NFL in London

National Football League in London

NFL London

Bears/Raiders After Party

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How are you watching the Bears vs Raiders game in London?
Looking for a place that’s cool, close to the stadium and open late?
Great!
Come on down to the Princess Alex in Crouch End, London for our after party.

The Alex is a traditional English pub in the village of Crouch End, less than 10 minutes away from Finsbury Park station.
It has a great selection of Sunday roasts, cask ales, and loads of chicken wings.

Here is some more info to help you for Sunday.

Getting There
The Princess Alexandra is in Crouch End, north London.
The quickest route is via the Piccadilly or Victoria Line to Finsbury Park.
From there grab the W7 bus to the pub. It is the first stop after the Crouch End Broadway.
Once you exit the bus, the pub is on your right side.
You can also grab the W3 bus to Park Road.
The W3 bus is the one that will take you to the stadium.
It is also accessible via Alexandra Palace train station, and Hornsey train station.

To and from the stadium
It takes about 25 minutes to get to the stadium from the pub. We will have signs up on how to get there. But it’s very easy.
Walk out the pub down Park road (400m) and on the left hand side is Park Road bus stop to the stadium. Just hop on, and you’re at the stadium.
Upon leaving the stadium-same thing.
Grab the W3 bus from outside the stadium to Crouch End. Get off at Park Road and walk up the road to the pub. Buses stop running around midnight.

Going late
The Alex has a late license until 4am-so you can party until the wee hours.
It will help to have Uber or an app on your phone, as ALL of London transport shuts down at night.
There is a 91 late night bus that goes to central London every 15 minutes.

Tickets
If you are coming to the after party, you will need tickets.
They are £5 and includes a welcome beer (1 each) upon arrival.
You MUST have a ticket after 9pm to get in.
www.eventbrite.com/o/nfl-in-london-17838428996

London-To Do

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October 23, 2012 – London, UK: SKYFALL London Premiere at Royal Albert Hall.

Welcome to London!
What do you have planned?
Some sight-seeing? Take in some West End musicals? Get absolutely smashed on pints in a pub?
Why not do it all?

Since you’re just arriving here, we have a few things that you might want to try.

London Cocktail Week
Do you love booze? Great-you came to the right country.
London cocktail week is a chance to savour some tipples from some of the top bartenders in the city.
Hit a few locations and let the booze show you the way.
More info and tickets here:
https://drinkup.london/magazine/22568/what-is-london-cocktail-week

James Bond in Concert
If you haven’t been to Royal Albert Hall, you simply must!
This weekend (Oct 5 & 6th) the orchestra is getting the band back together to play along to a James Bond classic.
This weekend it’s Skyfall, and you can watch the movie all while the orchestra plays along.
Tickets might be tough-but there are loads of LEGITIMATE ticket touts around Covent Garden.
More info here:
royalalberthall.com

BFI Film Festival
Do you love movies?
Well the UK makes some of the best dang movies on the planet!
To celebrate the British Film Institute is hosting its annual film festival across the city this weekend.
Get some tickets, mingle with celebrities, and see some incredible movies before they are released in cinemas.
Tickets here.
bfi.org.uk

Comedy
London has more stand-up comedy in a week than New York, LA, Toronto and Chicago…COMBINED!
That’s a lot of laughs. Most of the established comedy clubs have some great acts, just avoid the flyerers in Leicester Square handing out nebulous claims to crappy shows.
You should probably avoid Leicester Square all together unless you want to lose money and dignity!
Piccadilly Circus has the world famous Comedy Store, which always has great international acts.
Our fave club is the Backyard Comedy Club in Bethal Green.
Great acts, reasonable tickets and you never know who might pop in to do a spot!
backyardcomedyclub.co.uk

Bears v Raiders

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Are you ready for the NFL London?
It’s week 5 in the NFL, which means that the Oakland Raiders have landed in rainy London, while the Chicago Bears land on Friday.
Are you going to the game?
Big plans for a great weekend in London?

Why not join us for some NFL fun while you’re in town?

We will be throwing a few parties this weekend-and you’re invited!

We will be working with the Princess Alexandra pub in Crouch End to host some of the games until the wee hours.
Located 10 minutes from Finsbury Park station, this ‘celebrity’ pub has loads of space and TVs so that you can catch all the action.
It’s also a direct bus ride on the W3 bus to Tottenham stadium.
You can catch the W3 or W7 bus from Finsbury Park to the pub-then grab the W3 bus to the stadium in 25 minutes.

