Old Blue Ball, Hillsborough, Sheffield

Old Blue Ball Pub Reviews

UPDATE FOR EVERYONE

This pub has been taken over by new local landlords on the 5th March 2010 who really care about the pub. It's been repainted and looking good. I thought twice about going back in but did and it was full of the right kind of people just out for a drink and a laugh.

They are now trying to bring The Old Blue Ball back to its former glory like in the 1990s and are getting there. The furniture is all new, its got TVs & a cracking sound system!

And you don't get clamped in the car park now :-)

So people give it a try and support your local pub trade.

I too have been clamped in this horrid pub's car park, and was met by what can only be called thugs. Four guys with chests pumped out who tried to intimidate and frighten me into giving them their £100!

I went into the pub to speak to the landlady, and how horrendous can this pub get? This pub is filthy, smelly and full of down-and-outs and was not serving any food (not that I would have wanted any after entering this den).

I advise anyone not to go to this pub without reinforcements!

I have a serious complaint about this pub! I stopped in to get some lunch there and (like you do) parked in their parking area. I quickly popped to the bank next door (about 20 yards away) to draw some cash to go to the pub. I did not stand in a queue and did not take even two minutes at the cash machine. By the time I was done and was walking back to the car to get my mobile to go into the pub for a bite to eat, my car had been clamped!

They then charged me £100 to get it unclamped - all because I had walked to the cash machine to get cash for my meal at the pub! According to them I was 'illegally parked' because I had walked off the premises (a few yards off the premises). They would not listen to reason or care - they just took my £100 and unclamped my car.

Obviously after that I did not have any money to buy the meal I had set out to have, nor did I even want to enter the establishment.

Old Blue Ball Pub News

Despite objections from local residents and South Yorkshire Police, the Old Blue Ball pub in Hillsborough has been allowed to open later at weekends, although it has been denied permission to extend its alcohol license during the week.

The pub can now serve alcohol until 1AM on Friday and Saturday nights but drinks cannot be served after 11PM on Sundays and weeknights.

After being branded a "disorder hotspot" by South Yorkshire Police, a man had his jaw shattered outside the Old Blue Ball in Hillsborough. The attack happened on 25th August as the victim was standing with friends at a cash machine adjacent to the pub.

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