The elite show of domestic football is back and with stadiums across Europe in lockdown there really is no better place to watch all the action than down the pub. This year we’re going on a European Tour down the pub which is why we have brought back Heineken Hour!
We’ve teamed up with Heineken UK to bring back the popular pre-match hour but seeing as everything is pretty rubbish right now we’ve made it even better!
Yes, that’s correct on any UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League matchday you can get 4 for the price of 2 on any Heineken or Heineken 0.0 between 5pm and 6pm.
All you need to do is download the We Love Sport app to redeem your vouchers, find your local pub and enjoy the game!
This Saturday sees the return of one of the most hotly anticipated matches on the planet as two Spanish giants battle it out for the LaLiga bragging rights. We have 27 bars across the UK showing the action live on their screens – simply download the We Love Sport app to find your nearest.
WIN A BARCA OR REAL MADRID SHIRT!
We’ve teamed up with LaLiga UK to giveaway a Real Madrid replica shirt or a Barcelona replica shirt! To win one all you have to do is book a table for the match via the We Love Sport app.
Simply download the We Love Sport app, select El Clasico from the menu and find your nearest bar that’s showing the action.
A winners will then be picked at random to win a Barcelona shirt or a Real Madrid shirt.
EL CLASICO – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!
Barcelona host Real Madrid on Saturday 24th October with kick off for El Clasico at 3pm. The match will be broadcast live on LaLiga TV.
Last season Barcelona finished the season trophyless for the first time in over a decade which saw many changes at the club over the summer. Most notably the departure of striker Luis Suarez and Ronald Koeman replacing Quique Setien as Head Coach.
Barcelona have had an indifferent start to the LaLiga season and currently sit a disappointing 9th place in the table.
Champions Real Madrid have also had a bit of a disappointing start to the season and missed the chance to go top of LaLiga with a shock defeat to Cadiz.
Both teams head into El Clasico struggling to find form off the back of 2 shock defeats in LaLiga.
HEAD TO HEAD
Barcelona and Real Madrid have met each other a mammoth 245 occasions over the years.
Barcelona have won on 97 occasions whilst Real Madrid have been victorious 96 times.
The last 6 meetings between these sides have produced three wins, two draws and just one defeat for Barcelona.
One thing is for sure there is not much to separate the two rivals!
WATCH WITH US!
We have El Clasico live across 27 pubs and bars. Simply download the We Love Sport to find your local and book a table!
The Six Nations returns, at very long last! With the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown back in March now feeling like a fever dream, for Rugby Union fans the 2020 Six Nations tournament certainly hasn’t been forgotten. On Saturday 31st October we look forward to the long awaited finale; with four games to play, and four teams all in with a chance of lifting the trophy on what truly promises to be a SUPER SATURDAY.
This Halloween, 31st of October 2020 will bring ghastly gloom for some, and gleaming glory for others! Buckle your seatbelts ladies and gentlemen, this is going to be one HELL of a ride.
We Love Sport’s Jonathan Fone looks at each of the four nations battling it out to become champions!
ENGLAND
The Red and Whites sure do have reason to be optimistic. Currently sitting top of the bunch in the table from France on points difference, and take on ‘Gli Azzurri’ (the Italians to you and me) in Rome for their final game. Eddie Jones and his lads will feel even more confident knowing they go into the game knowing they have never lost to Italy, but 2020, as we have seen, is a strange year. Anything could happen.
If England manage to secure the win and run in four tries to secure the bonus point, only Ireland can potentially finish with more points. If Ireland only get nine points, then England can match them with a bonus-point win in Rome – meaning it comes down to points difference, where England have an advantage. What an occasion that could be!
England should also be wary of France, who could possibly overtake England if they get a bonus point win against Ireland and beat the Men in Green by a greater margin than England defeat Italy by.
IRELAND
It’s complicated, we know, but if England could pull it off and secure their bonus point, they’ll be laughing.
If Ireland win their final games, and secure bonus points, they are champions – it’s as simple as that.
Don’t forget that England, France and Scotland all only have one match to play. But with greater margin for things to go wrong and twice as many games to play, Ireland will have to be on top form for their round 4 and round 5 clashes with Italy and France, respectively.
Ireland will most definitely have had time to recover over the months, but will still be reeling from their round 3 loss to England. Currently sitting 4th in the table, they will need to bag all ten available for them to secure Six Nations victory. Whilst Ireland have a strong record against Italy, scoring four tries away to France will be a real challenge.
To quote the Irish proverb: The future is not set, there is no fate but what we make for ourselves.
FRANCE
Les Bleus certainly looked good this tournament, following that emphatic victory over Wales in round 3 this could have been the first grand slam that France had won since 2010, but then they went to Edinburgh for round 4.
Not to say the defeat to Scotland at BT Murrayfield had shattered France’s chances and hopes of winning the championship, but there’s no doubt this has thrown a spanner in the works.
France are currently level on points with England at the top, but their points difference is minus three which means they will need to “battre le fer pendant qu’il est chaud” (strike the iron while it’s hot) against Ireland to win in their final game and beat England’s result by three points should they get the result in Rome, to top the table.
