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Where to watch Champions League Final in Dublin

  • 19-05-2008 11:54am
    #1
    rcs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭


    So where do ya think the best place to watch the final will be?

    Ideally need somewhere that will have a great atmosphere but will have full coverage of the build up etc. (i.e. Giles/Dunphy :D) where you can actually hear what's going on

    Hate watching games in pubs where you can barely hear the commentary or worse, when they turn the volume down at half time etc.... :mad:


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  • #2
    _blank_
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    Sinnotts at the Stephens Green SC, opposite the Gaeity.

    I was there for the first Barca/Utd game, and last Sunday for the last day of the PL Season.

    Crackin' atmosphere for a pub, it has to be said.

    I'll be there on Wednesday too.

    Three big screens, so you can see it from anywhere.

    And they do have the build up on.


  • #3
    Peyton Manning
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    Either Mandela Hall in Belfast who are putting up a big screen, or The Botanic Inn also in Belfast, which is one of the greatest pubs Ive ever been in for a match. Have yet to decide.


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    Archimedes wrote: »
    Either Mandela Hall in Belfast who are putting up a big screen, or The Botanic Inn also in Belfast, which is one of the greatest pubs Ive ever been in for a match. Have yet to decide.
    Bit of a walk from Dublin though.


  • #5
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,899 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    I'll be sittin on the couch with a nice toasty duvet. Could go to the local that's opening at 2am for it but damned if I'm paying $40 to watch them lot.


  • #6
    _blank_
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    Forty bucks is a lot!

    Why the fúck are they charging that much? Is it not on SBS anymore?


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  • #7
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,899 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Ah yeah it is on SBS (probably straight after some dodgy French porno :cool:) but the 'diehards' will want to congregate and get rat arsed so they don't have to go to work the next day. $40 gets you in and nibbles. Not even a feckin pint.


  • #8
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    I remember paying $25 in to watch a hurling final, but that was on Setanta.

    But on a free-to-air station, forty dollars is bleedin' robbery.

    What sort of clowns are paying this ffs.

    Better off heading to the bottle shop, then the pie shop, then the couch imo.

    Cheaper that $40 too.

    :rolleyes:


  • #9
    Dub13
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    DesF wrote: »
    Sinnotts at the Stephens Green SC, opposite the Gaeity.

    Agree 100%.


  • #10
    grames_bond
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,820 ✭✭✭grames_bond


    id say the woolshed on parnell strett will be hopping tbh, that place is brilliant for all kinds of sport and the beer selection is great!


  • #11
    chopperbyrne
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    grames_bond wrote: »
    id say the woolshed on parnell strett will be hopping tbh, that place is brilliant for all kinds of sport and the beer selection is great!

    Yeah can't beat the Outback.

    I'm off at half three on Wednesday so I reckon I'll be in early to get a good table and some nice grub before the match starts.


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  • #12
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    Outback is a different pub, no?

    I'm off at 12.30 \o/

    :D

    And off Thursday!!


  • #13
    rcs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭rcs


    Yeah, Woolshed is class but unless you're there really early and get a seat your screwed!

    Sugar Club, leeson st. are meant to be showing it on their Cinema sized screen... but dunno wat that'd be like atmosphere wise!

    Anywhere decent is gonna be packed for the match anyway so I reckon it's all about getting somewhere early & getting seats sorted out!!

    Off at half 3 on Wednesday and off Thursday so ill be in pub at 4 & be home by 5......... am :D


  • #14
    grames_bond
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,820 ✭✭✭grames_bond


    DesF wrote: »
    Outback is a different pub, no?!!

    the wollshed is an aussie/kiwi pub (well its actually canadian but we'll ignore that for the time being) so im assuming thats what he ment by the outback!


  • #15
    chopperbyrne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,041 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    DesF wrote: »
    Outback is a different pub, no?

    I'm off at 12.30 \o/

    :D

    And off Thursday!!

    It was rebranded Woolshed about two or three years ago, but lots of the signs inside still say Outback and if you pay with laser, your statement will say Outback on it.


  • #16
    Vokes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,836 ✭✭✭Vokes


    + 1 vote for Sinnotts. Excellent venue.


  • #17
    Iago
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭Iago


    DesF wrote: »
    Outback is a different pub, no?

    I'm off at 12.30 \o/

    :D

    And off Thursday!!

    I'm off at 5.30 today, and not back in until Monday :)


    oh, and I'll be watching the game from Row D Seat 25 ;)


  • #18
    _blank_
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    Iago wrote: »
    oh, and I'll be watching the game from Row D Seat 25 ;)
    The thread is asking where the best place to watch the game in Dublin is.

