' THIS SATURDAY LETS ALL SAY GOODBYE '

Had a drink at the Nin, aka Maverick's last night. Was told the sad news that Brains is to pull the plug on the place, having given the staff just 2 weeks notice. Will be turned into a Chinese restaurant. I expect it is too late to get any campaign to keep it open now. After all, not just bad news for the staff there, but it means the last drinking stop before the CCS will be gone!

Many fond memories of the place, as I'm sure most City fans also have. I've always found the staff to be amazingly friendly. They told me they're planning to have a bit of a closing party this Saturday at the last home game before it closes. Here are a couple of pictures I took of the staff, including the manager, Eric, last night:

Plenty of great memories in there too

Deep decline in the last few years. Shame.

I'll give that Chinese three months at best

i can remember standing outside the old ninian park pub with a packet of salt and vinegar and asmall bottle of coke with my dad and his mate in the 1960s.Great memories great times,the pub my dad and his mate are all gone now and we all walked to the ground in blue,great times never to be had again unfortunately.

Sad to hear about the pub and the people losing their jobs.

Latest blog post which has a bit more about some memories of the pub:

http://www.thefiskreport.com/post5

Paul, Nikki and Eric welcome as many City fans as possible to turn up on Saturday to give the Ninian Pub the send off it deserves and a thank you to the staff who have given us a great welcome.

Going to miss Paul and Nikki and their staff but importantly the Ninian Park Pub.

Going to be a very very sad day.

We have used the Ninian Park Pub since the 70s and this Saturday will be its final ever opening

I urge everyone to give it a great send off.

A BIG THANKS TO PAUL,NICKY,ERIC & ALL THE STAFF FOR THEIR GREAT HOSPITALITY & THEY AND THE NINIAN PARK PUB WILL BE SADLY MISSED

Be sad to see it go

Wasn't exactly a regular but always went in there before a game, always a great crack in there!

A massive shame wasn't sure if I was going on the weekend but want to have a drink there

Unfortunately I am away on holiday for the last day at "The Nin"
Always a great welcome and will be sadly missed!

Deep decline in the last few years. Shame.

I'll give that Chinese three months at best

It has no future as a bar (obviously) or for food retail in my opinion. I think in time it will end up as a solicitor's office / health centre / insurance brokers... that kind of thing.

I haven't been home for nearly 6 years, however if I were able to be there I would not miss one final opportunity to have a beer in the "Nin' "

I will have one final pint for old times sake in the Nin on Saturday

Deep decline in the last few years. Shame.

I'll give that Chinese three months at best

It has no future as a bar (obviously) or for food retail in my opinion. I think in time it will end up as a solicitor's office / health centre / insurance brokers... that kind of thing.

I haven't been home for nearly 6 years, however if I were able to be there I would not miss one final opportunity to have a beer in the "Nin' "

I wouldn't even say that mate, with all the land in the car park best to knock it down and start again. I see the Neville is going the same way too

i can remember standing outside the old ninian park pub with a packet of salt and vinegar and asmall bottle of coke with my dad and his mate in the 1960s.Great memories great times,the pub my dad and his mate are all gone now and we all walked to the ground in blue,great times never to be had again unfortunately.

If you are talking about the Sixties it would have been the other Ninian which was situated back by the lights, i think this one was built around about the late seventies early eighties, why they had to change the name was a mystery to me and no doubt thousands of other fans that had used that pub over the years , i suppose it was because of the new ground . Very sorry to see it going but if i'm honest i never looked at that pub the same after the name change, it was iconic to all of us.

So where is new meeting venue

So where is new meeting venue

Were working on it Mike, we have 4 places in mind.

Sadly,it's a sign of the times,
As the egg chaser down west sang,
The pithead baths is a supermarket now,......dew it's hard.

Had some good times in there. Not going on Saturday. Can't face home games anymore until tan goes. RIP the Ninian.

Hi Friends,

First game this season for me, I love this team, love everything about the boys. People that know me hello friends.....Bringin the wife and my boy (6) this weekend, lookin forward to it. See you in the Ninian

Hi Friends,

First game this season for me, I love this team, love everything about the boys. People that know me hello friends.....Bringin the wife and my boy (6) this weekend, lookin forward to it. See you in the Ninian

Hi Friends,

First game this season for me, I love this team, love everything about the boys. People that know me hello friends.....Bringin the wife and my boy (6) this weekend, lookin forward to it. See you in the Ninian

See you there hopefully fella

Sad it's going but haven't been in there since it changed it's name, that was the end for me

We can blame Labour for all the pubs closing. First they get rid of the licensing laws which have been in place for decades and only allowed for new liquor licences or taxi licences when the population increases got above a certain figure ( a formula was used allowing x number per 1000 population, which usually equated to 6 taxi licenses. I'm not sure on the figures for liquor licenses). This resulted in a massive increase in the number of restaurants which compete with the pubs. Then through the Green Party influence in Germany, the EU and Labour adopted the smoking ban and the result is that 7 licensed premises close every day in the UK. The irony is that because of job losses Germany reversed their smoking ban about 2 years ago. Also, this law doesn't apply to politicians as they have a room in the Welsh Assembly and in Westminster for security reasons. Therefore, if you want to socialise with a pint and a smoke you'd better become a politician or put up with the wind, rain and the cold.