The pub has a late license, so that you can party until 4am.
Buses won’t run at that point-so Ubers and taxis will be on hand.

You MUST have tickets for the after party-as we don’t want a huge queue in front of the venue.
Get your tickets here.

See you Sunday.

London-Sports Bars

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So you’re coming to London and you want to watch sports like you do in the US?
Is there anything like it here?
No.
Sadly, you are out of luck.
But we do have advice to help you out.

The UK and London particularly are woefully underserved when it comes to sports bars.
While some of the UK chains have made some efforts to modernise, they are still a few dreadful decades away.
Bad food, violent fans, drugged out patrons, and horrible service are just some of the things you can look forward to.
(which is why most people watch at home!)

So if you do want to catch a night of sports-where should you head?

We have a few tips to help you out in your excursions.

NCAA Football
Looking to watch NCAA football when you are over from the states?
Good luck!
Very few places will actually show the games, and due to time zones-most of the big games don’t air in the UK til the wee hours.
One of the problems with NCAA football is that it takes place on a Saturday-a traditional ‘football’ day for Brits, that continues on til at least 7pm.
After that the bar becomes a ‘bar’, with the music pumping up to 11, and punters drunkenly enjoying their weekend.
Trying to get them to switch on a college game with sound would be like asking a Brit ‘where in France are you from?’
The other problem with college football is that it’s only played on 1 TV network over here-BT Sport ESPN.
That means you can only watch 1 game at a time. Sometimes this game was played a few hours ago.
There was an ESPN Player app-but it crashed more times than Robert Downey Jr. in the 90s’.
Belushi’s Londonbridge is perhaps the only London location that shows college sports.
But again, it will be packed, will only show one game, and it will close before the game ends.

Wings & Food
First thing you will notice when you try chicken wings in the UK is how tiny they are.
Like seriously tiny.
You’ll then notice that British people like to mess around with a whole whack of flavours that are downright gross.
Peri-Peri? Mango Cream? Geez-louise, pass the Frank’s Red Hot sauce.
Burgers are also cooked in a mandatory fashion-which means over-cooked, over-sauced and on a flaky bun.
We have yet to find a good burger in London after 15 years, but hopefully one day!
McDonald’s is consistent and has free wifi.

If you are looking to watch some sports-here are a few places we would recommend for this weekend.

Princess Alexandra
Located in leafy Crouch End, this pub is close to Tottenham Stadium and is open late.
While not on a direct tube line-it is a celebrity haunt, so you never know who you might find.

MeatHouse
Right near Kings Cross Station, this place has meat, meat and more meat. They have a few tvs for the games, and a great feast of a menu.

Sports Bar & Grill-Farringdon
This sports bar chain is under new owners, so they are starting to change them around. While it is a chain, we like this one because of their manager Martin. Classy, funny guy, who makes the trip worthwhile.

London-Travel

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If you’ve never been to London before, it can seem a bit daunting to get around.
When you come from North America, the first thing you notice is that the cars drive on the other side-and crossing the street involves second guessing your inherent nature.

Londoners move across the city like cockroaches on a buttered floor, get in their way, or God forbid-stand on the left side of the escalator, and you will get a simmering look of disdain like no other.

We have a few tips to help you get around.

Apps
Unless you’re Amish-you probably have a smart phone or someone in your group does.
This is good.
You should download a London Tube Map, Citymapper, and if you have Uber in your local city-use that as well. (it works over here).
Citymapper will help you plan how long it takes to get to places and back. You can add in your destination/ hotel etc as a homebase to make getting around easier.
The Tube map is necessary for getting around this crazy city.
As you can see from the image above-sometimes it’s easier to walk, especially if you’re in Central London.

Tottenham/ White Hart Lane
If you’re heading to one of the NFL games at Tottenham Stadium (aka White Hart Lane) you will be heading to North-East London.
While this might have been a butt-ache several years ago, recent new travel lines and station have made this easier to get to.
White Hart Lane station is on the Overground (orange lines on map) north of Liverpool street station.
Luckily there are also loads of London trains that also head north in that direction.
You can pretty much reach the stadium from Finsbury Park, Liverpool Street, and anywhere on the Victoria Line.
Just note that on Sundays the tube runs like an old dog, so you might have delays, closures and early closings.
The tube usually stops running at midnight, so have your Uber ready in case you need to go somewhere.

Enjoy London and have a safe trip.