Spoons Pubs Visited !!

Pre-match or Post-match, or just a day out, quite alot of people tick off Spoons pubs aswell as sports grounds and I'm one of them ! 

The main rule I follow, is that an alcoholic drink must be consumed, which I think is very fair due to it being a PUB tick :)

I compiled this list in this order thanks to the excellent page put together by John Adams, Cheers :)

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Berkshire (6)

Maidenhead: the bear 

Newbury : hatchet inn 

Reading; back of beyond 

Reading: hope tap 

Slough: Moon and spoon 

Windsor: king and castle 

Bostonshire: (13)

Boston  - moon under water

 Brigg : White Horse 

  Cleethorpes: coliseum picture house 

  Gainsborough: Sweyn Forkbeard 

  Grantham: Tollemache Inn

  Grimsby : Yarborough Hotel 

  Lincoln: Forum

  Lincoln: Ritz

  Lincoln : Square Sail 

  Scunthorpe: Blue Bell 

Skegness -  red lion 

 Sleaford  - packhorse Inn 

 Stamford  -  Stamford post 

Cambridgeshire  (2)

Peterborough  -  college arms 

Peterborough  -  drapers arms 

Cheshire: (7)
 Chester : Bull & Stirrup Hotel

 Chester: Forest House  

 Chester: Square Bottle,

 Northwich: Penny Black
  Warrington: Friar Penketh
 Warrington: Looking Glass,
Winsford: Queens Arms

Cleveland: (10) Completed

   Billingham: Half Moon
   Guisborough: Ironstone Miner

    Hartlepool: King Johns Tavern

    Hartlepool: Ward Jackson

    Middlesbrough: Isaac Wilson

    Middlesbrough: Resolution

    Middlesbrough: Swatters Carr

    Norton: Highland Laddie

    Redcar: Plimsoll Line

    Stockton-on-Tees: Thomas Sheraton

Cumbria: (7)
    Barrow in Furness: Furness Railway

    Carlisle: William Rufus

    Carlisle: Woodrow Wilson
    Kendal: Miles Thompson
    Penrith: Dog Beck

   Whitehaven: Bransty Arch
   Workington: Henry Bessemer

Derbyshire: (4)
  Buxton : Wye Bridge House
  Chesterfield : Spa Lane Vaults

  Chesterfield: Portland Hotel

  Matlock: Crown

Dorset: (1)

  Bournemouth: Moon in the Square

Durham: (11) Completed

    Bishop Auckland: Stanley Jefferson

    Chester-le-Street: Wicket Gate

    Consett: Company Row

    Crook: Horse Shoe Inn

    Darlington: Tanners Hall

    Darlington: William Stead

    Durham: Bishops Mill

    Durham: Water House

    Peterlee: Five Quarter

    Seaham: Hat & Feathers

    Spennymoor: Grand Electric Hall

Essex: (7)

Billericay: Blue boar 

Braintree: Picture House Palace 

Brentwood: the dairyman 

Chelmsford: ivory peg 

Rayliegh: the roebuck 

  Southend on Sea: Last Post

Witham: Battesford court 

  Leicestershire: (2)

  Leicester: Last Plantagenet

  Hinckley: Baron of Hinckley

Gloucestershire: (1)

  Cheltenham: Bank House

Greater London: (20)

Chadwell heath: Eva Hart 
  Colindale: Moon under Water
  Cricklewood: Beaten Docket

 Farringdon: the Sir John oldcastle 

  Harrow: Moon On The Hil

Ilford: the Great Ilford spoon 
 Islington: Glass Works
  Islington: White Swan

Kings Cross: barrel Vaults 
 Kingsbury: JJ Moons

 Liverpool st : Hamilton Hall 
 Marylebone: Metropolitan Bar
 New Barnet: Railway Bell

Romford: Moon and stars 
 Stanmore: Man in the Moon

Stratford: goldengrove 

 Sutton : Moon On The hill 
 Tower Hill: Liberty Bounds

  Wembley: JJ Moons

Wimbledon: wibba down Inn 

Greater Manchester: (11)
   Ashton-Under-Lyne - Ash Tree 
   Bolton: Spinning Mule

   Manchester: Moon under Water

   Manchester:Manchester & County
   Manchester: Paramount 
   Manchester: Seven Stars
   Manchester: Waterhouse

   Stalybridge: Society Rooms

   Stockport: Calverts Court
  Wigan: Brocket Arm
  Wigan: Moon under Water

Merseyside (6)
   Liverpool: Captain Alexander
   Liverpool: Fall Well
   Liverpool: Lime Kiln
   Liverpool: North Western 
   Liverpool: Richard John Blackler
   Liverpool: Welkin

Hertfordshire: (3)

