Pubs are an essential part of English football culture. More often than not, fans congregate for a drink in the hours before their team play, be it on the road or at home. It is ritualistic, something that supporters have been doing for decades, in the years where there were far fewer pubs and bars than there are in the modern day.

Of the 20 teams that currently compete in the Premier League, each one has a pub that is within at least half-a-mile of their stadium. With all of this being considered, which clubs have the most pubs within a one-mile area of their home ground, according to OLBG?

20-16

Manchester City, Brighton, Southampton, Fulham, Brentford

Footing the list is Manchester City, who have just two pubs within an immediate radius to their ground. The remaining clubs that make up the bottom four, however, are all based in London or further south. Brighton and Hove Albion have just one less pub than fellow coastal side Southampton, who have four pubs near St. Mary’s. Above them are Brentford and Fulham, who both have six pubs close to the Gtech Community Stadium and Craven Cottage respectively.

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15-11

Manchester United, Leicester City, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, Aston Villa

Four of the teams sat between 15th and 11th have the same number of pubs within a mile of their stadium. Manchester United, Leicester City, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth all have seven pubs within the area of their ground. Only Aston Villa have more within this bracket of clubs, though they only have one more than the aforementioned quartet of teams.

Villa, however, do hold a record within this list. The Villans’ home ground of Villa Park is just 0.1 miles away from a pub, The Villa Tavern. No other club in England has such a short distance, with Chelsea, Newcastle United, Ipswich Town and Liverpool all having a pub 0.2 miles from their grounds.

10-6

West Ham United, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, Everton, Liverpool

10th in the list of stadiums with pubs nearby is West Ham’s London Stadium which, coincidentally, is also the first ground on the list to have more than 10 pubs within a mile of it, with 12. There are two more than that within a mile of Nottingham Forest’s City Ground before a massive leap for Tottenham Hotspur, who have 20 places to drink dotted around their new stadium, which did not move away from where White Hart Lane once stood.

Beyond Spurs in the list, there is a shift back up towards the north of the country with both Merseyside clubs, Everton and Liverpool, placing in seventh and sixth respectively. The Toffees have two fewer stadiums close to Goodison Park as Liverpool do to Anfield, though both grounds are exceptionally close to a pub. Goodison is 0.3 miles away from The Winslow whilst Anfield is 0.2 miles from The Arkles.

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5-1

Chelsea, Ipswich Town, Arsenal, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Newcastle United

Entering the top five, Chelsea are one of two London clubs to hold a position here, with 27 pubs sitting within a mile of Stamford Bridge. Premier League new boys Ipswich Town, who are playing in the top flight for the first time in two decades, have 29 pubs around Portman Road that the fans can enjoy ahead of their matches.

In third place is Arsenal. With 33 pubs near the Emirates, the North London stadium has the most variety within the capital. Wolverhampton Wanderers are second, which may seem surprising at first. Though fans may have to walk around half a mile from Molineux to get to a pub, they have 50 within a mile radius to choose from.

Newcastle United, however, are the clear runaways with pubs around the ground. A staggering 174 pubs are situated within a mile of St. James’ Park. Established local pubs in Newcastle do not turn away visitors, something that works massively in the city’s favour.