Winslow Hotel - RIP

[Merseyzig]

I bet it was bouncing after the Bournemouth result this evening

 

[TexanToffee]

So glad I got to hang out at The Winslow before the only ever match I saw at Goodison last season. Such a cool place with an atmosphere that is unmatched. RIP.

 

[SJB]

‘The soul left’: how Everton’s move from Goodison hurt the area’s pubs

The Winslow pub closed last month after serving pints to Everton players, managers and fans for 140 years

www.theguardian.com

 

[Curtis]

I feel incredibly privileged that I was bestowed the opportunity to bask in the warmth provided by such a hallowed and beloved establishment. It will forever be etched of my experience at the Winslow on the last Derby at Goodison, truly memorable especially since an older blue made the thoughtful and insistent gesture of gifting me his prized Everton polo shirt off his back, which I will never forget.

 

[Vaughan]

love the new ground but miss pubs like this

 

[PhilM]

love the new ground but miss pubs like this

I think it's the pre-match routine that I miss the most, and equally would like to be replicated. I enjoy our pre-match drinks in town, yet it ain't the same.

Maybe it's merely sentiment though and not fulfilling that muscle memory, because I'd tread those same steps around Goodison for decades.

 

[adi dassler]

love the new ground but miss pubs like this

Agree, although the ale in the majority of them wasn't great .

That said, give me any of those traditional boozers every time over the warehouses with music at ridiculous decibel levels and guitar meffs playing the same songs over and over.

 

[Papa Shango]

I have just had the odd realization that I don't think I have ever been in the Winslow. Weird as I was a season ticket holder for 15 odd years.

 

[shagpuss]

Never been in the Winslow either. Just too busy to be anyway enjoyable to visit. But sad it's no more as it's another bit of history gone.

 

[Dymak]

I can remember it kicking off in there after a derby loss in December 2005. All blues on blues. Bottles flying in the air, random people getting digged or given a beating. It was like a scene out of Bottom.

I briefly met and shook hands with Dave Hickson whilst standing outside the Winslow with a pint after our 3-0 derby win in September 2006. You could tell he fancied going in, but he thought better of it.

 

[Vaughan]

I think it's the pre-match routine that I miss the most, and equally would like to be replicated. I enjoy our pre-match drinks in town, yet it ain't the same.

Maybe it's merely sentiment though and not fulfilling that muscle memory, because I'd tread those same steps around Goodison for decades.

yeh tbf i wasnt missing goodison when i was getting absolutely belted in town and around the ground for the weekend games v brighton, villa, newcastle, palace, forest etc

the streak of night games recently with two more to come is ruining things