    Borehamwood: Hart & Spool

    Stevenage: Standard Bearer

    Stevenage: Standing Order

Lancashire:  (10)
Blackpool: Albert & Lion
 Blackpool: Layton Rakes
  Blackpool: Velvet Coaster
 Cleveleys: Jolly Tars
 Fleetwood: Thomas Drummond
  Lancaster: Sir Richard Owen

 Morecambe: Eric Bartholomew
Poulton-le-Fylde: Poulton Elk
Preston: Greyfriar
Preston: Twelve Tellers

 Northumberland: (8) Completed

    Ashington: Rohan Kanhai

    Bedlington: Red Lion,

    Berwick-upon-Tweed: Leaping Salmon    

    Blyth: Wallaw, 14 Union Street

    Cramlington: John the Clark of Cramlington

Haggerstone Castle: Sir Thomas Haggerstone 

    Hexham: Forum

   Morpeth: Electrical Wizard

Nottinghamshire (3)

 Bingham - Butter Cross 

Retford : dominie Cross 

Worksop : liquorice Gardens 

Oxfordshire (1)

Henley-on-Thames  :  Catherine Wheel 

Scotland: (26)
 Airdrie: Robert Hamilton

  Anniesland: Esquire House

  Cumbernauld: Carrick Stone

    Dundee: Capitol

    Dundee: Counting House

 Dunfermline: guildhall and linen exchange 

    Edinburgh: Alexander Graham Bell

 Edinburgh: booking office 

    Edinburgh: Playfair

    Edinburgh: Standing Order

    Falkirk: Carron Works

    Glasgow: Camperdown Place

    Glasgow: Counting House

    Glasgow: Crystal Palace

    Glasgow: Edward G. Wylie

    Glasgow: Henglers Circus

    Glasgow: Society Room

    Grangemouth: Earl of Zetland

    Inverness: Kings Highway

    Kilmarnock: Wheatsheaf Inn

    Motherwell: Brandon Works

    Musselburgh: David Macbeth Moir

    Paisley: Last Post

   Perth: Capital Asset
   Rutherglen: An Ruadh Ghlean
   Shawlands: Sir John Stirling Maxwell

Surrey  (1)

Staines: the George 

Wear & tyne: (20) Completed

    Byker: High Main

    Concord: Sir William de Wessyngton

    Gateshead: Tilley Stone

    Gateshead: Wetherspoons

    Gosforth: Job Bulman

   Holystone: Blue Bell 

    Houghton-le-Spring: Wild Boar

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Five Swans

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Keel

   Newcastle upon Tyne; Luthers bar 

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Mile Castle

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Quayside

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Union Rooms

    South Shields: Wouldhave

    Sunderland: Cooper Rose

    Sunderland: Lambton Worm

    Sunderland: William Jameson
    wallsend : The Ritz

   Whickham: Harry Clasper

    Whitley Bay: Fire Station

Wales: (8)

  Bangor : Black Bull Inn

  Colwyn Bay: Picture House

  Holywell: Market Cross

  Llandudno: Palladium

   Newport: Queens Hotel

   Newport: Tom Toya Lewis

   Rhyl: Sussex

   Shotton: Central Hotel

  

West Midlands: (3)

  Acocks Green: Spread Eagle

  Birmingham: Figure Of Eight

  Birmingham: Square Peg

Yorkshire (East): (8)

   Beverley: Cross Keys
   Bridlington: Prior John
    Great Driffield: Benjamin Fawcett

    Goole: City & County

    Kingston-upon-Hull: Admiral of the Humber

  Kingston-upon-Hull: sanctuary bar  

    Kingston-upon-Hull: Three John Scotts

    Kingston-upon-Hull: William Wilberforce

Yorkshire (North): (13)  Completed

Filey: The five stones 

    Harrogate: Winter Gardens

    Knaresborough: Crown Inn,

 Northallerton: The Buck Inn 

    Richmond: Ralph Fitz

   Ripon:  The Unicorn Hotel 

    Selby: Giant Bellflower

    Scarborough: Lord Rosebery

    Skipton: Devonshire Inn

    Thirsk: Three Tuns

    Whitby: New Angel Hotel

    York: Postern Gate   

    York: Punchbowl

Yorkshire (South): (8)

   Doncaster: Gate House
   Rotherham: Blue Coat 
   Rotherham: Corn Law Rhymer 
   Rotherham: Rhinoceros
   Sheffield: Bankers Draft
   Sheffield: Benjamin Huntsman
   Sheffield: Sheffield Waterworks Company 
   Sheffield: Swim Inn

 Yorkshire (West): (29)

    Bingley: Myrtle Grove   

   Bradford: Sir Titus Salt

    Bradford: Turls Green
   Brighouse: Richard Oastler

  Castleford: Glass blower 
   Chapel Allerton: Three Hulats

  Cross Gates :  Charles Henry Roe 
   Dewsbury: Time Piece

 Garforth:  Briggate 

  Glasshoughton: Winter Seam 
    Hemsworth: Blue Bell
   Halifax: Barum Top Inn
    Halifax: Percy Shaw 

