Pubs • Full • Steak • British
"Very rude bar staff! I politely asked if I could watch the England Women 's World Cup football semi final match at about midday when the pub opened. There was only one other customer in the entire pub. The staff member 's reply was a curt 'No '. Not 'sorry, we don 't show sport here ' or whatever (I can 't think why they wouldn 't but I know some pubs have a policy on that). The match was on BBC1 so it 's nothing to do with not having a sky subscription. Just a straight 'No '! I then asked if the answer would be the same had it been the men 's England team but she didn 't reply. I wonder why? Maybe because the likelihood is it would be shown and the pub would be bedecked in England flags and bunting with the obligatory bouncy castle for the kids? I know for a fact that Rugby and Wimbledon tennis is shown there (it 's on their Facebook page) so maybe they think football would attract the 'wrong sort of people '? I 'm having to guess all this because the only word uttered was 'No '. Needless to say I left. Perhaps the manager could reply to this and give a reason? I 'm sure others would be interested. It couldn 't surely be a simple case of women 's football being seen as unimportant? I mean those days are over aren 't they?"
