Tag Archives: The Spread Eagle

Sky-high prices force pubs to pull plug on televised football

Posted on August 28, 2025 by insidecroydon

Pub managers, landlords and landladies across Croydon have been forced to do some hurried new sums, as they face bills of £30,000 per year for a licence to show Premier League football on their bars’ televisions using Sky Sports. And … Continue reading →

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Mystery as Fuller’s exit three Croydon pubs in unseemly hurry

Posted on August 27, 2024 by insidecroydon

In the second part of his review of the hospitality trade in the borough (yes, dear reader, we sent him on a month-long pub crawl), KEN TOWL explores the reasons for one of London’s biggest and best-loved brewers’ sudden departure … Continue reading →

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Spread Eagle to re-open after a £300,000 Whelans refurb

Posted on May 17, 2023 by insidecroydon

The Spread Eagle on Katharine Street re-opens tonight, after a £300,000 refurbishment that seals the handover of the Fuller’s-owned pub to Whelans. Whelans is an Irish-themed pub chain that already operate several busy pubs in and around Croydon, including the … Continue reading →

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The Starks Family Band, The Spread Eagle, May 20

Posted on May 13, 2023 by insidecroydon
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