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Who wins the Premier League for pre-match pints?

15 September 2023 By James Evison

Newcastle’s St James’ Park stadium is the best location to get a pre-match pint in the Premier League, according to a new study. But where does your team rank?

The report by AceOdds claims that the stadium has 262% more pubs than any other ground in the EPL with some 131 pubs to explore before or after the match.

In second place with 50 pubs within walking distance of the ground is Wolverhampton Wanderers, followed by Burnley, which has 36 near to Turf Moor.

Although odds-on favourite to win the EPL each year, Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium is the worst ground in the country to get a pre-match pint, with only two pubs within a fifteen minute walk of the stadium.

The league table of pubs:

	Team	Pubs within 15 Minute Walk
St James’ Park	Newcastle United	131
Molineux	Wolverhampton Wanderers	50
Turf Moor	Burnley	36
Emirates Stadium	Arsenal	33
Bramall Lane	Sheffield United	27
Stamford Bridge	Chelsea	27
Anfield	Liverpool	25
Goodison Park	Everton	23
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	Tottenham Hotspur	20
London Stadium	West Ham United	12
Villa Park	Aston Villa	8
Dean Court	AFC Bournemouth	7
Old Trafford	Manchester United	7
Selhurst Park	Crystal Palace	7
Craven Cottage	Fulham	6
Brentford Community Stadium	Brentford	6
Kenilworth Road	Luton Town	3
City Ground	Nottingham Forest	3
Falmer Stadium	Brighton & Hove Albion	3
City of Manchester Stadium	Manchester City	2

The company also assessed the top ratings of the local pubs, deciding that The New Brew-m Pub in Burnley ranked as the best venue for a pre-match pint in the Premier League, followed by the William Gunn in Nottingham, which got a similar star rating, but pint prices were much dearer.

The pubs with the most expensive pints were unsurprisingly in London, with Chelsea’s The Fox and Pheasant charging £6.30, followed by West Ham, Crystal Palace and Tottenham charging £5.50.

The cheapest pint was found at Burnleys New Brew-m for £2.50 and Wolverhampton The Great Western for £3.50.

Rank	Team	Top-rated pub on Google	Star rating /5	Pint (£)	Index score
1	Burnley	The New Brew-m Pub	4.8	£2.50	100
2	Nottingham Forest	The William Gunn	4.8	£4.20	94
3	Liverpool	Taggy’s Bar and Beer Garden	4.9	£4.50	94
4	AFC Bournemouth	The Way Outback Brewing Company	4.8	£4.50	83
5	Newcastle United	Katie O’Brien’s Irish Tavern	4.9	£4.60	81
6	Wolves	The Great Western	4.6	£3.50	78
7	Fulham	Bedford Arms Fulham	4.6	£4.20	72
8	West Ham United	The Hawke Pub	4.9	£5.50	72
9	Everton	The Abbey	4.7	£4.50	69
10	Luton Town	Bricklayers Arms	4.6	£4.50	61
11	Sheffield United	Jabbarwocky	4.8	£4.80	61
12	Crystal Palace	The Craft Beer Cabin	4.8	£5.50	61
13	Arsenal	Junction Angel	4.9	£6	61
14	Manchester City	Mary D’s Beamish Bar	4.4	£4.20	56
15	Aston Villa	The Bartons Arms	4.5	£4.40	53
16	Tottenham Hotspur	The High Cross Pub	4.7	£5.50	47
17	Manchester United	The Nip & Tipple	4.4	£4.50	44
18	Brentford	The Swan	4.6	£5.50	39
19	Chelsea	The Fox and Pheasant	4.7	£6.30	33
20	Brighton	The Swan Inn	4.5	£5	31