The Holly Bush

The Holly Bush A village pub in Headley Hampshire. With a large relaxed bar, dining area and garden. Dog friendly 🐶

⚽️ WELL… THAT WAS AWKWARD. ⚽️Our England v Ghana Goal Time draw had one major flaw…For somebody to win, somebody actuall...
24/06/2026

⚽️ WELL… THAT WAS AWKWARD. ⚽️

Our England v Ghana Goal Time draw had one major flaw…

For somebody to win, somebody actually had to score. 😅

After 90 minutes, a lot of shouting at the referee, several expert opinions from the bar, and enough analysis to keep Match of the Day going until breakfast…

The final score was:

🏴 England 0 - 0 Ghana 🇬🇭

Which means…

🍺 No goals.
🍺 No winning minutes.
🍺 No winners.

The good news is nobody can claim they were robbed this time. Every number on the board was equally useless. 🤣

A huge thank you to everyone who took part.

Special congratulations to everyone who picked numbers 1-90. You all finished level on points.

🍻 BUT WE GO AGAIN…

Next up:

🏴 England 🇵🇦 Panama
📅 Saturday 27th June
🕙 Kick-off 10:00pm

All you need to do is buy a pint of Thatchers Gold and you’ll get up to 3 chances on the board.

⚽ If either team scores in your chosen minute, you’ll win a FREE 4-pint jug of Thatchers Gold!

No football knowledge required.

No skill involved.

Just a pint, a lucky number, and hopefully a few goals this time. 😆

The board is now open, so get your names down before the best numbers disappear!

🍻⚽️

☀️ TEMPORARY SUMMER MENU ☀️With temperatures staying high, we’ve made a few temporary changes to the menu to help keep t...
23/06/2026

☀️ TEMPORARY SUMMER MENU ☀️

With temperatures staying high, we’ve made a few temporary changes to the menu to help keep the kitchen cooler and our team working safely.

Don’t worry, there’s still plenty to get stuck into.

🥗 Fresh Greek Salad
🍤 Chilli & Lemon Prawn Salad
🍗 Chicken Caesar Salad
🧀 Goat’s Cheese Salad Bowl
🌯 Mexican Pork Burrito Bowl
🦑 Sweet Chilli Squid Bowl
🍖 The Bush Ploughman’s
🍟 Bushfire Buffalo Loaded Fries
🌶 Tuscan Seoul Loaded Fries
🐟 Fish & Chips
🍤 Scampi & Chips
🥣 Homemade Beef Chilli

Plus all your favourite desserts, including Cookie Meltdowns, Sticky Toffee Pudding and Black Forest Fondant.

Here are a few of the new dishes we’ve been working on this week. What do you reckon? 👀

We’re keeping this menu in place while the hot weather sticks around and we’ll review things once temperatures return to normal.

📍 The Holly Bush, Headley
📞 01428 712211

⚽️ SO CLOSE, WAYNE… SO VERY CLOSE ⚽️Our Scotland v Morocco Goal Time draw was over almost before it had begun…Morocco fo...
20/06/2026

⚽️ SO CLOSE, WAYNE… SO VERY CLOSE ⚽️

Our Scotland v Morocco Goal Time draw was over almost before it had begun…

Morocco found the net in the:

⚽️ 2nd minute

Which sounds great… unless you’ve picked minute 3. 😬

Poor Wayne Othen was sat on number 3, making him the closest player on the board and just ONE minute away from a 4-pint jug of Thatchers Gold.

Close enough to be annoying.

Not close enough to be drinking free cider. 🍺🤣

Unfortunately, nobody managed to land on the winning minute this time, meaning the jug stays with us for another day.

A huge thank you to everyone who had a go.

🍻 BUT WE GO AGAIN…

Next up:

🏴 England 🇬🇭 Ghana
📅 Tuesday 23rd June
🕘 Kick-off 9:00pm

Buy a pint of Thatchers Gold and you’ll get up to 3 picks on the board.

