23/03/2026

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: (32)
 Airdrie: Robert Hamilton
  Anniesland: Esquire House
  Arbroath: Corn exchange 
   Broughty Ferry: Jollys hotel 
  Cumbernauld: Carrick Stone
 Dumfries: Robert the Bruce 
    Dundee: Capitol
    Dundee: Counting House
 Dunfermline: guildhall and linen exchange 
  East Kilbride: Hay Stook 
    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
   Greenock: James Watt 
    Inverness: Kings Highway
  Kirkcaldy: Robert Nairn 
    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 (railway station) 
   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

20/03/2026

Arbroath fc 1 v Queens Park fc 0 - Gayfield Park - ground 526 - 21/03/26

20/03/26
after dud metro from sol,  I headed north on a dud TPE to Edinburgh. For winner 170 413 to dundee 
Checked in hotel,  unpacked and had a rest before heading back to the station for the train to Broughty ferry. 
Where I ticked spoons 255  - jollys hotel 
Then next train back to dunde 
Then headed back to the hotel
21/03/26 
After a filling breakfast and nap , I headed to the station for train to arbroath 
Then ticked spoons 256 - corn exchange 
Where I had a pint for change :) 
Then headed to the ground to take a couple of pics of the outside 
Then popped in the pub opposite the ground for a few pre match refreshments 
Then into the ground ! 
 
Arbroath took the lead in the 1st half a.d thats the way it stayed. Queens Park had chances but were too sloppy in front of goal. 
Then train back.to dundee and finished the night off in hotel 
22/03/03 
Wasn't feeling up to doing much on the Sunday, but mags v SAFC was on sky at 12. So decided to watch that game in the old bank bar. They were also showed dundee utd v Celtic.  Great win for Sunderland !!  After that I watched Spurs v forest,  whilst villa v hammers was also on. I then made my way back to hotel via mcds to watch the league cup final which thankfully citeh won ! :) 
I couldn't let a trip to go by without taking a pic of the desperate dan statue 
23/03/26 
Enjoyed my weekend away,  a well required break . Now a well required rest is needed!  Managed to get 43 125 back to Edinburgh,  which was my last one ! 
Did dud azuma back north as I couldn't wait to get home. Absolutely shattered.  











01/03/2026

Sunday league grounds with Southwick fc !

The bridge 2 v Southwick fc 3 - Jack Clark Park - ground 525 -  01/03/26
Another required Sunderland sunday league ground ticked off! 
Bridge took and early lead but Southwick levelled straight away, then led 3-1 at HT. Bridge scored late on but Southwick held on to progress to the next round. 


28/02/2026

East Fife 0 v Alloa Athletic 2 - Bayview Stadium - ground 524 - 28/02/26

After a dud metro to central and dud azuma to Edinburgh,  I got first winner of the day ! 390 155 to haymarket for winner 170 401 to Kirkcaldy.  
Where I ticked spoons 254 - Robert Nairn 
Then dud units on12.52 to Leven 
Then slow walk round to the ground. Had a nice pint in the bar, from which has a nice view !
Alloa took the lead in the 2nd minute, then added a 2nd in the 2nd half. 11 more Scottish league grounds to go! 
After a stop off at Sainsbury's,  got the train back to Edinburgh for an azuma back down south . 





25/02/2026

blyth spartans u19s 0 v Boston United u19s 1- st Peters hub - ground 523 - 25/02/26

Spring is in the air , so I'm springing into action!  Got metro sol to haymarket,  then the 308 to battle hill. Did some shopping,  then went to the ground on the other side 
Always nice to see the BUFC coach 
I've had this ground on my list since the start of the season,  was determined to see BUFC U19s here . 
A 25 yard screamer gave BUFC the lead around 25 mins. 
It finished 1-0.  I just missed the 15.54 308, the 16.19 was over 10 late. Typical  ! Then did metro back ti sol. 




22/02/2026

East Kilbride 3 v Dumbarton 1 - Kirtonholme - ground 522 - 21/02/26

Did the early TPE up to Edinburgh,  had a nice spoons breakfast and a pint, then 10.20 to Glasgow Central.  Where changed onto Gourock train as far Greenock 
Where we did the short walk to spoons 252 - James Watt 
Then back to Greenock station to get the Gourock train to the terminus 
Then back to central and down to East Kilbride to tick spoons 253 - hay stook 
Then made way to the ground , which is next to the station 
It rained goals in the first half for East Kilbride scoring 3, Dumbarton pulled one back in the 2nd half.
Then finally ticked a required Scottish 156 back to central 
A bout of required shopping,  then 18.00 train back to Edinburgh 
Where Sainsbury's and mcds were enjoyed before TPE home. Back to Scotland next Saturday for another league and spoons tick :)