P'mouth 2 - 3 L'POOL [Nugent 62', H'sson 78'; Aurelio 69', Kuyt 85', Torres 90'], EPL Gwk 25

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Rugby season is upon us and it was almost impossible to find a drinking establishment that was showing the Liverpool game yesterday. Eventually I did find one and it was the tastefully named tavern in the picture above. It's right outside Highbury & Islington Station. The picture is more than nine months old and was taken as I was coming out of the station for the very first time. It's almost impossible not to want to take a picture of the pub's name and indeed it is not unusual to see fellow first-time exiters of the station doing the same. Since I first saw it I had been meaning to go back and get Famously Cocked but never got around to it. At least not until I found myself walking towards the station disappointed that every pub in town seemed more bothered about the Ireland and France game than the one that really mattered. Just as I was about to enter the station and try and make it home for the last few minutes of the game, I noticed a different kind of ball game being broadcast inside. It was still nil-nil and eight minutes to go to half-time. I couldn't believe my luck. We came back from a goal-down twice to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in injury time. We're still in the title hunt. And the Irish won their game too. The tavern was also broadcasting the rugby on a screen behind me.