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sports pub The Twelfth Man is the Aigburth casual sports pub that operates as one of the city's most consistent neutral options outside the matchday core, with a screen layout built for a multi-sport schedule rather than the single-team focus that defines the Anfield and Goodison rooms. The audio is mixed competently across SPL, Champions League, rugby internationals and increasingly the Lancashire-and-Yorkshire rugby league fixtures that thread through the calendar.

The beer programme runs Tetley's, lager and a small but genuine craft rotation; the food is honest pub work with a respectable pre-match menu. The crowd is South Liverpool local rather than partisan, which makes the room a useful counterweight to the more famous matchday pubs. It ranks fourth because the neutral identity is held consistently and the multi-sport calendar is taken more seriously than at most casual pubs.

For the full ranking, see our editorial round-up of the 10 best sports bars in Liverpool, the broader Liverpool sports bars guide, and our category index of sports bars worldwide.