Good Friday? Bloody sure
At last, and it took a bank holiday to push this one through, the good people at the Premier League have finally figured out that the best night for football is Friday.
Good Friday, is not a public holiday in Catholic Ireland, but is in Protestant England. Go figure. The death of Jesus Christ is marked instead with the forced closure of any establishment that sells alcohol. So what normally happens on the best working day of the week, is all the poor slobs like myself, drive home in an upbeat mood with the car stereo on ever so slightly louder, and stop off at the local village pub and have two or three beers to welcome in the weekend. Not this week amigo. It's a day off for every barman in Ireland. Was Jesus a bartender?
What this prompts is panic buying on Holy Thursday. When the good Catholics are marking the anniversary of The Last Supper, every beer shop in the country gets mobbed by panic striken Irish people with trolleyloads of beer, prompting queues reminiscent of Soviet Russia. So, this Friday the beer will be taken from the domestic fridge and the welcoming gulp for the weekend will probably be enjoyed sans amis, by ones self.
So what better to accompany a Good Friday night-in then Manchester United Vs Sunderland live on the telly? The answer, absolutely nothing, and if I had my way there would be premiership football on every Friday rather than those 12 noon Saturday morning kick offs. But I have a sneaking suspicion that there's a bar trade conspiracy. The after -work-on-a-Friday market is a very lucrative one, and I for one abhor watching Football in a busy pub. I could easily see that market diminish and with the smoking ban already eating a sizeable chunk of revenue, the bar owners will cling desparately to the status quo on this front.
But let's not quibble about this and savour the best Friday night in ages. No crappy chat shows to take up the airwaves and force us out of our homes for the sanctuary of the pub. But be careful, beer is off the shelves from midnight Thursday. Over estimate your consumption for Friday and remember easter Monday is a holiday. More reason to celebrate the weekend with added gusto.
Good Friday my arse. This is gonna be great.....
Good Friday, is not a public holiday in Catholic Ireland, but is in Protestant England. Go figure. The death of Jesus Christ is marked instead with the forced closure of any establishment that sells alcohol. So what normally happens on the best working day of the week, is all the poor slobs like myself, drive home in an upbeat mood with the car stereo on ever so slightly louder, and stop off at the local village pub and have two or three beers to welcome in the weekend. Not this week amigo. It's a day off for every barman in Ireland. Was Jesus a bartender?
What this prompts is panic buying on Holy Thursday. When the good Catholics are marking the anniversary of The Last Supper, every beer shop in the country gets mobbed by panic striken Irish people with trolleyloads of beer, prompting queues reminiscent of Soviet Russia. So, this Friday the beer will be taken from the domestic fridge and the welcoming gulp for the weekend will probably be enjoyed sans amis, by ones self.
So what better to accompany a Good Friday night-in then Manchester United Vs Sunderland live on the telly? The answer, absolutely nothing, and if I had my way there would be premiership football on every Friday rather than those 12 noon Saturday morning kick offs. But I have a sneaking suspicion that there's a bar trade conspiracy. The after -work-on-a-Friday market is a very lucrative one, and I for one abhor watching Football in a busy pub. I could easily see that market diminish and with the smoking ban already eating a sizeable chunk of revenue, the bar owners will cling desparately to the status quo on this front.
But let's not quibble about this and savour the best Friday night in ages. No crappy chat shows to take up the airwaves and force us out of our homes for the sanctuary of the pub. But be careful, beer is off the shelves from midnight Thursday. Over estimate your consumption for Friday and remember easter Monday is a holiday. More reason to celebrate the weekend with added gusto.
Good Friday my arse. This is gonna be great.....
posted by Derek Keogh | 2:47 PM
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