Boycott The Lass O'Gowrie Pub

[daveduke67]

What would happen if twenty blues were watching City when three Lancashire fans came in and asked for the 20/20 match to be put on?

The cricket was put on the other screen and the sound went off the football match. Both local teams. ;-)<br /><br />-- Sun Aug 29, 2010 11:41 am --<br /><br />

considering the publicity the landlords got on here, a few chips wouldnt go a miss at ht.

Quite right! Gareth - if you're reading this you should go through the entire thread and pick out the people who have supported you. Then PM them with a password that they pass on at the bar giving them a free lunch and as much beer as they can drink whilst the match is on ;-)

 

[invisibleman92]

rag tosser

 

[bluevengence]

rag tosser

 

[thelass]

What would happen if twenty blues were watching City when three Lancashire fans came in and asked for the 20/20 match to be put on?

The cricket was put on the other screen and the sound went off the football match. Both local teams. ;-)

-- Sun Aug 29, 2010 11:41 am --

considering the publicity the landlords got on here, a few chips wouldnt go a miss at ht.

Quite right! Gareth - if you're reading this you should go through the entire thread and pick out the people who have supported you. Then PM them with a password that they pass on at the bar giving them a free lunch and as much beer as they can drink whilst the match is on ;-)

Bloody hell! Just popped back in here for a nervous nosey before the game, and I just want to say thanks for the balanced chat that's gone on. I'd love to dish out chips for all, but we just don't have enough alas as they're all hand cut. The poor buggers would be blanching and frying from now til seven!

Still, in the spirit of glasnost tell you what. If City win, I'll sort out any City fan in the pub with a gratis Blue Cactus Jack shooter. And in the interest of fairness, if Sunderland win, their fans get a red shooter.

And before anyone asks; if you draw, then no shooters for anyone....

G

 

[bluevengence]

What would happen if twenty blues were watching City when three Lancashire fans came in and asked for the 20/20 match to be put on?

The cricket was put on the other screen and the sound went off the football match. Both local teams. ;-)

-- Sun Aug 29, 2010 11:41 am --



Quite right! Gareth - if you're reading this you should go through the entire thread and pick out the people who have supported you. Then PM them with a password that they pass on at the bar giving them a free lunch and as much beer as they can drink whilst the match is on ;-)

Bloody hell! Just popped back in here for a nervous nosey before the game, and I just want to say thanks for the balanced chat that's gone on. I'd love to dish out chips for all, but we just don't have enough alas as they're all hand cut. The poor buggers would be blanching and frying from now til seven!

Still, in the spirit of glasnost tell you what. If City win, I'll sort out any City fan in the pub with a gratis Blue Cactus Jack shooter. And in the interest of fairness, if Sunderland win, their fans get a red shooter.

And before anyone asks; if you draw, then no shooters for anyone....

G

WHEY HEY.....proper chips none of that frozen shite.....im on me way

 

[pardoe]

There are some serious numpties on here.

The Lass is one of the best pubs in Manchester city centre, it has been for years and years - a good range of beers, a decent pint, tasty food, friendly staff, a nice blend of customers and few nobheads. It's one of a few remaining 'proper' pubs in town.

The owners/management go to the trouble of putting as much stuff on as possible, be it football, other sport, events, etc. What you have to bear in mind is that that particular area of Manchester, with the vast student population, has different audiences to cater for. People local to the pub will support all sorts of teams, so merely because the side we follow is of the City doesn't mean we should get preference, it's only fair that sometimes (and it's very rarely, believe me) other games might be shown.

I can only remember two occasions in recent times where i was disappointed to find out the game wasn't on. On both occasions we had away games which, if i remember rightly, clashed with important <cough> Champions League fixtures involving our less illustrious neighbours, and possibly other English sides. Sometimes, i guess decisions have to be made in terms of safety - though i've never known any trouble in The Lass, there's always the possibility with groups of rival fans, especially if they're beered up and their emotions are dependent on the results of big games. Best thing to do is simply to phone beforehand and check if we're on, they'll always let you know either way.

