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bamos [Edit] [Delete] 121 replies 10:34, 3 October '08

So, tomorrow we hit Leyton. I'm far too excited. Anyway. Here's a sort-of plan.

Due to the Victoria line being closed, those of a tube-minded bent might want to think about the Central Line to Leyton. The other option (and the one I'll be taking) is the 15-minute overland to Walthamstow Central overground station from Liverpool Street.

What I propose, due to these two options, is a pub that is about halfway between both stations, and a ten-minute or so walk to Leyton's ground. This pub happens to be a Wetherspoons (I know, I know, but seriously, all the other options are about 2.2 on beerintheevening, and look slightly dodgy).

So, if going to Leyton station, exit left and walk up Leyton High Rd to the corner of Lea Bridge Road. If going to Walthamstow, exit right, wander down Hoe St/Station Approach which then turns into the same High Street, and go to the corner of Lea Bridge Road. There should be the pub, called The Drum.

12pm, in there. It still looks rough, but it's the best of a very bad bunch. And the Leyton ground is on Lea Bridge Road, so it's a straight walk after a couple of lunchtime ales. See you there?

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/21/2137/Drum/Walthamstow

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=537745&y=188121&z=0&ar=Y

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colinzealuk | 3 Oct '08, 10:35 | X
I might come

lemonbrickcombo | 3 Oct '08, 10:37 | X
sounds good

how much will the game be be d'you know? tenner or so?

kenako | 3 Oct '08, 10:41 | X
- Dulwich charge £8, so I'd imagine it's around that mark.
  
  You definitely in? Good lad.
  
  bamos @kenako | 3 Oct '08, 10:42 | X
  - no plans elsewise, cannae see why not
    
    haven't seen a game for ages either.
    
    maybe not 12 though. Got some twiddling to twiddle.
    
    kenako @bamos | 3 Oct '08, 10:48 | X
    - PUSSY O!
      
      LordLuciusBanter @kenako | 3 Oct '08, 10:48 | X
      - you need to work on your chants
        
        this is leyton, not milan
        
        kenako @LordLuciusBanter | 3 Oct '08, 10:50 | X
        
        That's not a sentence you hear very often.
        
        bamos @kenako | 3 Oct '08, 11:07 | X
Indeed

I SHALL BE THERE. With bells on.

olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 10:41 | X
- Excellente.
  
  bamos @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 10:48 | X
- olegrich @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 10:54 | X
  - I did a blank post wihout knowing!
    
    olegrich @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 17:12 | X
I shall be there

Though I may be worse for wear as it's my leaving drinks tonight.

I sadly need to get my haircut, otherwise I was going to posit the punchy option of the Salmon and Ball at 10am for the happy hour bitter

LordLuciusBanter | 3 Oct '08, 10:44 | X
- I'm looking forward both to your new hair
  
  and the prospect of us wearing the same coat.
  
  bamos @LordLuciusBanter | 3 Oct '08, 10:48 | X
  - at the same time?
    
    kenako @bamos | 3 Oct '08, 10:49 | X
    - That would be one seriously impressively sized garment.
      
      bamos @kenako | 3 Oct '08, 10:53 | X
      - true dat
        
        LordLuciusBanter @bamos | 3 Oct '08, 11:08 | X
  - The coat is so sexy
    
    I sat around in the living room watching telly with it on yesterday
    
    LordLuciusBanter @bamos | 3 Oct '08, 10:51 | X
In new coat related news

I got a new jacket for the trophy run, in memory of the new coat I got for the cup run last year.

It may make me look like roger the dodger. Well, if roger the dodger was really fat.

olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 10:54 | X
- new coats ftw
  
  LordLuciusBanter @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 11:08 | X
- I shall miss the Arfur Daley abuse.
  
  bamos @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 11:28 | X
Bump for Broon.

bamos | 3 Oct '08, 12:09 | X
Is the game at 3pm?

Probably won't be there at 12, but I should make it in time for a couple of preliminaries.

joeymahone | 3 Oct '08, 12:10 | X
- Excellent work.
  
  We'll probably be in there until around 2ish? Beer and a burger should do us well for lunch.
  
  bamos @joeymahone | 3 Oct '08, 12:12 | X
  - I'll have a falafel and white win spritzer, ta
    
    kenako @bamos | 3 Oct '08, 12:28 | X
    - Are you trying to ruin non-league football?
      
      You disgust me.
      
      bamos @kenako | 3 Oct '08, 12:29 | X
      - My work here is done
        
        kenako @bamos | 3 Oct '08, 12:45 | X
midday?!

expect me later. this is never a good idea knowing you lot, but theres not much choice.

