best place to watch football in city centre

maradona10

best place to watch football in city centre

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Synnott's near Stephen's Green is alright.

shrapnel222

as much as i hate to admit it, fitsimons in temple bar is a good place for football

Dub13

It depends on what you are looking for,do you want a pub with loads of TVs and good views from everywere...?or do you want pure atmosphere.

raheny red

maradona10 wrote: »

best place to watch football in city centre

Tolka Park - only one game left this season though but mosey on down :cool:

Dub13

raheny red wrote: »

Tolka Park - only one game left this season though but mosey on down :cool:

Tolka Park is not in the City Center...:p

theprodigals0n

It's a dreadful, dreadful bar, but Frazers on O'Connell St has loads of matches on all the time.

stooge

porterhouse at the bottom of grafton street is ok for matches. Down Under is ok for big matches e.g finals.

by far the best place with loads of screens and good atmosphere is the woolshed up beside UGC cinema (near parnell street)

johnnyrotten

Croker

koHd

Just the thread I was lookin' for. I was thinkin' Fitzsimons meself. It's for the Arsenal v man Utd game. Goin' with a few friends. We all either support Arsenal or Man scum so it's a good mix of us.

Any other places than Fitzsimons that might be good for this?

super_furry

Tolka Park, Richmond Park or Dalymount.

koHd

super_furry wrote: »

Tolka Park, Richmond Park or Dalymount.

Somebody already tried that smart answer. Hard luck. :rolleyes:

spareman

Dublin Arsenal fan club meet at Katies Bar beside bus aras, not sure if you Man Utd friends would be welcome though.

raheny red

koHd wrote: »

Somebody already tried that smart answer. Hard luck. :rolleyes:

I wasn't being smart. The OP never mentioned anything about watching it on TV

WellyJ

spareman wrote: »

Dublin Arsenal fan club meet at Katies Bar beside bus aras, not sure if you Man Utd friends would be welcome though.

So there are 4 lads siting around a table in Arse jerseys?

MOH

theprodigals0n wrote: »

It's a dreadful, dreadful bar, but Frazers on O'Connell St has loads of matches on all the time.

It is absolutely dreadful. I was going there a couple of years before I discovered the Woolshed's a lot better, general shows all the matches that Frazers does.

eirebhoy

Yeah Frazers is a dump but it's the only place to watch Celtic's home matches (Polish channel). It's certainly unique. On a Sunday afternoon you'd have Celtic fans in one corner, premiership fans in another, Italians in another, Germans in another and Chinese and Africans supporting anyone and everyone.

raheny red

eirebhoy wrote: »

Chinese and Africans supporting anyone and everyone.

A bit like the Irish in there so

Dub13

I remember been in Frazers a few years ago for one of Liverpool's games that was only on one of the doggy TV stations.

I was standing at the bar and two blokes in the nip and I mean in the nip nothing on at all ran by,I said laughing to the bar man whats the story with that and he said...'they are Celtic fans they are grand..'

It was only of these things that could only happen in Dublin.Frazers certainly is a dump but it is also very unique.

Bang Bang

Do you mean football as in real football like GAA? Or football as in poncy soccer who's players kiss and slobber all over each other each time they get a score...

Keith186

Dub13 wrote: »

I remember been in Frazers a few years ago for one of Liverpool's games that was only on one of the doggy TV stations.

I was standing at the bar and two blokes in the nip and I mean in the nip nothing on at all ran by,I said laughing to the bar man whats the story with that and he said...'they are Celtic fans they are grand..'

It was only of these things that could only happen in Dublin.Frazers certainly is a dump but it is also very unique.

Been to that kip unfortunately a few times in the evening. One Saturday my mates nearly got the **** kicked outta them by a group of so called Celtic fans because they were supporting Liverpool 'a foreign team'.

C'mon the ****, I know a good few of the inner city kids didn't finish school but can they be that dumb? BTW I reckon the picture in Irish Times or Independent showing a guy holding a banner saying 'foreign sports out' at time it was IRL vs ENG in rugby had to be a set up/pay off/photo/shoot whatever to sell a few papers and that's why the face wasn't shown. But those people might exist!!

Dub13

Bang Bang wrote: »

Do you mean football as in real football like GAA? Or football as in poncy soccer who's players kiss and slobber all over each other each time they get a score...

GAA = catch and kick,IMO.

Bang Bang

Dub13 wrote: »

GAA = catch and kick,IMO.

As opposed to...?? "Grab and Kiss" maybe:D

Dub13

Bang Bang wrote: »

As opposed to...?? "Grab and Kiss" maybe:D

LOL...nice reply.

eirebhoy

Keith186 wrote: »

Been to that kip unfortunately a few times in the evening. One Saturday my mates nearly got the **** kicked outta them by a group of so called Celtic fans because they were supporting Liverpool 'a foreign team'.

I'm sorry but I just can't believe that. Absolute rubbish imo. Don't get me wrong, I'm not calling you a liar.

doubledeckerbus

eirebhoy wrote: »

I'm sorry but I just can't believe that. Absolute rubbish imo. Don't get me wrong, I'm not calling you a liar.

Well actually you are.

I believe this, had a similar experience myself the one time I was there. There was a group of Celtic fans watching a Man Utd match being the most obviously racist, sectarian, misogynistic group I have ever seen. They were basically slagging off the Premiership... while watching it. It was a horribly provocative atmosphere and the bouncers didn't do anything about it. I agree that the Woolshed is much nicer.

ian_m

The Down Under bar on Parnell St
(Beside the cinema)

Good atmosphere last time I was there.