Ian Evatt wants James Trafford to focus upon his game and not worry about anything else when the Manchester City youngster returns to Accrington Stanley this weekend with Bolton Wanderers.
15.10.2022 - 17:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
There has been a rumour in Manchester this week. Initially, few dared to believe it.
It seemed too good to be true. Pints, of beer, in the Northern Quarter, for £2.
There was no way, some thought. Two hundred pence? Ten 20p pieces? It can’t be real, especially on Stevenson Square.
Fortunately, it was real. The Quarter House flung open its doors to a world of £2 lager and cider — Pravha and Aspall’s if you’re wondering — and the punters flooded in.
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On Thursday, there was a 15 minute queue to get served. On Friday, when I visited for the Manchester Evening News , it was closer to half an hour.
That was not because of an understaffed bar, though. There were five or six people working round the clock — the wait came down to demand. Build it, and they will come, as they say.
Pint in hand, I tried my best to battle the astonishment of the price of my beverage while broadcasting live from the M.E.N.’s Facebook page. Once that was over, though, I had about 15 minutes and roughly 250 millilitres to reflect.
All around me people were laughing, smoking, attempting to flirt, chastising the latest politician in the firing line, formulating their next move of the night, and drawing up grand ambitions for a weekend in a country cottage that will never happen.
It’s a scene that’s not native to Manchester. You will see it up and down the land, every night, in thousands of pubs and bars.
But it was a scene that got me thinking. Would these people — these part-time comedians, full-time lovers, and amateur philosophers who surrounded themselves with their own tribe — be here tonight if it wasn’t for the promise of a pint which is less than half of what you’d
Ian Evatt wants James Trafford to focus upon his game and not worry about anything else when the Manchester City youngster returns to Accrington Stanley this weekend with Bolton Wanderers.
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