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Liverpool Doormen: The Most Common Excuses for Refused Entry

When a doorman can make or break your night. You’ve queued up, you can hear the music from outside the club, and your mates are already inside: then it happens. “Not tonight, mate.”

These are some of the most common excuses people hear from doormen on nights out in Liverpool, the kind almost everyone has heard at least once.

Doorman checking a woman at the entrance of a Liverpool nightclub

Top 10 Doorman Excuses

Which of these have you heard before?

Not tonight mate
We have a dress code
No trainers lad
You need photo ID
No big groups
It’s student night
No solo entry
You’re too drunk
Too many lads in already
No Hugo Boss

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