Calling time on footie

All Bar One Branches all over the place, including Leicester Sq, Regent St, Canary Wharf, Ludgate Hill, Fulham Rd, Liverpool Rd etc. Part of the Bass Group, but these wood-heavy bars have done wonders in areas where the usual choice is scant and smelly. And they are definitely not installing televisions.

Cy 3-5 Mill St, W1 (0171-629 8877) Provencal restaurant upstairs, dark, banquette-lined live music bar open to 3am downstairs. Definitely no soccer, but you can fill time discussing the bizarre seventies-street-scene mural on the back wall.

The Ritz Bar Piccadilly W1: one of the hotel bars where they don't make you feel like a prostitute if you go in without a man in tow. Elegant sofas, table service, terrific bloody Marys and top-notch mixed nuts.

Bar Coast 97-101 The Broadway, Mill Hill; 231 Lavender Hill, Clapham Junction; 50-54 High St, Putney: Cheerful, brightly decorated bars aimed at 20- and 30-somethings. You might have to shout over the music, but not over the cheers when Ukraine score against the Faroe islands.

Soho Brewing Co 41 Earlham St, WC2 (0171-240 0606) Swish and classy venue which deserves a mention. Excellent home-brewed beer, design-heavy environs, good atmosphere.