Brooner | 3 Oct '08, 12:10 | X
- Have you got an Iron Man Orienteering event to organise in the morning or something?
  
  bamos @Brooner | 3 Oct '08, 12:12 | X
  - obligatory Sabbath joke
    
    joeymahone @bamos | 3 Oct '08, 12:20 | X
    - don't be silly, the sabbath is on Sunday
      
      Brooner @joeymahone | 3 Oct '08, 12:29 | X
      - I've converted to Judaism
        
        joeymahone @Brooner | 3 Oct '08, 12:38 | X
        
        Judas Priest
        
        silverfoxqpr @joeymahone | 3 Oct '08, 12:41 | X
Will the Drum be showing the QPR game?

LordLuciusBanter | 3 Oct '08, 13:59 | X
- is that the only early kick off?
  
  and i think the drum does show football. it looks pretty rancid though.
  
  rapscalion-jones @LordLuciusBanter | 3 Oct '08, 14:13 | X
  - Look, slag it off all you like
    
    QPR's brand of football has got them to a good spot in the league
    
    kenako @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 14:31 | X
    - excellent work
      
      joeymahone @kenako | 3 Oct '08, 14:38 | X
I'll be there, obvs.

After the 80 different things I have to do tomorrow.

homesick_alien | 3 Oct '08, 14:22 | X
- (its more like 2)
  
  homesick_alien @homesick_alien | 3 Oct '08, 14:24 | X
- THE VALLEY! THE VALLEY!
  
  olegrich @homesick_alien | 3 Oct '08, 14:28 | X
- THE VALLEY! THE VALLEY!
  
  olegrich @homesick_alien | 3 Oct '08, 14:28 | X
?

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/51/5164/William_IV_and_Sweet_William/Leyton

rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 14:31 | X
- ?
  
  http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/64/6452/Beaconsfield/Harringay
  
  homesick_alien @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 14:33 | X
  - if it's good enough for disraeli...
    
    rapscalion-jones @homesick_alien | 3 Oct '08, 14:39 | X
- is it impossible to take a picture in leyton
  
  without it being overcast and sodden underfoot?
  
  kenako @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 14:46 | X
  - not really
    
    :(
    
    rapscalion-jones @kenako | 3 Oct '08, 14:51 | X
are girls allowed to come to this?

thanks

sarkyfox | 3 Oct '08, 14:49 | X
- I love how this went unreplied
  
  until now
  
  moribund @sarkyfox | 3 Oct '08, 16:55 | X
can't go :'(

don't miss me too much will you?

utm_usic | 3 Oct '08, 14:52 | X
...

can't go :'(

don't miss me too much will you?

utm_usic | 3 Oct '08, 14:52 | X
- oh Steve
  
  I was hoping you'd come, given that I far was too tired/busy to talk to you properly last weekend
  
  joeymahone @utm_usic | 3 Oct '08, 14:53 | X
  - "I far was"
    
    fucking hell. STILL TIRED
    
    joeymahone @joeymahone | 3 Oct '08, 14:54 | X
  - i'll be at the next round!
    
    bring on metropolitan police!
    
    utm_usic @joeymahone | 3 Oct '08, 14:56 | X
an 8.0 !!!

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/20/20058/Northcote/Leyton

rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 15:01 | X
- THAT'S NOT HALFWAY BETWEEN THE TWO POINTS THOUGH
  
  YOU STUPID, THICK-AS-FUCK, NORTHERN COCKKNOCKER.
  
  bamos @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 15:30 | X
  - is that like pre-match stretching?
    
    kenako @bamos | 3 Oct '08, 15:39 | X
  - it's near leytonstone
    
    and leyton.
    
    you flange faced mc retard.
    
    rapscalion-jones @bamos | 3 Oct '08, 16:16 | X
    - ...
      
      But crucially, between Leytonstone and Leyton is nowhere near where we need to be.
      
      Stealthy @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 17:20 | X
Sweet

I'll be there at some point between 12 and 1 I think.

colonol_k | 3 Oct '08, 15:05 | X
...

I should have seen this earlier. For those who are planning on going straight to the ground - the 58 bus is the one that will take you pretty much to the location.

From Leyton station, cross the road and get the bus going towards Walthamstow and ride that shit to the junction of Church Rd and Lea Bridge road - if you find yourself going down Markhouse road, you've gone too far. Turn left down Lea Bridge and the ground is around there somewhere (what? You think I go see Leyton Shitcore FC every week? Fuck off).

If you're arriving at Walthamstow, the opposite applies: Get off at the junction of Markhouse and Lea Bridge road.

Furthermore: Of all the pubs in Leyton, the Drum is the one I would least recommend - and it's not that near the ground either. Unless you appreciate the talents of DJ Robby, which I don't.

