The Elgin

Looks like the prime candidate for the local. Why? Well, there's a pool comp on Thursday night - that seems to start at a fairly random time - and, hey, I won it already (40 quid bar tab, no less). There are screens everywhere to watch the footy on, including a really big one for the really big games - Spurs holding Arsenal to a 1-1 (away) draw that could mean a Tottenham place in the European Cup next year while Spurs supporters were outnumbered 10 to 1, to pick a match at random. Good beer, reasonable pub-grub and a not-too-stuffed-around decor makes this a prety good place to have just up the road.

Some outside drinking seats out the front.
All ready for the pool comp.
The original Victorian mirrors,
glass,
and panelling.
Footy. Either one of the better Premier League linesman has caught yet another Arsenal player off-side, the cheating gits, or the baldy head, four-eyed spazo is giving off-side during another heroic Spurs attack on the Gunners goal even though they where clearly nothing like it. You decide.