Impossible n’est pas français, indeed.
SCOTLAND
Mathematically, they’re still in with a prayer, and those prayers will be going to the Rugby gods to have things play their way. Scotland will win their first championship in 21 years if they beat Wales on SUPER SATURDAY and then Italy beat both Wales and Ireland, they would also need France and Ireland to draw in Paris.
Lads and lassies, it’s 2020, don’t write anything off just yet.
As is the nature of the Six Nations Rugby Tournament, we have been blessed with some incredibly exciting final days. This year, we will be in for an absolute cracker, you won’t want to miss out.
Make sure that you head down to your local We Love Sport venue, settle in, and enjoy.
We’ve teamed up with Guinness and former rugby professional James Haskell to bring you the Guinness Six Nations Pub Quiz on Super Saturday itself!Find out below how to play and how to secure your place.
Let’s be honest… nobody likes the Geography, Science & History rounds. That’s why we’ve removed them and made this all about rubgy!
To make things even better there’s £2000 to be won and it’s completely free to enter! Here’s what we have planned for you.
2:15pm: Wales vs Scotland 4:45pm: Italy vs England 7:00pm: Guinness Six Nations Pub Quiz 8:10pm: France vs Ireland
Grab your mates, book a table at a participating We Love Sport venue on Super Saturday and see if you can win that £2000 jackpot!
HOW TO PLAY
The Guinness Six Nations Pub Quiz will take place on the We Love Quiz app which can be downloaded for free via the Apple and Android stores.
The quiz is free to play and all you need to do is book your place at a participating pub on Saturday 31st October 2020, log into the We Love Quiz app and play.
For every question you answer correctly you will win points. The faster you answer the question, the more points you receive. The player at the top of the national leaderboard, with the most points at the end of the quiz, will win the huge £2000 jackpot. Our quiz is being played in over 400 pubs across England & Wales with a few thousand participants…the winner will have serious tekkers!
Don’t worry if you don’t win the national competition, the team from each participating We Love Sport venue with the most points will win a £20 bar tab for France vs Ireland itself!
BOOK YOUR BUBBLE IN!
Due to social distancing measures being put in place we advise that you pre-book a table for Super Saturday. Call us on 0203 3266025.
You can find your nearest participating We Love Sport venue by calling one of our helpers on 0203 3266025
Alternatively, find a venue via one of our participating partners websites:
City Taverns. click here Classic Inns. click here Craft Pubs. click here Pubs With More. click here Liquorist bars. click here Live Social. click here Proper Pubs. click here Sports Bar & Grill. click here Walkabout Bars. click here Yates Bars. click here
European elite football clubs will soon be battling it out once again across the continent in their bid to become this season European Champions come next summer.
Bayern Munich won last seasons competition with a 1-0 victory over PSG in Lisbon and will no doubt be looking to defend their crown from the likes of Real Madrid, Liverpool, Manchester United & PSG.
With the groups now drawn our eyes turn to the first gameweek on 20th October!
GROUP STAGE DRAW
Group A Bayern Munich Atlético Madrid Red Bull Salzburg Lokomotiv Moscow
Group B Real Madrid Shakhtar Donetsk Inter Milan Borussia Mönchengladbach
Group C Porto Manchester City Olympiakos Marseille
Group D Liverpool Ajax Atalanta FC Midtjylland
Group E Sevilla Chelsea Krasnodar Stade Rennais
Group F Zenit Saint Petersburg Borussia Dortmund Lazio Club Brugge
Group G Juventus Barcelona Dynamo Kiev Ferencváros TC
Group H PSG Manchester United RB Leipzig İstanbul Başakşehir
WHEN WILL THE MATCHES TAKE PLACE
Qualifying 08/08/2020–11/08/2020 Preliminary round 18/08/2020–19/08/2020 First qualifying round 25/08/2020–26/08/2020 Second qualifying round 15/09/2020–16/09/2020 Third qualifying round 22/09/2020–30/09/2020 Play-offs
Knockout stages 16/02/2021–17/03/2021 Round of 16 06/04/2021–14/04/2021 Quarter-finals 27/04/2021–05/05/2021 Semi-finals 29/05/2021 Final, Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul
HOW CAN I WATCH UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
This season UEFA Champions League action is once again being broadcast on BT Sport on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 6pm. You can use the We Love Sport to find your nearest sports pub showing all the action… also keep an eye out for some exclusive offers!
WHERE WILL THE FINAL TAKE PLACE
The final will take place at Istanbul’s Atatürk Olympic Stadium, which had been due to stage the 2020 decider. Saint Petersburg, the prospective 2021 host, will now stage the 2022 event.
With a capacity of over 70,000, the venue stages Turkey national-team games and has at various times been a temporary home for Istanbul clubs Galatasaray, İstanbul Başakşehir and Beşiktaş.
Most famously, the Atatürk Olympic Stadium staged the 2005 UEFA Champions League final, Liverpool recovering from going 3-0 down against AC Milan to win the game on penalties – the so-called ‘Miracle of Istanbul’.
