Bencher on fire again

 :(

Would be interested to know what triggered it this time

f*** me that is a disaster - good luck convincing the insuracne company that this was an accident!

Looks like "The Bar" for the complete season

I would say there is more chance of Pantelis making a come back before the Bencher 

 Just hope all my football stuff in the back bar isn't still there.

 Tradesmen caused sparks from cutting up the stills in the basement - link http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10838150

 I hope it's not major delays for getting it open again

Damn damn damn, going to the BB is one of the highlights of the Nix experience

 http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7764140/Backbencher-pub-on-fire

:(

Not cool :(

Saw Boycie across the road... poor bugger. 

Bloody subies, oh well lets hope the contractor has full insurance cover or months will fly by.

 Sad news.  Miss the bencher badly

Is The Pub still the pre match venue?

Yep, it will be until the Bencher opens again.

This can't happen soon enough.

place still looks like a bomb site so I doubt it will be soon. Sack Boysie

 Boycie was talking Feb pre-Xmas.

The BB had stills, and they weren't in use!?!? BB whisky FTW!

HN, after the first fire I didn't want to hassel the staff there regarding a couple of jerseys I'd loaned them, What course of action do you recommend considering there's been plenty of time to have most things sorted. Who should I ring and discuss this with please.

Miss The Bencher !!!

Same

I'll ask on your behalf Gunmen - but I'm sure that all the shirts that were hung between the front and back bars survived! :-)

Gunmen, all the shirts survived! They have been dry cleaned and are safe and sound upstairs in the pub. Please give Rach a shout at rach@backbencher.co.nz and let her know what you want to do with them.

Ryan Nelsen for the first new BB icon

Any chance of an Irish beer at The Pub?

So it looks like decision time on whether the "retro" look is in instead of the "baggy" look News?! :-D

And I'm surprised that Boycie paid your loans due care and attention too - particularly as there was an opportunity for sacrificial burnings!!

I wasn't stupid enough to hand him an Ipswich kit!

The word from Boycie is that he plans to re-establish the shirt shrine back in the sports bar. The shirts he has will be re-hung, but for those who want to recover or change theirs, please contact Rach (rach@backbencher.co.nz).

Only about a month and it'll be back to "home" on match day! :-)

Have another go...