Anyone who's coming from Leyton St should gimme a ring (not got my number? PM me) and you'll get a proper guide and a proper pub.

Stealthy | 3 Oct '08, 15:20 | X
- ...
  
  Erratum: Those arriving from Walthamstow - the 48 will also get you to the ground. It goes along Lea Bridge road, so get off after you pass the Mecca bingo place. If that's still there.
  
  Stealthy @Stealthy | 3 Oct '08, 15:25 | X
- CONTROVESY
  
  in other news: cheers, much appreciated
  
  kenako @Stealthy | 3 Oct '08, 15:26 | X
  - that was deliberately controversial spelling
    
    kenako @kenako | 3 Oct '08, 15:27 | X
- which pub you thinking?
  
  rapscalion-jones @Stealthy | 3 Oct '08, 15:30 | X
  - ...
    
    I shrug. All I know is that The Drum is logistically and aesthetically inappropriate. It also smells of poo. From the outside. All all the barmaids are flids.
    
    Here's the ground though: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?rlz=1C1GGLS_en-GBGB291&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=E10+7LD&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=image
    
    I would have thought there'd be some sort of drinking place on that stretch of Lea Bridge or Church road. Don't hold me to that though. All I can remember about that area is that it contains a library, a chip shop that had a Street Fighter 2 Turbo arcade machine and the primary school I attended - none of which serve beer.
    
    Stealthy @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 15:39 | X
    - My research revealed none of those.
      
      If people wanna go somewhere else, then fine. I just thought I'd try and organise something.
      
      I'M VERY SORRY.
      
      bamos @Stealthy | 3 Oct '08, 15:40 | X
      - That's ok
        
        I just want to watch QPR. What can I say I like Dowie's style of football
        
        LordLuciusBanter @bamos | 3 Oct '08, 15:48 | X
      - ...
        
        FINE! We'll go to The Drum! If you get molested by a bar staff's stump though, that's on you!
        
        Stealthy @bamos | 3 Oct '08, 16:05 | X
        
        HOTT
        
        That settles it. We're going to the Drum.
        
        Although the photo on BITE is pretty uninspiring: http://img01.beerintheevening.com/7d/7d19cd5299c424ce53c82bf372f49e8e.jpg
        
        joeymahone @Stealthy | 3 Oct '08, 16:07 | X
        
        You're not doing it right. It's like when you look around a potential new home.
        
        You have to imagine a blank canvas, with your furniture and bits in there instead.
        
        Imagine that pub, with us all piling on top of Rich outside, beer flying everywhere and Tom From Sparks doing the video ref hand signal. Suddenly, it looks like home.
        
        bamos @joeymahone | 3 Oct '08, 16:10 | X
        
        It's a lovely thought
        
        olegrich @bamos | 3 Oct '08, 17:13 | X
        
        :D
        
        i can't wait to go home
        
        Brooner @bamos | 3 Oct '08, 17:13 | X
what does this mean?

are you doing that thing where you follow a team to the final?

Smee | 3 Oct '08, 15:42 | X
- Yes.
  
  bamos @Smee | 3 Oct '08, 15:43 | X
  - sounds amazing.
    
    i cant come tomorrow though. i bet the winner draws fucking carlisle away in the next round.
    would you go if that happened?
    
    Smee @bamos | 3 Oct '08, 15:46 | X
    - Yes, because the impossibility
      
      of a club from League 1 being involved in an FA Trophy game would mean it's a must-see, pretty much.
      
      bamos @Smee | 3 Oct '08, 15:47 | X
      - o hang on
        
        what the hell is the FA trophy?
        
        Smee @bamos | 3 Oct '08, 15:55 | X
        
        ANSWER ME BAMOS
        
        Smee @Smee | 3 Oct '08, 16:00 | X
        
        if only there was some kind of resource
        
        which offered information on a number of subjects, and could be accessed from anywhere in the world...
        
        joeymahone @Smee | 3 Oct '08, 16:02 | X
        
        dream on punk
        
        Smee @joeymahone | 3 Oct '08, 16:07 | X
        
        hey, I'm an idealist
        
        joeymahone @Smee | 3 Oct '08, 16:10 | X
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT A GIRL GOING TOMORROW?

olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 15:48 | X
- There'd better not be. I thought we put a stop to this kind of thing years ago.
  
  bamos @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 15:49 | X
- hannah
  
  might come. but she has short hair so she looks like a boy.
  
  rapscalion-jones @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 15:58 | X
  - Obvious 'Mike likes boys' joke goes here
    
    colonol_k @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 16:23 | X
    - obvious
      
      pun on my surname here
      
      rapscalion-jones @colonol_k | 3 Oct '08, 16:27 | X
      - lol goes in this bit
        
        colonol_k @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 16:30 | X
        
        cololol
        
        joeymahone @colonol_k | 3 Oct '08, 16:36 | X
  - *makes whip cracking noise*
    
    olegrich @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 16:43 | X
    - He won't hear it.
      
