Opinion Perth pubs to watch the footy

[13then7]

The CBD has a definite lack of pubs with a decent big screen. As a city-based worker myself, I've often faced this problem.

The best of a bad lot would be the Mustang and the Brass Monkey both in Northbridge. If you're desperate for a pub south of the railway then maybe a bar inside a Hotel such as the Rydges or Ibis.

Interesting to see two people recommend the Brass Monkey for watching football. Not a place I would have ever thought of. Goes to show the lack of quality sports bars in Perth CBD.

 

[pokerspiv]

This is from the Brass Monkey website:

AFL Season Opener


Come watch the opening game of the AFL season with Fremantle vs Collingwood.

Watch it on the big 3.5m screen and be served at your table in the Roof Top Bar by the hot models from Crazy Sexy Cool.

And then there's the everyday $12 rump steak and chips special. Brass Monkey is one of the better places in the CBD imo.

 

[13then7]

I really like the BM, it's a great pub. I've spent many a Friday afternoon peeing my money up against the wall there. Mybe it has changed a lot? Sounds like it has.

 

[gaskin]

Hi, guys... Partner working til 7, so I thought I'd try the novel experience of watching this game in a pub, preferably somewhere I can go even by myself and be my unabashed Freo supporting self.

Note: somewhere with a predominantly docker supporting crowd preferable, as I can get carried away when the game gets hot and forget I am a woman drinking alone in a pub full of footy nuts.

Moondyne Joes if you are near Freo.

 

[Borry]

Last time I was at the Brass they didn't bother showing the footy when Freo was playing. Maybe they've changed ownership.


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[Nodgey]

Yeah I too have been at the BM and they've got the Super Rugby on the big screen and then the AFL on the little tellies. Ask someone to change the channel and no-one knows how. "um...yeah..nah... um I'll ask the manager"...

 

[jedi mind tricks]

The Cooby pub is good. Just remember to bring your boxing gloves and a crowbar.

 

[Dockernut]

Yeah I too have been at the BM and they've got the Super Rugby on the big screen and then the AFL on the little tellies. Ask someone to change the channel and no-one knows how. "um...yeah..nah... um I'll ask the manager"...

Can't understand that in a WA pub.

 

[Borry]

Can't understand that in a WA pub.

Uppity bar owners thinking that AFL on TV = fights. Other than that I agree.


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[jusjoshin]

Uppity bar owners thinking that AFL on TV = fights. Other than that I agree.


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Uppity footy fans thinking - No AFL on TV means -> I'll be drinking elsewhere.

 

[Beetlebum]

Cracking night down at Moondyne Joe's last Friday. Yes we were winning well and yes it was the first game of the year but that's the sort of atmosphere you want to watch a game in.

 

[gaskin]

Yeah Moondyne Joes was great.

 

[13then7]

Can't understand that in a WA pub.

English and Irish bakpackers everywhere.

 

[UFO Tatsu]

English and Irish bakpackers everywhere.

considering how english fans behave, i thought you would of wanted to avoid that

 

[Borry]

Had a blast at Moondynes on Friday too. It's a great pub for all kinds of footy codes.

 

[gaskin]

Had a blast at Moondynes on Friday too. It's a great pub for all kinds of footy codes.

Were you wearing a South Sydney jersey under a Dockers one?

 

[Borry]

Yes.

One of the reasons why I enjoy that pub is that they are happy to show the other code when my beloved bunnies are playing. They were disappointing that night, but the Dockers performance more than made up any anger for that one.

 

[PurpleGreenRed]

considering how english fans behave, i thought you would of wanted to avoid that

Not sure what stereotype you're implying with that statement..Care to elaborate?

 

[gaskin]

Yes.

One of the reasons why I enjoy that pub is that they are happy to show the other code when my beloved bunnies are playing. They were disappointing that night, but the Dockers performance more than made up any anger for that one.

You were sitting with me and my mate. My mate was the Bunnies supporter.

 

[UFO Tatsu]

Not sure what stereotype you're implying with that statement..Care to elaborate?

was implying soccer hooliganisms

 

[PurpleGreenRed]

was implying soccer hooliganisms

Then I think you're out of order mate. Considering Western Sydney Wanderers were the lastest example of hooliganism to come to light I think you would have been wiser not to pick out a nation like that, particularly as there are multiple examples of other nations soccer "supporters" behaving the same way.

I hasten to add that the hooligans are amongst the minority of fans but still..don't appreciate the insinuation that english fans in a pub are always hooligans.

 

[Clems Knee]

At my local pub this weekend an Englishman glassed a patron, about an hour after he arrived from old Blighty. Problem is stereotypes get reinforced far too often.

 

[PurpleGreenRed]

At my local pub this weekend an Englishman glassed a patron, about an hour after he arrived from old Blighty. Problem is stereotypes get reinforced far too often.

An hour after he arrived...Jeez he got through Customs quick. And his first thought wasn't "Get to my Hotel/Accommodation unpack and perhaps catch up on some kip!" but rather "Straight to the tavern, leave the taxi outside with the meter running, quick pint then glass someone who's standing nearby" ?

I don't doubt your anecdote has some truth to it Clem but that's pub violence and you get idiots everywhere. Marley Williams and Murray Newman prove that. However the only time I've been threatened in a pub EVER in 30 years of going was at the Olde Bailey by a nutter with a chip on his shoulder.

I've drank in English pubs during the World Cup and cheered on Argentina against England and never had so much as an angry word thrown my way...and I'm Scottish.

So yeah, I know that stereotypes exist because of historical evidence but it doesn't mean we can't look at our personal experiences and think twice before throwing them out there!

 

[UFO Tatsu]

Then I think you're out of order mate. Considering Western Sydney Wanderers were the lastest example of hooliganism to come to light I think you would have been wiser not to pick out a nation like that, particularly as there are multiple examples of other nations soccer "supporters" behaving the same way.

I hasten to add that the hooligans are amongst the minority of fans but still..don't appreciate the insinuation that english fans in a pub are always hooligans.

damn ... i better cancel my post about asian drivers in the perth driving thread then

 

[PurpleGreenRed]

damn ... i better cancel my post about asian drivers in the perth driving thread then

Yeah..ok...sometimes tone is missing on posts. Forget it.