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Requested be closed with reason - Other: The Football was closed when I tried to visit in December 2021. Fast forward 12 months and it is still closed, but also boarded with site H&S posters on the front, so now a building site. Future uncertain.
Detail Pages
The Football, Manchester
Swinton
Postal town: Manchester
M27 4BL
Served areas
Reviews of The Football (Average Rating: 5 of 10) see review guidelines
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ROB Camra left this review about The Football
A decent looking pub from the outside. There's a small snug as you enter and another larger room straight ahead. They were in the process of putting up Halloween decorations, it was the 7th October FFS. I wouldn't have minded as much if they hadn't been total crap. If you think that black bin bags all over the walls and ceiling is a good look then you need to have a rethink. Two unused handpumps on the bar, so I had to have a half of fizzy stuff. This could be a good pub if you changed the sticky carpet and tidied up the shabby walls, sadly at the moment it's poor.
On 9th October 2016
- rating: 3
[User has posted 3286 recommendations about 3196 pubs]
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peter ashworth left this review about The Football
Traditional old fashioned local just off the main drag in Swinton with no real ale with just the standard beers and lagers on show.Sampled an early snifter around 10-15am and was quite surprised the pub was open so early,but when I noticed every table set up for food realised that it was for the benefit of the large construction force working across the road.
On 3rd October 2013
- no rating submitted
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Football
The Football is a decent looking bare brick built pub that is very close to the Weavers Arms.
Once inside i went into a decent sized room that looked quite smart and it had comfortable bench seating,i am not sure if there were any other rooms.
The pub used to be a Tetley tied house and there were two real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Tetley bitter which was a very nice drink,the other beer was Tetley mild.
This was a nice enough pub to have a drink in.
I am pretty sure that this pub it still up and running.
Pub visited 7/7/1995
On 7th July 1995
- rating: 7
[User has posted 6113 recommendations about 6113 pubs]
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- CAMRA WhatPub :: The Football - whatpub.com
Moorside, 0.87 miles, 16 min walk (show)
Clifton (Manchester), 1.48 miles, 28 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 09 October 2016 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 09 October 2016 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 09 October 2016 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : No last updated 09 October 2016 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 09 October 2016 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 09 October 2016 by ROB Camra
- Darts : No last updated 09 October 2016 by ROB Camra
- Function Room : No last updated 09 October 2016 by ROB Camra
- Karaoke : Yes last updated 09 October 2016 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 09 October 2016 by ROB Camra
- Pinball : No last updated 09 October 2016 by ROB Camra
- Pool Table : No last updated 09 October 2016 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : No last updated 09 October 2016 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 09 October 2016 by ROB Camra
