A Great Pub in Accrington
The Peel Park Hotel is a proper pub and its right next to the site of Accrington Stanley's original ground, yes you guessed it, Peel Park!
These days a grand entrance brings you towards the small bar that crams in as many pumps as in the available space. It really is a super pub and one that I have used during both of the last two seasons since our return to the football league. The pub is friendly, they always allow me to park there for the game and take the twenty-minute walk to the ground through charming well-kept streets many with cobbled back alleys.
In the pub, there are 3 separate drinking areas and another room with a pool table in. Most of the walls are adorned with sporting pictures, these are predominantly Football and Cricket related. Above the bar is a collection of German Steins and hiding behind one of the CCTV cameras is a gollywog. On both of my visits there the pub has been just about taken over by Luton fans who appreciate a really well-kept pint of ale. It is easy to see how this well-run establishment earns its place in the CAMRA good beer guide, simply a joy to visit.
Here is a copy of an article published in 2013 in Lancashire Telegraph giving a lovely write up on the Peel Park and a flavour of its history: just click on the highlighted text to go to the article.
A bit of trivia: why is the football club called Accrington Stanley?
The truth is nobody can be sure where the Stanley name first came from but the best evidence suggests that patrons of the Stanley Arms on Stanley Street in Accrington formed a club called Stanley Villa in the early 1890s.
At this time, Football League founder members Accrington FC were struggling and ultimately resigned from the league in August 1893.
A number of local amateur teams, including Stanley Villa, took up the town name. Accrington Stanley was born.
In the pub, there are 3 separate drinking areas and another room with a pool table in. Most of the walls are adorned with sporting pictures, these are predominantly Football and Cricket related. Above the bar is a collection of German Steins and hiding behind one of the CCTV cameras is a gollywog. On both of my visits there the pub has been just about taken over by Luton fans who appreciate a really well-kept pint of ale. It is easy to see how this well-run establishment earns its place in the CAMRA good beer guide, simply a joy to visit.
Here is a copy of an article published in 2013 in Lancashire Telegraph giving a lovely write up on the Peel Park and a flavour of its history: just click on the highlighted text to go to the article.
A bit of trivia: why is the football club called Accrington Stanley?
The truth is nobody can be sure where the Stanley name first came from but the best evidence suggests that patrons of the Stanley Arms on Stanley Street in Accrington formed a club called Stanley Villa in the early 1890s.
At this time, Football League founder members Accrington FC were struggling and ultimately resigned from the league in August 1893.
A number of local amateur teams, including Stanley Villa, took up the town name. Accrington Stanley was born.