Originally Posted by mlt11:
“I don't know.
But is the 75,000 figure actually correct?
We've already identified two major glaring errors in the article - who is to say there isn't another one?
I wouldn't pretend to know how many pubs and clubs there are in the UK but I wonder if there is a problem around the definition of a "club"? ie:
Sky Sports is in a lot of golf clubs - which will be counted in the 40,000.
However would golf clubs be counted in the number of "pubs and clubs" in the UK? I suspect maybe, indeed probably, not. If someone said the phrase "pubs and clubs" I wouldn't automatically think they would be counting golf clubs.
So immediately there is the possibility of a mismatch.”
“I don't know.
But is the 75,000 figure actually correct?
We've already identified two major glaring errors in the article - who is to say there isn't another one?
I wouldn't pretend to know how many pubs and clubs there are in the UK but I wonder if there is a problem around the definition of a "club"? ie:
Sky Sports is in a lot of golf clubs - which will be counted in the 40,000.
However would golf clubs be counted in the number of "pubs and clubs" in the UK? I suspect maybe, indeed probably, not. If someone said the phrase "pubs and clubs" I wouldn't automatically think they would be counting golf clubs.
So immediately there is the possibility of a mismatch.”
According to the British Beer & Pub Association, there were 50,395 pubs in the UK in 2011. http://www.beerandpub.com/statistics This is not far off from the 2011 estimate from market research firm Key Note of 51,475 pubs.
So allowing for closures I would say about 50,000 pubs in 2013.
I can't see there being another 25,000 clubs. A few thousand, yes.
So Sky Sports may well be in over half of the UK's pubs and clubs if not more.





I'll wait until kick off I think before turning it back on