Sportsman Inn, Mexborough

A recent midweek visit found the pub with no real ale. The friendly landlady explained that there was some available in the cellar, but they didn't put it on until later in the week because otherwise it would tend to go off during the quiet days, leaving nothing for the weekend. She tried to persuade us that Tetleys Smooth Crap was "not too bad" and although we tried a half we weren't convinced, and even the prospect of an imminent cloud burst didn't prevent us making the short journey to the Ring O'Bells for our next pint.

The Sportsman is a decent looking pub that is a short walk from the main road through Swinton. Once inside the pub had two rooms,the bar was to the right,this was an L shaped room with comfy bench seating and a pool table to the rear,the lounge to the left was smarter and ran to the rear of the pub,this room was carpeted and had comfy bench seating and normal tables and chairs. There was some some decent music playing and the landlady asked me "if the music was ok" i said i was quite happy listening to it. There was one real ale on the bar which was kelham Easy Rider,this was a very nice drink. As i was about to leave there was a live band starting to set up in the lounge. I quite liked this pub. Pub visited 6/7/2013