Chris_OGrady

Cheers, I had been meaning to post in there! I'l do a write up of my last trip and my thoughts for this year's trip

Also, if you're on the top tier you can just walk through the concourses in the corners and go and watch the game wherever you like. You can just stand on the stairwells on the halfway line with your beer.

I've been doing annual trips over to Italy for a few years now. I picked up an Inter membership so I usually do one of their big games and then bolt on another game nearby. The difference is just night and day. It was the final nail in the coffin for me on English football (especially premier league). What's great is that it's relatively easy to pick up tickets and it's a great way to explore Italy. I know a lot of Leicester fans look over to Germany, but for me there's just something about Italian football/ultras that can't be beaten.

Cheers mate, all that stuff would be right up my street but I think Krakow will probably work better with the Mrs. I think I'l probs do one day in Auschwitz and then one day Xmas markets/exploring the town.

Thanks all! I'm going for 3 days. Whilst Wroclaw looks nice, I might struggle to fill 3 days with stuff to do, whereas Krakow probably has a bit more going on.

I'm looking at going to either Krakow or Wroclaw in early December. I've haven't done much analysis yet, but I'm already veering towards Wroclaw as I tend to prefer less touristy places (no idea if Krakow is over touristy, but I'm assuming it's more than Wroclaw). Guessing Wroclaw is slightly cheaper too? I'm going with my partner who's really into the Christmas markets. I just like beer/pubs, good food, history/architecture (especially WW2 stuff which obv Krakow is suited for). Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

I agree that football is actually better on the eye now. It's just that everything else about the game has got worse- especially the premier league. The actual football on the pitch isn't the most important thing for me; if it was, I'd just watch every single game on TV and never go to a game again.

Had a few in the Castle on Sunday which was very pleasant. They had a Mill Hill tap takeover. I've tried their beers a few times now and never been that impressed tbh...

Partly agree, but I would say Chelsea and Spurs have a better fan culture than Arsenal. For the size of their club Arsenal's fan culture is atrocious.

Serie A is also great for similar reasons, but doesn't have a dominant side atm. 4 different winners in the last 5 years.

Emirates is not as bad as people think. I have always found Arsenal's support quite baffling though. They are the third biggest club in the country and their fan culture/songbook is no different from your average championship club. If you compare them to Man Utd and Liverpool they are world's apart.

Got very little interest in premier league football now. I think part of it is because I'm older and it's just the same thing every year. 75% of the games are completely pointless and the atmopshere/culture is just so dead. Last year in the championship was the first season I've been engaged in a while. I still enjoy all the European competitions, it's just the premier league which feels so stale.

Do Greene King have anything decent/ original round there? Can't stand them normally. Run the worst pubs in the UK and have sold out to dodgy owners.

Glorious morning for running! Feel like I'm back in the groove now.

Skip breakfast and eat between 12-8 Don't drink alcohol Monday - Thursday (where possible). Do dry January and try to have little breaks every quarter (2 weeks or so). If craving a beer at home have a non-alcoholic. No crisps or chocolate in the week. Replace crisps with a handful of nuts instead Eggs most lunches with sourdough/fresh bread Strength training/gym once a week Try to run 10k total distance every week. This can be two 5k runs. Really need to sign upto a Run in order to be motivated to do this though. Most of the above has gone to shit this summer... However I'm getting back on it today and have a target weight for 1st of December!

I usually go with my Dad, but I’m currently on holiday so will miss this year’s one.

Went to Beeston on Saturday which has 3 unbelievably good pubs for an outer city suburb: The Victoria, Star and Crown. The Crown was probably the pick of the bunch and had one of the best beer selections I've ever seen full stop. What's strange is that The Crown is an Everards pub (you wouldn't know it), which means the best Everards pub by a country mile is in Nottingham. How has this been allowed to happen!? If you live in Barrow/Sileby you can get the train directly to Beeston, which takes about 25 mins.

It's pretty good in there - it's better to be in the restaurant at the back. Perfect after a few beers in the Fox Cub before!

Haha I had exactly the same last night! Though it was a good pint. Followed by a curry in the Three Crowns. I’m finding that it’s actually pretty well priced in there?

Also you have **** all money as a student so more likely to be drinking crates of Stella in Halls than paying £6.50 for an IPA in a nice pub.

Syston, Sileby and Barrow are connected to Leicester by train but that trainline is every hour and unreliable. There's also good pub options in those villages. In the shire itself Mountsorrel has got to be the best pub place per capita.

Also Leicester doesn't really benefit from tourism or hen/stags

On a per capita basis I reckon Loughborough is better than Leicester. Don't know Hinckley well enough to judge.

I'm a big fan of the desi pubs myself, but i wonder if we'll ever get anywhere that serves good beer and can replicate a proper pub whilst serving Indian food.

yeh fair. I imagine Stoke and Bradford perform similar. London obv has great pubs, but per capita does it perform as strongly? For me York is number one based on this metric.