Tried this bar out on friday pre match,very impressed,not quite your typical weatherspoons,but well worth a punt,good food and beer at dangerously cheap prices



,shuttle bus providied good service to the SCS,Think more reds should give this a try

Spot on mate, it was fantastic, the staff, the reds game v London on the screens, the food, the beer (and it's price, City Red Ale, lovely stuff!) and the Shuttle, it's the best pre-match for a home game I've had for a while!

As someone who rarely goes to the Trafford Centre, and has only been by car, what's the best way to get to the TC/Chill Factore from Mcr City Centre by public transport?

I tend to get 250 or the X (something, I forget the actual number!) from Picadilly to the TC and then walk over. Only takes 5 mins of so to walk down.

Think it's the X50 which is a limited stop between Manchester and the Traff Ctr. They run from Piccadilly. You can catch the number 100 bus from Shudehill. Theres obviously also the metro link, oh wait a minute, mega rich property developments get the green light without the need for any proper public transport infrastructure.

I also recommend the Red City Ale. Was in there early afternoon and tries from previous games was being shown on the tv.

Gave this a try pre match yesterday. Was decent. Big sign on the bar advertising the match and bus times was good to see and seemed to create a bit of interest. Bit dearer than a normal wetherspoons but the city reds ale was only £1.10 a pint and could get Carlsberg for £1.99 as well.

20% off food with a match ticket or club colours and they are showing a re run of Salford vs Catalan on the tv screens pre match tomorrow. Shuttle bus runs from there to the ground. Decent option for pre match drinks.

To Talent Spotter

What are you talking about ?

20% off food ..Where ?
What T V screens
Shuttle bus from Where ?

There is pub in the Chill Factor building called Castles in the Air.
The shuttle bus picks up from there before games.

Wetherspoons pub called Castle in the Air near the Chill Factore. Red City Ale (Moorhouse) £1.10 a pint.

They didn't have the Red City Ale sadly when I was in last week. Is it only on on matchdays?

Motor Red, Ive only seen it there on match days. First time I went in was during the Real Ale Festival earlier this year when there was a good selection. I went in before the Saints game and they had Red City Ale and two other ales all £1.10. One was a Robinsons label.

Fair few options for pre match drinks now. Due to the location of the stadium there aint any pubs you will ever be able to fall out of and stumble 10 yards to the stadium but if you are prepared to walk or get on a bus youve got choices. Good to see the club offering the supporters bar and the buses from outside the Unicorn, Eccles town centre and Castles In The Air and if youve got time on your hands there is the Airport Bar, Eccles ARFLC and the Patricroft and Peel Green pubs and a 15 min walk to the ground.

Is it worth having a permanent thread with info for pre/post match drinks and travel? Im happy to write one for others to add/amend if necessary.

Sounds good, hopefully it'll be on later! And hopefully it'll be nicer than that Salford Best Bitter they had in the Willows, if I remember correctly



Aye there's quite few to choose from now. Plus now with the shuttle buses to Irlam station, there's a couple of pubs round there for anyone down that way.

I asked for a pint of that once. The response was "I'll do you a Tetley's, that stuff is bloody awful." Said it all when the staff didn't want to sell it.

To JJM
Many thanks for the info, not heard of it. I don't get out often

Talent spotter must assume everyone knows what he is talking about, or we are all physic

To be fair to him, not only did he put the name of the pub in the title of the thread, it's been discussed on here previously and been publicised by the club. So it was a fair assumption to assume most people would put two and two together.

. I was unlucky enough to try it. Not nice. Not nice at all. Red City Ale's not bad though.