Had a good night with some old mates in Epsom spoons last night, you absolutely cannot knock the value for money

Youngs pubs are notoriously expensive nowdays.

The Guinness we get is also brewed in NSW so not even the proper Dublin gear but I’ll be honest with you it tastes no different to me although you’ll get plenty of Guinness snobs who swear it’s inferior

a4e - Yes mate you’re correct, beer prices back home are as ridiculous as here, most places will have a particular beer something like swan lager on a $10 pints all day offer but yes other beers you’re looking at anything between $10 & $16 a pint. I paid $17 for Guinness which seems to be the going rate down under . We are heavily taxed on alcohol, so yes I probably am used to paying that for a beer but I’m 62 now & like a good moan 🤣

Old Rosie (decent farmhouse cider - flat and cloudy and 6.8%) is currently available in a pub near me and is £8.40 a pint.

Modelo is very nice beer. Most of the Mexican lagers are decent tbf. I probably stay away from Sol unless I’m actually drinking it in Mexico. But Doe Equis, Pacifico, even Corona - all very nice especially on a hot summer’s day like this.

WTID - your beer price comment made think about the equivalent in Sydney - whilst this is just the AI answer from Googling, the prices seem not too dissimilar… “The average price of a standard pint of beer (570ml) in a Sydney pub generally ranges between AU$12.00 and AU$16.00. However, depending on the location, the type of beer, and the time of day, you can expect to pay anywhere from AU$7.00 to over AU$20.00” - not sure how realistic that sounds to you?

WTID they read here and saw you coming...

I’m in Wimbledon so thought I’d call into the Alex for a cold one, well pleased to see that have one of my favourite beers modelo on draft, not so pleased to find out it’s £7.95 a pint, probably not even the pukka Mexican brew either, oh well I’m on holiday so fuck it

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[Link] This doesn’t seem like it will end well!

Some pretty good/interesting games coming up over the weekend on TV. Obviously there’s our game (too early to predict a 3-0 defeat) but on Sunday it’s the claret and blue derby with Burnley at home to West Ham (who’s fans are buzzing for the season ahead - hoping to challenge for the title and no VAR!) then on Monday evening it’s Cardiff’s return to the Championship and obviously the random computer fixture algorithm has them opening the league season at home to Wrexham.

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DO, of course. But not his sister if she was standing!

Red kite yes it looks nice! Maybe a little like what Plough Lane will look like when we expand it fully.

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RK - you think Binface will finish ahead of Laurence Fox?

Hash, last season at the Kassam for Oxford. Their new ground looks nice, assuming no delays

Same Trigs. Agree with them about Oxford being shit. Absolute pain to get to from the station and utter shit open end / car park behind one of the goals.

Yeah good luck to the next pm:-)

I don't have a subscription but could read that piece in full without issue. I also agree (I think everyone does) about out of town venues and am glad they recognised that Reading's stadium whilst looking great on the TV cameras (when they were Prem/Champ) it's a god-awful ground to get to and from.

That is almost as old as some of pete's jokes RK ;)

Unfortunately, expecting the comedian to win today

Morning all. If you have an Athletic subscription then somebody has just done a list all the EFL grounds. Ours is a pleasant surprise... - [Link]

New Signing Day please