What's the consensus then? Spoons? Running Horses? Raven? Counting House? Swan? George? Alfred? Something further afield?

Where are people heading tonight?

Which is the new Black Bull?

Running Horses for me.

Fun bus boys will be going to the George I would guess

Saints Gold in the founders bar for me.

Have they brought this RFL initiative in where you can order your food and drinks from the stadium via text? I'm sure I got an email about that recently.

Original Fun Bus boys will be in the Phoenix

I suspect that may have been for showpiece events if true.

If i could text "Beer me!" from my seat and someone delivers it, i would know i had died and gone to heaven

Maybe I have and that's why only I've got the email.

i think you've just dreamed it!

Spot on - that's what I did, and have to say, what a bloody good tipple Saints Gold is!

How was It In there?
Service ok,room to stand without being bumped all the time.
Might give It a go next time.

Gotta say the whole pre match ritual : ceremonial parking of the car, pub choice (Raven fer me),walk up is waaaay better than Knowsley road. I dont miss Black bull never did never will ,roll on variety and change of pub venue pre match happy days

I must say that as much as an improvement on a warm can of Carlsberg the Saints Gold is, the Haka real ale in the Phoenix knocked it into a cocked hat for taste.

..The George Wright was top notch too.

Keep it quiet though, it was nice having decent ale at a reasonable price and not having to fight to get served.

George Wright is quality stuff,been on a couple of sampling sessions at their micro brewery in Rainford.

That sounds like a good gig ! Agree, my fav brew at present.

I thought it was very good. I got there for just before 6.00pm, so wasn't too busy then. Service was excellent - all staff wearing quite smart bar attire, fast delivery of drinks, and excellent prices (£2.80 for Saints gold). It obviously got busier nearer to kick off, but was never overcrowded. At one stage, we queued up and the whole queuing system was full (they have barriers up like at a Post office) - but it still only took 5 minutes to get served. In fact, the staff seemed to be operating quicker than the queue, and were frequently asking for people to move down the bar to get served. We left around 7.30pm to get a drink in the North stand bar.

The only negative (and it really wasn't that bad) was the "disco", which meant it was hard to chat without shouting.

We'll certainly be going back in there for the Cats game, and probably for all the remaining home games.

Ta for that,substitute the disco for a Saints game on a telly and Its perfic.