How We Verify Pubs

The Short Version

Every pub here was submitted by an Arsenal fan who watched a match there. Not scraped. Not guessed. Not self-reported by pub owners. Someone was there, we scored, they thought: “Other Gooners need to know about this place.”

How a Pub Gets Listed

Someone fills in the submit form. They tell us the pub name, where it is, and what it's like on matchday. We check it's a real place, that it's not a duplicate, and that the description says something useful. If it passes, it goes live.

We don't list every pub with a television. We list pubs where Arsenal fans go. A Wetherspoons with a screen in the corner playing Soccer Saturday on mute doesn't make the cut. A pub where the whole room erupts when we score — that does.

We list places where fans gather — pubs, bars, cafés, sports lounges. If you've watched Arsenal in a shisha café in Cairo or a dry sports bar in Riyadh, we want to know about that too.

What “Verified” Means

When you see a verified listing, it means at least one fan submitted this pub from personal experience. They watched Arsenal there. They could hear the commentary. The place was showing the match on purpose, not by accident.

The person behind this site has watched Arsenal in a dozen of these pubs: London, New York, Amsterdam, Dubai, Berlin. The rest come from fans who submitted them — and every one gets checked before going live.

What “Last Verified” Means

The date on each listing tells you when someone last confirmed this pub still shows Arsenal. A pub verified last month is more trustworthy than one added two years ago and never checked.

If a pub hasn't been verified in over 12 months, we flag it. Doesn't mean it's closed — just means nobody's confirmed it recently. If you've been there lately, let us know.

What Gets Removed

Closed permanently. Stopped showing football. Multiple fans report it's no longer an Arsenal pub. Or it never existed — occasionally someone submits their fantasy pub.

We'd rather have 200 pubs we're confident about than 500 where half of them leave you standing in a cocktail bar wondering where the screen is.

Report a Change

If a pub on here has closed, changed hands, or stopped showing matches — tell us. Submit a correction or use the contact form on the about page.

Stale data is the worst thing that can happen to a directory. We'd rather know a pub's gone than leave a fan walking to a dead listing on matchday.