Wetherspoons (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Wetherspoons" in English language version.

Last modified: 20:43:30, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Ref.Un. Ref.Website

Global rank English rank

149theguardian.com

16^th place

11^th place

96jdwetherspoon.com

low place

66web.archive.org

1^st place

55independent.co.uk

46^th place

29^th place

44bbc.co.uk

11^th place

10^th place

33telegraph.co.uk

40^th place

27^th place

33ghostarchive.org

64^th place

28^th place

22morningadvertiser.co.uk

low place

22irishtimes.com

252^nd place

133^rd place

21doi.org

2^nd place

21nih.gov

5^th place

11company-information.service.gov.uk

1,947^th place

1,052^nd place

11camranorthlondon.org.uk

low place

11thebusinessdesk.com

low place

11ft.com

193^rd place

127^th place

11iomtoday.co.im

low place

9,407^th place

11cask-marque.co.uk

low place

11leicestermercury.co.uk

5,744^th place

3,119^th place

11heraldscotland.com

843^rd place

435^th place

11gov.uk

401^st place

228^th place

11liverpoolecho.co.uk

1,420^th place

744^th place

11catererlicensee.com

low place

11egi.co.uk

low place

11thejournal.ie

2,607^th place

1,311^th place

11independent.ie

324^th place

162^nd place

11dublinlive.ie

low place

8,949^th place

11wolverhampton.gov.uk

low place

11bbc.com

26^th place

23^rd place

11thebookseller.com

2,600^th place

1,326^th place

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; English: 10^th place)

bbc.co.uk

Labiak, Mitchell (18 August 2026). "Wetherspoons bans customers playing music from phones in pubs". BBC News. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
"One woman's 21-year odyssey to visit every Wetherspoon's". BBC News. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
"Plans for Wetherspoon museum in Wolverhampton pub approved". BBC News. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

news.bbc.co.uk

"Wetherspoon pubs ban smoking". BBC News. 24 January 2005. Retrieved 2 June 2008.

bbc.com (Global: 26^th place; English: 23^rd place)

"Wetherspoon to sell Beaconsfield M40 services pub". BBC News. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

camranorthlondon.org.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Full Pint Issue 6". CAMRA North London. 28 August 2002. Archived from the original on 4 June 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2010.

cask-marque.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Wetherspoon's spring festival focuses on British hops". Cask Marque. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2016.

catererlicensee.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"JD Wetherspoon To Open 900th Pub Next Week". Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

company-information.service.gov.uk (Global: 1,947^th place; English: 1,052^nd place)

find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk

"J D WETHERSPOON PLC overview – Find and update company information – GOV.UK". Companies House. 25 March 1983. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Smith, Nathan (1 March 2024). "History in the pub: The historiography of J.D. Wetherspoon". Endeavour. 48 (1) 100889. doi:10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100889. PMID 38056312.

dublinlive.ie (Global: low place; English: 8,949^th place)

Telford, Thomas (25 January 2022). "Rob Kearney and Jamie Heaslip among rugby legends to buy southside Wetherspoons". DublinLive. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

egi.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"JD Wetherspoon makes Northern Ireland debut". EG Radius. 14 August 2000. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

ft.com (Global: 193^rd place; English: 127^th place)

Alice Hancock (16 October 2020). "Pub chain Wetherspoons pushed by Covid to first annual loss since 1984". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

ghostarchive.org (Global: 64^th place; English: 28^th place)

Martin, Tim (14 September 2012). "Good News Britain: We're putting the 'pub' in 'public'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.
Christie, Sophie (16 April 2018). "JD Wetherspoon closes all of its social media accounts with immediate effect". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
Alice Hancock (16 October 2020). "Pub chain Wetherspoons pushed by Covid to first annual loss since 1984". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

gov.uk (Global: 401^st place; English: 228^th place)

"VAT rates on different goods and services". www.gov.uk. UK government. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

heraldscotland.com (Global: 843^rd place; English: 435^th place)

"Pub giant JD Wetherspoon to slash prices on Thursday". Herald Scotland. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

independent.co.uk (Global: 46^th place; English: 29^th place)

