If it were not for two huge gas tanks being in the way barman Gareth Staley would have the perfect view of Derby County's iPro stadium.
The problems is, he's a mad keen fan of bitter rivals Nottingham Forest.
There are a few regulars who drink in The Merlin pub, in Pride Park, that know he is of 'the red persuasion'.
And now it is in print all of those Rams fans who drink in the Greene King boozer before the match will know where his allegiance lies.
But Gareth is now facing his worst fears after agreeing to undertake a charity challenge so gruelling that only the those with the strongest will, would be able to take it on.
Because for the whole of the football season the 33-year-old will serve from behind the bar wearing a Derby County polo shirt.
He said: "I keep saying that I'll have to wear something underneath it so that the Ram motif doesn't actually touch my skin.
"But all joking aside it is for a great charity that is close to my heart and if I have to do it then I will."
Gareth, of Wilmot Street, Sawley, started following Forest because he grew up in Dunki8rk, Nottingham and both his father and grandfather were reds fans.
He said his first match was a 2-1 cup final loss to Tottenham Hotspur when he was five years old.
Now he has moved "just over the border" to Sawley and for the past two years has worked at The Merlin.
He said: "Quite a few of the regulars know that I'm a 'red dog' and we have some great banter in the pub before Derby games here.
"It is always light-hearted and never turns into anything more which is how we all like it.
"Am I looking forward to having a Derby shirt on before every game this season? No, not at all."
The money will be donated to Macmillan Cancer Support, which is Greene King's chosen charity and Gareth said he also supported the charity after losing a family member to leukaemia last year.
Gareth is calling the fundraiser his "walk of shame".
Joanne Trigwell is the manager at The Merlin.
She said: "We are a home fans only pub on match day and there are a few regulars who know that Gareth is a 'red dog' but once this goes in the newspaper they all will.
"I expect the banter levels to rise even more than they already are at."
Gareth said before Derby's first home game, against Rotherham, regulars dropped almost £100 into his charity bucket.
He said: "Everyone is doing this in the right spirit and if we can raise the profile of the charity then even better."
