Swedish fans waving national flag prior to 2006 World Cup Finals game vs Germany, Harcourt Arms, London
The Harcourt Arms belongs to a nexus of great pubs in the Marylebone Baker Street area, and has pretty much everything you could ask for in such a place. It's very welcoming, clean and well maintained, serves a decent selection of beers, including Pride, Adnams as well as a monthly guest ale, and has a good beer garden. Many of the pubs in this area have their own little eccentricities or things that make them that little bit different. Whilst lacking in strange memorabilia or acting as a meeting place of odd societies, the Harcourt proudly boasts a link with the area's Swedish community. If you don't fancy sitting in the main bar, what about the Svenska Salongen situated at the back? You can also be served Swedish ciders by the Swedish bar staff. They also show Swedish sport, if that's your thing - and that's when the place can get really crowded. When the ice hockey's on the box, if Forlunda or HV 71 means nothing to you, forget it. But, overall a pub that goes from strength to strength. clientele: young locals and local has traditionally been a strong team in world football, with eleven World Cup appearances and three medals. The Swedish team finished second in 1958, when it was the host team, being beaten by Brazil 5-2 in the final (Brazil's first finals success). Sweden has also finished third twice, in 1950 and 1994. In 1938, they finished fourth. Sweden competed in Group B at the 2006 World Cup. Their squad for the tournament features players who play club football in eleven different nations. Sweden started the World Cup slowly, recording a scoreless tie against unheralded Trinidad and Tobago, despite playing with a one-man advantage for much of the game. Wilhelmsson and Alexandersson were later referred to as "The unsung heroes of the match" by American newscasters. The second game, against Paraguay, threatened to produce the same result until Fredrik Ljungberg scored in the 89th minute to give Sweden a 1-0 victory. Sweden then rallied to tie
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Location: Harcourt Arms, Marylebone, London
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