supporters have become invested in the food outlets and are unlikely to accept the inferior offerings from the club concessions so we could lose out big time. It would be sad to lose our food park if that is a possibility.

Wow how good is Mobland and how many times can “Sympathy for the Devil” and “The Beast In Me” be used as a perfect commentary/accompaniment in/to the storyline of a great piece of work?

Pint,first pint Honest

Pind of Legend from the Nottingham brewery, won't have that in T' Phenix

TBK - we're in a competitive area for food and drink. Football fans can be taken for granted in many ways (what are we going to do, support someone else?), but food and drink in our area isn't one of them. Get it wrong, people will go elsewhere pre-match.

Would make sense as it would have been preventing a direct shot on goal no other defenders in the way.

Trig - The Sky pundits were talking about a potential red.

Not certain but wasn’t the initial shirt pull outside the area so even if VAR had intervened it would have been a direct free kick and not a penalty?

NickD - Yes I thought that too.

Interesting Maverick - do wonder if the forward had gone down whether things would have been different also.

NickD - Heard you and Stu talking about Lewis's shirt pull on the pod. According to the Sky post-match analysis VAR did have a look at this but decided the infringement wasn't sufficient for them to intervene. But it sounds like we came very close to things being very different. I think he let go just in time.

Aideen - Apparently they wanted to sort all this last month but the catering contract renewal has held things up a bit. Sorry.

The coffin racers are nuts too, not as quick but still 100+mph with a sidecar inches from the ground...

Aramark are shisters, only Compass can beat them for Contract Catering Cuntishness, they must’ve spun some real bullshit to the board 😩