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My globetrotting finally got up with me this year and my once proud city card points total was at a fairly low number come cup final allocation time so I shall be turning up at Wembley ticketless.

I've gone to City games with the same people for the past past 15 years so I shall be damned if I am not there to celebrate with them after the came, fingers crossed.

Can anyone tell me if there are any decent boozers very close to the ground? Would quite like to suck up the whole experience outside the ground then dive into a pub for the game. Ideally I'd like to take my chances at sneaking in at after full time.

I know spiv has said a few times that the pubs around the ground close 30 mins before kick off and re open after the game.

The Green man is supposed to be one of the best. But if you want to get in you'll have to get there very early, like 10:00-10:30! I'm not sure if it's open after the game. Someone on here surely must have been in for the semis who could give you more info.

Green Man is usually a complete waste of time..it's that rammed it would take you a couple of hours to get a pint..

go on the roundabout no queue to get served (bring your own crate) great atmosphere and within a 5 minute walk to the ground. went there for the semi 100% going there for the final

Beeks wrote:Green Man is usually a complete waste of time..it's that rammed it would take you a couple of hours to get a pint.

Good,i'm staying sober so this will help.

What are the toilet facilities like on the roundabout.

sorry my bad did not read the op my mate watched it in a pub nearby for the semi. will get onto him a post it on here

lets all have a disco wrote:

Beeks wrote:Green Man is usually a complete waste of time..it's that rammed it would take you a couple of hours to get a pint.

Good,i'm staying sober so this will help.

What are the toilet facilities like on the roundabout.

By the looks of things, about the same standard as The Green Man. TBH, as about 25k fans are heading to The Green Man, finding another Pub might be a better option.

Goaters 103 wrote:

lets all have a disco wrote:

Beeks wrote:Green Man is usually a complete waste of time..it's that rammed it would take you a couple of hours to get a pint.

Good,i'm staying sober so this will help.

What are the toilet facilities like on the roundabout.

By the looks of things, about the same standard as The Green Man. TBH, as about 25k fans are heading to The Green Man, finding another Pub might be a better option.

toilet facilities are none existant the classy kind of guy that i am went on a tree for the semi

sweeneymcfc wrote:

Goaters 103 wrote:

lets all have a disco wrote:

Beeks wrote:Green Man is usually a complete waste of time..it's that rammed it would take you a couple of hours to get a pint.

Good,i'm staying sober so this will help.

What are the toilet facilities like on the roundabout.

By the looks of things, about the same standard as The Green Man. TBH, as about 25k fans are heading to The Green Man, finding another Pub might be a better option.

toilet facilities are none existant the classy kind of guy that i am went on a tree for the semi

I left the Roundabout area about an hour before kick-off, and it was chaotic then. Will be complete mayhem on Saturday around 1pm no doubt as The Green Man, Greyhound and other Pubs in that area will be rammed.

sweeneymcfc wrote:sorry my bad did not read the op my mate watched it in a pub nearby for the semi. will get onto him a post it on here

Please do, I'm in the same situation and am looking for a back-up pub to watch the game in if I don't get a ticket.

has anyone ever been to the city pride in farringdon (central london ) i have heard it is a good pub for blues on match days ? am in london on saturday without a ticket and fancy going here .

The City Pride in farringdon is a blue pub and will be rammed with blues.
Pubs in the wembley area will close the bar before kick off and wont open again until at least 2 hours after the final whistle because the police dont want ticketless fans mingling in any of the pubs around the area. Dollis hill is 2 stops away from wembley park on the jubilee line (5 minutes) and the willesden working mans club is a 3 minute walk away in villiers road, they will be showing the game on the big screen and only City fans will be allowed in. We are expecting at least 300 blues in before the game as coach inovations are bringing 5 coaches down the same as they did for the semi final.

spiv wrote:The City Pride in farringdon is a blue pub and will be rammed with blues.
Pubs in the wembley area will close the bar before kick off and wont open again until at least 2 hours after the final whistle because the police dont want ticketless fans mingling in any of the pubs around the area. Dollis hill is 2 stops away from wembley park on the jubilee line (5 minutes) and the willesden working mans club is a 3 minute walk away in villiers road, they will be showing the game on the big screen and only City fans will be allowed in. We are expecting at least 300 blues in before the game as coach inovations are bringing 5 coaches down the same as they did for the semi final.

You are a diamond Geezer Spiv thanks for this me and my son and daughter are heading down ticketless.

Ive been told the copper jug will have it on...may be worth giving them a ring?

I would say any pub with a telly in Landan will have the Cup final on ....

I can vouch for Spiv's workies club,Belting venue.

Food,cheap beer,fast service,loads of screens,loads of pool tables,top top gaff.

Was in The Bear before and after the Semi and the atmosphere was electric.
Same as everywhere close to Wembley though. Whoever goes to get the beers in, needs to have the patience of a saint, the ignorance of a rag or the luck of the devil. Oh, and the sense to buy multiple rounds when they finally get served.

Just arrived at euston. Teeming with city fans. Got me very very excited.

Having a breakfast beer in the brittania bar of all places.

At 3:10 I made it into the ground thanks to my sporting prowess and two fat stewards that could never catch me.

F**king amazing expierence. Cant say I enjoyed the 90 minutes though. Utter torture.

Big thank you to Stoke for not turning up.

One of the best days of my life.

Good night one and all.