The Players lounge in Fairview - Dublin

Trhiggy83

Lads,
Does anyone know what this pub is like inside as i have never been into it and was just curious as it was in the news recently after a bouncer and two bystanders got shot outside. What are the regulars like inside- is it a place that i should stay away from as i here they have the rights to a lot of english matches that are not on mainstream tv??

orourkeda

Great place to shoot the breeze

Trhiggy83

Anyone seriously know if its dodgy tho or have a bad reputation as i realise people can be shot anywhere

philstar

any pub that has the Irish Brigade playing in it has got to be dodgy

winston82

Trhiggy83 wrote: »

Anyone seriously know if its dodgy tho or have a bad reputation as i realise people can be shot anywhere

it's a complete fukking shhithole. Full of tracksuit wearing junkballs from East Wall/Ballybough/Marino.

Trhiggy83

cheers thats all i wanted confirmed, there website looks quite cool and gives a differant impression but thats always gonna be the case.

davrho

Good boozer. Head in there for the Celtic games not shown on mainstream tv.

There are plenty of tv screens so you can pick your spot.

Never seen any bother and it is just the same as any other pub just outside the city centre.

Try it yourself and don't listen to the pish spouted on here.

Murrays(Fraziers) will show all the games too and is a bit more central.

derfderf

winston82 wrote: »

it's a complete fukking shhithole. Full of tracksuit wearing junkballs from East Wall/Ballybough/Marino.

I was in it once. I'd have to agree with you. Pity though, it would be a good place to watch the football otherwise.

biko

After Hours -> Regional forum.

Collie D

Ah, it's fine. Have never been in it during the week but usually head in there before and after a game at Croke Park. Can get very busy on match day but a seat usually appears at some point and loads of staff so you won't be waiting ages for a pint. Excellent venue for watching sports, wall to wall TVs

spider_pig

winston82 wrote: »

it's a complete fukking shhithole. Full of tracksuit wearing junkballs from East Wall/Ballybough/Marino.

and where might you be from..? marino is far from full a junk balls.i agree the pub is a s*hit hole only been in it the once and once was enough.

Collie D

spider_pig wrote: »

and where might you be from..? marino is far from full a junk balls..

I didn't even notice that comment. I always associated Marino with older people, rightly or wrongly although any time I've been on the 123 the majority of passengers seem to be bus pass holders

spider_pig

Collie D wrote: »

I didn't even notice that comment. I always associated Marino with older people, rightly or wrongly although any time I've been on the 123 the majority of passengers seem to be bus pass holders

exactly my point there does be nobody out here at all night or day its prob one the safest places to walk at night never anything happening here.

humberklog

OP the pub is grand. Sure the majority of the crowd if not all are working class...but "working" class as opposed to skanger-sub class.

The pub gets bands in and has all the matches on a load of tv's. If that's your thing then it's bang on. Not my cup of tea but C'est le vie.

The shooting wasn't the usual skanger-junkie shoot'm up. It is apparently more to do with the nastier underbelly of criminal activity residue left around the bath tub of Irish society by republican gangsters.

If you like a show or wall to wall tv's then it's fine. Does exactly what it says on the tin.

RMD

Great pub inside, crowd is mostly local people, working class / lower middle class but not of the scummy type. Apparently it does have ties to Republicans so not 100% sure on it but a nice pub all the same great for sports.

humberklog

RMD wrote: »

Great pub inside, crowd is mostly local people, working class / lower middle class but not of the scummy type. Apparently it does have ties to Republicans so not 100% sure on it but a nice pub all the same great for sports.

Oh I thought it was the other way around RMD. Could well have my own wires crossed though but I thought I was told that it was because Stokes wasn't playing ball with Republican door security etc.

Anthony Stokes' (the footballer) dad owns it, no?

Jesus Wept

Trhiggy83 wrote: »

i here they have the rights to a lot of english matches that are not on mainstream tv??

Do they have the rights or just a lot of tv channels.

Leejo

latenia

What utter morons.

P_1

I'm sure she's devastated :rolleyes:

Sergeant

Ironic that they are using the Queen of GB & NI to get some free advertising. Seems they don't want a British embassy here either.

admiralofthefleet

its a bit hypocritical that they have that outside while they screen the premier league on the ten million + tellys they have in the place

Tommyadams

Wow they must be taking anti-embarrassment pills round the clock in that kip. Idiots.

Pineapple stu

I bet they will show british football ahead of a league of Ireland game. His own son pays taxes to the queen . He was on the fm104 talk show talking crap the other week as well.
Its a pointless banner as its not as if she had intended to make it her local now is it .

Gavin "shels"

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

its a bit hypocritical that they have that outside while they screen the premier league on the ten million + tellys they have in the place

Not to mention the collection of British jerseys framed on the wall (along with a Shels one too mind you )

Jesus Wept

I don't know that it is hypocritical exactly, as per their sign - their qualm is with 'occupation', not all things British.

They are just ****ing eejits.

stovelid

The-Rigger wrote: »

I don't know that it is hypocritical exactly, as per their sign - their qualm is with 'occupation', not all things British.

They are just ****ing eejits.

So I can cheer o b the English national football team or rugby team in there even if I disagree with the occupation of the North? Cool.

Maybe I'm wrong but I assume when people get shot there is a reason such as criminal or paramilitary involvement, and not just random attacks. I'd be more worried if the place had a reputation for fights and so on.

arybvtcw0eolkf

stovelid wrote: »

I'd be more worried if the place had a reputation for fights and so on.

