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Our Take on The
institution The Louden Tavern is the Rangers institution closest to Ibrox and the room that effectively functions as the club's unofficial second clubhouse on matchday. The interior is wall-to-wall photography, scarves and shirts going back decades, and the matchday choreography — the songbook, the run-up to kick-off, the post-match reckoning whether the result has gone right or wrong — is more carefully held than any other pub of its kind in the country.
The beer programme is straightforwardly traditional: Tennent's and Belhaven Best on the keg, a rotating cask line, a competent whisky shelf for after the game. The screen layout is built around live Rangers coverage before anything else; on non-matchdays the room runs quieter and more conversational. It ranks sixth because the tradition is genuinely strong and the matchday choreography is unrivalled, while the midweek tempo narrows the room's standalone utility.
For the full ranking, see our editorial round-up of the 10 best sports bars in Glasgow, the broader Glasgow sports bars guide, and our category index of sports bars worldwide.
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