The Bishop Blaize (JD Wetherspoon), Manchester

A fairly dull Wethers with a dull selection of ales. 2 banks of 5 handpumps with each ale duplicated. Pictures of ex Man Utd players dotted around as you would expect. A large rectangular place with a raised area to your right on entering. Naturally it'll be full of Southerners and foreigners on match days.

Fairly standard, new build small JDW. There's a raised area to the right and unusually there's a dartboard as the pub has a team in the local league. On my visit they were having a tap takeover which they do once every month. In this case it was Acorn brewery, so 5 of their beers were on plus one other guest. The Acorn Raku IPA was in good nick. It was absolutely packed on my Friday visit at 5:15, so they're obviously doing something right. I shudder to think what it's like when Utd are at home as the ground is just around the corner.

Underwhelming Wetherspoons pub sited in close proximity to Old Trafford. Called in on a Wednesday lunchtime where there was a scattering of customers strewn around.The Old Peculiar was on top form,and although there was quite a few cask beers to choice from found the selection slightly disappointing.