"The Investment Column: Wetherspoon dips in growth glitch". Business, News. London: The Independent. 11 March 1998. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
"Wetherspoon to replace champagne with British sparkling wines in the run-up to Brexit". The Independent. 13 June 2018.
Drury, Colin (24 March 2020). "Millionaire Wetherspoon's boss says staff might want to work for Tesco". The Independent. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022.
"Wetherspoons launches £1.29 pint as VAT rates cut". www.independent.co.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
"JD Wetherspoon opens first motorway pub". The Independent. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

independent.ie (Global: 324^th place; English: 162^nd place)

m.independent.ie

"Video: First look inside Ireland's first Wetherspoon pub". Independent.ie. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

iomtoday.co.im (Global: low place; English: 9,407^th place)

Curphey, Tom (1 April 2025). "'We didn't really expect it': Pub bosses react to Wetherspoons announcement". Isle of Man Today. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

irishtimes.com (Global: 252^nd place; English: 133^rd place)

Ciarán Hancock (30 June 2014). "Guinness pulled from menu at Wetherspoon's Blackrock pub". The Irish Times.
"JD Wetherspoon to open hotel, bar at homeless hostel in Dublin". The Irish Times. 15 December 2014.

jdwetherspoon.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

jdwetherspoon.com

"Search Here To Find Your Local Pub | All Pubs". J D Wetherspoon. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
"Quality Food, Great Value – Food Menu". J D Wetherspoon. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
"Pub Histories". Wetherspoons. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
"Yr Hen Orsaf Aberystwyth". J D Wetherspoon. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
"The Wetherspoon app". J D Wetherspoon.

investors.jdwetherspoon.com

"Annual Report 2025" (PDF). J D Wetherspoon. Retrieved 28 January 2026.

leicestermercury.co.uk (Global: 5,744^th place; English: 3,119^th place)

"Wetherspoons to run Curry Club, and Fish Friday on every day of the week". LeicestershareLive. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

liverpoolecho.co.uk (Global: 1,420^th place; English: 744^th place)

"First look: See inside the new £2 million North Western pub at Lime Street". Liverpool Echo. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2016.

morningadvertiser.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Refurb for Tim Martin's first outlet". Property News. Morning Advertiser. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
Refurb for Tim Martin's first outlet Morning Advertiser, 1 September 2005

nih.gov (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Smith, Nathan (1 March 2024). "History in the pub: The historiography of J.D. Wetherspoon". Endeavour. 48 (1) 100889. doi:10.1016/j.endeavour.2023.100889. PMID 38056312.

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 40^th place; English: 27^th place)

Martin, Tim (14 September 2012). "Good News Britain: We're putting the 'pub' in 'public'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.
Christie, Sophie (16 April 2018). "JD Wetherspoon closes all of its social media accounts with immediate effect". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
Haines, Gavin (1 June 2025). "'It's like being in the 1980s again': My day drinking in Britain's biggest Wetherspoons". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 1 June 2025.

thebookseller.com (Global: 2,600^th place; English: 1,326^th place)

Sanderson, Caroline (29 September 2016). "Kit Caless: 'If I'd pitched the book from scratch, I'd have been laughed out of every publisher's office'". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

thebusinessdesk.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Wetherspoon founder Sir Tim Martin wins fifth retraction from newspaper". South West. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Davies, Rob (21 November 2025). "Wetherspoons to open first pub in Spain – offering garlic prawns and beer from 6am" – via The Guardian.
Cumming, Ed (6 August 2017). "How Britain fell for Wetherspoon's". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
Mathiason, Nick (3 March 2002). "The real pub landlord". The Observer. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
Tran, Mark (24 January 2005). "Wetherspoon pubs to ban smoking". guardian.co.uk. London. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
Wetherspoons boss says UK pubs will stay open as long as possible The Guardian 20 March 2020
Davies, Rob (25 March 2020). "JD Wetherspoon refuses to pay suppliers until lockdown ends". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
Wood, Zoe (30 March 2021). "JD Wetherspoon to create 2,000 jobs with post-lockdown investment". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
Haynes, Gavin (10 January 2016). "The secret life of Wetherspoon's freaky carpets". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023.
Farrell, Sean (27 October 2019). "JD Wetherspoon may have breached law over 1.9m Brexit beer mats". The Guardian. London, England: Guardian News & Media Limited. Archived from the original on 27 October 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

