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Manchester pub guide · By Tom Hart · Updated 26 Oct 2026

Pubs to watch football in Manchester

The Manchester pub reviewers talk about most for this is Directors Box: 125 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport (read 26 Oct 2026).

Ranked on how many Google reviews mention watching football or other sport. Check the fixture with the pub before a big game, because screens and bookings change.

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Directors Box

★ 4.3 (1,009)

37 Booth St, M2 4AA

125 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Football onPool table
Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Food

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Tib Street Tavern

★ 4.2 (1,209)

74 Tib St, M4 1LG

80 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Football on
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Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Food

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Brotherhood of Pursuits & Pastimes

★ 4.3 (941)

2 Mount St, M2 5WQ

48 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Football on
Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Outside seats · Food · Dogs welcome

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The Lost Dene

★ 4.0 (1,941)

144 Deansgate, M3 3EE

48 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Football on
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Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Food

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BOX Deansgate

★ 4.3 (1,238)

125 Deansgate, M3 2BY

42 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Live music
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Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Outside seats · Food

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The Footage

★ 4.2 (1,639)

Grosvenor St, M1 7DZ

40 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —no hours listed
Crowd —no data

Food

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Matchstick Man

★ 4.2 (4,982)

Capital Quay, M50 3WL

35 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Football on
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Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Sport on · Food

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The Bishop Blaize

★ 4.4 (2,876)

708 Chester Rd, M32 0SF

32 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Sport on · Outside seats · Food

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The Crafty Pig, Manchester

★ 4.3 (2,402)

4 Oldham St, M1 1JQ

24 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Live music
Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Food

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Tank & Paddle Manchester Printworks

★ 4.0 (1,388)

Unit 10, The Printworks, 27 Withy Grove, M4 2BS

21 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —no hours listed
Crowd —no data

Live music · Outside seats · Food

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O'Neill's Printworks

★ 4.6 (3,963)

The Printworks, 27 Withy Grove, M4 2BS

20 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —no hours listed
Crowd —no data

Live music · Sport on · Outside seats · Food · Dogs welcome

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Waldorf Manchester

★ 4.4 (1,735)

12 Gore St, M1 3AQ

20 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Football onTraditional
Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Food · Dogs welcome

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Walkabout - Manchester

★ 4.3 (2,831)

27 Withy Grove, M4 2BS

20 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Football on
Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Food

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The Seven Oaks

★ 4.3 (739)

5 Nicholas St, M1 4HL

20 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Traditional
Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Food · Dogs welcome

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Mary D's Beamish Bar

★ 4.5 (991)

13 Grey Mare Ln, M11 3DQ

19 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Dogs welcome

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Yates Manchester

★ 3.8 (3,888)

49 Portland St, M1 3LD

17 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Football on
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Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Outside seats · Food

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Royal Oak

★ 4.1 (812)

440 Barlow Moor Rd, M21 0BQ

15 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Football onLive music
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Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Outside seats · Food · Dogs welcome

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Turing Tap

★ 4.3 (1,840)

421-423 Oxford Rd, M13 9WG

13 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Football on
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Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Food · Dogs welcome

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Tollgate

★ 4.3 (855)

M16 0LN

13 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Sport on · Dogs welcome

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Mulligans

★ 4.4 (2,368)

12 Southgate, M3 2RB

12 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Live musicGood craicFootball on
Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —no hours listed
Crowd —no data

Live music · Sport on · Food

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English Lounge NQ

★ 4.2 (1,802)

64-66 High St, M4 1EA

12 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Live music
Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Outside seats · Dogs welcome

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The Trafford

★ 4.4 (330)

699 Chester Rd, M16 0GW

11 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —no hours listed
Crowd —no data

Live music · Sport on · Outside seats · Food

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City Road Inn

★ 4.4 (728)

14 Albion St, M1 5NZ

10 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Traditional
Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Sport on · Outside seats · Food

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The Piccadilly Tavern

★ 4.3 (6,210)

71-75 London Road Piccadilly, Greater, M1 2BS

9 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Football onReal ale
Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Food · Dogs welcome

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Gorse Hill

★ 4.0 (271)

886 Chester Rd, M32 0PA

8 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Food · Dogs welcome

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Lass O'Gowrie Manchester

★ 4.4 (1,646)

36 Charles St, M1 7DB

7 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Real aleTraditional
Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Outside seats · Food · Dogs welcome

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The Salmon of Knowledge

★ 4.2 (2,043)

Dock House, MediaCity UK, M50 2EQ

7 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —no data

Live music · Outside seats · Food · Dogs welcome

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The Quadrant

★ 4.1 (537)

67 Great Stone Rd., M32 8GR

7 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Outside seats · Food

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Shooters Bar Manchester

★ 4.0 (144)

12, The Printworks, 27 Withy Grove, M4 2BS

7 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —no hours listed
Crowd —no data

Live music · Sport on · Food

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Town Hall Tavern Manchester

★ 4.3 (880)

20 Tib Ln, M2 4JA

6 Google reviews mention watching the football or sport.

Traditional
Pint£ ?not checked yet
Hours —from Google
Crowd —typical times

Live music · Sport on · Outside seats · Food · Dogs welcome

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Where this comes from

We read Google's business data for 827 Manchester pubs on 26 Oct 2026, covering review topics, rating, hours, busy times and listed features. Each pub is ranked on how many of its Google reviews mention this, and the card says the number. Where a pub qualifies on Google’s listed features instead, the card says that. Nobody paid to be here. How we rank has the detail.

Hours, busy times and features come from Google and can change. Check with the pub before a special trip.