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I went to watch the England vs Ukraine football match at Linekers bar in Puerto Banus last week.

For those of you unfamiliar with the Linekers concept, it´s basically a large disco/bar that´s very popular with football fans as it shows the majority of English football matches live on its many TV screens. In fact, I spent the first hour of my visit last week watching not only the England match, but also thinking that Ireland were beating Italy 1-0 until it was kindly explained to me that the score was actually 1-0 to Italy – the broadcast was being fed from a Middle Eastern TV channel, and apparently the scores are always displayed back to front! Continue reading »



I was sitting in a bar in Puerto Banus on Sunday afternoon, watching my football team, Everton, beating Aston Villa in the FA Cup. With about 20 minutes to go, a familiar looking guy in a red tracksuit walked into the bar, and asked the owner if he could bring some people inside.

Within the following 5 minutes, about 20 strapping young guys in similar attire walked into the bar. It turns out that the familiar chap was Michael Laudrup, ex Danish football superstar, and the other guys in tow were the Spartak Moscow football team, currently managed by Laudrup.

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Puerto Banus may have its glamorous side, but you really shouldn´t expect to stumble across dried vomit and dog crap once you step out of Louis Vuitton with your thousand euro handbag.

Complaints about the state of the place have been rising in recent years, and things seemed to reach a head in the summer, when Puerto Banus resembled places such as Playa de Las Americas and Benidorm, albeit with some of the best designer shopping and motor yachts in the world!
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