Inside the Gorbals’ hardest pub

Agrowl you can feel in the soles of your feet goes round the roughest bar in Glasgow’s Gorbals. In the Brazen Head, a pub that Strathclyde police are desperate to close down, the regulars are displeased. For one thing, there is a coin stuck in the slot of the pool table, delaying a grudge match between two scarred men with shaven heads. Worse, the pub’s sound system has started playing Simply the Best by Tina Turner. The first difficulty is hurriedly remedied by barman John Paul, who is wearing Celtic’s brand new black and gold away strip. Given the pub’s Catholic connections, he is surely the most fittingly named barman in the city. The second problem is potentially incendiary. The song is a Rangers FC anthem, often heard at Ibrox with alternative lyrics concerning the Pope and the IRA. To hear it in the most famous Celtic bar in the world is like listening to Eminem live at the Vatican. <a href="https://kennyfarq.medium.com/inside-the-gorbals-hardest-pub-111cf5f44e02">Visit Now</a>