The Foundry, Chichester

Bang opposite the station , we only stopped here as we had missed the train to Bognor! Large Greene King pub with 3 ales on, the Yardbird was drinkable, but not cheap this doubled with a pint of Moretti at £9.05 all a bit pricey for down here me thinks. Live Rugby was about to start on the tv so the pub was filling up with blokes coming in to watch it. Not a bad pub and very handy for the station but not one I would choose to return to.

Large sports pub close to Chichester train station. It looks fairly big from the outside, but is even bigger inside with several distinct areas. Yes it’s got three pool tables and various dartboards, but most people come here to watch the footy and for this there are more screens than you can shake a stick at. I stopped counting at 15 and that didn’t include the two massive pull down projection screens. Its size means it can accommodate large groups and has plenty of space for quite a crowd to sit and watch the screens and it was filling up nicely on the evening of England’s opening world cup game. Plenty of fizz taps on the bar with standard lager and cider options as you would expect, but surprisingly four ale handpumps dotted about and decent pints of Otter bitter and Ringwood 49’er was enjoyed whilst watching Uruguay slip up against Costa Rica. I’d imagine it gets quite lively during the big games but we chose to move on to a smaller venue, which when regarding the England result was probably the right idea. Decent sports pub for catching the game with a group of your mates, but not one to bring your misses to for a quiet drink.