    Not poxy Moscow. :D


  • #19
    Pal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,115 ✭✭✭Pal


    anybody know a pub that won't have Man U fans ?


  • #20
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    Pal wrote: »
    anybody know a pub that won't have Man U fans ?
    :confused:

    What kind of question is that?

    Unless there is some "Chelsea Branded" pub, I doubt it's very likely tbh.


  • #21
    Pal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,115 ✭✭✭Pal


    doubt it too.


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  • #22
    stooge
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    sinnotts will be absolutely stuffed for this. If so, then just down the street is what used to be Down Under (renamed rolly polly or hoi palloi or some stupid name now). If it's anything like it used to be it could be a good fallback from sinnotts.

    The porterhouse beside trinity was ok for the world cup final, and the barge has been decent for the odd sporting event.

    IMO Best thing is to gather all your mates in the one house and get a carryout. Come up with a few drinking games based on pre match comments by dunphy/giles etc (e.g. drink a shot every time Bill O'h does his stupid laugh :D ) Organise a few nibbles and bobs our uncle, fanny's your aunt!


  • #23
    Crapjob Sean
    Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭Crapjob Sean


    Pal wrote: »
    anybody know a pub that won't have Man U fans ?

    The Palace on Fleet St. won't have any United fans.

    But they won't be showing the match either, so it's a double-edged sword.


  • #24
    grames_bond
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,820 ✭✭✭grames_bond


    to all the utd fans only, triv?a bar ond venue (also called o sullivans) on westmoreland street will be showing the match with the man utd supporters club there, with food provided, going to be an amazing atmospheric night!!


  • #25
    Crapjob Sean
    Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭Crapjob Sean


    grames_bond wrote: »
    to all the utd fans only, triv?a bar ond venue (also called o sullivans) on westmoreland street will be showing the match with the man utd supporters club there, with food provided, going to be an amazing atmospheric night!!

    Mos Eisley


  • #26
    grames_bond
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,820 ✭✭✭grames_bond


    Crapjob Sean wrote: »
    Mos Eisley

    eh.......wha?


  • #27
    stooge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭stooge


    grames_bond wrote: »
    eh.......wha?
    was wondeirng what this meant too.
    a quick google search gave:

    In Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Obi-Wan Kenobi described Mos Eisley as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy."

    :rolleyes: hilarious


  • #28
    Crapjob Sean
    Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭Crapjob Sean


    stooge wrote: »
    was wondeirng what this meant too.
    a quick google search gave:

    In Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Obi-Wan Kenobi described Mos Eisley as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy."

    :rolleyes: hilarious

    Glad you think so.

    Triv?a's an awful kip. Facto.


  • #29
    Peyton Manning
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    :( @ no other northern boardsies in here


  • #30
    lafors
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    A 50in plasma with 12 other united fans, cos we can't go to moscow :( and we can't stand listening to ABU's, then straight into town to Celebrate!! ;)

    Now if there was a place with only Utd fans and Chelsea Fans then it'd be a great night.

    I remember in '99 watching it in college res, everyone left to go drinking with 10mins to go, they all thought we'd lost it, and they left me with a Liverpool fan, when we won the two of us were going mental, I promised him I'd never tell anyone he was celebrating..........sorry Sharkey!!!!!


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  • #31
    KERPAL
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    Pal wrote: »
    anybody know a pub that won't have Man U fans ?


    Why? So u dont have to listen to their deserved celebrations???


  • #32
    KERPAL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 570 ✭✭✭KERPAL


    grames_bond wrote: »
    to all the utd fans only, triv?a bar ond venue (also called o sullivans) on westmoreland street will be showing the match with the man utd supporters club there, with food provided, going to be an amazing atmospheric night!!

    Interesting.. Last day of school 2moro and the real united fans are trying to find a place wer we can sneak off too and watch the match with real football fans, not idiots who will be doing their utmost to hop on the bandwagon and/or trying to irritate us to the point of emmm... destruction i suppose.


  • #33
    applehunter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,056 ✭✭✭applehunter


    KERPAL wrote: »
    Interesting.. Last day of school 2moro and the real united fans are trying to find a place wer we can sneak off too and watch the match with real football fans, not idiots who will be doing their utmost to hop on the bandwagon and/or trying to irritate us to the point of emmm... destruction i suppose.

    Pathetic on so many levels.

    I'll be watching it at home with the flatmates, a few beers and some of my famous Pasta Amatriciana.

