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The dark oak bar at The Slide In Pub with brass taps and sports on the big screens

Shelburne, Vermont · Est. 2026

Vermont's
sports pub
with a soccer soul.

Soccer built the room — early kick-offs, terrace energy and ten big screens — but NFL, NBA, NHL and every other game you're chasing are just as welcome here.

Vermont's first-ever soccer bar — and every other game too Ten screens · none smaller than 65" · Soccer · NFL · NBA · NHL · MLB Switchback · Fiddlehead · Zero Gravity · Shacksbury Sauces, pickles & dressings made in-house Darts · Catering · Mug Club Vermont's first-ever soccer bar — and every other game too Ten screens · none smaller than 65" · Soccer · NFL · NBA · NHL · MLB Switchback · Fiddlehead · Zero Gravity · Shacksbury Sauces, pickles & dressings made in-house Darts · Catering · Mug Club
10

Screens, 65" and up

Tasty variety of canned cocktails

06

Local & domestic drafts

VT

Fresh ingredients & house made products

(06) What's On

More than
just the football

The Slide In hosts events all year round — private parties, seasonal trivia, competitions and plenty more fun things in between. Tell us what you have in mind and we'll hold the room.

Private Events & Parties

Book the room for birthdays, team socials, work do's and viewing parties.

Seasonal Trivia

Rotating trivia nights through the season — teams, prizes, bragging rights.

Competitions

Darts leagues, prediction ladders and matchday comps all season long.

So Much More

Watch parties, launches and one-off nights — ask us what's coming up.

(07) Matchday

Every match.
No exceptions.

Premier League mornings, Champions League afternoons, MLS and Vermont Green nights — plus the NFL, NBA and NHL when the football finally stops. Ten screens, the smallest of which is 65 inches, and a bar that opens early when kick-off says so.

  • Big fixtures shown with sound on
  • Dart Board, Couch seating, Board Games, Pacman & Wide bar
  • Catering for teams, parties and viewing groups
A cold Vermont draft poured at the bar

On Tap

Switchback, Fiddlehead, Zero Gravity, Shacksbury Cider and two rotating lines, plus a tasty variety of canned cocktails, house wine and a deep can list.

(08) The Gaffer

From North London
to Shelburne Road

Joseph Fox grew up in the UK on Arsenal, terrace chants and proper pub food. He came to Vermont in 2017, played college soccer here, spent sixteen years in kitchens and behind bars, and kept noticing the same gap: a state full of soccer fans with nowhere that felt like home on a Saturday morning.

The Slide In opened on 28 March 2026 in a room that had sat empty since 2021, next door to the Soccer Post. It bills itself as Vermont's first-ever soccer bar — and by June, when England were playing, it was the loudest room in the state.

“This is something Shelburne and Burlington were needing.”

The room might have had the highest concentration of English accents in the state — roughly 50 fans around the bar, jerseys on, sliders in hand.
Seven Days
Serving up slide tackles and sliders. Owner Joseph Fox wanted to bring together the state's growing soccer community.
Shelburne News
High-quality pub food, a full lineup of drinks, and the kind of atmosphere that makes you want to stay awhile.
Front Porch Forum

(09) The Verdict

What Vermont says

5.0★★★★★

Google rating

★★★★★

Best sliders in Vermont and the atmosphere on a matchday is unreal. Felt like a proper English pub.
Google review

★★★★★

Staff are so welcoming, screens everywhere, and the Smashed Beef slider is worth the drive alone.
Google review

★★★★★

Great beer list, brilliant food and the friendliest crowd. Our new local.
Google review

Members Only

Join the Mug Club

Your own mug behind the bar, your name on the wall, and a standing invitation to every kick-off. Yearly or lifetime — the lifers get the good hooks.

$150

Yearly

$250

Lifetime

Claim a Mug