A landmark pub - that was closed earlier this year by bailiffs - has reopened in time for the football season.
Arsenal fans were said to be queueing up at The Coronet in Holloway Road as the team played a home friendly last Wednesday.
The former Wetherspoons housed in a once grand Art Deco cinema has long been popular with Arsenal fans.
Posting on Instagram on Friday the pub wrote: "The Coronet on Holloway Road is back!! 🔴⚪️
"Your new matchday home is now open, just a short walk from the Emirates stadium. Join fellow Gunners for a pint, big atmosphere and all the action. Come on you Gunners!" ⚽️🍻
News was greeted with excitement by fans of the pub with one writing: "My home is back."
While another said: "So glad this is back open."
And a third wrote: "So excited for the season to start."
Meanwhile a post on the Islington Community Facebook page detailed a visit to The Coronet and the message: "So so happy. Welcome back we have missed you. Please come in. Use it or lose it. Support your local pub."
As the Ham&High reported in February a notice posted on the door of The Coronet gave notice of a lease forfeiture to Toll Gate TPL Ltd.
Bailiffs acting on behalf of DN Property London - who bought the pub from Wetherspoons in 2023 - changed the locks and seized possession of the former Art Deco cinema.
The pub's decor famously includes details from its heyday as a grand 1940s movie theatre. - from the 'Now Showing' sign, to stills and posters from old black and white movies, and the red-neon Coronet sign on the exterior.
The building opened in February 1940 as the Savoy Cinema and was designed by architect William R. Glen in modern Art Deco style for Associated British Cinemas (ABC).
Although the Second World War and the London Blitz had just started, it was allowed to open as planned and was later renamed the ABC in 1962 and finally the Coronet in 1979.
That coincided with a rise in TV and home video and a decline in cinema-going and the final film was screened there in 1983.
The grand old picture house closed - then became a snooker hall for a few years before opening as a Wetherspoons in the mid-90s.
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