THE FLÓIRÍN

One room, one big screen, everyone pointed the same way. Irish pub in Upper Holloway and Arsenal to the core, because the London Irish were Arsenal long before anyone was buying half-and-half scarves. They dim the lights and throw a cover over the pool table before kickoff, and someone comes round with crackers. The Guinness is the best you'll find this side of Dublin and it will beat you if you let it. Twenty-five minutes' walk from the Emirates, which makes it the away-end of match days: everyone who couldn't get a ticket ends up here.