      He's so wrapped in cotton wool that all sounds are a dull muffle to him.
      
      bamos @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 16:48 | X
    - *slowly raises middle finger*
      
      rapscalion-jones @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 16:48 | X
      - *gets "the look" from hannah"
        
        rapscalion-jones @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 16:48 | X
      - *puts finger down*
        
        rapscalion-jones @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 16:48 | X
        
        *looks sheepish*
        
        rapscalion-jones @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 16:49 | X
        
        I wouldn't advise looking sheepish around a Welsh.
        
        joeymahone @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 16:51 | X
        
        :D
        
        rapscalion-jones @joeymahone | 3 Oct '08, 16:59 | X
        
        1,000,000/10
        
        olegrich @joeymahone | 3 Oct '08, 17:14 | X
- you're letting Hannah go?!
  
  why can't the rest of us come?! Not that I really want to. I'm planning to go clothes shopping then go home and crochet. (I actually am)
  
  nice_squirrel @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 17:15 | X
  - not exactly letting
    
    more bullying her into coming
    
    rapscalion-jones @nice_squirrel | 3 Oct '08, 17:18 | X
    - why are you bullying HER?!
      
      olegrich @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 17:24 | X
      - I mean
        
        I love my girlfriend and all, but do I want her there tomorrow? Of course not! (Because she would see what a sexist, lous mouthed drunken hooligan I am at football)
        
        olegrich @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 17:27 | X
        
        'at football'
        
        nice addition
        
        kenako @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 17:28 | X
        
        Kiss my tits
        
        olegrich @kenako | 3 Oct '08, 17:29 | X
    - What the fuck is wrong with you?!
      
      bamos @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 17:24 | X
    - THIS IS A FUCKING OUTRAGE
      
      LordLuciusBanter @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 17:26 | X
      - That's not a metal song.
        
        I wish it was though.
        
        THIS IS A FUCKING OUTRAGE
        YOU'RE RUINING THE NEXT STAGE
        OF WORLD DOMINATIIIIIOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNN
        
        bamos @LordLuciusBanter | 3 Oct '08, 17:27 | X
    - I DONT KNOW WHAT I'M SHOUTING ABOUT
      
      kenako @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 17:27 | X
      - HE'S BRINGING HIS MISSUS TO THE GAME
        
        olegrich @kenako | 3 Oct '08, 17:28 | X
        
        I SEE, I'M FAIRLY AMBIVALENT
        
        kenako @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 17:29 | X
        
        WELL YOU SHOULDN'T BE, IT'S RUINING THE ALL MALE ESSENCE OF FA TROPHY RUN
        
        olegrich @kenako | 3 Oct '08, 17:30 | X
        
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS
        
        Brooner @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 17:31 | X
        
        oh i see
        
        SORRY, I MEAN I SEE, DISGRACEFUL etc
        
        kenako @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 17:32 | X
        
        :(
        
        rapscalion-jones @kenako | 3 Oct '08, 17:53 | X
        
        sparky tom invited her...
        
        rapscalion-jones @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 17:53 | X
        
        HE DID WHAT?!
        
        olegrich @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 17:54 | X
        
        I should have known
        
        olegrich @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 17:54 | X
        
        HANG ON
        
        I specifically said in the facebook message that no girls were allowed.
        
        I've not invited a single girl.
        
        tom_from_sparks @olegrich | 3 Oct '08, 18:26 | X
        
        Hannah's not single, doofus
        
        She’s going out with Mike. Haven’t you heard?
        
        joeymahone @tom_from_sparks | 3 Oct '08, 18:31 | X
        
        Seriously?
        
        Wow. I never knew. I lived with Mike and Hannah for about a year and I didn't know anything was going on.
        
        tom_from_sparks @joeymahone | 3 Oct '08, 18:33 | X
        
        The two of them are one entity.
        
        Anyway, enough of this tomfoolery.
        
        TO THE PUB!
        
        I'll see you lot tomorrow. I genuinely can't wait x
        
        bamos @joeymahone | 3 Oct '08, 18:34 | X
        
        No use sulking now Mike
        
        You knew the rules. YOU KNEW THE GOD DAMN RULES MIKE.
        
        olegrich @rapscalion-jones | 3 Oct '08, 17:53 | X

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