Welcome to Jolly Sailor

St Albans Hertfordshire

The Jolly Sailor is a vibrant and welcoming local pub, renowned for its dynamic atmosphere and community spirit. With something for everyone, we host pool and darts teams, thrilling quiz and poker nights, and are a haven for sports enthusiasts, boasting an impressive selection of draught beers to enjoy while catching the game. Our pub fare menu offers delicious, comforting food that perfectly complements our drinks.  

But that's not all - on Friday and Saturday nights, as well as during bank holidays, the Jolly Sailor transforms into a lively karaoke bar, a facet of our establishment that has gained legendary status. We pride ourselves on providing a diverse experience that caters to both our regular patrons and those looking to sing their hearts out. Our website aims to capture the essence of the Jolly Sailor, showcasing the unique blend of traditional pub culture and exhilarating entertainment that defines us. Join us to experience the best of both worlds!

 

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29th September, 2025
Everton v West Ham United (Premier League)

Everton v West Ham United (Premier League)

Coverage of the Premier League match from Hill Dickinson Stadium. The Hammers have managed to pick up four points from their last two visits to Everton, including an impressive 3-1 victory in early 2024. Both meetings between these two sides ended as draws last season, with this fixture finishing 1-1 in mid-March, and the reverse ending in a drab 0-0 draw.

30th September, 2025
Middlesbrough v Stoke City (Football League)

Middlesbrough v Stoke City (Football League)

Coverage of the Championship match at Riverside Stadium, featuring two of the early-season pacesetters. MIddlesbrough did the double over Stoke last season, winning 2-0 here and 3-1 at bet 365 Stadium, but the Potters did record an emphatic 5-0 win at this ground in last term's EFL Cup.

30th September, 2025
Derby County v Charlton Athletic (Football League)

Derby County v Charlton Athletic (Football League)

Coverage of the Championship match at Pride Park. Charlton prevailed 2-1 when the teams last met here two seasons ago in League One, with Karoy Anderson scoring the winner to avenge a 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Rams earlier that campaign at The Valley.

30th September, 2025
Chelsea v Benfica (Champions League)

Chelsea v Benfica (Champions League)

Coverage of the league phase match from Stamford Bridge. These two sides have met four times in their history, with Chelsea winning all four meetings. They last faced each other in the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup over the summer, as Chelsea made it through to the semi-finals thanks to a 4-1 victory after extra time.

30th September, 2025
Bodo Glimt v Tottenham Hotspur (Champions League)

Bodo Glimt v Tottenham Hotspur (Champions League)

Coverage of the league phase match from Aspmyra Stadion. The visitors are playing in their first Champions League campaign since the 2022/23 season after they won last year's Europa League final 1-0 against Manchester United. They'll be aiming to reach their first final in this competition since they faced Liverpool in the 2018/19 showpiece

1st October, 2025
Union Saint-Gilloise v Newcastle United (Champions League)

Union Saint-Gilloise v Newcastle United (Champions League)

Coverage of the league phase match from Lotto Park, as the visitors play their first away game of this campaign. The Magpies will be looking to improve on their last appearance in this competition two years ago, when they finished bottom of their group with six points behind Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund

1st October, 2025
Arsenal v Olympiakos (Champions League)

Arsenal v Olympiakos (Champions League)

Coverage of the league phase match from Emirates Stadium, as the Gunners play their first home game in the competition this season. The hosts will be hoping to go even further in this tournament than they did last year after they managed to reach the semi-finals. They faced eventual winners Paris Saint-Germain in the final four but lost the two-legged tie 3-1 on aggregate

1st October, 2025
Monaco v Manchester City (Champions League)

Monaco v Manchester City (Champions League)

Coverage of the league phase match from Stade Louis II. This is just the third time these two sides have faced each other in this competition. They previously went head to head in the round-of-16 stage of the 2016-17 tournament, with Monaco making it through on away goals after the two legs finished 6-6 on aggregate

2nd October, 2025
Celtic v Sporting Braga (Europa League)

Celtic v Sporting Braga (Europa League)

Coverage of the league phase match from Celtic Park, as the hosts play their first home game of the competition. The Scottish club haven't appeared in this tournament since the 2021/22 season when they finished third in their group behind Bayer Leverkusen and Real Betis

2nd October, 2025
Dynamo Kyiv v Crystal Palace (Europa League)

Dynamo Kyiv v Crystal Palace (Europa League)

Coverage of the league phase match from Motor Lublin Arena, as the visitors play their first ever away game in a European competition. The South London club are playing in this tournament for the first time, but were originally due to play in the Europa League thanks to their FA Cup final win against Manchester City in May