Basically, most annoying, is that the opening poster has almost certainly completely exaggerated the tale. I don't know the manager/owner of the Lass personally, but i regularly use his pub and am absolutely certain that neither he or his staff would act in that manner towards any visitor. Idiots are given a pedestal too quickly nowadays, and sadly people believe what they say in some cases. I'm sure that the more intelligent amongst us know not to believe such guff, or at least would give the pub in question a try themselves in order to make up their own mind.

 

[malc47]

still not goin in , dont know where it is anyway !

Hello. Lass O'Gowrie here.

I really do think I should post here with a more accurate representation of what happened.

Three gents had bullied a member of my staff into changing over the 42 inch TV at the back, the TV that was being used for the sound on the Liverpool game as there was a fault on the TV. I didn't feel it was fair on the 15-20 Liverpool fans who had been watching the game with sound up to that point to then watch the game in silence to accommodate 3 people who refused to move to the other half of the pub where the game was on on the 100 inch projector. So I turned it back to Liverpool and asked the 3 customers to move who refused and called it totally out of order.

Yes, the City game was on in German commentary. This was the only way the game was available to us, so it would have made no difference where we had shown it. At no point did I say i hate city and love Liverpool, which was a complete fabrication. One of the party, desperate to have the final say kept saying this is Manchester, our game should be on the biggest screen etc etc etc.

Yes, this is Manchester. A global city and we show games for a huge variety of teams. We are not a City pub. Nor are we a United pub, or an Arsenal pub, or a QPR pub.

I'm sorry people feel the need to boycott the pub, but if you do so please do it on accurate information. I'm sorry this customer feels he's been a long-standing customer since 2988, but I've been here since 2005 and don't remember seeing him to be honest. Given he had to ring up to ask how many TV's we had, I suspect he's not been in for a bit.

Best



Gareth

PS: Oh and just in the interests of transparency, this is the email I sent to Danny who emailed today informing us of an organised boycott on the forum.

"Dear Danny,

I really don’t see the problem. The game was on the big screen and all you had to do was move with your 2 friends to join the other 2 city fans in that part of the pub. You’ll also notice that Joshua Brookes next door had City on a small telly and Liverpool on the big projector, but presumably that was less of a problem for you.

We cater for all teams at the lass, not just City or United. It’s a policy that won’t be changing any time soon, although we do look out for City as with this Sunday when the only game that is being shown is Sunderland v City, with Bolton v Birmingham, Villa v Everton and Liverpool v West Brom being bumped as a consequence.

Kind regards





Gareth"

 

[gaudinho's stolen car]

According to the OP he laughed and said he hated City. In my eyes that's the clincher. Is that exactly what was said?

 

[sweynforkbeard]

I once went into The Bucket Of Blood boozer in Castleford when the Tigers were on the big screen in a Challenge Cup semi final. When I realised that a particularly poignant Beethoven violin sonata was being broadcast on Sky Arts at the same time I appealed to the better nature of the landlord and the 150 Castleford fans to switch channels to this cultural milestone pointing out how much better for their education and all round humanity it would be. When I was howled down and had beer thrown at me I had to resort to jumping up and down in front of the screen and waving my raincoat about whilst yelling the opening bars of the masterpiece at the top of my voice in order to make common sense prevail. I certainly made my point that day although my elbow replacement still clicks badly in wet weather.

 

[daveduke67]

I once went into The Bucket Of Blood boozer in Castleford when the Tigers were on the big screen in a Challenge Cup semi final. When I realised that a particularly poignant Beethoven violin sonata was being broadcast on Sky Arts at the same time I appealed to the better nature of the landlord and the 150 Castleford fans to switch channels to this cultural milestone pointing out how much better for their education and all round humanity it would be. When I was howled down and had beer thrown at me I had to resort to jumping up and down in front of the screen and waving my raincoat about whilst yelling the opening bars of the masterpiece at the top of my voice in order to make common sense prevail. I certainly made my point that day although my elbow replacement still clicks badly in wet weather.

Not surprised you fool! Beethoven was a bleedin' German. Had it been a programme about the sculptor Henry Moore I'm sure they would have been much more agreeable as he is a Castlefordian. A fact, I'm sure, most forum members already know.