  Headingley:  Golden Beam 

   Huddersfield: Cherry Tree
   Huddersfield: Lord Wilson

    Ilkley: Listers Arms

    Keighley: Livery Rooms,

    Leeds: Becketts Bank

    Leeds: Cuthbert Brodrick

    Leeds: Hedley Verity

    Leeds: Stick or Twist,

   Leeds: Wetherspoons

   Otley: Bowling Green

  Pontefract: Broken Bridge 

   Shipley: Sir Norman Rae
   Sowerby Bridge: Commercial Inn 
    Todmorden: White Hart Hotel

   Wakefield: Six Chimneys

  Wetherby: angel inn  
   Yeadon: Clothiers Arms

Wetherby & hull trips - 23/01 & 29/01/25

After a winner 555 from SoL to central station,  I did 800 106 to York.  Was a crap day weather wise , but if i stayed in when it rained I'd never get out !  Then did 170 477 to harrogate,  which was 3rd tick of the day :) 

Took a pic at harrogate 

Then went over for the X70 bus to Wetherby. Where I ticked spoons 248 , angel inn  :) 

After a nice half, it was back for X70 to harrogate 

for the 15.42 train  back to York then 16.50 GC home , so it's onto hull trip 

29/01/25 

After some early shopping and mcds breakfast,  it was the 8.32 GC to York,  for  170 477 to hull for the 45 bus 

Upto the university to tick spoons 249 sanctuary bar  :) 

Then did bus back to interchange for 170 454 to brough 14.27 which was a winner. 

Pictured on right with 453 on the left. For a dud unit back to hull, for 802 303 winner, but was paired with dud 304, to brough 

for a swift drink 

then train to York for GC home :) 

30/01/25 

As i required lots of shopping at Sainsbury's,  I decided to do the one at Northumberland park, which is next to the metro station 

I also ticked off blue bell , spoons 250, which isn't too far from metro and Sainsbury's 

There's also a new spoons opened up at annitsford, but I'm saving that for another day.  

Malton TPE trip - 16/01/26

After dud metro from sol to central station,  I did 802 807 to York on the 10.01,  the first TPE winner of the day  :) 

After an hour fester at York , I did 185 102 to malton on the 12.11 . My 2nd TPE winner of the day, it was also my last required 185. :) 

I had a winner cider on board to celebrate! 

After some required shopping next to malton station,  I did 118 back to York 

After a swift vodka in station pub , did 802 217 back up to central station to complete TPE 802s. :) 

Hopefully off to Hull next week to tick a spoons and more trains ! 

Viva Le X - Mess 2025 - Water Rats - 03/12/25

Started on the 12 30 GC from Sunderland for this little break away . Unfortunately the train was delayed by 79 minutes. I didn't get into hotel room untill 5.50. 

Unfortunately the band I wanted to see , Diaz Brothers,  had to pull out the day before.  

But was still a good gig, my first since may 2022 ! 

Janus Stark were excellent,  next up were Desperate Measures,  who were canny good.

Then was Crashed Out,  a Jarra band celebrating their 30th anniversary.  It must've been about 30 years since I saw them last !

Then finally Healthy Junkies,  who's soind system unfortunately wasn't very healthy!

I actually enjoyed the gig more than I thought I would!

I didn't have the energy to do anything yhe nect morning,  apart from getting sorted, a bit shopping and the delayed 11.27  GC home 

A nice view of St Pancras was had from my hotel window. 

Consett Blackfyne 5 v Sunderland West End reserves 2 - Consett leisure centre 4G - ground 521 - 15/11/25

A nice winner azuma to Durham after a dud metro from sol.  Then onto the X15 up to consett.  After some required shopping and walkabout,  I got to the leisure centre to see a game in progress.  If I'd known about the first game I'd of got there earlier.  After the end if that game it wasnt long before the Blackfyne game started 

I watched what I could,  I exited for a call of nature,  then came back to watch more from the top of steps. Unfortunately I got the 47 back to metrocentre after the X45 disappeared!  It was a total arse and back knacking hour ride, never to be done again!  Think i may stay in tomorrow.  

Thankfully the X66 back to Gateshead was quick and had a winner 555 back to the sol , which was nice :) 

Shotton comms fc 0 v Hetton social rar 15 - wellfield school 3G - ground 520 - 09/11/25

Finally ticked Horden station off , then after Sainsbury's made the short walk along to Peterlee bus station,  where I caught X22 to wingate.  

Another Sunday walkover by a visiting team. Another visit to this venue is required to tick the grass pitch, possibly next Saturday! 

I had a change of scenery on the way back , X1 peterlee to Houghton for the 20 to sunnyland,  then metro home.