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Pub Quiz! Which pub is this?"the management of [this pub], where rock'n'roll DJs can be found most evening, have decided to ban dancing! And as such, I am surprised that this place gets as busy as it does. The pub heaves with quiffs, 50s tattoos, blue suede shoes, and people whose parents aren't even old enough to remember the era they're imagining themselves in" ReviewUnderneath one of the stands of AC Sparta Prague’s Letna Stadium is the Sparta Club Bar. A small bar, mainly used as a meeting place for the club’s representatives when entertaining business partners or meeting journalists, it’s also open to the general public and is a perfect location for fans looking for a beer before the game. Since the inception of the independent Czech First Division in 1993, Sparta Prague have won the title 8 times and will be well know to European football fans from their regular appearances in UEFA’s “Let’s make as much money as possible and to hell with the consequences to domestic competitions and national teams” competition. Or “The UEFA Champion’s League” as it is otherwise known. Some sense of Sparta Prague’s history can be seen from the team pictures and action shots that adorn the walls of the Club Bar, along with the trophies in the display cabinet by the bar; but the walls aren’t exactly covered in memorabilia, and the bar has a low key feel to it. The main area is filled with tables and chairs lined up in neat rows, no doubt as a consequence of the fact that the bar is used for entertaining business partners and meeting journalists. The bar certainly isn’t designed to attract the hard-core home support before the match. By Prague standards it’s not cheap, at 75p for a Pilsner Urquell it’s a lot more expensive than the nearby bars, so the locals will probably look elsewhere. A somewhat incongruous feature is a massive automatic roulette wheel in one corner, making this part bar part casino; and if you’re a gambling man, but roulette just doesn’t do it for you, then the Sparta Club Bar offers still more ways for you to throw money away, as there’s a branch of Fortuna bookmakers’ in the entranceway to the bar.   Review by AJS ultimatefootypubguide.comMatchdaysIf you’re looking for somewhere close to the ground it doesn’t get better than this, actually part of the ground. Worth a look for visiting fans just to see a piece of the team’s history, but if you’re looking for the traditional home supporters you won’t find them here, the cheaper local bars close by are a much better bet. Time to the Ground: Walk 0 minutes The Sky Sports FactorTechnically of course, it isn’t Sky Sports, which is good news for anyone who has had enough of the never-ending Sky Sports hyperbole and Richard Keys, which is surely just about everybody. Drinkers can enjoy the live matches on three screens, the focus, of course, being on the domestic league. Regular TVs: 3 Nearby:Pubs:
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Going by experience the high prices only applies to English tourists, if you speak Czech the beer is alot cheaper.
A good alternative in the summer is the beer garden in Letna Park across the road from the ground, go into the park turn left and it about 3 minutes walk. Buy a cheap pint of Gambrinus from the Kiosk for about 50p and enjoy some of the best views across the centre of prague