3 blues coming down for the weekend looking for tickets?

Any help appreciated - pubs etc before the game?

KTBFFH

i am also one of said boys. We're coming down from Glasgow for daddy mous homecoming. the help will be greatly appreciated lads

good luck with that

pub it is

Good luck with that. I think people are kidding themselves if they think there will be spares for Jose's first game back

Pub suggestions near the bridge?

Looking for some crazy little joints!

Imperial in the King's Road?  That's where I'll be prematch but I don't know what it's like to watch tv during the match though.

Edited July 28, 201312 yr by Beerqueen

whats the imperial like mate? looking for a good atmosphere

Don't bother trying to get spare tickets, save yourself the trip. There is more chance of finding Jimmy Hoffa's body.

since the so has gone it's pretty dismal around the bridge on matchdays to be honest

Well I haven't been often but I know it's my season-ticket holding niece's favourite matchday pub - it's a good atmosphere before the game - busy, some singing, friendly, decent beer.  But as I say, no idea what happens during the game!  I'll be interested to know what pubs others like - I'm lazy, I just go along with what she thinks!

so? aye we are heading down to see a mate that weekend who moved to london so getting tanked up on the saturday night then looking to carry it right through for the game. we knew tickets would be a fortune or a no-go so a decent chelsea pub would be ideal. we're after a laugh and some nonsense with a few west london casuals

So was a bar right opposite the ground.  Closed down a couple of years ago - well when I say closed down, it became a monstrosity of a wine bar - philippino or something stupid with lots of ferns and the like.  I don't think it's what you're looking for!

Ferns or furriners?

You're getting paranoid now!  

 

Ferns and worse!  I've just checked it's called Kona Kai and it's Polynesian ~(! WTF!) - do have a look at the pics on their website - it has to be seen to be believed!

Sorry to post a link to another Chelsea forum but there's a very good write up about the old So Bar here - http://www.cfcnet.co.uk/2011/07/r-i-p-the-so-bar/

 

Shame it's gone!

I have nothing against Polynesians, some of my best friends aren't Polynesian, but look what they've done to the So Bar!

Unbelievable isn't it?

You'll need some proof that you're Chelsea fans to get in any of the pubs around the ground!

Imperial is great for atmosphere (bar the very occasional racist chanting) - they do show the games too but only on small TVs around the pub, not a big screen

I don't remember being asked to prove I was a Chelsea fan in the Imperial although you have to show a match ticket to get in the Wetherspoons at Fulham Broadway station (but it's not great in there).  Maybe they have and I've just forgotten or maybe they just haven't bothered with a middle aged woman with a London accent!

I don't remember being asked to prove I was a Chelsea fan in the Imperial although you have to show a match ticket to get in the Wetherspoons at Fulham Broadway station (but it's not great in there).  Maybe they have and I've just forgotten or maybe they just haven't bothered with a middle aged woman with a London accent!

If you get to imperial early enough they dont check. But they definitley ask 1-2 hours before kick off for a match ticket. I've always had a ticket but im sure theyd let you in if it was obvious you werent an away fan. 

Yeah middle aged woman with London accent = let in 

 

But group of lads with Glasgow accents?  Not sure!

Maybe they should dress as a middle aged woman.

That'll be jeans and Chelsea shirt then (but retro one from 70s).