2nd October, 2025
Feyenoord v Aston Villa (Europa League)

Feyenoord v Aston Villa (Europa League)

Coverage of the league phase match from De Kuip, as the visitors play their first away game of this year's competition. This is their third consecutive season in Europe having played in last year's Champions League, as well as competing in the Europa Conference League in the 2023/24 season

2nd October, 2025
Nottingham Forest v FC Midtjylland (Europa League)

Nottingham Forest v FC Midtjylland (Europa League)

Coverage of the league phase match from The City Ground, as the hosts play their first home game in Europe for 30 years. Forest played in this competition in the 1995-96 season when it was known as the UEFA Cup, when they made it as far as the quarter-finals before losing 7-2 on aggregate to eventual winners Bayern Munich

2nd October, 2025
Sturm Graz v Rangers (Europa League)

Sturm Graz v Rangers (Europa League)

Coverage of the league phase match from Merkur-Arena. The visitors will be looking to go one further in this competition than they did in the 2021/22 season, when they reached the final. Unfortunately for the Scottish giants they lost on penalties that year to Eintracht Frankfurt after the game ended 1-1 after extra-time

3rd October, 2025
Wrexham v Birmingham City (Football League)

Wrexham v Birmingham City (Football League)

Coverage of the Championship match at StoK Racecourse. Both these teams are looking to make an impact in this division after earning promotion from League One last term. Birmingham took four points from the two meetings between the sides in the previous campaign, winning 3-1 at home, before drawing 1-1 here.

3rd October, 2025
Bournemouth AFC v Fulham (Premier League)

Bournemouth AFC v Fulham (Premier League)

Coverage of the Premier League match from Vitality Stadium. The hosts have a good recent record against their visitors having lost only one of the last eight meetings between the teams. The sole defeat in that run came in February 2024 when the Cottagers won at home 3-1 thanks to an early Bobby Decordova-Reid finish and goals on either side of the break from Rodrgio Muniz.

4th October, 2025
Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur (Premier League)

Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur (Premier League)

Coverage of the top-flight match from Elland Road. The visitors have won their past four meetings against the West Yorkshire side, and have scored four goals in three of those matches. The last fixture here between the two teams saw Tottenham come away with a 4-1 victory to send Leeds back to the Championship after a three-year stay in the top flight.

4th October, 2025
Chelsea v Liverpool (Premier League)

Chelsea v Liverpool (Premier League)

Coverage of the Premier League match from Stamford Bridge. The hosts ended a run of 10 games without a win against Liverpool when these two sides last met here at the end of last season. Goals from Enzo Fernandez, Cole Palmer and an own goal from Jarell Quansah gave Chelsea all three points in a 3-1 victory in the North-West club's first game after being crowned Premier League champions.

5th October, 2025
Aston Villa v Burnley (Premier League)

Aston Villa v Burnley (Premier League)

All the action from the match at Villa Park. The Villans claimed a 3-2 win when the teams last met here two seasons ago, but they have found wins and goals hard to come by in the early stages of the current campaign.

5th October, 2025
Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest (Premier League)

Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest (Premier League)

All the action from the Premier League match at St James' Park. Newcastle claimed a thrilling 4-3 victory in last season's corresponding fixture and also overcame Forest at The City Ground in the EFL Cup and the league, but both sides are yet to find their top form on a consistent basic this term

5th October, 2025
Wolves v Brighton (Premier League)

Wolves v Brighton (Premier League)

All the action from the match at Molineux. Brighton claimed a 2-0 win in last season's corresponding fixture thanks to goals by Danny Welbeck and Brajan Gruda, and Wolves have struggled in the early stages of the current campaign.

5th October, 2025
Everton v Crystal Palace (Premier League)

Everton v Crystal Palace (Premier League)

Coverage of the Premier League match from Hill Dickinson Stadium. The hosts have a fantastic recent record against their visitors having not lost any of their previous nine matches against the South London club. On top of that Palace have only won two of the last 24 matches against Everton since 2015, with both victories coming back-to-back in the 2021/22 season.

5th October, 2025
Brentford v Manchester City (Premier League)

Brentford v Manchester City (Premier League)

Coverage of the Premier League match from Gtech Community Stadium. Despite causing the visitors trouble in games over the last few years, the hosts have only beaten Pep Guardiola's side twice in eight fixtures since they entered the top flight in 2021. Those two wins did come in City's treble-winning season however, as the Bees did the double over their visitors in the 2022/23 campaign.