An ivy covered Irish family pub off Finsbury Park station, named for a rugby position, with big match screens inside and a treehouse beer garden stacked up the back.
Published Jan 5, 2026 Location 19 Perth Road, London N4 Finsbury Park, 4 minutes from the tube Price $$ Pub prices, pints under London average Hours Daily Midday – 11:00pm Matches Rugby and football on screens Quiz Monday nights, arrive early Garden First come, first served Drinks Specialty Guinness and well kept pints Thai kitchen, famous Monday quiz Sports Pub Finsbury Park Beer Garden Irish Pub 4.6 None aggregate across Google and Tripadvisor reviews Visit The Faltering Fullback Reserve a table Ask the editors Listings are editorial. Tell us if hours or details have changed and our editors will verify and update.
The Faltering Fullback sits at 19 Perth Road, a quiet residential turn four minutes from Finsbury Park station. The family run Irish pub takes its name from a rugby position, and the ivy swallows the whole facade by midsummer.
The interior runs dark wood, bric a brac on every beam, and a dedicated room for sport. Behind it climbs the famous garden, a multi level timber treehouse of decks and ladders that The Nudge ranks among the best pub gardens in London.
Match days are the point. Rugby gets first call, Six Nations weekends pack every screen, and Premier League fixtures fill the back room, with Time Out filing it among north London's most reliable pubs for sport.
The pints stay honest, the Guinness draws repeated praise on Tripadvisor, and a long running Thai kitchen turns out green curries and crispy prawns that outclass standard pub fare. The Monday quiz routinely leaves teams standing at the edges.
Arrive an hour before a big kickoff or settle into the treehouse on a summer afternoon. For more screens, see our London sports bars guide, the best sports bars in London, and the near me sports bar finder.
Six Nations and marquee football weekends fill the sport room an hour before kickoff, so arrive early and claim a sightline. Midweek evenings stay local and easy.