It has that too.

Wolfe Tone

Clever idea, but they got the last line wrong, they no doubt mean the British establishment and not anyone British.

Dancor

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Clever idea

No its not, Its ****ing tick. His son makes a fine living for himself in Britain and gladley takes the queens shilling which helped buy that shop.

AnonoBoy

This just in: Queen Elizabeth gutted that she won't be able to have a pint with the local Mensa members that no doubt drink in the Player's Lounge regularly.

Pace2008

Dancor wrote: »

No its not, Its ****ing tick. His son makes a fine living for himself in Britain and gladley takes the queens shilling which helped buy that shop.

From the point of view of a well-adjusted, rational member of society it's beyond moronic.

For the puropose of attracting apes adorned with MichaelCollins32 and Fighting Irish leprechaun tattoos, it's probably a fairly effective publicity stunt.

Captain Commie

yer man from the players lounge is an utter gobsh!te, was on the FM104 phone show the other night and had his opinion shot down more or less instantly as utterly moronic, would not listen to anyone else or even let them talk.

I'd say Queen Elizabeth is gutted she is barred NOT. from the way he was talking it sounds like a right knacker hole and i can tell ya now i wont be setting foot in there myself.

dvpower

He's on Joe Duffy now
"Sure she might just drop in. It's on the way from the Airport ..."

Eejit.

Wolfe Tone

Dancor wrote: »

No its not, Its ****ing tick. His son makes a fine living for himself in Britain and gladley takes the queens shilling which helped buy that shop.

Clever advertising wise.

Dancor

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Clever advertising wise.

Not for his son though. This will put an even bigger target on his back now. His life could end up like Neil Lennons, getting bullets and death threats in the post. No way to live a life.

Wolfe Tone

dvpower wrote: »

He's on Joe Duffy now
"Sure she might just drop in. It's on the way from the Airport ..."

Eejit.

I only caught the end of it there, seemed a decent enough speaker.

stovelid

Specifically adertisiing a pub around the dislike of a public figure seems idiotic even iif the figure is dislikeable. It's just a knacker-magnet to be honest but I'm sure he doesn't mind.

dfx-

Tommyadams wrote: »

Wow they must be taking anti-embarrassment pills round the clock in that kip. Idiots.

It would seem that they need to up the dosage:eek:

michelledoh

My god, this is so brainless.
I'd say the queen is ragin all the same!

RMD

Considering the clientele that place attracts it's a pretty good advertising movement to say the least. He'll reap in the profits from people who have no problem showing up in their premiership jerseys yet hate anything to do with the word Britain. Idiots.

Butch Cassidy

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

its a bit hypocritical that they have that outside while they screen the premier league on the ten million + tellys they have in the place

No to foreign games

Jesus Wept

stovelid wrote: »

So I can cheer o b the English national football team or rugby team in there even if I disagree with the occupation of the North? Cool.

Yep.

Wolfe Tone

The-Rigger wrote: »

Yep.

Bobby Sands supported Villa, so if he can follow British teams, any republican can.(Some blanket men even supported rangers!)

RandolphEsq

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Bobby Sands supported Villa, so if he can follow British teams, any republican can.(Some blanket men even supported rangers!)

Then they, like him, would be hypocrites

Wolfe Tone

RandolphEsq wrote: »

Then they, like him, would be hypocrites

I object to the war in Afganistan and Iraq, doesnt mean I dont watch American telly.


Its foolish to suggest that desiring ones countries independence means that you need to hate everything about the former occupier.

RandolphEsq

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

I object to the war in Afganistan and Iraq, doesnt mean I dont watch American telly.


Its foolish to suggest that desiring ones countries independence means that you need to hate everything about the former occupier.

It's difficult to reject all aspects of the invader's culture obviously, so by saying that they are hypocrites it is only based on the literal definition of what a hypocrite is. It might seem like a negative term but when applying the definition stringently it is impossible to say of any cause that it is not hypocritical. So, for example, you object to the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, yet you watch American television (i.e. you support a contributor to the American regime) so you are a hypocrite. I am a hypocrite in that I will drink Heineken yet there are plenty of Irish brewed drinks to have, and then say that we need to buy Irish goods where we can.

steve_cass

People like them make me sick. Low life s**m bags hiding under the tri colour. Armchair republicans with tiocfaidh ar la tattoos and rebel songs on the radio. The type of people who were protesting outside Croke Park a few years ago with banners like " No Foreign Games In Ireland " all the while wearing celtic tracksuits.

That banner is cheap publicity by that Stokes guy. Oh doesn't your son play soccer in Britain and gets paid with the queens sterling !!. I'm sure he isn't complaining about the British when his son gets him tickets to his matches.

Sorry about the rant but these type of people get to me

/ rant

Gavin "shels"

Fuinseog

Trhiggy83 wrote: »

Lads,
Does anyone know what this pub is like inside as i have never been into it and was just curious as it was in the news recently after a bouncer and two bystanders got shot outside. What are the regulars like inside- is it a place that i should stay away from as i here they have the rights to a lot of english matches that are not on mainstream tv??

don't mention the queen in there.

stovelid

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Bobby Sands supported Villa, so if he can follow British teams, any republican can.(Some blanket men even supported rangers!)

Do you reckon he followed the English national team then?

Do you?

Sure you might as well.