Just looked at routes, Direct line from Reading to Ealing Broadway which is handy.

Are there some decent pubs near the train st at Ealing and equally on route to the ground?

Their are some decent pubs in town, not a lot on route to the ground as far as i am aware but some folk may say different

Dont think there is anything on the way. Drink in Ealing then dive onto bus to ground

The Duke of Kent on Scotch Common is closest pub to the ground. It's a Fullers pub with a large beer garden which a number meet in. Even has a Pimms Bar! Another pub nearby is the Village Inn on Pitshanger Lane. Maybe twice the distance the DoK is from the ground but not been in there. Both serve food.

Not been on a bus since I was 4!

Duke of Norfolk 10-15 minutes from Ealing Broadway & 5 minutes from the ground is on the way (W13 8DL).

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Think of it as a big red taxi, and cheaper.........................

Do the fans get in the spoons in Ealing before the game?

The Wheatsheaf on Haven Lane was ok when I last went there, some years ago mind. It's another Fullers pub.

Both the pubs on Haven Lane are decent enough. Any real ale fans / craft beer fans might want to try and fit in a visit to the Ealing Park Tavern brew pub near South Ealing tube at some point this season. Slightly further you have the Aeronaut and George & Dragon brew pubs in Acton. The latter is particularly good in my opinion.

Halfdan are you the West London CAMRA spokesman

No, I live in Aldershot but am on the Surrey/Hants Borders CAMRA committee as it happens.

Prince of Wales, N Fnbr cant be beaten!

Better not comment on that. I'm helping judge the Surrey CAMRA pub of the year and that's a finalist, best not prejudice my voting! (It won the Surrey & Hampshire Borders Pub of the year.)

More seriously I hope to be at the Bradford game. I'll be going via Ealing Park Tavern as I haven't been since the brewery and Haven Lane if I have time. Have to say say in day out I'd probably do Haven Lane and then jump on a bus at Broadway and then try to fit in a visit to Acton on a pleasant day, preferably when I'm not working Monday. A revisit to Brentford one match also appeals, easy bus from there to Broadway.

Anyway enjoy it folks whichever pub you end up in. If real ale / craft isn't your thing there are more convenient pubs tbh.

I thought you were going to end that, then check your sexuality!