⚽ If either team scores in your chosen minute, you’ll win a 4-pint jug of Thatchers Gold!

After Paul’s near misses, Peter’s win, Paul’s comeback win, and Wayne missing by a single minute, we’re starting to think this game enjoys winding people up… 👀

Get your names down before the best numbers disappear!

⚽️ WE HAVE WINNERS… AND THE BOARD IS BACK OPEN! ⚽️After last week’s heroic effort of being one minute away from winning…...
17/06/2026

⚽️ WE HAVE WINNERS… AND THE BOARD IS BACK OPEN! ⚽️

After last week’s heroic effort of being one minute away from winning… twice… Paul clearly decided he’d had enough of being everyone’s favourite nearly-man. 😅

This week’s Thatchers Gold Goal Time draw produced plenty of drama…

The goals came in the:

⚽️ 12th minute
⚽️ 36th minute
⚽️ 42nd minute
⚽️ 47th minute

And then another one in injury time that got everyone excited for about 10 seconds before we remembered Thatchers don’t count added-time goals. 🤦‍♂️🍎

That left us with TWO winners:

🏆 Peter Bennet-Biggs - 36th minute
🏆 Paul Othan - 47th minute

Peter picked a winner.

Paul picked a winner.

And after missing by one minute TWICE in the last game, Paul has finally gone from nearly-man to champion. 🍻

Congratulations gents! Your 4-pint jugs of Thatchers Gold are waiting for you.

⏰ Don’t forget, winners have 24 hours from the end of the match to claim their prize.

A huge thank you to everyone who took part. Three of the winning minutes still went unclaimed, proving that every square has a chance.

🍺 BUT THERE’S NO TIME TO CELEBRATE FOR LONG…

The board has already been wiped clean and we’re straight into the next one:

🏴 Scotland 🇲🇦 Morocco
📅 Friday
🕚 Kick-off 11:00pm

Buy a pint of Thatchers Gold and you’ll get up to 3 picks on the board.

⚽ If either team scores in your chosen minute, you win a 4-pint jug of Thatchers Gold!

Will Paul make it back-to-back victories?

Will Peter defend his crown?

Or will somebody else be walking away with the beer this time?

Get your names down before the best numbers disappear!


Thatchers

🏆 ENGLAND v CROATIA TONIGHT 🏆It’s World Cup time again, which means the nation will be spending 90 minutes explaining to...
17/06/2026

🏆 ENGLAND v CROATIA TONIGHT 🏆

It’s World Cup time again, which means the nation will be spending 90 minutes explaining to the referee how to do his job. ⚽️

Kick-off is 9pm tonight and we’ll be showing every minute live at The Holly Bush.

Cold pints. Good company. Plenty of opinions from people who’ve never refereed a game in their lives.

Get down early, grab a seat and cheer on the Three Lions with us. 🍻🏴

15/06/2026

⚽ IF YOU DIDN’T ALREADY KNOW… ⚽

There’s a World Cup on 🌍🏆

Hard to miss, really.

Wall-to-wall football ⚽
Questionable VAR decisions 👀
And everyone suddenly becoming an international football expert from the comfort of the bar 🍺

Naturally, we’ll be showing all England group stage games live here at The Holly Bush 🏴🍻

The screens will be on 📺
The pints will be pouring 🍺
The match-day banter will be flowing 🗣️

Quick food note 🍽️
The kitchen will still run to our usual times, so it’ll be closed by kick-off for these games.

Fancy eating before the football?
Book a table, get fed, then settle in for the match ⚽🍔🍺

For the knockout stages, we’ll take it game by game once England’s route is confirmed and keep everyone posted 📣

Come down, grab a pint, shout at the telly, and pretend you knew Panama’s formation all along 🏴⚽🍻

📍 The Holly Bush, Headley

⚽ IF YOU DIDN’T ALREADY KNOW… ⚽There’s a World Cup on 🌍🏆Hard to miss, really.Wall-to-wall football ⚽Questionable VAR dec...
15/06/2026

⚽ IF YOU DIDN’T ALREADY KNOW… ⚽

There’s a World Cup on 🌍🏆

Hard to miss, really.