    Come on Chelsea. Mother Russia will inspire you.


  • #34
    Peyton Manning
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    Hittin the pb at 12 noon tomorrow for a day of boozing, pub food and football. Probably not the wisest choice with an exam on friday, but you gotta have priorities...


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    Archimedes wrote: »
    Hittin the pb at 12 noon tomorrow for a day of boozing, pub food and football. Probably not the wisest choice with an exam on friday, but you gotta have priorities...

    Im in the library until about 4 or 5 to help the slow day be somewhat productive, then its a 6 pack in mine with the lads...i hope its worth it!


  • #36
    kmart6
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    DesF wrote: »
    Sinnotts at the Stephens Green SC, opposite the Gaeity.

    I was there for the first Barca/Utd game, and last Sunday for the last day of the PL Season.

    Crackin' atmosphere for a pub, it has to be said.

    I'll be there on Wednesday too.

    Three big screens, so you can see it from anywhere.

    And they do have the build up on.
    I'd have to agree with all that! Was there for the Chelsea-United game a few weeks back,and the place was packed and buzzin,keep in mind it was an early kick off!


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  • #37
    DerKaiser
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    The players bar at Dalymount is the home of the Irish Chelsea fan club, but you have to be a member (either of Bohs or the CFC fan club) as far as I know


  • #38
    Crapjob Sean
    Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭Crapjob Sean


    DerKaiser wrote: »
    The players bar at Dalymount is the home of the Irish Chelsea fan club, but you have to be a member (either of Bohs or the CFC fan club) as far as I know

    Good info that


  • #39
    5starpool
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    I watched the '05 final in Panama on the north quays. There were loads of plasmas showing the match, and they had full sound on before the match and half time etc to hear the talking.

    Wherever you go, amke sure to get there fairly early to get a good seat (and not one that people will pull chairs in front of either).


  • #40
    _blank_
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    By the way, if anyone else is going to Sinnotts, come up to me and say hello.

    I may even buy you a pint. :)

    Here's me in a Boardeaux jersey.

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=54192242&postcount=806


  • #41
    MIN2511
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    Sinnotts is the best place IMO but sprained ankle means i can't walk that far :( Was going to say Keatings(should ring them and see what the story is for tonight) might end up in the Woolshed... great food and booze

    I just had to say this GO UNITED :)


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  • #42
    yermandan
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    The Belgard Inn in Tallaght for me. Best atmosphere and screens I've seen in ages!!

    -Dan:cool:


  • #43
    DerKaiser
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    Was in Sinnots for last years semi between Milan and Manyoo, didn't think the atmos was that great and there is limited seating, there is a pub on Cathal Brugha st, can't remember the name, right next to where the eircom bulding used to be that is very big with huge projector screen that's always good for matches


  • #44
    DerKaiser
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    Frazers on O'Connell st., think it's called "Murrays" now is always a great sopt for matches, atmos will be pumping there tonight, but expect it to be PACKED!!!


  • #45
    Attractive Nun
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    DerKaiser wrote: »
    Was in Sinnots for last years semi between Milan and Manyoo, didn't think the atmos was that great and there is limited seating, there is a pub on Cathal Brugha st, can't remember the name, right next to where the eircom bulding used to be that is very big with huge projector screen that's always good for matches


    The Living Room? Decent spot.


  • #46
    grames_bond
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    KERPAL wrote: »
    Interesting.. Last day of school 2moro and the real united fans are trying to find a place wer we can sneak off too and watch the match with real football fans, not idiots who will be doing their utmost to hop on the bandwagon and/or trying to irritate us to the point of emmm... destruction i suppose.

    then triv?as the place to be!


  • #47
    grames_bond
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    Crapjob Sean wrote: »
    Glad you think so.

    Triv?a's an awful kip. opinino.

    there fixed that for you! when was the last time you were there? since it was done up? downstairs?


  • #48
    Pal
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    I'm having my local festooned out in blue and white before the match.
    Staff have agreed to let me tart it up in Chelsea colours.
    Got all the balloons and stuff ready.
    The Manu fans will go nuts when they come in.
    can't tell you where.
    Spoil the surprise.
    Fugg em
    HA HA


  • #49
    Aquos76
    Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 9,045 Mod ✭✭✭✭Aquos76


    Masons Bar in Waterford is going to be the place to be for all Man Utd Fans in Waterford City


  • #50
    Pal
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    56544.jpg


  • #51
    KERPAL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 570 ✭✭✭KERPAL


    applehunter wrote: »
    Pathetic on so many levels.


    Explain dickface:D


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