thejournal.ie (Global: 2,607^th place; English: 1,311^th place)

businessetc.thejournal.ie

"Open for business: Wetherspoon's first Irish pub serves its first customers". The Journal. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Full Pint Issue 6". CAMRA North London. 28 August 2002. Archived from the original on 4 June 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
Drury, Colin (24 March 2020). "Millionaire Wetherspoon's boss says staff might want to work for Tesco". The Independent. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022.
"JD Wetherspoon To Open 900th Pub Next Week". Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
Haynes, Gavin (10 January 2016). "The secret life of Wetherspoon's freaky carpets". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023.
Sanderson, Caroline (29 September 2016). "Kit Caless: 'If I'd pitched the book from scratch, I'd have been laughed out of every publisher's office'". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
Farrell, Sean (27 October 2019). "JD Wetherspoon may have breached law over 1.9m Brexit beer mats". The Guardian. London, England: Guardian News & Media Limited. Archived from the original on 27 October 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

wolverhampton.gov.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"National museum part of £7m city Wetherspoon plan". wolverhampton.gov.uk. 13 December 2018.

Wetherspoons (English Wikipedia)

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11th place; English: 10th place)

bbc.co.uk

news.bbc.co.uk

bbc.com (Global: 26th place; English: 23rd place)

camranorthlondon.org.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

cask-marque.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

catererlicensee.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

company-information.service.gov.uk (Global: 1,947th place; English: 1,052nd place)

find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk

doi.org (Global: 2nd place; English: 2nd place)

dublinlive.ie (Global: low place; English: 8,949th place)

egi.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

ft.com (Global: 193rd place; English: 127th place)

ghostarchive.org (Global: 64th place; English: 28th place)

gov.uk (Global: 401st place; English: 228th place)

heraldscotland.com (Global: 843rd place; English: 435th place)

independent.co.uk (Global: 46th place; English: 29th place)

independent.ie (Global: 324th place; English: 162nd place)

m.independent.ie

iomtoday.co.im (Global: low place; English: 9,407th place)

irishtimes.com (Global: 252nd place; English: 133rd place)

jdwetherspoon.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

jdwetherspoon.com

investors.jdwetherspoon.com

leicestermercury.co.uk (Global: 5,744th place; English: 3,119th place)

liverpoolecho.co.uk (Global: 1,420th place; English: 744th place)

morningadvertiser.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

nih.gov (Global: 5th place; English: 5th place)

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 40th place; English: 27th place)

thebookseller.com (Global: 2,600th place; English: 1,326th place)

thebusinessdesk.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

theguardian.com (Global: 16th place; English: 11th place)

thejournal.ie (Global: 2,607th place; English: 1,311th place)

businessetc.thejournal.ie

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)

wolverhampton.gov.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; English: 10^th place)

bbc.com (Global: 26^th place; English: 23^rd place)

company-information.service.gov.uk (Global: 1,947^th place; English: 1,052^nd place)

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

dublinlive.ie (Global: low place; English: 8,949^th place)

ft.com (Global: 193^rd place; English: 127^th place)

ghostarchive.org (Global: 64^th place; English: 28^th place)

gov.uk (Global: 401^st place; English: 228^th place)

heraldscotland.com (Global: 843^rd place; English: 435^th place)

independent.co.uk (Global: 46^th place; English: 29^th place)

independent.ie (Global: 324^th place; English: 162^nd place)

iomtoday.co.im (Global: low place; English: 9,407^th place)

irishtimes.com (Global: 252^nd place; English: 133^rd place)

leicestermercury.co.uk (Global: 5,744^th place; English: 3,119^th place)

liverpoolecho.co.uk (Global: 1,420^th place; English: 744^th place)

nih.gov (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 40^th place; English: 27^th place)

thebookseller.com (Global: 2,600^th place; English: 1,326^th place)

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

thejournal.ie (Global: 2,607^th place; English: 1,311^th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)