Wall-to-wall football ⚽
Questionable VAR decisions 👀
And everyone suddenly becoming an international football expert from the comfort of the bar 🍺

Naturally, we’ll be showing all England group stage games live here at The Holly Bush 🏴🍻

The screens will be on 📺
The pints will be pouring 🍺
The match-day banter will be flowing 🗣️

Quick food note 🍽️
The kitchen will still run to our usual times, so it’ll be closed by kick-off for these games.

Fancy eating before the football?
Book a table, get fed, then settle in for the match ⚽🍔🍺

For the knockout stages, we’ll take it game by game once England’s route is confirmed and keep everyone posted 📣

Come down, grab a pint, shout at the telly, and pretend you knew Panama’s formation all along 🏴⚽🍻

📍 The Holly Bush, Headley

⚽️ SO CLOSE, PAUL… SO VERY CLOSE ⚽️Our first Thatchers Gold Goal Time draw is in the books, and despite plenty of entrie...
14/06/2026

⚽️ SO CLOSE, PAUL… SO VERY CLOSE ⚽️

Our first Thatchers Gold Goal Time draw is in the books, and despite plenty of entries on the board, nobody managed to land on the winning minutes!

The goals came in the:

🎯 21st minute
🎯 32nd minute

Special mention has to go to Paul, who somehow managed the football equivalent of hitting the post twice…

😅 He picked 22 when the goal came in the 21st minute.

😅 Then picked 33 when the goal came in the 32nd minute.

That’s not bad luck. That’s a talent.

We reckon if there’d been a goal in the 43rd minute, he’d have had 44 as well. 🤣

The painful part? It didn’t even matter who scored. He’d have won if Brazil scored. He’d have won if Morocco scored. He’d probably have won if someone in the crowd had scored. But not quite. 😬

🍺 The board is now wiped clean and ready for the next one…

🏴 England vs Croatia
📅 Wednesday 17th June
🕘 Kick-off 9:00pm

Buy a pint of Thatchers Gold and you’ll get up to 3 chances to pick a match minute.

If either team scores in your chosen minute, you’ll win a 4-pint jug of Thatchers Gold on us.

Get your names down early. After Paul’s near miss, we’re expecting a lot of football experts suddenly claiming they’ve worked out exactly when the goals are coming this week… 👀

Come on England! 🍻⚽


Thatchers

🍻 SATURDAY NIGHT SORTED 🍻Colin Santana joins us tonight from 7:45pm for an evening of live music at The Holly Bush.No ti...
13/06/2026

🍻 SATURDAY NIGHT SORTED 🍻

Colin Santana joins us tonight from 7:45pm for an evening of live music at The Holly Bush.

No tickets. No fuss. Just good music, good food, proper pints, and your local pub.

See you later, Headley.

🎸 Free Entry
🕢 Starts 7:45pm

🎸 LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT 🎸Saturday nights were made for good music, good company, and a proper pint.Tonight, we’re welcoming...
13/06/2026

🎸 LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT 🎸

Saturday nights were made for good music, good company, and a proper pint.

Tonight, we’re welcoming the brilliant Colin Santana back to The Holly Bush from 7:45pm for an evening packed with classic favourites, singalong tunes, and the kind of atmosphere that makes your local pub feel exactly how it should.

📅 Tonight
🕢 Starts 7:45pm
📍 The Holly Bush, Headley
🎟 Free Entry

Whether you’re joining us for dinner, a few drinks, or simply fancy a great night out with friends, get down early, grab a seat, and settle in for a cracking evening.

Who’s joining us tonight? 🍻

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