Bristol Culture does not condone irresponsible drinking, but it knows that a pub crawl can be lots of fun.

I was one of the 5,794 supporters at the Memorial Stadium yesterday to watch Bristol Rovers beat Hartlepool United 2-0 in their first home game of the year. At their final game at home last year shortly before Christmas, two friends and I had been on one of our semi-regular pub crawls around the streets of Bristol.

It was certainly a Rovers home game, as our best-laid plans were thrown into disarray when the chosen starting point, the Inn on the Green, was closed until later in the afternoon due to the match happening ten minutes down the road.

Our plan was to start at the Inn on the Green (left, full review here) and then wander down the Gloucester Road, stopping off at every pub along the way. It was to be pubs only, so no Tinto Lounge or Prom.

But because of the football, the Inn on the Green was not the only pub that was shut, or that was opening late, or that wouldn’t let us in (staff at the Golden Lion told us at one minute past five that we couldn’t come in as police had advised them to shut their doors at five, us three lads were obviously hooligans wanting to cause trouble).

We didn’t know where we would end up. I hoped we would make Stokes Croft and Canteen, but that was wildly over-optimistic. Instead, we didn’t even make it past the arches and finished with dinner in Oh Calcutta, before wisely deciding to call it a night, somehow making it back to our three homes with no recollection of how the next morning.

Here is the route that we eventually took, with a succinct three-word review of each watering hole:

Gloucester Arms. Jingle Bell techno.

The Wellington. Splendid Bath Ales.

The Queen Vic. Drunkard in corner.

The Royal Oak. Telephone box toilets.

The Anchor. Very spacious indeed.

The Old Fox. Closed to all.

The Golden Lion. Minute too late.

Robin  Hood’s Retreat. Pub or restaurant?

The Bristol Flyer. Frullis all round.

The Rising Sun. No Yellow Cards.

The Foresters. Very few punters.

Hobgoblin. Memory becomes hazy.

The Prom. Not a pub.

Number Ten. Off chosen route.

The Prince of Wales. Crowded beer garden.

The Bishops. Were we there?